AOC has condemned Apple's recent price increases of $200 on computers and tablets, which the company attributed to a memory chip shortage. Speaking to Fox News, she said, "We need to break up a lot of these companies that are far, far too big, and we need to be instituting consumer protections for people." The price hikes on Macs and iPads ranged from 15% to 25%. ·
Apple's outgoing CEO Tim Cook stated that these price increases are unavoidable due to what has been characterized as a “RAM-ageddon” crisis, largely stemming from the surge in demand for memory chips driven by the expansion of data centers for artificial intelligence. Analysis suggests that even after the situation resolves, the new pricing may become the norm, influenced by increased demand on the supply chain. ·
Ocasio-Cortez criticized large tech firms for their unchecked power and recent massive layoffs, coupled with the push for AI technologies, which she argues threaten jobs. She highlighted that lawmakers did not foresee the AI boom when creating the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act, which aimed to bolster domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Ocasio-Cortez has collaborated with Senator Bernie Sanders to propose a moratorium on new AI data centers.
I really can't add anything to that, can you?
Thanks to Florida Hillbillt for the inspiration.
is this why you're not supposed to play with the plastic that comes on the dry cleaning?
ReplyDeleteShe ain't wrong about breaking up big companies. Start with google and Zuckerberg.
ReplyDeleteEvery time Micro-Hubris rams another "update" through my laptop, ignoring hours when the little thing's been sitting there unused and waiting to make sure it's interrupting something before pushing for an "update," I want to see Microsoft forcibly restructured as HumbleSoft, The Company Whose Existence Depends on One Computer Per Person Per Lifetime and Total Respect for Customers. With monitor buttons that shut down the company's accounts if any third-party input interferes with the computer's obeying every keyboard command AS EFFICIENTLY AS A REAL TYPEWRITER!
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