{"id":519,"date":"2026-07-06T08:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=519"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:20:30","slug":"the-ram-crisis-is-coming-for-all-your-tech-with-chris-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=519","title":{"rendered":"The RAM Crisis Is Coming for All Your Tech\u2014With Chris Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2283305836-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The RAM Crisis Is Coming for All Your Tech\u2014With Chris Person\" title=\"The RAM Crisis Is Coming for All Your Tech\u2014With Chris Person\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-603022\" data-post=\"603022\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-group blocks-wrapper type-standard-article is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad-block ad siderail-ad float-r-w-3 break-r-4\">\n<p>                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/advertising-policy\" class=\"ad-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Ad Policy<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1245441031.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\n<p>People walk by an An Apple store in lower Manhattan on June 25, 2026 after Apple raised the prices of the iPad and MacBook, blaming rising costs of memory and storage chips. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"credits\">(Spencer Platt \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Public ire toward AI keeps growing as the data center boom continues to hit people\u2019s pockets. Chris Person joins Paris Marx to discuss the soaring cost of consumer electronics, including why prices are unlikely to fall anytime soon, and how people can experiment with homespun cyberpunk tech.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Person is a cofounder of <a href=\"https:\/\/aftermath.site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Aftermath<\/em><\/a> and makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HighlightReel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Highlight Reel<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Subscribe to <\/em>The Nation <em>to support all of our podcasts: <a href=\"https:\/\/thenation.com\/podcastsubscribe\">thenation.com\/subscribe<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"cta-block_ef0946f6da1f0ebf08a94b2629501711\" class=\"cta\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"cta__container\">\n<div class=\"cta__inline\">\n<p><h2 class=\"cta__title\">Subscribe to The Nation to Support all of our podcasts<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"blocks-wrapper is-standard-article is-layout-flow\">\n<div id=\"article-end-\" class=\"article-end \">\n<div class=\"article-end__authors\">\n<div class=\"article-end__author\">\n<h5 class=\"article-end__author-name\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/paris-marx\/\">Paris Marx<\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/h5>\n<div class=\"article-end__author-bio\">\n<p>Paris Marx is a tech critic and host of the <em>Tech Won\u2019t Save Us<\/em> podcast. 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