{
  "id": 17222749,
  "title": "Phones, laptops get costlier as memory prices rise; Sam Altman warns buyers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/phones-laptops-get-costlier-as-memory-prices-rise-sam-altman-warns",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T11:34:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/phones-laptops-and-consoles-get-costlier-over-memory-price-hike-openai-ceo-sam-altman-to-gadget-buyers-having-dram-in-your-devices-is-quite-terrible-for-the-worlds-limited-supply/articleshow/135359311.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Smartphones, laptops and gaming consoles are getting costlier as a global memory chip shortage drives up DRAM and storage prices. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, speaking on the Cheeky Pint podcast, said running AI locally is a poor use of scarce memory that sits idle 95% of the time. Intel warned of a shrinking PC market and SK Hynix said the shortage could last till 2030.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}