If you’re planning on buying a PC, laptop, or cell phone in the coming months, a word of advice for you before Christmas: Buy now, not later. Prices are likely set to spike in the new year—due to a ...

There's a RAM shortage at the moment. RAM, as in random access memory. The memory computer keeps immediately at hand, so it can perform tasks quickly. How can that be? Well, as with so much these days ...

Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to ...

A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar. Falcon Northwest, which specializes in assembling ...

PCWorld exposes how Amazon and other retailers use misleading “list prices” and artificial sales to create deceptive tech deals during 2026 hardware shortages. Price tracking tools like ...