Apple's upcoming price hikes are good for the company not so good for consumers

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Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company must raise prices on its products due to escalating memory chip costs driven by the artificial intelligence boom. As tech companies redirect semiconductor supplies toward AI infrastructure, component costs for consumer electronics have surged beyond levels Apple can absorb. Cook described the situation as unsustainable, indicating the company had previously shielded customers from cost increases but can no longer do so.