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Lenovo and Dell Warn: Your Next Laptop Could Cost More Really Soon

In the face of rising costs for memory and storage, major manufacturers are notifying their clients of impending price hikes.

First the pandemic, then tariffs and now the AI squeeze: Tech shoppers just can’t catch a break from shortages and rising prices. According to a report from market intelligence firm TrendForce, Dell plans to raise system prices by a minimum of 15-20% as soon as mid-December, while Lenovo has told clients that its current system price schedule will reset as of Jan. 1, 2026.

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Blame AI, in part. With billions being spent to build out data center infrastructure for AI, the supply of essential system components, such as memory and SSD storage, is caught in the undertow.

Representatives for Dell and Lenovo did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The timing of the shortages is unfortunate for PC manufacturers, who typically announce a range of products at CES in early January to ship in the first half of the year. It’s also bad news for the manufacturers of complementary components, notably Intel and AMD.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for March 18, #1011

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for March 18 #1011.

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty tricky, but musicians might find the blue group easy. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Time between two things, maybe.

Green group hint: That smarts!

Blue group hint: Rockers know these well.

Purple group hint: You might write one out to pay a bill.