⚡ Could AI make your electricity bill more expensive?

Ask anyone who's planted a tree, and they'll tell you the real work happens underground.

By the time the branches start reaching for the sky, the roots have already spread much farther than you imagined.

Reading this week's headlines, I couldn't shake that image.

In this week’s issue:

• Would you trust X with your money?
• What Google has officially confirmed about the Pixel 11
• AI is making laptops more expensive. Are your electricity bills next?

See you next week!

— Kelechi, Interim Managing Editor

🚀 BIG STORY

💸 AI is making gadgets pricier. Are electricity bills next?

By Chivumnonu Ogbonda

A MacBook Air that cost $1,099 two years ago now starts at $1,299. And that's one reason we wanted to know who's really paying for the AI boom. We spoke to AI experts and industry leaders to find out whether rising gadget prices are just the beginning, or whether electricity bills could eventually tell the same story.

⚡️ MORE BIG STORIES

💳 Would you trust X with your money?

Elon Musk's everything-app vision has officially arrived with X Money. But asking people to trust a social network with their money is a very different challenge from getting them to post on it. We looked at what X Money offers, where your money actually sits, and the questions users should be asking before signing up.