Why the microchip shortage could ruin Christmas

The world is facing a shortage of vital semiconductor microchips. You might not be able to find the tech gift you were planning on buying for your family this Christmas.

Tech author, Futurist and host of LiSTNR’s The Next Billion Seconds podcast Mark Pesce, tells us the problem will get a lot worse before it gets better. It’s going to affect just about every industry in the economy – including tech, cars, health and communications.

How will affect ordinary Australians? And will the microchip shortage ruin Christmas?

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