According to a new report from the analyst firm Gartner, semiconductors worth $793 billion were sold in 2025, up 21 percent compared to the previous year. One explanation for the increase is the high level of interest in AI chips and graphics processors, which is linked to the construction of new data centers around the

Apple is going full throttle in the run-up to its Q1 FY26 fiscal call at the end of this month, boosting investor confidence with its AI partnership with Google and following that up with an announcement to inject even more growth into its all-important services division. Introducing Apple Creator Studio For decades, Apple has published two of the industry’s leading

Slack has launched the revamped version of Slackbot, with generative AI (genAI) features that let workers more easily find information and create documents.  The feature is generally available for certain paid Slack plans as of today, the company announced Tuesday. Down the road, it will coordinate other AI agents to complete tasks in other apps.

Global PC shipments rose by 9.6% in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, however, it is unlikely those increases will continue, due in part to a pending memory shortage that will impact both enterprise and consumer markets. IDC stated in a release that it expects that

Expect this year to be filled with flux and uncertainty, thanks to lightning-fast changes wrought by AI, and by a Trump Administration that rules by whim and fiat rather than facts and law. So, I know it’s something of a fool’s game to make predictions about what the year ahead might bring for Microsoft. That

Apple’s multi-year agreement to integrate Google’s Gemini models into its revamped Siri offers a rare window into how one of the world’s most selective technology companies evaluates foundation models – and the criteria should matter to any enterprise weighing similar decisions. The stakes were considerable. Apple had been publicly integrating ChatGPT into its devices since

While the enterprise world rushes to migrate everything to the cloud, the warehouse floor is moving in the opposite direction. This article explores why the future of automation relies on edge AI to solve the fatal “latency gap” in modern logistics. In the sterilised promotional videos for smart warehouses, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) glide in

Navigating workforce anxiety remains a primary challenge for leaders as AI integration defines modern enterprise success. For enterprise leaders, deploying AI is less a technical hurdle than a complex exercise in change management. The reality for many organisations is that, while algorithms offer efficiency, the human element dictates the speed of adoption. Data from the

APAC consumers call for explainable, transparent AI as over three-quarters register higher demands compared to a year ago Zendesk releases today its 2026 Customer Experience (CX) Trends report, revealing that Contextual Intelligence – the ability to combine AI, data, and human understanding in real time – is redefining what great service means.  In APAC, the

DDN, the world’s leading AI data platform provider, today announced that it has been recognized on the 2026 Cloud 100 list by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company. This prestigious list spotlights 100 leading channel-focused cloud companies across five key categories: cloud infrastructure, cloud monitoring and management, cloud security, cloud software, and cloud storage.