Laptops stories
Businesses struggling with hybrid meetings will get wider access to Owl Labs devices after Westcoast added the brand to its UK and Ireland network.
Consumers are prioritising pricier PCs over phones, as higher component costs and longer upgrade cycles lifted retail tech revenues across Europe.
Merchants may need to adapt product data as AI assistants increasingly shape online shopping and determine which items appear first.
The updates aim to help companies turn internal data into AI-driven workflows while keeping business controls and governance in place.
Buyers in Australia and New Zealand will get a year of Surfshark One on selected Gigabyte notebooks, adding security value worth more than AUD $170.
New thin-and-light models from Acer to MSI promise local AI and up to 77% faster gaming than Lunar Lake, Intel says.
Higher component costs and shortages are set to curb demand, with regional PC shipments forecast to drop to 92.0 million units in 2026.
Businesses get thinner, more secure PCs as Dell adds AI-ready workstations, standardised IT controls and a revived Precision badge.
Denodo has joined Snowflake-led Open Semantic Interchange, backing an open standard to align business metrics across data and AI tools.
Wordly will provide real-time AI translation and captions across all ANOC events in 2026, after signing a year-long Bronze sponsorship deal.
Global PC shipments are set to slump 12% in 2026 as memory shortages push component costs sharply higher and force up system prices.
IDC warns memory shortages and supply constraints will drive a steeper 2026 fall in PC and tablet shipments, even as market value rises.
Advertisers face a more split World Cup audience in Australia, with 31% expected to switch between TV and BVOD during matches.
Students and gamers in India can get up to 24-month EMI plans, extra warranty and backpack bundles on selected MSI laptops.
Shoppers now need to weigh battery life, portability and processing power more carefully as laptop options broaden in 2026.
Rising e-waste and AI demand are pushing firms to pair secure device reuse with lower-impact data centre engineering.
Finished-product demos in Taiwan could help device makers add pressure-sensitive controls to metal and glass without redesigning hardware.
Investors overseeing USD $350 billion in assets will join more than 300 startups in Singapore as AI shifts towards industrial uses.
Morphisec unveils Adaptive AI Defence to spot shadow AI, block compromised agents and thwart AI-driven ransomware in real time.
UK PC retail slumps with sales down as much as 26%, while Germany and France surge ahead, widening Europe's consumer tech divide.
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