Qualcomm warns 

Sales of smartphones are going to be dire for a couple of years according to chipmaker Qualcomm -- which has made a bob or two on the tech over the years.

Mobile revolution grinds to a halt 

Number crunchers at IDC have been looking at the figures for fourth quarter 2022 and declared them to be a disaster. 

Glorious five year plan

China released its first glorious five-year plan dedicated to virtual reality and says it wants to build more than 25 million devices  valued at $48.20 billion by 2026.

Thousands to go

Intel is planning its first major layoffs in almost six years and let thousands of its 113,700 employees go.

Worth $6.1 billion by 2026

Beancounters at IDC say that European companies will spend a fortune on biometric systems throughout 2022.

Tame Apple Press cheers

A recent media release from market research firm IDC predicts that Meta (the parent company of Facebook) may not be able to compete in the mixed-reality business in the long run if its strategy remains unchanged.

But the PC is not dying this time

Beancounters at analysts IDC have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that shipments of PCs have finally slowed down after two years of double-digit growth.

IDC thinks it will cost about $120 billion

Corporates are expected to shell out more than $120 billion on AI technology by 2025.

Updated: Counterpoint claims Qualcomm has 55 vs 37 percent

MediaTek might have just beaten out Qualcomm to claim the biggest market share of any chipmaker for Android phones in the United States.

Sales of Chromebooks fall

Users are picking Windows-based devices over those running Chrome, according to beancounters at IDC.