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Thursday 15 October 2026
OCP-recognized infrastructure spending forecast to hit US$800 billion by 2029, nearly triple prior estimate
IDC now expects worldwide spending on IT equipment recognized by the Open Compute Project (OCP) to reach about US$800 billion in 2029.
Wednesday 14 October 2026
China's smartphone slump: Can Apple's new lineup light a spark?
China's smartphone market faces dual pressures as weakening consumer spending and rising component costs continue to weigh on the handset sector. According to third-quarter data from...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Nvidia's share of China's AI chips falls by a third while Huawei gains
Nvidia's share of AI chips in China's data center market has fallen by 34% in the first half of this year, according to a new report. The drop follows months of US restrictions on...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Global PC shipments plunge 20% in 3Q26
Global PC shipments, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, fell more than 20% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026 as inventory pressure and weak demand hit the market...
Thursday 1 October 2026
China's humanoid robot lead widens, with domestic vendors supplying over 95% of global shipments
China's humanoid robot market continued to expand rapidly in the first half of 2026, with shipments exceeding 19,000 units and accounting for about 77.9% of the global total. Chinese...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
IDC says AI agent growth will widen global compute shortage by 2027

AI agents are moving into enterprise workflows and driving a sharp rise in demand for AI infrastructure, with a new report from IDC...

Thursday 24 September 2026
Meta stretches its glasses lineup from US$249 to US$1,299.99 as rivals close in
Meta Platforms used its Connect 2026 conference on September 23 to push its eyewear lineup toward both ends of the market, adding a camera-free audio model aimed at privacy-conscious...
Monday 14 September 2026
AI agents drive token use 300-600x, Dell Taiwan says

Dell Taiwan said the shift from generative AI to agentic AI is pushing token usage up by hundreds of times, sharply lifting costs and...

Tuesday 8 September 2026
iPhone 18 Pro prices tipped to cross CNY10,000 as Apple faces China pricing test
Apple's fall product launch is approaching, and leaked pricing for the iPhone 18 lineup is beginning to circulate in China, pointing to higher prices for the company's next-generation...
Friday 4 September 2026
India tablet market grows as business demand shifts toward premium devices
India's tablet market posted modest growth in the second quarter of 2026, a sign that enterprise demand and higher-spec devices are gaining importance for buyers worldwide. The shift...
Friday 4 September 2026
India PC shipments rise as channel buying lifts second quarter sales
India's PC market grew steadily in the second quarter of 2026, but the gain appears to reflect stocking by retailers, businesses, and distributors as much as end-user demand. The trend...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Global smartphone outlook cut again as foldables shine
Global smartphone shipments are facing renewed downside pressure in 2026 as memory prices rise, handset makers pass on higher costs, and brands trim low-end models to protect margins...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Apple's India breakthrough highlights a market betting on premium over volume
Apple's India business crossing US$10 billion in annual sales for the first time is less a story about smartphone growth than about where growth is still possible in a market that,...
Thursday 30 July 2026
China's robot vacuum makers race ahead as innovation cycle outpaces smartphones

While humanoid robots have yet to achieve meaningful economies of scale, service robots have already entered an intensely competitive...

Wednesday 15 July 2026
Memory-cost squeeze is reshaping China's smartphone market, and only Huawei and Apple are winning from it
China's smartphone market is being reordered by the cost of the parts inside the phone rather than by any loss of appetite for the devices, and the second quarter of 2026 showed that...