Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.1 million units in the second quarter of 2018, a 1.4 percent increase from the second quarter of 2017, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.
Apple becomes first US-based company to hit $1 trillion value
The news comes after shares rose 2.9 percent to close at $207.39 in New York, propelling the consumer-technology giant’s market value to $1.002 trillion.
US to improve airport security with 3D tech
Soon, passengers travelling through US airports could be allowed to bring liquids into their bags.
Facebook to open new offices for 6,000 employees
Facebook has reportedly announced that it would double its presence in London, acquiring nearly 600,000 square feet (56,000 square metres) of office space across two buildings in King’s Cross
Sports technology to boost broadcast industry by $3.4 billion in five years
A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that future sports technologies, including professional sports wearables, in-game monitoring and the rapidly growing eSports channel, will see annual spend reach $3.4 billion by 2023.
EU adds charge to Qualcomm antitrust investigation
EU antitrust regulators have reportedly charged Qualcomm with a new violation in a case where the US chipmaker has been accused of selling chipsets below cost to drive out Nvidia Corp unit and British phone software maker Icera.
Global tech firms achieve first 5G commercial network data call
Ericsson, Telstra and Intel have achieved the first end-to-end multi-vendor 5G commercial network data call over licenced 3.5GHz spectrum.
Singapore health system hit by massive data breach
A major cyber-attack on Singapore’s government health database has reportedly stole the personal information of about 1.5 million people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Reuters reported.
Rising PC prices to result in flat growth of device shipments in 2018: Gartner
While the PC and tablet market is estimated to decline 1.2 percent in 2018, the mobile phone market is on pace to record an increase of 1.4 percent.
British Airways halts London flights following latest IT glitch
The carrier suffered a massive computer system failure in May 2017, caused by a power supply issue near Heathrow, which stranded 75,000 customers over a busy holiday weekend – and left BA with a bill amounting to over £100 million.
Huawei, Audi team up to drive deployment of connected cars
5G networks and the IoT are giving rise to cars that are intelligent and connected, and in the future could eliminate the need for a human driver altogether.
EU hits Google with record fine in Android operating system feud
The U.S. tech company has said it will appeal the penalty, which is nearly double the previous record of 2.4 billion euros – which Google was ordered to pay last year after its online shopping search service was deemed to be unfair to competitors.
Global consumers believe AI needs restrictions: study
Consumers lack a full understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and are looking to businesses, government and academia for education, according to a recent report.
Oracle’s Blockchain cloud service goes live
The new service was first previewed at OpenWorld in October last year, and is based on the Linux Foundation’s open source Hyperledger Fabric platform – a collaboration tool for building Blockchain distributed ledger business networks, such as smart contract technology.