Linux OS market share climbs towards 5%
The Year of the Linux Desktop has become something of a sad meme in recent years, but the truth is that Linux as an alternative to Windows and macOS has never been more popular —…
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Qualcomm wants 50% of the PC market by 2029
The biggest news at Computex is how Snapdragon chips are storming the beaches of the Windows-based PC market, spearheading Microsoft’s huge Copilot+ laptop push. We’ve seen Arm-based PC hardware before, but the designs have improved…
Apple loses No. 1 spot in smartphone market after steep sales dip
Following a brief sojourn at the top of the table, Apple has dropped down to the number-two spot (by units shipped) in the global smartphone market. According to IDC’s figures for the first quarter of…
What’s going on with the chiplet market?
Chiplets are a complicated new wrinkle to the CPU market, and they’re hard for us normies to wrap our heads around. So who better to explain chip tech than a potato expert? Frequent PCWorld guest…
US prescription market hamstrung for 9 days (so far) by ransomware attack
Getty Images Nine days after a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate took down the biggest US health care payment processor, pharmacies, health care providers, and patients were still scrambling to fill prescriptions for medicines, many of which…
Windows 11 just torpedoed the webcam market with a new feature
Microsoft is working to allow you to use your Android smartphone (or a spare) in place of a webcam, presumably allowing consumers access to high-quality webcams for free. That capability isn’t quite here yet; Microsoft…
Nvidia CEO calls for “Sovereign AI” as his firm overtakes Amazon in market value
Nvidia / Benj Edwards On Monday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that every country should control its own AI infrastructure so it can protect its culture, Reuters reports. He called this concept “Sovereign AI,” which…
Yandex to sell its remaining Russian businesses for $5.2B — half its market value
Yandex N.V., the Dutch parent company of the eponymous Russian internet giant, is selling the last of its remaining Russian businesses at a steep discount, following sanctions imposed in the wake of the Russia’s invasion…
Apple may already have cornered the market on next-gen 2nm chips
While we’re still waiting for the rest of the M3 Macs to arrive later this year, a report from DigiTimes (subscription required) this week states that Apple is looking to use TSMC’s 2nm process for…