consumer hardware decline

  1. 2025 Tech Obits: Windows 10 Ends, AI Compute Reshapes Hardware and Apps

    PCMag’s year‑end ledger of the services and hardware that “died in 2025” reads like a map of an industry reshaping itself around scale, AI compute, and product consolidation — from the calendar‑driven retirement of Windows 10 to the quiet death of novelty gadgets and the abrupt removal of...