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Apple’s early‑2024 surge has reshuffled the smartphone order: the iPhone maker has reclaimed the crown as the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer by shipments and stands at the summit of global market capitalisation, displacing long‑time volume leader Samsung and underscoring how product...

Neowin published an end-of-year roundup listing its "Top 10 most viewed stories" for 2025, but the original article is currently behind a site verification/paywall that prevents direct retrieval; the roundup’s existence and Neowin’s annual tradition are verifiable, yet the precise ordered list...

The moment macOS Tahoe and Windows 11 version 25H2 reached the public eye in 2025, one thing became impossible to ignore: Apple shipped a visibly ambitious, conversation-starting update while Microsoft rolled out an annual Windows release that—by design and by Microsoft’s own messaging—adds...

Microsoft’s OpenAI tie-up is large and strategically important, but the argument that Microsoft has become irrecoverably dependent on OpenAI is overstated — and Google and Amazon catching up quickly enough to displace Microsoft’s AI advantage is more complicated than headlines suggest...

Thirty years after its retail debut, Windows 95 still reads like a turning point in consumer computing: a technical compromise that became a cultural spectacle, a marketing masterclass that locked an ecosystem into place, and a user‑experience reset whose visual metaphors — most famously the...

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A surge of analyst upgrades and bold forecasts has rippled through the artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor sector in recent days, signaling rising confidence in a small cadre of tech giants. Key market players like Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Samsung, and their hardware partners are at...

Just over three years after its understated arrival in late 2021, Microsoft’s effort to challenge the dominance of Chromebooks in classrooms—Windows 11 SE—has come to a definitive end. This chapter in Microsoft’s long quest to engineer a worthy Chrome OS alternative is closing not with a bang...

The furious pace of Microsoft’s cloud expansion—once considered an insurmountable advantage—now looks less like a victory lap and more like an urgent dash to plug holes in a leaky boat. Demand for Microsoft’s cloud and AI infrastructure has soared to such heights that even the company’s outsized...

The recent findings of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the cloud computing sector have ignited a fierce debate over the health of competition in one of the technology industry’s most vital arenas. At the center of this scrutiny are two global superpowers: Amazon Web...

Intel’s confirmation of sweeping job cuts that may leave nearly a third of its workforce jobless by the end of 2025 sends shockwaves through not only the world’s largest chipmaking company but also the wider technology industry. The company’s recent announcement—quietly embedded in its latest...

Microsoft’s recent wave of layoffs, project cancellations, and studio closures has sent tremors across the technology and gaming landscapes, sparking debate around the company’s long-term strategy, the role of artificial intelligence in employment, and the very definition of corporate “success.”...

Microsoft’s relentless momentum in the enterprise software market remains a focal point for both investors and industry analysts, with recent reports fueling optimism about the tech giant’s near- and long-term prospects. Among the latest to reaffirm confidence in the company’s trajectory is...

In the ever-accelerating race for software dominance, Microsoft stands not only as a technology pioneer but as a benchmark for comparison among its global peers. With roots reaching back decades, Microsoft’s evolution from the company behind Windows and Office to an innovation juggernaut in...

Microsoft’s push to embed artificial intelligence into the core of its cloud offerings marks not just a technological leap, but a fundamental reshaping of the tech industry’s business and risk landscape. Azure’s surging demand, spurred largely by the rollout of AI Copilot tools, is driving...

Microsoft’s position at the forefront of the artificial intelligence and cloud computing revolution is the product of a decade-long, meticulously executed strategy that is now maturing into dominance. While market chatter once speculated whether Redmond’s bets on “AI at scale” and hybrid cloud...

Intel’s next major desktop processor release faces a new wave of skepticism and recalibrated expectations. Fresh leaks and multiple industry sources now suggest that the Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs—for both desktop (ARL-S) and high-performance laptop (HX) form factors—will not deliver the much-hyped...

In the unfolding battle for artificial intelligence supremacy, Microsoft and OpenAI represent two distinctive poles of strategy, ambition, and user adoption—one rooted in enterprise ubiquity, the other riding a wave of consumer virality. Microsoft’s Copilot, embedded into the fabric of daily...

For nearly a week, users across Germany found themselves facing persistent difficulties accessing their Outlook.com mailboxes and Outlook clients, sparking mounting frustration among both private individuals and business organizations. What started last Thursday as sporadic reports of connection...

In a remarkable sign of the times, the latest battle in the saga of artificial intelligence versus classic silicon unfolded not on a grand stage of quantum supercomputing or billion-parameter models, but rather across the humble chessboard of a 1979 Atari 2600. Such is the premise that...