AI Apps Saw Over $1 Billion In Consumer Spending In 2024

AI Apps Saw Over  Billion In Consumer Spending In 2024

Consumer spending on apps is projected to reach $150 billion globally in 2024, up 13% from the prior year. According to Sensor Tower’s annual “State of Mobile” report, it’s being fueled by a 200% surge in spending on generative AI apps like ChatGPT and Gemini, which collectively drew $1.1 billion. TechCrunch reports: If this rate … Read more

Technology Trends for 2025 – O’Reilly

Technology Trends for 2025 – O’Reilly

Welcome to our annual report on the usage of the O’Reilly learning platform. It’s been an exciting year, dominated by a constant stream of breakthroughs and announcements in AI, and complicated by industry-wide layoffs. Generative AI gets better and better—but that trend may be at an end. Now the ball is in the application developers’ court: Where, … Read more

Apple’s Mac Mini Turns 20 Today

Apple’s Mac Mini Turns 20 Today

Apple launched the original Mac mini 20 years ago today, kickstarting a trend of small but powerful computers. The ‌Mac mini‌ was originally designed as a gateway for users to enter the Apple ecosystem without the expense associated with the company’s higher-end offerings of the time, such as the Power Mac G5 and iMac G5, … Read more

Samsung Could Have Done Better

Samsung Could Have Done Better

The all-new Samsung Galaxy S25 comes with a deeper Galaxy AI integration and a more powerful chipset than its predecessor. However, does it offer enough upside for Galaxy S24 to upgrade? Let’s find out. Price and Availability The Samsung Galaxy S25 (128GB) is available for $799.99. Pre-orders for the smartphone begin today, with general availability … Read more

AI leads the way in the 2025 IEEE Tech Impact Study

AI leads the way in the 2025 IEEE Tech Impact Study

For the second year in a row, top tech leaders selected artificial intelligence as the most important current technology. IEEE surveyed 350 CIOs, CTOs, IT directors, and other global technology leaders for its now-annual report, “The Impact of Technology in 2025 and Beyond: An IEEE Global Study.” More than half ranked artificial intelligence—including predictive and … Read more

Tech giants announce AI plan worth up to $500bn

Tech giants announce AI plan worth up to 0bn

João da Silva, Natalie Sherman & Imran Rahman-Jones Business reporters & technology reporter Getty Images Donald Trump announced the project with the bosses of OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank The creator of ChatGPT, OpenAI, is teaming up with another US tech giant, a Japanese investment firm and an Emirati sovereign wealth fund to build $500bn (£405bn) … Read more