Memory crunch threatens to kneecap Chromebook shipments
… The European IT distribution market grew 5.2 percent during 2025, it says, outperforming the 3.6 percent originally forecast. …
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Raspberry Pi leans into semiconductors as sales climb
… But if profit only tracks in line, the obvious question is how much of that extra growth gets absorbed by memory costs or pricing pressure." Raspberry Pi's results will please shareholders, and its product pipeline appears solid. …
US PC shipments to fall 13% as memory costs surge
… Consumer PC shipments are set to decline by 12.4 percent, and even commercial and public sector volumes are forecast to be down by 9.2 percent and 5.5 percent respectively. This contrasts with Q4 2025, when the market briefly returned to growth following two quarters of year-on-year decline. …
Make bad moves on AI and face voter backlash, govts warned
… This is hardly surprising, given forecasts that glibly talk of millions of workers losing their jobs to AI-based automation of their roles. Forrester recently forecast that 6.1 percent of jobs in the US could be wiped out by 2030 , equating to 10.4 million people being laid off. …
Iran war piles more pain on already battered PC market
… Omdia reports much the same, putting the Q1 rise in shipments at 3 percent to 64.8 million units, supported by "vendors and channel partners pulling orders forward ahead of a widely anticipated increase in component costs." "With supply-chain pressures still building, Q1's modest growth is likely t… …