Neowin News Feed for: Prediction

A third of AI projects will be abandoned by businesses by the end of next year

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 07:14:01 +0000

Around 30% of generative AI projects will be abandoned by businesses by the end of 2025, Gartner has predicted, as they struggle to find a business use case for them, or find them too expensive. Read more...

Worldwide IT spending set to grow 8% this year, Gartner says

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:16:01 +0000

Worldwide IT spending is expected to rise by 8% this year, according to analyst firm Gartner. The increase is attributed mainly to the Data Center Systems and Devices segments which are doing well. Read more...

Analyst says that 75% of software engineers will be assisted by AI by 2028

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 02:14:01 +0000

Gertner says that it expects 75% of enterprise software engineers to begin using AI code assitants by 2028. This figure compares to just 10% of software engineers who were using them in early 2023. Read more...

GenAI PCs and smartphones to capture a fifth of their respective markets this year

Paul Hill — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:36:01 +0000

The analyst firm IDC has said that GenAI smartphones and AI PCs will capture 22% of the market share in their respective markets by the end of 2024. This will boost the capabilities of devices. Read more...

Global PC market set to see 8% growth in 2024

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:40:02 +0000

The analyst firm Canalys has predicted that the global PC market will grow by 8% in 2024 following seven consecutive quarters of decline in 2022 and 2023. Growth is also predicted in Q4 2023. Read more...

Worldwide IT spending to grow 8% next year, says analyst firm

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:48:02 +0000

Worldwide IT spending is set to grow by 8% next year according to the analyst firm Gartner. Cloud spending is set to be a big driver and spending on devices is predicted to increase too. Read more...

Global shipments of foldable phones forecast to grow more than 50% compared to 2022

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:42:01 +0000

IDC is predicting foldable smartphone shipments will increase by more than 50% this year compared to 2022. It said between 2022 and 2027, it expects to see a compound annual growth rate of 27.6%. Read more...

Wearable device shipments predicted to return to growth this year after 2022 contraction

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:02 +0000

IDC is saying that wearable device shipments will return to growth this year following their first contraction in 2022. It'll be interesting to see if this holds up given the state of the economy. Read more...

IDC expects PC shipments to decline 4.2% year-over-year in 2023

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 22:40:01 +0000

IDC has said that worldwide PC shipments will decline by 4.2% this year. It said shipments in 2022 started off well but deteriorated by the end of the year. It expects a recovery in 2024 and 2025. Read more...

PC, tablet, and smartphone growth set to shrink in 2022 due to a multitude of issues

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:18:01 +0000

Gartner has said that PC, tablet, and smartphone sales will all shrink this year due to the war in Ukraine, inflation, and supply shortages among other issues. 5G phone sales should rebound next year. Read more...

Top auto manufacturers could design their own chips by 2025, says Gartner

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 17:06:01 +0000

The analyst firm Gartner has predicted that half of the top ten auto manufacturers will begin designing their own chips by the middle of the decade following the current chip shortage. Read more...

2021 will see 6.2% growth in IT spending says Gartner

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:14:01 +0000

Gartner has released its latest predictions surrounding IT spending in 2021 and 2022. Last year saw negative growth in IT spend due to businesses cutting back but growth looks strong this year. Read more...

IDC: Smart home devices remain resilient through COVID-19

Paul Hill — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 20:58:01 +0000

IDC has said that smart home devices will remain strong this year despite the coronavirus' effects on the economies of the world. In 2024, IDC expects 1.4 billion smart home device shipments. Read more...

Gartner: 30 million foldable phones will be sold in 2023

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:56:01 +0000

Gartner has predicted that 30 million foldable phones will be shipped in 2023. The firm said that manufacturers will continue to experiment with the foldable form factor to find what users like. Read more...

IDC: Worldwide spending on 3D printing to reach $13.8bn this year

Paul Hill — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:58:02 +0000

IDC has announced that it sees $13.8 billion being spent in the 3D printing market in 2019. Printers and materials will make up two-thirds of the spend while services follow closely behind. Read more...

Microsoft wants AI to detect malware attacks on Windows PCs before they happen

Usama Jawad — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:10:01 +0000

Microsoft is hosting a competition where it wants people to create an AI model - using 9.4GB of anonymous data collected from 16.8 million machines - that detects malware attacks before they happen. Read more...

Google adds match predictions to Premier League games following use in World Cup

Paul Hill — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:10:01 +0000

Google appears to have begun rolling out its match win-draw-lose probability tools to all Premier League football matches. The upcoming 2018-19 season is due to kick-off on August 10th. Read more...

Bitcoin posts new exchange rate record, reaching $1,700

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 May 2017 22:26:01 +0000

The bitcoin cryptocurrency has reached a new high of $1,700. Several analysts have remained optimistic saying that even if a correction hits the price the overall trend is an upward one. Read more...

Bing wins again, correctly predicting result of Scottish referendum

Andy Weir — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:34:16 +0000

Before voters in Scotland cast their ballots yesterday in a referendum on independence from the UK, Bing predicted that the 'no' vote would win, and the Union would stand - and it was right. Again. Read more...

Microsoft researcher claims keyboard will soon be a thing of the past

George Tinari — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:36:39 +0000

Researchers for Microsoft predict that eventually keyboards will be almost entirely extinct, and will simply just be a tool for professionals. In its place will be touch screens and eye trackers. Read more...

Apple Stock Shares Dipping After Analyst Prediction

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:58:14 +0000

Yet another analyst has warned that Apple's third quarter results may be harmed by lower-than-expected iPod shipment. Robert Semple of Credit Suisse First Boston has gone so far as to warn clients... Read more...