|
|
|
10.03.26 - 05:06
|
Apple′s smart home ambitions stalled by Siri AI delays (Digitimes)
|
|
|
Apple's plans to expand deeper into the smart home market are facing renewed delays as the company struggles to complete a long-promised AI overhaul of Siri. The setbacks are pushing back a suite of interconnected devices — including a smart home display, updated HomePod speakers, and a new Apple TV 4K — until the upgraded AI platform is ready....
|
|
|
|
|
10.03.26 - 05:06
|
Zhen Ding posts slight 4% revenue drop in February amid strong AI demand (Digitimes)
|
|
|
Major printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer Zhen Ding Technology reported a slight 3.97% year-over-year decline in February 2026 revenue to NT$11.72 billion (US$367.45 million), despite being part of the traditional off-season for consumer electronics. The company highlighted that momentum for products related to high-end AI continued to see robust growth, while revenue from servers, optical communications, and IC substrates all maintained a year-over-year growth of more than 60%, indicating that its revenue structure is rapidly shifting toward high-end AI applications....
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.03.26 - 01:36
|
Quanta AI server surge cuts notebook revenue share below 20% (Digitimes)
|
|
|
Quanta continued to benefit from demand for AI servers. In February 2026, notebook shipments were weak, yet revenue declined only 6.6% month-over-month and rose 43.2% year-over-year, reaching the third-highest monthly level on record. Quanta said the high unit prices of AI servers and firm order demand will drive revenue growth in 2026, while notebook revenue will fall below 20% of the total....
|
|
|
10.03.26 - 01:36
|
Moxa eyes Middle East market growth amid energy and AI infrastructure demand (Digitimes)
|
|
|
Industrial communication and networking equipment provider Moxa has identified the Middle East as a key fast-growing market over the next three to five years, highlighting the region at its Lunar New Year media event. General Manager Eddy Lin emphasized that geopolitical conflicts remain a concern, but ongoing semiconductor capacity expansion, supply chain diversification, edge AI upgrades, data center buildout, and critical system monitoring will drive double-digit growth for Moxa in 2025....
|
|
|
|
|
10.03.26 - 01:06
|
From Redcoats To Robots: AI Is Challenging Our Republic′s Future (ZeroHedge)
|
|
|
From Redcoats To Robots: AI Is Challenging Our Republic's Future
Authored by Jonathan Turley,
This week, thousands of workers are receiving pink slips. They are not being let go due to inflation or outsourcing to foreign countries. To the contrary, they are being fired because booming sectors of the economy no longer need them. Indeed, it is an economy that may need fewer and fewer humans.
Amazon this week announced further job cuts due to robotics and AI. Recently, Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, announced that his company Block would be laying off 40 percent of its employees. He cited AI as reducing the need for human employees.
In my book, “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution,” I discuss not just the economic changes unfolding due to AI and robotics but also the political implications of those changes for the American republic.
These economic changes are unfolding all around us. We are looking at one of the greatest job losses in history....
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|