Flavio Coelho/Getty Images A new Gartner survey suggests that almost nine in ten companies intend to ramp up investments in key technology areas, boosting expenditures by at least one-third over current levels. But, so far, returns on investment for digital technologies have been fuzzy for most companies. According to the survey of 4,312 technology and business executives, […] More
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<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways Samsung’s Galaxy A35 5G is a well-rounded smartphone for $313 (currently $87 off) You’ll love the two-day battery life, amazing screen quality, and four years of software updates The biggest issue? Performance tends to vary from day to day and can lead to overheating. more buying choices What’s the deal? Samsung’s […] More
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cagkansayin/Getty Images The economics of artificial intelligence are unsustainable for just about everyone other than GPU chip-maker Nvidia, and that poses a big problem for the new field’s continued development, according to a noted AI scholar. Also: Gartner’s 2025 tech trends show how your business needs to adapt – and fast “The ecosystem is incredibly […] More
Kerry Wan/ZDNETBehind every new smartphone feature is a powerful chipset that brings it to life. With the industry shift toward on-device AI, a need for an even more advanced and capable system-on-a-chip (SoC) has emerged, and Qualcomm’s latest iteration aims to meet this. On Monday, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, the company unveiled its newest mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which it claims is the most powerful and fastest processor in the world. The chip is the first of the flagship mobile platforms under the new “Elite” branding, highlighting its improved graphical performance.Also: I tested Meta’s limited edition Ray-Ban smart glasses, and they’re a near-perfect wearable for meThe new mobile platform is powered by a combination of a second-generation Qualcomm Oryon CPU, Qualcomm Adreno GPU, and enhanced Qualcomm Hexagon NPU. The latter is integral for optimizing on-device AI tasks like image generation, text translation, etc. More
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Nikada/Getty Images Every year around this time, well-regarded analyst group Gartner releases its list of top 10 strategic technology trends for the upcoming year. Last year, among the 10 trends it identified for 2024 was AI-augmented development, and we’ve certainly spent a lot of time here on ZDNET discussing AI and programming. Also: The best AI […] More
