The global smartphone market is undergoing a structural shift as rising component costs and geopolitical uncertainty push leading manufacturers to move away from low-cost, high-volume strategies and prioritize premium, high-value portfolios, according to Omdia.

Global smartphone shipments fell 4% year-on-year in 2Q26 as the ongoing memory crisis disrupted supply and pushed up component costs, according to Omdia.

Claude Fable 5 has dominated discussions on the social media platform X during the second quarter of 2026, capturing a 19% share in conversations among the top 10 latest frontier Large Language Models (LLMs), according to GlobalData.

The global smartphone market shrank 6.7% year-on-year to 277.5 million units in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q26), according to the preliminary data from IDC.

Mobile network operators worldwide are making significant progress in reducing carbon emissions, according to the GSMA report.

Global smartphone shipments tumbled 11% YoY in 2Q26, reaching the lowest second-quarter levels since 2013, according to preliminary estimates from Counterpoint Research.

The study found that UK teenagers participating in a social media restriction trial reported improvements in sleep, concentration, and family life.

A new Eurobarometer survey shows that Europeans are overwhelmingly concerned about all the risks children face on social media.

A new study by Juniper Research has found that the number of agentic commerce users will reach 1.3 billion by 2031, rising from less than 300 million this year.

Global shipments of PCs in 2Q26 declined 3.6% year-over-year to 65.7 million units, according to Omdia.

Juniper Research released its new Consumer Payments Tech Horizon study.

Rising demand from UK businesses for AI, cyber, and cloud talent is expected to accelerate salary growth across emerging tech markets over the next three years, according to research from global talent solutions partner Robert Walters and Native Teams, the global work payments platform.

GSMA Intelligence found that the direct-to-device (D2D) satellite market is becoming increasingly impacted by a greater need for operator control, shifting geopolitical priorities, and intensifying competition.

Worldwide PC shipments fell 4.9% year over year in 2Q26 to 68.2 million units, according to IDC.

Global drone revenue, including consumer and commercial segments, is expected to grow at a 14% CAGR to reach $77 billion by 2035 from 2025, according to Counterpoint Research.

Netflix is forecast to reach nearly 400 million subscribers worldwide by the end of 2031, reinforcing its position as the world’s leading subscription streaming platform despite growing consolidation across the industry.

More than one in 10 enterprises will be AI-first by 2030, outperforming competitors in the adoption of AI agents, semantics and converged data and analytics (D&A) platforms, according to Gartner.

New research from Infobip reveals a growing surge in AI-powered fraud and enterprise defenses.

A study from Juniper Research has found that the value of transactions lost to friendly fraud, also known as first-party fraud, will reach nearly $16 billion in 2031.