World Bank Urges Developing Economies to Grasp AI Opportunity
AI could allow developing countries to do in a decade what might otherwise take a century, according to the World Bank report.

AI could allow developing countries to do in a decade what might otherwise take a century, according to the World Bank report.
Global smartphone revenue grew 7% YoY in 2Q26 to a record high of $109 billion, marking the highest-ever second-quarter revenue despite a decline in shipments, according to Counterpoint Research.
The Holafly research team analyzed the privacy labels of some of the world’s most popular apps - both everyday and travel-specific - to identify which collect the most data, and how much of it is tied directly to you.
One in four malicious breaches was AI-enabled, according to IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report.
Global smartphone shipments fell 6% year on year to 272 million units in 2Q26, according to Omdia.
According to its new study, Juniper Research has ranked BICS as the global leader in sponsored roaming.
When we talk about cybersecurity, we almost always imagine the same scenario—someone will try to break into our information system.
Infobip recorded 169.3% growth in Rich Communication Services (RCS) for Business traffic between 1H25 and 1H26, reflecting accelerating enterprise adoption and strong momentum across key global markets.
Chief information security officers (CISOs) must rethink how they lead security, identity, and innovation as AI accelerates both opportunity and disruption, according to Gartner.
After a sharp contraction in 2025, near-eye display market revenue is forecast to reach $675 million in 2026, up 12% year-over-year (YoY), according to Omdia.
The broadly defined Foundry 2.0 market, comprising pure-play foundry, non-memory IDM, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT), and photomask fabrication, is projected to surpass USD 360 billion in 2026, according to IDC.
Global PC shipments decreased by 4% YoY in 2Q26 to reach 65 million units, according to Counterpoint Research’s preliminary data.
Worldwide end-user spending on AI models and platforms is projected to total $64 billion in 2026, up 63.4% from $39 billion in 2025, according to Gartner.
New research from Infobip reveals a growing surge in AI-powered fraud and enterprise defenses.
A new study by Juniper Research has revealed that biometric verification will be the fastest-growing modality of digital identity verification, rising from 32.2 billion in 2026 to 70.1 billion in 2030, a growth of 117.6%.
The center of gravity in global retail has shifted East, according to NielsenIQ.
To meet the increasing AI demands for computing power, the competition is intensifying among the Companies to Beat in the AI semiconductor vendor race, according to Gartner.
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.