CEO Confidence High Despite the Global Chaos
According to the latest survey from PwC, which talked to hundreds of leaders across more than 50 countries, confidence is surprisingly steady.

According to the latest survey from PwC, which talked to hundreds of leaders across more than 50 countries, confidence is surprisingly steady.
Marvell Technology has issued Google a warrant to buy a stake worth around $12.2 billion as part of an expanded deal to develop custom chips for the search giant.
Nvidia is in early discussions with Rebellions, a South Korean AI chip designer, regarding possible collaborations, including technical partnerships, investments, or potentially an acquisition.
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total value of POS transactions across payment card terminals is expected to grow from $30 trillion in 2026 to $41 trillion in 2031.
OpenAI decided to slow the development of its most advanced unreleased AI models.
Micron announced Micron Research Labs, a US-based long-horizon research institution in Boise, Idaho.
Omdia has raised its 2026 semiconductor revenue forecast to 94.1% year-over-year (YoY), driven by exceptional growth in DRAM and NAND as AI demand continues to outpace global supply.
Google plans to move production of its Pixel lineup out of China by 2027.
Agentic AI is set to disrupt enterprise software revenue models, with up to $234 billion of enterprise application spending exposed to agentic arbitrage between now and 2030, according to Gartner.
OpenAI published a version of its ChatGPT for users aged 13 to 17 years.
Nvidia has cut the proposed financial guarantee for OpenAI’s Ohio data center project from $250 billion to less than $120 billion.
A court in California has begun a trial against Meta Platforms that could reshape some global social networking apps.
France is planning to join a growing number of nations seeking to ban social media access for children.
Apple is looking for multi-year deals with publishers to give its Siri AI assistant access to news and real-time information.
Global wearable band shipments fell 2% year over year in 2Q26, but the headline decline masks a growing divide in consumer demand, according to Omdia.
A new study by Juniper Research has revealed that the number of network-tokenised transactions worldwide will increase by a compound annual growth rate of 18.1% over the next five years.
By 2028, AI coding costs will overtake the average developer’s salary due to rising large language model token consumption and the shift to consumption-based licensing models, according to Gartner.
Honor launched its Robot Phone almost six months after first teasing the device.
Intel plans a $15 billion underwritten public offering of common stock to bolster its balance sheet and fund its expansion in the AI and semiconductor markets.
By 2030, neocloud providers will capture 20% of the $267 billion AI cloud market, according to Gartner.