Notebook stories
UK tech retail sales rose 5.4% in Q3 2025, outpacing national retail growth but lagging behind Europe's 21% surge in the sector.
In August 2025, AI-capable notebooks with integrated NPUs made up 31% of UK retail sales, up from 18.7% a year earlier, signalling growing consumer demand.
Europe's PC market surged in Q3 2025 as Windows 10 support ends, driving strong sales of AI-capable notebooks and desktops across businesses and consumers.
A survey reveals 77% of UK families are influenced by timely back-to-school ads, with cost and relevance key amid rising living expenses.
AMD has launched Ryzen AI 400 desktop and PRO chips, its first Copilot+ PC-ready desktop processors, promising up to 50 TOPS of local AI.
Kingston Technology leads the global SSD channel with a 36% market share in 2024, surpassing its nearest rival's 13%, despite a 14% market decline.
Acer's Predator Helios Neo 16S AI is a powerful 16-inch gaming laptop with Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU, Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti GPU, and a vivid 240Hz OLED display.
Hexaware has launched two AI-driven insurance tools on Google Cloud to automate claims management and product development, enhancing speed and transparency.
The Espresso 15 Pro is a premium 15.6-inch portable 4K monitor with vibrant colours, high brightness and a sturdy aerospace-grade aluminium design.
Tanium joins Microsoft Sentinel ecosystem to boost security with integrated AI-driven endpoint management and real-time threat response across 35 million endpoints globally.
BlueVoyant joins Microsoft Sentinel partner ecosystem, enhancing the AI-ready platform with custom solutions to strengthen global cyber defence efforts.
ThoughtSpot teams with Snowflake to launch the Open Semantic Interchange, an open source effort to standardise data semantics across platforms and tools.
Pepperdata launches pepperdata.ai, an AI tool boosting GPU use to cut costs by 30%, helping firms optimise costly GPU resources in cloud and on-prem environments.
HP New Zealand is the first IT brand to earn dual Eco Choice Aotearoa and TCO Certified labels, acknowledging its strong sustainability credentials locally and globally.
Cricut launches new craft materials and a Lavender Joy Xtra bundle, available exclusively at Harvey Norman and Spotlight for AUD $550.
Samsung launches its AI-powered Galaxy Tab S11 and S25 FE phones in Australia, starting at AUD $349, with new tablets, earbuds, and smartphones now available.
Samsung launches Galaxy S25 FE in Australia, offering advanced AI tools, improved cameras, and seven years of software support from AUD $1,099.
Zoho has grown its global SMB customer base by 40% in H1 2025, unveiling AI-driven features across six solutions to boost productivity and revenue.
Google Cloud expands its Gemini AI models and data residency services in Singapore, boosting AI capabilities for public and private sector organisations.
Manifest launches AI Risk module to provide enterprises with automated, real-time governance enhancing AI model security and supply chain transparency.
