Research Reports

In a global study conducted by customer engagement platform Twilio, 77% of Filipino consumers want clear information on how their data is used in AI, but only 53% of brands are fulfilling this critical expectation.

A new research from AWS has revealed that when AI is fully harnessed, employers across Asean are willing to pay higher salaries of over 36% for workers with AI skills and expertise, with workers in IT (49%), and research and development (46%) enjoying the highest pay bumps.

After two years of decline, the worldwide traditional PC market returned to growth during the first quarter of 2024 with 59.8 million shipments, growing 1.5% year over year, according to analyst firm IDC.

Even though both HP and Lenovo’s share grew especially in the commercial segment, Acer remained unhinged at the top with consistent demand coming from the consumer segment.

The recovery came after five consecutive quarters of annual declines while the market was focused on clearing excess inventory from the pandemic era.

The high-water mark for wearables came in 2020 and 2021 with volumes reaching record levels. The next two years saw the aftermath of that success as demand began to wane and shipments steadily declined.

As with the prior quarter, the decline was caused by constrained demand and the tightening of financing conditions.

Shipments are not expected to rebound significantly in 2024 due to weak demand and a slow economic recovery, IDC said.

The countries which managed to capture growth for ink cartridges were Bangladesh, Vietnam, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand mainly because of the replacements of older machines bought before the pandemic.

Tech titan IBM has released the 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, revealing the manufacturing sector as the most-targeted industry in Asia-Pacific for the second year in a row, accounting for 46% of the incidents.