TECHNOLOGY

The most unexpected highlight from Counterpoint Research's Market Pulse Early Look is Apple's rise to the number one position in global smartphone shipments in Q1 2025, capturing about 19% of market share and outperforming Chinese rivals. This rebound in fortunes for CEO Tim Cook is particularly notable given the underwhelming iPhone 16 launch last fall and the company's weak Q4 performance.

Counterpoint found that the launch of Apple's entry-level model, the iPhone (more…)

Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times,

The fate of social media giant Meta, billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s primary company, is on the line as a trial begins in Washington on Monday to determine whether the tech giant is violating antitrust laws.

The Federal Trade Commission, which has spent the past six years investigating Meta, is expected to argue before U.S. District Judge James Boasberg that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp created an illegal (more…)

President Trump's 'America First' agenda – more specifically, the revival of domestic critical supply chains to reinforce hemispheric defense – scored a massive win this morning as Nvidia announced plans to design and build AI supercomputer factories in the United States for the first time.

Nvidia outlined new initiatives aimed at strengthening America's chip manufacturing sector:

• Nvidia is localizing AI chip and supercomputer manufacturing in the (more…)