Aussie survey drop shows public tech bosses bracing for a turbulent year

A new Gartner survey reckons more than half of government CIOs outside the US expect their IT budgets to climb in 2026, even as wider public finances feel the squeeze.

BNY and Walmart claim their digital workers are more than flashy demos.

For all the noise about AI agents changing everything, most have looked like expensive toys waiting for a job. Now, a few early adopters say the graft is paying off.

Analyst outfit says OpenAI not fit for enterprise

Number crunchers at Gartner have declared that by 2030, every IT department task will be touched by AI in some form, though the firm is adamant this will not trigger mass job losses.

Vendors flog silicon dreams while punters wait for prices to drop

Despite some economic potholes and user indifference, so-called AI PCs are crawling their way into the market, with analysts predicting 143 million units will ship next year.

Everyone wants to build the first machine that does something useful

The long-held fantasy of quantum computing is now looking more like a knuckle-busting engineering war.

Altman reckons it's a "major upgrade" 

OpenAI has finally coughed up GPT-5, a supposedly smarter version of its ChatGPT chatbot, which chief Sam Altman insists is a “major upgrade” in the quest to build something resembling artificial general intelligence.

UBS and Gartner slash forecasts

Beancounters at UBS and Gartner have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and reduced their PC and smartphone market forecasts, citing “mounting pressures from trade tariffs and broader macroeconomic uncertainties” that will hammer consumer demand through 2026.

Gartner says GenAI hits a “Trough of Disillusionment”

Despite a slew of gimmicky flops and creeping consumer scepticism, the generative AI bandwagon is still rolling along.

Chipmakers to make production cuts

Due to oversupply, NAND flash prices are expected to fall faster than a team of free-falling parachuting elephants who have forgotten to pack a key ingredient of their act.

Gartner warns

According to a new assessment by Gartner, enterprises considering moving away from VMware due to Broadcom's changes should brace themselves for a lengthy, costly, and complex project.