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Apple's October 2026 Welcome Home launch
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Streaming Media Device Market Tracker
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Wearables will be critical for agentic AI, but the question of trust remains
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Omdia: Global AI Glasses Shipments More Than Doubled in 1H26, Hitting a Record 4.2 Million
LONDON--(뉴스와이어)--According to the latest Omdia data, global AI glasses shipments reached 4.2 million units in 1H26, up 127% year-on-year (YoY). AI glasses remain an emerging category, with growth stabilizing as the market expands from a very low base. Meanwhile, the sector is facing a more complex environment, driven by intensifying competition across different frame designs and mounting scrutiny over user privacy.
Global AI glasses shipments more than doubled in 1H26, hitting a record 4.2 million
LONDON, September 22, 2026: According to the latest Omdia data, global AI glasses shipments reached 4.2 million units in 1H26, up 127% year-on-year (YoY). AI glasses remain an emerging category, with growth stabilizing as the market expands from a very low base. Meanwhile, the sector is facing a more complex environment, driven by intensifying competition across different frame designs and mounting scrutiny over user privacy.
Omdia: OWS Shipments Grow 12% as TWS Market Remains Broadly Flat in 2Q26
LONDON--(뉴스와이어)--Global true wireless stereo (TWS) shipments fell 0.7% year-over-year (YoY) to 82.1 million units in the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest data from Omdia, marking the first YoY decline since 2Q23. Mainland China, the world’s largest TWS market, accounted for much of the decline, with shipments falling 9.5% as the boost from broader consumer electronics stimulus faded and replacement demand was partly pulled forward into 2025.
OWS shipments grow 12% as TWS market remains broadly flat in 2Q26
LONDON, September 17, 2026: Global true wireless stereo (TWS) shipments fell 0.7% year-over-year (YoY) to 82.1 million units in the second quarter of 2026, according to the latest data from Omdia, marking the first YoY decline since 2Q23. Mainland China, the world's largest TWS market, accounted for much of the decline, with shipments falling 9.5% as the boost from broader consumer electronics stimulus faded and replacement demand was partly pulled forward into 2025.
Wearable shipments fall 2% as consumers shift to screenless trackers and advanced sports watches
LONDON, August 13, 2026: Global wearable band shipments fell 2% year over year in 2Q26, but the headline decline masks a growing divide in consumer demand according to the latest estimates from Omdia. Smartwatch shipments grew 6% on the strength of advanced sports models, while new screenless basic bands gained momentum as consumers increasingly gravitated towards either minimalist devices or more sophisticated sports watches.
STB Tracker – 1Q26 Analysis
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Beyond the screen: Architecting user-centric intelligence
Jason Low Follow Analyst Research Director Research Director Jason spearheads the Connected Life research initiative at Omdia across emerging device categories. He delivers strategic insights that empower clients to build robust, integrated device ecosystems supported by AI and next-generation services.
STB Tracker – 1Q26 Database
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Connected Life Global Residential Housing Stock Database – 2026
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Streaming Media Devices Market Tracker – 2H 2025 Database
Database of the streaming media device market, including devices from Apple, Amazon, Google, Roku, and covering market size, vendor market share, form factor share, resolution share, forecasts, and market trends for streaming media devices. A subscription is required to view this content. Free access Register to access selected free content. Subscription Contact us to find out more about our full suite of products and solutions.
STB Tracker – 4Q25 Forecast Analysis
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STB Tracker – 4Q25 Analysis
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AI glasses shift toward optics-first designs as scaling hinges on vision-corrected users
Qiran Ju Follow Analyst Senior Analyst, Consumer Qiran Ju specializes in smart home and wearable technology sectors within the connected life ecosystem. He provides insight through monitoring consumer electronics vendors and products, conducting trend analysis, competitive landscape studies, supply chain assessments, brand strategy benchmarking, and end-user research. Qiran joined Informa TechTarget as a senior analyst in the connected life division in July 2025.
Huawei launches its first AI glasses with enhanced ecosystem integration and seamless AI experiences
Qiran Ju Follow Analyst Senior Analyst, Consumer Qiran Ju specializes in smart home and wearable technology sectors within the connected life ecosystem. He provides insight through monitoring consumer electronics vendors and products, conducting trend analysis, competitive landscape studies, supply chain assessments, brand strategy benchmarking, and end-user research. Qiran joined Informa TechTarget as a senior analyst in the connected life division in July 2025.
STB Tracker – 4Q25 Database
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Global AI glasses shipments reach 8.7 million units with Mainland China emerging as the fastest-growing market
LONDON, March 5, 2026: According to the latest estimates from Omdia, global shipments of AI glasses in 2025 reached 8.7 million units, marking a significant 322% increase, fueled by a surge of interest in this emerging AI device category. Meta remains the dominant force globally, holding the largest share of the global market at 85.2%.
How Book Bans Led to the Postponement of the Diversity Baseline Survey
Jason Low is publisher and co-owner of Lee & Low Books, the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the U.S. and the force behind the Diversity Baseline Survey. Here, Low issues a call to action to fellow members of the industry to focus their efforts on fighting book bans. Since 2015, Lee & Low’s Diversity Baseline Survey datasets have become the industry standard for inclusive hiring practices and accountability.
How Book Bans Led to the Postponement of the Diversity Baseline Survey
Jason Low is publisher and co-owner of Lee & Low Books, the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the U.S. and the force behind the Diversity Baseline Survey. Here, Low issues a call to action to fellow members of the industry to focus their efforts on fighting book bans. Since 2015, Lee & Low’s Diversity Baseline Survey datasets have become the industry standard for inclusive hiring practices and accountability.
Texas Districts Cancels Author Chris Barton’s Visit Over Parent Complaints | News Bites
Texas District Cancels Visit By Kids’ Author Chris Barton Over Book’s Mention of LGBTQIA+ People | San Antonio Current Alamo Heights (TX) Independent School District parents are voicing anger after the district canceled a visit by a children’s author whose nonfiction book about the history of glitter and plastic mentioned LGBTQIA+ people and was deemed in violation of Texas’s anti-DEI law.
Table of Contents: January/February 2026 Horn Book Magazine
Cover © 2026 by Matt James. Features Horn Book Fanfare by Horn Book editors Our choices for the best books of 2025. Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards BGHB Awards Gallery 2025 Celebrating the winners and honorees. Picture Book Fiction Nonfiction Columns Editorial Together Again by Elissa Gershowitz “Gee, it’s good to be…” Field Notes Storytime Smash Hits by Hannah Peterson A bookstore children’s events manager and weekly storytime reader recommends tips and tricks to captivate a crowd.
New Hampshire Governor’s Book Ban Bill Veto Holds | Censorship News
NH Republicans Fail to Override Governor Vetoes of Book Ban, Bathroom Bills | NHPR New Hampshire House Republicans failed to override a string of vetoes by Gov. Kelly Ayotte, after a muted session that previewed disagreements within the party heading into 2026. They failed to push through bills to allow separation of bathrooms by biological sex and ease the process of removing books from schools.
PEN America Releases List of 50 Most Banned Books in Schools Since 2021
PEN America on Monday released the 50 most banned books in schools since the organization began tracking the bans in 2021. Author John Green’s 2006 Michael L. Printz Award winning Looking for Alaska was No. 1, banned 147 times by PEN America’s count. “People always say it is a badge of honor, but I think it’s become less and less of a badge of honor and more and more cause for concern,” Green told PEN America. “There’s nothing wrong with disliking a book.
Supreme Court Will Not Hear Little v. Llano County
Despite the hopes of intellectual freedom advocates, on December 8, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Leila Green Little et al. v. Llano County.
Complete structures of the YenTc holotoxin prepore and pore reveal the evolutionary basis for chitinase incorporation into ABC toxins - Nature Communications
Abstract ABC toxins are toxin-translocating, pore-forming proteins found in a wide range of insecticidal bacteria and some mammalian pathogens. The Yersinia entomopahaga toxin complex (YenTc) belongs to a distinct subclass of ABC toxins, defined by a divergent molecular architecture. Structural details that define their mechanism of action remain to be elucidated.
'The Librarians' To Premiere on PBS on February 9
The Librarians documentary will premiere on PBS on February 9, headlining the network’s Independent Lens series, according to a report by Deadline on Friday. The documentary chronicles librarians fighting censorship, harassment, and threats to protect the freedom to read for young people across the country.
A Publisher's Perspective: Modern-Day Merits of Diverse Books
During the film adaptation of Wicked, the Wizard says, “The best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy.” The terms “diversity” and “DEI” (diversity, equity, and inclusion) have been recently miscast in that role, to mean unskilled people, unfairly hired or otherwise prioritized, and any topics or ideas outside of the very most mainstream. In reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
ThunderSoft’s Role in Revolutionizing Digital Cockpits for Software-defined Vehicles
Interview Free Executive Summary Automotive companies need to align their global strategies with local market needs, emphasizing the importance of partnerships with software integrators for effective digital cockpit development. ThunderSoft distinguished itself as a prominent exhibitor at CES 2025 by showcasing its E-Cockpit 9.0 which also integrates its AI-based vision and monitoring systems.
The Breakout Year For Southeast Asia’s Data Centres: Trends and Predictions
by Jason Low Attending Data Centre World Asia this year during Tech Week Singapore, it was clear that Southeast Asia’s data centre (DC) market and its recent billion-dollar investments have quickly translated into a surge and interest in DCs and the technology that powers them. Geopolitical risks tied to China, which is the biggest DC market in Asia, have dispersed growth to Southeast Asia. Asia Pacific’s (APAC) DC capacity is expected to more than double by 2028 according to a Moody’s report.
Liquid Cooling: The Key to Balancing AI’s Power, Sustainability Demands
Written By: Jason Low, Regional Head of APAC, Iceotope Liquid cooling will be more important than ever before. Artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating the digital infrastructure industry and revolutionising how we interact with technology. From personalised recommendations on streaming platforms to autonomous vehicles navigating our roads, AI is seemingly everywhere, yet still in the early stages of its development.
mRNA display reveals a class of high-affinity bromodomain-binding motifs that are not found in the human proteome
ABSTRACT Bromodomains regulate gene expression by recognizing protein motifs containing acetyllysine. Although originally characterized as histone-binding proteins, it has since become clear that these domains interact with other acetylated proteins, perhaps most prominently transcription factors. The likely transient nature and low stoichiometry of such modifications, however, has made it challenging to fully define the interactome of any given bromodomain.
Unveiling the Dot-Perspective Task: Integrating Implicit-Mentalistic with Sub-Mentalistic Processes
5. General Discussion and Conclusions We carried out three experiments in the study, attempting to cast light on the implicit mentalising vs. submentalising debate. Overall, Experiment 1 discovered that manipulation of eye–head cues (gaze-averted face vs. head-averted face) could dissociate attentional orienting from implicit mentalising to support the contribution of implicit mentalising to the dot-perspective task’s consistency effect.
Revolutionising education: Exploring the metaverse’s uncharted potential
It’s something we’ve heard a million times before, but that doesn’t make it any less true; screens dominate our lives, and our attention spans have been dwindling in response — a point emphasised by a recent article in TIME magazine. Nowhere are the issues of attention spans and screen time more fervent than amongst our children and youth.
Revolutionising Education: Exploring the Metaverse's Uncharted Potential - BusinessToday
It’s something we’ve heard a million times before, but that doesn’t make it any less true; screens dominate our lives and our attention spans have been dwindling in response — a point emphasised by a recent article in TIME magazine. Nowhere are the issues of attention spans and screen time more fervent than amongst our children and youth.
Seeing Ourselves: Write to Preserve, Edit to Protect
Angeline Boulley as a high school senior. Photo courtesy of Angeline Boulley. The first time I read a story that featured a Native American protagonist, I was a high school senior. It was a significant experience for me. As an Ojibwe teen, I hadn’t realized my absence in books until that moment. In Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan, teen Laurie learns she was adopted as a baby and that she is Native American.
Seeing Ourselves: Cherokee DNA Tree of Life: Our Syllabary
Illustration (c) 2023 by Jeff Edwards. The Cherokee language is what ultimately defines us uniquely as Cherokees. We are one of only a very small handful of Native American tribes who have a syllabic writing system. The Cherokee Syllabary was completed by Sequoyah in 1821. His Syllabary contains eighty-six individual characters overall. Soon after the official adoption by the Cherokee Nation, ninety percent of all Cherokees were fluent in reading and writing.
Seeing Ourselves: The Mannequin of Charles Towne
by Eden Royce Jun 09, 2023 | Filed in Articles & Opinion Every Saturday when I was a kid, my mother would take me to the mall. Mostly, it was her looking through racks without making a purchase and me fidgeting, desperate to be anywhere else. I found the stores boring, the endless racks of clothing and shoes. There was nothing to do, nowhere to sit and read, which was all I wanted to do on Saturday. But I had no choice — it was our weekly ritual. Eden Royce at age six. Photo courtesy of Eden Royce.
Preview July/August 2023 Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards
Special Issue: ALA Awards Original cover art by 2023 Caldecott Medal winner Doug Salati. Presentation of “The MVP Award” to Martha V. Parravano as she retires from her position as book review editor. “The Year in Words and Pictures.” The Horn Book editors discuss the children’s book landscape in yet another groundbreaking year. James E. Ransome’s Children's Literature Legacy Award acceptance speech. A profile of James E. Ransome by professor Jonda C. McNair.
A Publisher's Perspective: Three Decades of Inclusive Publishing
In 1991, when Lee & Low Books was founded, the state of diverse books was bleak. Children of color who grew up in the 1990s (or earlier) rarely saw themselves reflected in the pages of a book. Society’s lack of inclusivity led children of color to bend over backward to assimilate (I was one of them).
mRNA display reveals a class of high-affinity bromodomain-binding motifs that are not found in the human proteome
New Results doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.17.541126 Abstract Bromodomains regulate gene expression by recognizing protein motifs containing acetyllysine. Although originally characterized as histone-binding proteins, it has since become clear that these domains interact with other acetylated proteins, perhaps most prominently transcription factors.
The psychology of natural history
Natural history observations are an integral part of ecology and evolution. However, they can be underappreciated because they operate independent of the scientific method. Here, we illustrate that the science of natural history has its own methodology based on a well-known psychological paradigm that describes how the human mind learns.
The Next Generation Of Users Of The Web3 Metaverse
Web3 is a concept that everyone on the internet is getting very interested in. The concept is everywhere on social media, there are hundreds and even thousands of threads on Twitter about the Web3 and how it is shaping human interactions. Before we dive deeper into getting to know the users of Web3, let's take a look at some of the important terminologies related to it. Web3 or Web 3.0 This is the next generation of the Internet.
A Beginner's Guide To NFTs
If you’re someone who goes on social media or browses the internet a lot, you would’ve probably heard about NFTs. Since 2020, NFTs have taken the world by storm, heading a revolution in the world of cryptocurrency. We've seen cartoon profile pictures taking over social media platforms, virtual lands getting more popular and being purchased by celebrities and brands for hefty prices, and digital artwork selling for tens of millions of dollars. So what exactly is an NFT?
Competitive Intelligence Tools To Refine Your Marketing
As an entrepreneur of a business, large or small, it's crucial to keep up to date with the competition and other players in your industry so as not to be left behind in what is a constantly changing market! Therefore, it's important to learn about our competition, understand what they're doing, and find out where we can improve and excel over them. It's important to know how your competition is doing so that you find ways to innovate in order to stay ahead of them.
Riding On The Lines Of Controversy Are Blurring The Lines Of Good Advertising For Brands
We no longer make purchases because we need them. Instead, this ‘need’ has been swapped with a ‘want’ that is placed due to factors like our favorite celebrities promoting them, attractiveness of the product, a desire to be viewed as the ‘it’ person who owns the latest product or its version thereafter etc. Ads have a strong influence on our daily lives as they alter the way we make choices, and at times, even decisions in our life.
What You Need To Know About Virtual Real Estate
What is Virtual real estate? Have you heard of real estate Locations that exist entirely online, and are accessible only by logging on? For real estate entrepreneurs who are forward-thinking and ready to keep up with the latest trends, the digital future is where their interests lie. These entrepreneurs are already accumulating this land in the same way they do with traditional real estate.
Emerging Trends In The Metaverse
The metaverse is gaining popularity, and for good reason too. The big advantage of the metaverse is that it makes it easier for people to connect from anywhere across the globe while being more enveloped in the activity and environment. With a more immersive experience, the metaverse allows for more opportunities for both personal and business ventures. You can exercise, socialize, play games, and have business meetings in a virtual environment.
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