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Worldwide PC shipments totaled 55.4 million units in the third quarter of 2026, down 22.4% from the third quarter of 2025, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. “The impact of higher memory and storage costs is now fully reflected in PC pricing.

HYDERABAD, India, 12th October 2026: Viyona Fintech, an NPCI-certified Technology Service Provider (TSP), today announced plans to roll out its Viyona Tap and Pay platform to extend its payment technologies to African markets, positioning Zimbabwe as its initial entry point for sub-Saharan deployment. The company is currently in discussions with the Government of Zimbabwe to support this strategic rollout.

Mobile game developers are accelerating their adoption of direct to consumer (D2C) platforms following a series of favorable regulatory changes that allow them to sell in-game items, virtual currency and other content directly to consumers without an intermediary. New Omdia research finds that this shift is creating new opportunities for specialist D2C platforms, with five vendors leading a closely contested market.

Telangana Ministers D. Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar, Vakiti Srihari, MP Mallu Ravi, Hyderabad and Cyberabad Police Commissioners—VC Sajjanar and Dr Ramesh, Cyberabad Municipal Commissioner–Srijana, Laura Wiulliams-US Consul General in Hyd, Olympic Bronze Medalist-Saina Nehwal and Film Actress Anaswara Rajan Among the Distinguished Guests at the Run.

Telangana Ministers D. Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar, Vakiti Srihari, MP Mallu Ravi, Hyderabad and Cyberabad Police Commissioners—VC Sajjanar and Dr Ramesh, Cyberabad Municipal Commissioner–Srijana, Laura Wiulliams-US Consul General in Hyd, Olympic Bronze Medalist-Saina Nehwal and Film Actress Anaswara Rajan Among the Distinguished Guests at the Run.

The survey’s breakdown across 14 professions shows how differently digital life plays out from one group to the next. Incident rates ranged from 82% among people in administration and business support roles to 89.7% among those in corporate risk, legal and compliance roles, so even the least-affected group still saw more than four in five people hit. Across the full sample, the most common incidents were fraudulent calls and SMS (40.9%), spam (40.4%) and unwanted advertising (25.5%).

The latest research from Omdia shows that worldwide shipments of desktops, notebooks, and workstations declined sharply in 3Q26, falling 21.2% year-on-year to 58.1 million units. Desktop shipments (including desktop workstations) fell 23.5% to 11.7 million units, while notebook shipments (including mobile workstations) declined 20.6% to 46.4 million units.

Sixty-three percent of senior procurement leaders expect AI to significantly improve procurement performance over the next three years, yet only 25% of procurement leaders have undertaken job and role redesign as a direct result of AI implementation, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.

Asia-Pacific’s (APAC) corporate market capitalization rankings underwent a sharp reshuffle in the third quarter of 2026, with artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure emerging as the dominant force behind the region’s biggest valuation gains. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) retained the top spot, but the more striking shift was the surge in memory and semiconductor names, while Chinese banks and energy companies gained ground.

Dr. Santosh G. Honavar, Hyderabad-based Ocular Oncologist, tops Stanford List of Researchers in Ophthalmology for Career-Long Impact for the Fifth Consecutive Year. Dr. Santosh G. Honavar, Hyderabad-based Ocular Oncologist, tops Stanford List of Researchers in Ophthalmology for Career-Long Impact for the Fifth Consecutive Year. Dr. Santosh G. Honavar is the Honorary Secretary of the AIOS, the world’s second largest professional organization of Ophthalmologists.