Chris Griffith

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channelnews : QD-OLED Monitor Market Share Surges

2 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

QD-OLED accounts for 73% of OLED shipments this year, an increase driven by advancing technology and new products. Market intelligence firm TrendForce says QD-OLED’s share had increased from 68% in 2024, a 5% hike that highlights its strong competitiveness in the high-end monitor market. “The introduction of new 27-inch UHD products and high-refresh-rate QHD 500 Hz monitors is drawing attention”, TrendForce says in a statement.
channelnews : Tariff Turmoil Comes Home To Roost With Amazon Predicting Weaker Results

2 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

Tech giant Amazon.com has thrown a broadside at the Trump administration’s economic strategy, warning that the company’s ongoing performance will likely be marred by tariffs, recessionary fears and economic turmoil. The warning, during a presentation of its first quarter results, comes two days after founder Jeff Bezos was forced to hose down speculation that the company would detail the tariff component of sales on its budget platform, Amazon Haul.
channelnews : Samsung Berated Over Its Lack Of Women Directors

2 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

Samsung is facing flak from shareholders over the paltry representation of women at board level. There are no women among internal directors and only two outside directors. Nikkei Asia reports that a female shareholder took the company to task at its annual shareholder meeting. “Samsung is a company that represents South Korea, but it has no female directors. Isn’t that too conservative?”Samsung isn’t alone in South Korea with this problem.
channelnews : Visa Transforms Commerce With AI Agents

2 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

Visa will use artificial intelligence to transform its credit card services into a fully blown AI-driven shopping experience where you set the rules for what AI buys. You might tell your credit card to purchase flowers between $20 to $40 for delivery next Monday, to buy an airline ticket to Cairns costing under $200 or snap up tickets to the next Paul McCartney concert whenever that occurs. You set the parameters.
channelnews : Samsung TV Tests Show ‘Perceived Brightness’ Matters

2 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

Tests show that bright pixels next to truly black pixels on OLED TVs look about 1.5 times brighter due to the increased contrast ratio. In contrast, the muddier dark grey pixels on LCD sets render the bright pixels as not as dazzling. This might seem intuitively obvious, but Samsung Display has gone to the length of commissioning research to remove any doubt.
channelnews : ESR Unveils Magnetic Wireless Mouse

2 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

Mobile accessories producer ESR is selling a computer mouse that magnetically snaps to your laptop and has a charging cable. The mouse is designed for busy people on the go who don’t want to swap batteries or hunt for cables. “The MagMouse stays locked in place thanks to a removable magnetic base with pop-up pins that align on contact—so it won’t budge, even when you’re on the move.” ESR says on Kickstarter. The mouse is connected to a short cable that you plug in for charging purposes only.
channelnews : Netflix Adds ‘Spoken Dialogue’ Captions Option

2 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

Netflix will offer viewers a second subtitle option that comprises spoken dialogue but not audio descriptions. The streaming icon argues that more than 50 percent of American viewers watch movies with subtitles enabled, and while they want spoken dialogue, they often don’t need the written prompts given to profoundly deaf viewers.
channelnews : Amazon Takes On Musk’s Starlink, Launching 27 Satellites

2 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

Australian telcos, government, the NBN and individual consumers will be the beneficiaries of Amazon’s long-awaited launch of its first Project Kuiper satellites. Twenty-seven low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites were released into space from a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket early Tuesday AEST. The launch took place at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Amazon’s constellation of 27 satellites is no match for Elon Musk’s Starlink which has deployed more than 8000 satellites since 2019.
channelnews : Trump, Amazon Trade Barbs Over Detailing Tariff Components On Invoices

2 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

The Trump administration and Amazon have locked horns over the e-commerce giant’s floated plan to display the import tariff component of prices during checkout. The idea would be confined to import tariff amounts on goods bought on Amazon Haul, which specialises in ultra-cheap products under US$20. According to reports Amazon hadn’t considered detailing import tariff amounts on purchases made from its main site.
channelnews : OpenAI Could Offer To Buy Google Chrome

3 weeks ago | channelnews.com.au | Chris Griffith

ChatGPT owner OpenAI has expressed interest in buying Google Chrome owner Alphabet were asked to divest it. The surprise offer came this week at an antitrust hearing into the monopoly that the widely used web browser enjoys in the technology industry. The US Department of Justice has been examining whether Google should be forced to divest Chrome. Currently a court trial in Washington is looking at whether to fine Google over its breach of antitrust regulation.