With AI revenues soaring and Azure scaling, Microsoft is doubling down on infrastructure to lead tech’s next wave, even as regulators circle.

As genAI adoption grows, businesses and consumers face a transforming digital ecosystem marked by broadening applications, enhanced productivity, shifting business practices, and legal and ethical challenges.

Industry leaders are making progress in AI adoption, but it’s early yet. We delve into where bankers want to take the technology next.

Google goes ambient: New Pixel phones, the first ever Pixel smartwatch, and a future tablet that transforms into a smart display are all touchpoints to Google’s wider IoT and ambient computing aspirations.

Chip companies could pivot to cloud and services: Expecting a slowdown in chip sales, companies like Broadcom are leaning on software and cloud computing acquisitions with companies like VMware to diversify their business.

ES: Pricing, performance, and ease of use dictated who owned the market in the early days of personal computing. Today, VR ecosystems and platforms continue that trend as the metaverse takes shape: Consumers, developers, and content producers will eventually decide the future of the metaverse, but they will be limited by hardware’s capabilities. We look at the state of VR hardware, the key players, and how gaming could serve as a gateway to VR/AR adoption.