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In just a few years, companies like Apple and Magic Leap, and Microsoft will develop affordable, consumer-ready, smart glasses that serve as a gateway into the exciting world of AR.
Major businesses including Google and Microsoft have co-committed £190 million to tackling major cyber security threats facing the UK.
Microsoft found that advancing AI usage acros four sectors could boost global GDP by as much as 4.4% by 2030, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 4% in the same time period.
Amazon too has invested in Taiwan this year, choosing New Taipei City as the base of its innovation center, while IBM too will hiring and investing more in AI in Taiwan.
Google, Amazon and Microsoft are expected to release true wireless earbuds in the second half of this year.
Tech giants including Microsoft, Google, and Apple have all hired sci-fi writers for the express purpose of writing design fiction that will eventually lead to tomorrow's commonplace commercial products.
Microsoft, Google and a variety of startups will drive the shift toward more consumer-focused products.
Currently servicing global tech giants, including Facebook and Microsoft, APX plays a vital role in the artificial intelligence space, where spending is expected to increase from $634.7 million in 2016 to $36.8 billion by 2025.
Over 50% of the global cloud computing market will be controlled by Amazon's AWS by the end of the year, with the second largest piece of the pie going to Microsoft Azure (22%).
The global cloud computing market is expected to be worth $278 billion by 2021.
The technology giants such as Sony Corporation, Facebook, Microsoft, Google and others are investing vast amounts in the virtual reality market which will accelerate the demand for the market during the forecast period.
Dell, HP, Intel, and Microsoft warned that Trump Administration tariffs levied on Chinese imports would raise laptop prices by as much as 19 percent or $120, no matter which manufacturer made them.
Security spending to private corporations such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others is forecast to exceed $1 trillion in the near future.
AWS will continue to dominate the world's cloud market this year, with Microsoft and Google showing growth as well.
According to IT management software company Spiceworks, 40 pc of large businesses in 2019 - those with more than 500 employees - will implement one or more intelligent assistants or AI chatbots on company-owned devices using technology such as Microsoft Cortana and Apple Siri.
Microsoft is expected to continue to gain market share in the cloud computing industry, a market which will reach $182 billion by 2022.
Amazon and Microsoft have been selected to continue competing for Pentagon cloud computing services as part of a contract that could be worth some US$10 billion.
Amazon remains the undisputed cloud computing champion, crushing its closest competitors Microsoft, IBM, and Google: And its share of the total U.S. e-commerce market is projected to reach 52.4% in 2019, up from 48% last year.
The Open Manufacturing Platform will be built on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, aiming to have four to six partners by the end of the year, to help grow an ecosystem and build future Industry 4.0 solutions.
The next year will see AI platforms dominating the public cloud market and cloud providers, especially Google, AWS and Microsoft will further expand their AI cloud portfolio.
The global cloud computing market, including cloud platforms, business services and SaaS, will exceed $200 billion in 2019, expanding at more than 20%, the report projects.
With the public cloud market expected to reach $236 billion by 2020, AWS is positioned to retain a significant lead over its closest competitors - namely, Google, Microsoft and IBM.
As a defensive strategy to hold onto enterprise accounts, IBM and Oracle will emphasize hybrid cloud solutions that help customers centralize management of Big Data assets distributed between private and public clouds.

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Last updated: 13 October 2019