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AI Raises Bigger Concerns for Students Than Teachers, Admins: Study

Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in Las Vegas, maintains that misuse can be reduced through clear guidelines, ethical training, and early integration of AI literacy into the curriculum. "Educators should model responsible AI use and encourage students to see AI as a tool for exploration, not automation," he told TechNewsWorld...

ANALYST COMMENTARY

NTT’s Upgrade 2025 Event: A Showcase of Possibility Without Purpose

NTT is one of the most powerful technology conglomerates in the world. As a telecommunications giant, the company operates a global network infrastructure, ranks among the top three data center providers worldwide, and employs more than 330,000 people ...

Sourcetable AI Spreadsheet Aims To Democratize Data Analytics

Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst with SmartTech Research in Las Vegas, agreed. "Just as VisiCalc and Lotus 1-2-3 brought computing to a broader audience by solving a practical need for accounting and planning, AI spreadsheets could do the same for AI," he told TechNewsWorld. "They package powerful capabilities into a familiar interface, making AI accessible to a much wider group of users."

OPINION

My 4 Gripes With Apple and Why WWDC Really Matters This Year

Apple, why have you forsaken users like me? I feel like you’re beginning to take me for granted ...

Screen Time of Americans Above Global Average: Study

Six hours of screen time is absolutely excessive for most people, argued Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst with SmartTech Research in Las Vegas. "Six and a half hours is nearly a third of the day, excluding sleep and work, much of it spent passively consuming content," he told TechNewsWorld...

How the Galaxy S25 Ultra Finally Weaned Me Off My iPhone Addiction

I never thought this day would come. Seriously. If you had told me a year ago that I’d be tapping this article out on a Samsung Galaxy S25, sipping my coffee while my old iPhone 16 Pro Max gathers dust in a drawer, I’d have laughed and called you a traitor. After 18 years in Apple’s warm, minimalist embrace, I’ve crossed over ...

Remembering an Unassuming Tech Trailblazer: Tom Mitchell

I’ve been fortunate to have a few mentors who influenced the shape of my career at its formative stages. One of those people was Tom Mitchell, who unexpectedly passed away last November at the age of 76 ...

Opera Adds Agentic AI to Its Browser

In theory, Opera's Browser Operator AI could enhance its market position by differentiating it from competitors, noted Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst with SmartTech Research in Las Vegas “By integrating agentic AI for automation, search efficiency, and task ex...

Why Texas Is the Ideal Home for Apple’s AI Data Center

Apple on Monday announced a $500 billion investment in the United States over the next four years, a commitment that includes the development of a state-of-the-art data center in Houston ...

Edtech Company Chegg Sues Google Over AI Overviews

“These overviews can satisfy immediate information needs, reducing the incentive to engage with more detailed and investigative reporting,” added Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in Las Vegas “As a result,” he told TechNewsWorld, “p...

ANALYSIS

Apple’s iPhone 16e Low-Key Launch Event: A Sign of Things To Come?

Apple's toned-down announcement of the iPhone 16e marks a strategic shift in how the company approaches product differentiation within its lineup ...

Retailers Leverage 'Subscribe and Save' To Compete in Challenging Market

Simplified subscription cancellation and modification processes are paramount for subscribe and save programs, added Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in Las Vegas "They enhance customer trust and satisfaction," Vena told the E-Commerce Times....

Lyft Bringing Robotaxis to Dallas

During this early chapter in the robotaxi story, the technology has faced some challenges. “It’s not been an easy rollout,” said Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in Las Vegas “Deploying robotaxis in cities face major challenges such a...

REVIEW

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon Has Me Rethinking My MacBook Pro

Apple MacBook Pro users often find it difficult to switch to Windows laptops due to the deep integration of the Apple ecosystem, which offers seamless connectivity between devices like iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches. Features such as AirDrop, Handoff, iMessage, and iCloud synchronization create a frictionless workflow that’s difficult to replicate on Windows...

Chinese AI App DeepSeek Rattles Tech Markets

Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in Las Vegas, noted that the DeepSeek app has recently surged in popularity due to its introduction of advanced AI features, such as real-time contextual insights and personalized search recommendations, which make information retrieval faster and more precise...

Favorable Refresh Cycle, Windows 10 End Drove 2024 PC Shipment Growth

AI PCs will be a big deal in 2025, contended Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst with SmartTech Research in Las Vegas. "With special chips called NPUs [Neural Processing Units], they're great for tasks like AI, language processing, and predicting things," he told TechNewsWorld. "Businesses and people will want PCs that can use AI to make their work easier, more creative, and more automated."

7 Troubling Tech Trends of 2024

In the ever-evolving world of technology, 2024 brought some exciting innovations alongside an alarming number of trends that expose the pitfalls of our current tech culture ...

Apple, Samsung Users Unimpressed by AI on Their Phones: Survey

Privacy concerns may be dampening enthusiasm about AI among iPhone users, contended Mark N. Vena, president and principal analyst at SmartTech Research in Las Vegas. “Apple users have high expectations for data protection and skepticism about whether the features offer meaningful improvements beyond what competitors already provide,” he told TechNewsWorld...

OPINION

Is Intel the Tech Industry Equivalent of the 2024 New York Giants?

As a lifelong New York Giants fan, it’s been hard to suffer through the 2024 season, culminating last weekend in the Giants’ most recent debacle, losing to the below-average New Orleans Saints on a botched field goal in the last seconds of the game ...

REVIEW

Sonos Arc Ultra Raises the Bar for Home Theater Audio

As a longtime user of the original Sonos Arc, I approached the new Sonos Arc Ultra with excitement and skepticism ...

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