TechRepublic Staff

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ADB lifted Southeast Asia’s growth outlook as AI-linked investment expands, but infrastructure, skills, and costs are creating uneven gains.

Dell’s $999 XPS Googlebook undercuts Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 8 by about $400, but Windows compatibility may justify the premium.

Beats 360 undercuts Sony’s WH-1000XM6 by $110, but the trade-offs span sound, ANC, wired audio, workout use, and platform features.

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The best Android video editing apps for 2026 include Adobe Premiere, CapCut, LumaFusion, PowerDirector, and KineMaster for different editing needs.

Apple Watch Series 12 and Galaxy Watch9 are close in price, but phone compatibility, health tools, battery life, and AI separate the two.

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme share the same 5GHz CPU, but differ in gaming hardware, AI capacity, video features, and confirmed phones.

Aolani plans 22,000 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs across Malaysia and the Philippines as Southeast Asia’s AI infrastructure buildout accelerates.