Evening Scan

The smartphone and PC trackers all landed today, and the picture is grim: shipments are sliding hard even as Apple and Samsung grab bigger slices of a shrinking pie. Amazon is reportedly shopping for a very expensive AI acquisition, and Meta shipped its first frontier model.

20.1% — Year-over-year drop in Q3 PC shipments, to 62.7 million units. (IDC via Slashdot)

Q3 2026 Was Historically Bad For PC Shipments

IDC recorded its worst Q3 decline on record. (Slashdot)

Apple Captures Record 22% Q3 Smartphone Market Share

Market-share gains mean less when the whole market is shrinking 20%, but a record is a record. (Hypebeast)

Amazon In Talks To Buy AI Startup Decart For Around $7 Billion

Up to $7B for a startup signals Amazon doesn't want to be late to this one. (Slashdot)

Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder

Muse Spark was the lightweight, low-latency opener; Wonder is the bigger, more capable follow-up. (TechCrunch)

Blur to shut down frontend next month as NFT trading volume dwindles (paywall)

The NFT marketplace is turning off the lights on its frontend while the protocol lives on onchain. The BLUR token fell more than 20%. (The Block)