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Patent-Boom 2025: KI, Software und E-Mobilität treiben deutschen Markt
Das Patentamt meldet Rekordzahlen bei gewerblichen Schutzrechten: Vor allem Innovationen in der Computertechnik und digitale Vernetzung sorgen für Aufwind.

Oppo and OnePlus announce price increases for existing smartphone models starting March 16, citing the rising costs of components such as high-speed storage (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/03/10/oneplus-oppo-price-hikes-market-conditions/

OnePlus and Oppo will raise prices for existing smartphones starting next week
In the midst of frankly insane market conditions, Oppo and OnePlus have confirmed plans to raise prices of existing smartphones...

Dish TV says Gray Media cut off Dish customers' access to 226 channels in 113 markets over a fee dispute and that Gray is seeking "unreasonable rate increases" (Rob Golum/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Dish TV Service Says Gray Media Cut Off Stations in 113 Markets
Echostar Corp., owner of the Dish TV service, said Gray Media Inc. cut off its customers’ access to 226 channels in 113 markets as a result of a fee dispute between the companies.

Mr. Wright, the energy secretary, caused a market commotion Tuesday
when he posted on social media that the Navy had successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.
His post drove up stocks and reassured oil markets.
Then, when he deleted the post after administration officials said no escorts had taken place, markets were once again thrust into turmoil.
Efforts to resume shipments have been complicated by intelligence that Iran was preparing to la…

How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War
In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.

Bericht: Touchscreen-Mac mit OLED könnte „MacBook Ultra“ heißen
Nach dem Neo ist vor dem Ultra: Apple wird Bloomberg zufolge bis Herbst ein Nobel-Notebook auf den Markt bringen. Das Marketing steht vor einem Umbau.

"Mercedes F1 team, Lego and Coach expand carbon removal portfolios"
#Mercedes #Lego #CarbonCapture

"Battery storage awarded 576 MW in UK top-up capacity market auction"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Batteries

Battery storage awarded 576 MW in UK top-up capacity market auction
Battery energy storage system (BESS) and demand-side response assets both secure roughly 8% of capacity agreements, according to provisional results, but nuclear leads the pack in first UK capacity market auction of 2026. Results from larger T-4 auction expected later in the month, with generators and energy storage assets vying for multi-year contracts.

Analysis: Trump's World Liberty Financial used 5B of its WLFI tokens to borrow $75M from a platform its adviser co-founded; WLFI falls to an all-time low (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/202…

Trump's World Liberty Financial borrowed millions from a protocol its own advisor co-founded
Onchain data shows WLFI deposited 5 billion of its own tokens as collateral to borrow stablecoins it then sent to Coinbase Prime, pushing a lending pool to 100% utilization and leaving depositors unable to withdraw.

Apple led global Q1 smartphone shipments for the first time with a 21% market share in Q1 2026; overall smartphone shipments fell due to memory chip shortages (Counterpoint Research)
https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/global-smartphone-shipments-q1-…

Sales of PC motherboards are expected to fall 25% YoY in 2026, as PC users delay their upgrades amid AI-driven price surges for memory, storage, and processors (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips — Asus projected to sell 5 million fewer boards in 2025, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock also expected to see reduced sales numbers
Fewer people are buying parts and building new PCs from scratch.