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Apple Mac – Intel outside?

Apple crushes the competition. Even accounting for the “Apple fanboy” element of the tech press, the new M1-powered Macs are delivering pretty much everything that Apple promised meaning that Intel,...

Uber & Aurora – Back to front.

Only a joint venture makes any sense at all. While it makes complete sense for Uber to get rid of its autonomous driving activity and start again, I think Aurora...

Apple, Arm & Intel – Eyebrow raiser.

Apple potentially does some real damage. With its new Macs, Apple has made some very bold claims for the performance and power efficiency of its new M1 chip but if...

SoftBank & Boston Dynamics – Homecoming.

Boston Dynamics finds a credible home. Boston Dynamics may have finally found a credible owner spelling the end of click-bait robots that lose money and instead focusing on bringing its...

Epic vs. Apple – A right Battle Royale pt. V.

A workaround that goes nowhere. The idea that Fortnite will be able to return to the iPhone through GeForce Now is technically possible but the experience is unlikely to be...

Peloton – The inexorable erosion.

Peloton postpones the inevitable. Peloton reported excellent FQ1 2020 results as new lockdowns have triggered another surge in buying but this company is still mostly driven by hardware, and as...

Arm and NVIDIA – The unthinkable pt. II.

RISC-V has a second lease of life. While there is no sign that NVIDIA will be unable to maintain Arm’s crucial independence, just the mere fact of the possibility has...

Qualcomm FQ4 2020 – Happy wave.

Finally, a wave to be pleased about. Qualcomm reported excellent results as the combination of Apple and China is driving a rapid roll-out of 5G enabled devices which is a...

Ant Group – Whoops apocalypse.

Jack Ma has made someone very cross. The Chinese regulator has forced both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to suspend the Ant Financial IPO at...

Tesla – Sleight of hand.

Tesla is still bad at autonomous driving. Tesla’s latest pronouncement on the performance of Autopilot suggests that Autopilot is safer than humans, but the reality remains that Tesla is very...