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source: The Economist

Facebook Libra – Saving gravy.

Vested interests sink Libra. There are certainly regulatory issues that need to be addressed with Facebook’s or any digital currency, but I suspect that the main reason for Libra’s failure...

Google Hardware – Pixelated strategy

Nice innovations but virtually no buyers. Google held a fairly subdued affair where it launched a new smartphone, earbuds, Chromebook and a smart home offering. The AI runs everything mantra...

China vs. USA – Much ado about nothing.

No change in technology outlook. The USA and China came to a very preliminary agreement on Friday which worked out better for China (in Alastair Newton’s opinion see attached) but...

Automotive Ecosystem – Dyson C5 pt. II.

At least Dyson didn’t try and make his C5. As I suspected (see here), high margin vacuum cleaners, fans and air purifiers are much easier to make than electric vehicles...

Autonomous Autos – Glacial start.

Waymo does not want to be beaten by Yandex. Waymo is removing drivers in its commercial autonomous fleet just in time to be on par with Yandex which is about...

Peloton – Race to the bottom.

Peloton effectively admits it has no IP. If Peloton has to resort to a dubious lawsuit to keep competition at bay, I think it is a tacit admission that it...

China AI – No impact.

Unlike Huawei, this one is not going to hurt. The entry of Huawei onto the entity list did real damage,e but I think that SenseTime, Megvii and the six others...

India Electric Vehicles – All about cost.

Its time will come. The characteristic of the Indian market that makes it such a poor market for Electrical Vehicles today, will ensure that when the time is right, India...

Microsoft Surface – Hedged bets

Durable folding screens would take Surface to a new level. Microsoft has launched two brand new form factors (and use cases) but I think it is not releasing them until...

Huawei – Nowhere to run pt. X

Google flips the kill switch on the workaround. Huawei’s imperfect, but viable, backdoor to add Google Services to its devices has been killed off by Google which virtually guarantees that...