Alphabet & Amazon – Over and under
Alphabet Q2 19 Cloud and Pixel lift Alphabet over the bar Alphabet reported strong Q2 19 results as Google Cloud and the Pixel 3a put...
Facebook & Tesla – Surprising times
Tesla Q2 19 Record shipments and more losses spells trouble. Tesla’s fundamental inability to make money by selling cars came back to haunt it again...
Apple & Intel – Fuzzy logic
Acquiring Intel’s modem business now makes no sense. The WSJ (see here) is reporting that Apple is close to buying Intel’s modem business but given...
Open AI & Microsoft – Lottery ticket
Microsoft takes a punt on Open AI. Open AI, the “non-profit” AI company, has taken a $1bn investment from Microsoft that sees Microsoft buy itself...
App Store Wars – The Phantom Menace.
Signs of the rebellion are gathering pace. The rebellion against the current status quo in-app distribution is growing and it is Apple that may find...
Samsung, Huawei et al – Nasty origami pt. V.
Folding screens need to start again from scratch. There is still plenty of enthusiasm and research being put into flexible screens but until the scratch-ability...
Netflix Q2 19 – Risky business
Netflix is now a studio. A great set of results was disfigured by slower user growth as price increases and the verticalisation of the content...
Artificial Intelligence – Catch-up.
UC Irvine treads in Deep Mind’s footsteps. The University of California has created an algorithm that can solve Rubik’s cube from scratch, but I think...
Yandex – Robotic dark horse.
Yandex is closer to robotaxis than Tesla. Yandex’s subsidiary is expanding its reach into the taxi industry in Russia which provides a route to market...












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