Meta Platforms Q3 23 – Bad habits
Meta may be returning to its bad habits. Meta Platforms delivered another set of excellent results but wiped out enthusiasm by guiding weakly for Q4...
Google & Microsoft – Scroogled again
Microsoft is really getting under Google’s skin. Microsoft continues to leverage OpenAI to get under Google’s skin and this quarter one can see some impact...
USA vs. China – Head scratcher
Taiwanese politics and Apple. Long-term collaborator and colleague Alastair Newton from Alavan Independent joins Radio Free Mobile in authoring today’s commentary concerning China, Foxconn, Taiwan...
USA vs. China – Tit for tat
The USA still has the upper hand. In the face of further restrictions on its ability to develop AI algorithms, China is threatening to restrict...
Autonomous driving – Bloody economics
An unattractive proposition. It looks increasingly like it will be Cruise rather than Tesla or Waymo that gets to market first with robotaxis giving it...
Qualcomm & Google – Starting low
Low volume, low value. Qualcomm and Google have announced that Android Wear OS will be supported on RISC-V processors opening the way for the first...
USA vs. China – The screw pt. III
Existing rules made more effective. The tightening of restrictions on chip exports to China aims to close a series of loopholes that allowed China to...
Baidu – ERNIE 1.0
The real ERNIE 1.0. Baidu rolled out the latest version of its ERNIE chatbot which is a great improvement over previous versions and in my...
USA vs. China – No loophole
Nanoimprint lithography unlikely to solve anyone’s problems. Canon has announced that it will begin selling an alternative technology for advanced semiconductors that I suspect is...











Intel and Amazon – Game of numbers.