VW – Backward dance
Cariad and autonomy likely to be downsized and delayed VW is preparing to re-organise its software and autonomous driving strategy which will see substantial delays...
Gone snorkelling – Back December 5th
RFM has gone snorkelling in the Musandam to celebrate the UAE’s 51st birthday and will return on December 5th.
Artificial Intelligence – The jigsaw game.
Combining disciplines is the way forward. The success of Meta’s Diplomacy algorithm is further evidence that the way to begin addressing the more difficult problems...
Crypto – Deep Freeze.
Spring will come eventually. The bankruptcy of BlockFi adds another layer to the wreckage deepening the crypto winter, but there are real use cases for...
Huawei & ZTE – No substance.
The latest ban is all noise and no substance. The USA has banned the sale of all electronics from Huawei and ZTE into the USA...
Activision / Microsoft – Buyer’s remorse.
FTC may end up doing Microsoft a favour. If Microsoft had delayed its bid for Activision, it probably would have been able to get it...
Automotive services – Backward business
Users are not going to subscribe to hardware. RFM has long predicted that automotive digital services are the solution to the problem of lower vehicle...
Zoom – Circle of life
Consumer is in trouble. Zoom reported results that show that the pandemic boom is well and truly over and while the valuation has returned to...
Faraday Future – Dilution effect
Best case valuation is almost zero. The gap between Faraday Future’s spin in its press releases and the reality of its SEC filings has never...















USA vs. China – Digital iron curtain