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Alibaba – Jack’s back

Eddie and Jack can only do so much. After a string of failed strategies to ignite interest in the company and its stock, Jack Ma is making a very behind-the-scenes...

China vs. USA – Inconsequential acceleration

Dutch restrictions do not make much difference. The Netherlands is moving far faster than anyone expected in increasing restrictions on exports to China but restrictions put in place by Japan...

Google Automotive – Out of GAS?

Nanny regulator comes to the rescue. It is no coincidence that it is the German regulatory authority that is taking issue with Google’s automotive business model as it is German...

Semiconductors – China and subsidies

Micron – Collateral damage In an attempt to overturn the ban that China has placed on its chips, Micron has committed to invest $602m in its chip-packaging plant in China...

Nvidia vs. AMD – Game on!

AI developers will decide the outcome Amazon has said that it is considering using AMD’s latest AI training chips, but I suspect that it will be the developers and potentially...

Autonomous Autos – Still no cigar

Edge cases highlight the ongoing problem. While the world is driving itself into a frenzy over the latest iteration of AI, the older version (over which everyone went crazy in...

Artificial Intelligence – Lifecycle of a bubble

The 4th AI bubble is in full swing. I will be the first to admit that large language models (LLMs) can do far more than I expected but the problem...

Tech Newsround – Asian exodus

China vs. USA – AI moves to Vancouver. The technology war is spreading with Microsoft reallocating employees from its lab in China to Canada and other South Asian countries competing...

Meta Platforms – Premier league.

Meta is no longer the laggard that it was. I have written many times about the weakness of Meta Platforms when it comes to AI but it has improved a...

Nvidia – Double edged sword.

Open AI is both a blessing and a curse. There is no doubt that Open AI’s viral sensation with ChatGPT has caused Nvidia’s order books to be bursting at the...