Nobody wants to know. Alibaba reported good results beating expectations and the moribund Chinese economy but even at depressed valuations and with a large share buyback, sentiment towards China remains...
Apple FQ3 23 – Eating Android. Apple reported a difficult set of results but weakness in the smartphone market was offset by a strong performance from services and the incremental...
All about cost-cutting. Meta, Google and Microsoft have all painted a rosy picture of recovery but sifting through the details reveals a reality which is much more sanguine although not...
AI cannot offset the general malaise. The contrast between TSMC and the rest of the semiconductor industry is a result of AI not being big enough to offset weakness elsewhere...
The fight for the next platform begins. Meta’s decision to release commercial versions of its generative AI models as well as the supposed “leak” of its models have nothing to...
Strategic investors will pay more. SoftBank is engaging in a strategy to maximise the price at which it can sell Arm with the hope that because strategic investors are very...
An impossible problem. China is pressing ahead with AI regulation which is going to be so problematic that it could end up destroying development in this key technology highlighting the...
Samsung echoes Micron. Samsung reported the worst set of preliminary results for many years but critically, they were slightly better than expectations and show a similar pattern to Micron where...
I think Musk wins this cage fight. Meta Platforms is releasing an alternative to Twitter which will give all those who say they want to leave an opportunity to do...
USA vs. China – The screw pt. II
USA cuts off capital to three sectors. The USA will place limits on US investment in 3 Chinese technology sectors in a move that is not really targeted at the...