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DeepMind – Window dressing.

The profit might be fake, but the company is not. DeepMind’s move into profitability means very little and, in my opinion, deflects attention from the fact that Deep Mind is...

Facebook – American ByteDance.

Congress seems to want to give Facebook the ByteDance treatment. Facebook has had a bad week but the allegations being made have been quite effectively shot down by Mr. Zuckerberg,...

Amazon Game Studios – Game on finally!

Amazon Game Studios sees some traction at last. Amazon has had a torrid time with its fledgling game studio, but its recent release is seeing good traction with gamers but...

Rivian – The contortionist pt. II.

Rivian is not a growth company. It is a start-up.   It looks like Rivian has a great product on its hands which combined with its relationship with Amazon puts...

ByteDance – Billion user club.

ByteDance joins the giants. TikTok the short video service owned by ByteDance has announced that it has over 1bn users making it unique as the only Chinese company that has...

GM Ultifi – Out of GAS.

GM appears to go it alone. GM has announced a new end-to-end platform that aims to provide everything from systems management to infotainment, in what can only be a big...

Amazon – Surveillance state.

Amazon experiments with privacy. Amazon released a series of products and services in what looks like an experiment to see how much privacy users are willing to surrender in return...

Facebook – The early edge.

In the metaverse, Facebook has a head start. The release of an app by Netflix for the Oculus Quest will go almost unnoticed but it is highly significant because Netflix...

Didi – Desperate times.

Didi is in desperate peril. Didi Global CEO and founder Jean Liu is hoping that making an exit is going to save her company, but all of the evidence points...

Cable TV – Sword of Damocles pt. X.

The sword is falling fast One look at the nomination and award list for the prestigious Emmy Awards demonstrates that the streaming services are now fully in the driving seat...