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Artificial Intelligence – Lifecycle of a bubble pt. II

Bubble valuations but real use cases.  As more and more models are released by companies, start-ups and open source, the harder they will have to work to attract users meaning...

Apple FQ4 23 – More of same

Incremental improvements and growth.  Apple reported reasonable results but concerns around its business in China and an accounting abnormality took their toll on the share price which fell by 3.6%...

Qualcomm FQ4 23 – The Turn

Qualcomm signals the worst is over.   Qualcomm reported good results signalling that the worst is over leaving a flat short-term outlook and a longer term that is full of...

Autonomous Autos – Cruise control

Cruise is mostly punished for bad behaviour. Although there was most certainly a technology failure, Cruise is off the roads mostly because the California DMV thinks that it failed to...

Apple – Chugging along.

M3 does not wipe the floor with Elite X. Apple launched its next series of M-chips but even though they will all be made on the new 3nm TSMC process,...

Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit – The Gauntlet

Qualcomm throws down the gauntlet to both Apple and Intel. Qualcomm is mounting a bold challenge to both Apple and Intel in PCs with the launch of the Snapdragon X...

Intel and Amazon – Game of numbers.

Good numbers but both have problems. Both Intel and Amazon reported good results, but both have some fundamental problems that are hurting current performance and will take some time to...

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 of this in the numbers....

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 and Apple. China has launched...

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 the export of graphite in...