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Meta Platforms – Knives out

Meta’s corporate governance is becoming an issue. The activists are starting to come out of the woodwork voicing their dissatisfaction with Meta, but the reality is that unless they convince...

Snap Q3 2022 – Revaluation

Snap is heading towards value territory. Snap reported Q3 2022 results that missed expectations slightly but the resulting crash in the share price is a clear indication that the valuation...

China vs. USA – Self censorship

Semi-equipment makers remove China The US and European semiconductor capital equipment industries are self-censoring their business with China in a way that is much more draconian than I expected and...

Smart Home – A Matter of detail.

Matter only goes so far. The new Matter standard has the potential to end the fragmentation and incompatibility of the smart home but even with all of the big digital...

Meta – Misplaced message

Missed the connection. Meta headlined its Connect 2022 event with its new pro-headset but its real message was completely lost meaning that what Meta is really doing in the Metaverse...

Huawei – Window dressing pt. II

No way back. The repercussions of the latest US restrictions (see here) are likely to go both far and wide through the Chinese technology industry slowing its development and putting...

Twitter – X marks the spot?

X is the only place to go. Much has been made of Mr Musk’s plans to create a super app called ‘X’ with Twitter as its starting point, but the...

Semiconductors – Supercycle pt. VIII

Samsung and AMD join the chorus. Weak results from Samsung and a profit warning from AMD are more signs that demand is weakening which in the face of all-time highs...

USA vs China – Turn of the screw pt. II

The USA goes beyond semis in its war on Chinese technology. The USA is about to ramp up the pressure still further on China’s semiconductor industry which marks a departure...

Twitter – The price of free speech pt. VIII.

Musk caves. Elon Musk has realised that he is very likely to lose his court case against Twitter meaning that he has again offered to buy the company for $44bn...