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CES 2022 Day 1 – The EV cycle

Automotive dominates on day 1. Consumer electronics companies are regularly referring to vehicles as devices on wheels in their CES 2022 marketing which is almost certain to incense the very...

CES 2022 Day O – Waiting for 2023

Omicron pandemonium – Silver lining Despite the best efforts of the CTA, the advent of the hyper-contagious SARS-Cov2 variant means that CES 2022 is going to be a subdued affair....

Meta Platforms – Mark of intent.

Meta hasn’t given up on Fintech Meta’s purchase of trademarks is a clear sign that it has not given up on financial services, but the vested interests and central banks...

SenseTime – Prudence calls.

Retreat and live to fight another day. SenseTime’s addition to the US investment blacklist has delayed the already-downsized IPO where I think the sensible move is to postpone the listing...

Didi – Desperate times pt. II

Listing in Hong Kong will not help much. Didi has begun its preparations to relocate its listing to Hong Kong but this is unlikely to be able to make up...

Google Deep Mind – Inching forward

Deep Mind chips away at the big challenges. Deep Mind has released new research on language models which is an attempt to address 2 of the big problems with deep...

Intel – Sage seller

Intel should sell as much as it can. In the face of nonsensical valuations for the EV sector and Mobileye no longer being a core part of Intel, it makes...

Nvidia & Arm – The unthinkable pt. XI.

The FTC drops the hammer. The FTC is unique in being the only regulator so far to actively come out against the deal which I think represents the biggest setback...

Ford & Rivian – EV independence

Ford can make it alone.   The ending of the partnership is a sign that expectations for Rivian are now so high that it thinks that it will be able...

Epic Games & the Metaverse – The biggest hurdle

Technology is the least of the problems. Epic Games remains the largest advocate for interoperability across platforms in gaming, but its stance will be sorely tested when players want to...