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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...

Research Publication – Reality Bytes – Clash of the Titans – The Panda Awakes

28th September 2021: RFM and Alavan Independent update their trade and tech war coverage to provide subscribers with an in-depth political and technical assessment situation of Chinese regulation and how it...

Crypto – The new outlaw

China kills another industry. China has outlawed cryptocurrencies in a move that seeks to protect the central government’s control of the financial system but will ensure that all of the...

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...

Microsoft – Studio what?

Surface gets experimental. Alongside a series of expected and needed upgrades was one of the wackiest ideas I have seen for a portable computer but missing was a folding screen...

Aira Technologies – AI in the real world.

A good use case for a limited technology I have long held the view that under certain circumstances, today’s AI can improve performance to a superhuman level, and I think...

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...