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Google AI event – Headless chicken

Google trips over its own feet as a result of its panic. Google is in such a blind panic that it is rushing to market with products and events that...

Artificial Intelligence – Arms race of stupid

Look for the picks and shovels of this latest bubble. Google is rushing to market with a competitor for ChatGPT triggering an arms race which will end with huge losses...

Apple, Amazon, Alphabet – A is for awful

Bad numbers for expensive stocks   Apple, Amazon and Alphabet all reported disappointing results and promptly gave up the gain they enjoyed yesterday thanks to the Fed’s more dovish tone...

Meta Platforms Q4 2022 – No diet.

There is still lots of fat to cut.   Meta reported results that were better than feared, announced an efficiency drive as well as a $40bn share buyback which was...

Snap Q4 2022 & Social Media – Nasty precedent

Twitter sets a nasty precedent for fat companies. Rotten results highlight that many social media companies are structurally unable to make money because they are massively overstaffed as the benchmark...

The Metaverse – Enterprise only

Expectations and sentiment continue to worsen. The reduction in PlayStation VR2 volumes for 2023 does not come as a huge surprise as the Metaverse is very far from being ready...

Microsoft FQ2 2023 – Cloudy with showers

The inevitable slowdown. Microsoft reported good results that were spoilt by a slowdown in the cloud meaning that growth going forward is going to be lower which in turn raises...

Microsoft & OpenAI – Chinese whispers.

This is not a simple $10bn investment. Microsoft is deepening its ties with OpenAI which looks to me to be mostly about cementing Azure’s edge over AWS in that Microsoft...

Artificial Intelligence – Exploding hubris.

ChatGPT comes down to earth while Tesla goes underground. ChatGPT & AI in general had a bad week last week with a series of blunders that once again demonstrate that...

Netflix Q4 2022 – Middle-aged.

Hastings ends on a bounce. Netflix announced good results at the same time that its long-term founder and CEO stepped down to be replaced with two co-CEOs which is never...