Nobel Prizes for Google — which may now be broken up Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-10-09. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Two Nobel Prizes linked to AI went to Google this week. But it is ordinary search ads that have paid for the development behind them — and now those ads are under threat. Most companies would be thrilled to have had even one […]
The fight in Klarna’s boardroom is a sign of things to come Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-10-07. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Tensions are rising ahead of Klarna’s approaching stock market listing. A power struggle with echoes of Silicon Valley appears to be taking shape in the boardroom. For 19 years Klarna has been a privately held company. Its twentieth year looks set to […]
The layoffs won’t solve Northvolt’s problems Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-09-23. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. 1,600 employees are losing their jobs at Northvolt in Sweden. Meanwhile, future financing is still not in place. What is actually happening now? Why is Northvolt making so many redundancies now? According to the company it is a result of the “macroeconomic climate” and the need to focus […]
Who can save Northvolt from its crisis? Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-09-16. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The crisis at Northvolt is deepening. Money is running out and the options are few. Who can save the company now? More than 100 billion kronor has been pumped into Northvolt. Now the ground is shaking beneath the giant battery factory in Skellefteå before it has even […]
Little evidence of a link between mental illness and screen time Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-09-04. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Opinion. The screen is today the route to community, news, schoolwork and culture. Rather than restricting access to the phone, we should ask ourselves what is actually happening on it. At Ohio State University in the spring of 1947, a panel convened to […]
2,800 billion kronor wiped out — why Nvidia is crashing Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-09-04. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. 2,800 billion kronor were erased in a single day when the shares of hyped chipmaker Nvidia fell sharply on Tuesday evening. Why are they falling now? It was a broader collapse across the chip and semiconductor sector on American markets on Tuesday. The category […]
Nvidia’s quarterly report: the burden of market expectations Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-08-29. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Nvidia delivered strong quarterly figures but was met with mild scepticism from the market. The company now faces its biggest challenge yet: market expectations. A small group of enthusiasts gathered at a sports bar in New York on Wednesday afternoon. But it was not a game […]
Pavel Durov’s relationship with Russia raises many questions Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-08-26. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Drug trafficking and contract killings take place on the messaging app Telegram. But that is not the whole story behind the arrest of its founder Pavel Durov, whose relationship with the Russian state raises many questions. When Sweden’s justice minister invited social media companies for talks […]
The AI boom: doubt has arrived for the first time Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-08-17. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. After this spring’s stock market surge among tech companies, markets have started to doubt. Will AI deliver the economic explosion investors hoped for? Several influential voices are now expressing scepticism for the first time. “I think it is insane.” Barton Briggs, strategist at investment […]
Mercado Libre: From garage project to $70 billion Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-08-03. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. From a garage to becoming Latin America’s most important tech company. The Mercado Libre success story sounds like a cliché — but with near-perfect timing, Marcos Galperin has built a company that Silicon Valley cannot touch. “He is now morbidly obese, a drug addict, has cancer, […]
