Björn Jeffery

Roblox accused of being a haven for paedophiles Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-10-20. Translated from Swedish. The gaming platform has been described as a “nightmare landscape of paedophiles.” At the same time, two thirds of all primary school children in Sweden use it. Should parents be concerned about the accusations from Hindenburg Research? “Escape to Epstein Island,” “Beat up the pregnant” and “Survive the killer” — these are some examples of games on the Roblox […]

Lina Khan made Silicon Valley switch political allegiance Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-10-15. Translated from Swedish. As long as the money kept flowing in, venture capitalists didn’t need to care about politics. A young lawyer changed that. Now the liberal tech power centre of Silicon Valley is a pillar of the conservative movement that wants to make Trump president. The audience cheers. The stage is framed by stone, with an engraved reminder about the importance […]

Nobel Prizes for Google — which may now be broken up Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-10-09. Translated from Swedish. 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 Nobel Prize recipient among their staff at any point. Google has just received […]

The fight in Klarna’s boardroom is a sign of things to come Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-10-07. Translated from Swedish. 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 be different. CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has been unusually clear — for the CEO […]

The layoffs won’t solve Northvolt’s problems Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-09-23. Translated from Swedish. 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 on fewer things. The expansion of the Skellefteå factory — which was supposed […]

Who can save Northvolt from its crisis? Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-09-16. Translated from Swedish. 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 reached full production. Customers have pulled out, employees have been given redundancy notices […]

2,800 billion kronor wiped out — why Nvidia is crashing Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-09-04. Translated from Swedish. 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 — which includes companies like Intel, AMD and Qualcomm — had its worst […]

Little evidence of a link between mental illness and screen time Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-09-04. Translated from Swedish. 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 discuss the great media question of the day. Parents were worried and experts […]

Nvidia’s quarterly report: the burden of market expectations Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-08-29. Translated from Swedish. 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 on the screens — they were there to watch chipmaker Nvidia’s quarterly earnings […]

Pavel Durov’s relationship with Russia raises many questions Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-08-26. Translated from Swedish. 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 about crime last week, one company name was absent: Telegram. It is a […]