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Columns and blog posts, written over the years on a variety of websites.

Apple’s record buyback — a sign of an idea drought

May 3, 2024

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on May 3rd, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Apple is offering shareholders the world’s largest share buyback. That is an easier message to deliver than acknowledging that product development has started to feel a little stiff. Tim Cook rarely says more than he has to. Preferably less. Apple’s CEO typically lets the numbers […]

Musk is a master at selling the future

April 24, 2024

by Björn Jeffery

SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on April 24th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. After weeks of nothing but setbacks, Tesla reported weak quarterly figures. The hope is that shareholders will look past the problems for now — and keep looking towards the future. Of all the world’s CEOs, not just anyone gets to meet with India’s Prime Minister […]

Reality finally catches up with Lars Wingefors

April 22, 2024

by Björn Jeffery

SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on April 22nd, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. As the Embracer group is dismantled on the stock market, it marks the definitive end of an era of low interest rates and high expectations. That the share surged on the news shows it should have happened sooner. Lars Wingefors had hoped to get some […]

Netflix forgives pirates — and raises prices

April 19, 2024

by Björn Jeffery

SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on April 19th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Netflix beat all expectations when it presented its quarterly results. The company is a profit machine — but it increasingly resembles a perfectly ordinary media company. How do you justify the valuation then? It has been described as one of the largest Swedish drama investments […]

Sweden hopelessly behind in the global AI race

April 15, 2024

by Björn Jeffery

SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on April 15th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Countries and regions are racing to stake their position in the explosive AI development. But when it comes to infrastructure, Sweden appears to have already given up. It looks like a circuit board in a desert — at least when you view the satellite images. […]

Tesla is now being punished by its own strategy

April 5, 2024

by Björn Jeffery

SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on April 5th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Tesla dominated the EV market for years and was valued like a fast-growing internet company. Now that growth has stalled, a less flattering picture emerges — a fairly ordinary car company. They were called the “Magnificent Seven.” Seven stocks accounting for 1.4 percent of companies […]

The strategy that gave the AI giant a head start

March 19, 2024

by Björn Jeffery

SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on March 19th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. A supremely confident Jensen Huang presented Nvidia’s plans to the world. The message was unmistakable: without Nvidia, there is no AI development. But on the horizon, competition is stirring from a troubling direction. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, walks onstage to bombastic orchestral music that […]

This is when TikTok gets banned — or is it?

March 13, 2024

by Björn Jeffery

SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on March 13th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. This is about politics more than technology as the US House of Representatives voted to ban TikTok. Much suggests the bill will not become reality. When American TikTok users opened their app last week, they were not met with the usual lip-syncing to music. Instead, […]

Embarrassing AI mistakes could knock out top executive

March 8, 2024

by Björn Jeffery

SvD Näringsliv

This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on March 8th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. It is one of the world’s largest and most influential tech companies. Despite this, Google’s AI launches are marked by embarrassing mistakes. Now questions are being raised if it’s time for its leader to step down. Fire. Described by many as the most important discovery in […]