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

Is the screen really the problem?

September 4, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

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 […]

Must surpass what was once unthinkable

August 29, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

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 […]

Why did Russia change its position on Telegram?

August 26, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

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 market has doubts — alarm over ‘bubble land’

August 17, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

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 […]

He beat Silicon Valley with improbable timing

August 3, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

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, […]

Beat Amazon — with unexpected methods

July 28, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

How Flipkart won the battle against Amazon in India Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-07-28. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. They have been called India’s Amazon — but the road there was long and complicated. From nothing, Sachin and Binny Bansal built the e-commerce giant Flipkart in a country of nearly 1.5 billion people, most of whom had no internet access. Entrepreneurial stories of founders […]

Where’s did the Swedish tech wonder go?

June 22, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on June 22nd, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Many companies seized the opportunity to go public during a period of temporarily high valuations. However, the aftermath is severe, and the Swedish tech miracle is significantly shaken, as revealed by an extensive review conducted by SvD’s tech analyst Björn Jeffery. A large bell, mounted on […]

Apple compromises on its winning strategy

June 11, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

Apple compromises on privacy in its AI debut Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-06-11. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Apple’s AI debut revealed a crack in the facade of the tech giant. The desire to keep pace with the AI frenzy appears to be pushing the company to abandon the privacy-first strategy that made it so successful. It was the worst-kept secret in the tech […]

The ‘happy amateur’ could become legendary

June 3, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

GameStop surges again as Keith Gill makes his Reddit comeback Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-06-03. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Keith Gill had been silent on social media for more than three years. Then, on Sunday morning, he posted a screenshot on Reddit showing a position of five million GameStop shares — worth around 1.2 billion kronor — plus options worth another 691 million […]

Nvidia’s big problem: things are going too well

May 23, 2024
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on May 23rd, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. As the world invests in AI, the money flows heavily into Nvidia’s pockets. The world’s hottest company is now approaching a point where expectations become very hard to live up to — and the drop if they fall short is enormous. Jensen Huang has the […]