AI is frightening corporate executives – and forcing them to make layoffs. That’s what they want us to believe, anyway. So far, it looks more like a convenient excuse than a revolution. The CEO looks concerned. “We have made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce,” he says. We’ve heard it before. Variations on this theme are now everywhere in the business world – at tech companies especially. Coinbase is cutting 14 percent of its […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on October 18th, 2023. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Major news events drive people to social media. But the channels flood with disinformation — spread further by the tech giants’ own algorithms. Working in media means constantly reading obituaries for your own industry. A few have come from this pen over the years too. […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 27th, 2023. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Falling profits and major technical challenges. H&M’s position in the market is under threat. Few things are as popular in business as inventing terms that make your operations sound better and more modern. The emperor is almost always naked, of course — everyone in the […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 22nd, 2023. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. He created the teen app that launched and sold within a hundred days. The former Meta employee has now done what CEO Mark Zuckerberg cannot — for the second time. There are around 1.8 million apps in Apple’s App Store. Of those, only 37 reached […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 17th, 2023. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Never underestimate Microsoft. That is the lesson many in Silicon Valley are learning right now. Satya Nadella’s masterstroke has put the M back on the map. “FAANG.” In the 2010s, it was the only acronym that mattered in tech. It stood for the first letters […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on December 28th, 2022. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. A hiring freeze, a collapsing share price and billion-dollar fines from regulators. Despite a brutal 2022, almost everything points to 2023 being Zuckerberg’s biggest challenge yet. He can be quite stiff, Mark Zuckerberg. But suddenly a different person appears. One who laughs. Even at jokes […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on December 6th, 2022. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. A research organisation is behind the biggest thing the tech world has talked about in years: ChatGPT. The new AI software is taking the internet by storm. Could this be the foundation of the next Google? Ask and you shall receive, as the saying goes. […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on November 29th, 2022. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Now that Elon Musk has woken up to Apple’s “tax,” Spotify gains a loud new ally. But Musk is playing a high-stakes game — and his newly acquired Twitter cannot afford to lose it. Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk is a busy man. On top […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on November 3rd, 2022. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The triple rate hike was expected. But Fed chair Jerome Powell simultaneously sent new shockwaves with the announcement that the terminal rate may need to go even higher than the central bank had previously believed. Years of excess at the tech giants may now be […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on October 28th, 2022. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Apple’s privacy strategy is a masterstroke that is systematically crushing rival tech giants. But behind the scenes, the motives are less noble. Rarely has an aggressive business strategy been framed so elegantly as Apple’s “privacy is a fundamental human right.” It sounds consumer-friendly and principled. […]
