All posts tagged: tech policy

Microsoft’s Investment in OpenAI Is Starting to Look Like Genius

January 17, 2023
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

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 […]

Fortnite Fined Billions for Deceiving Children — Swedish Parents Can Claim

December 20, 2022
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on December 20th, 2022. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The makers of Fortnite are facing billion-dollar fines for deceiving children. But the true scale of the problem is far larger — and the white lies are many. Did your children accidentally buy a llama or a battle pass in Fortnite? If so, you may […]

ChatGPT Is the Biggest Buzz in Tech Right Now — Could It Be the Next Google?

December 6, 2022
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

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. […]

China to the tech giants: Contribute or be punished

August 6, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This column was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on August 6th, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. China’s attacks on the country’s own tech giants look like attacks on an entire sector, but behind it is a more conceived idea, writes SvD’s tech analyst Björn Jeffery. If companies do not contribute to China’s national goals, they are in a risky position. “To get […]

No one wins in a lawless land for tech companies

January 15, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 15th, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The uncertainty about what applies when infrastructure giants such as Amazon Web Services shuts down individual companies benefits no one. In August 2017, after the riots in Charlottesville, USA, Cloudflare decided to shut down the Nazi site The Daily Stormer. Cloudfare is a company that provides […]

The storming of the Capitol is a failure for Twitter and Facebook

January 10, 2021
by Björn Jeffery
SvD Näringsliv

This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 11th, 2021. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The fact that Twitter and Facebook closed down Donald Trump’s accounts doesn’t only reveal how arbitrarily their own policies are enforced – it also shows the failure of politicians in regulating them. With two weeks left of Donald Trump’s presidency, what critics have constantly asked for […]