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Another day, another western brand kicked out of China

Brace yourself for a 2022 year buzzing with western brands getting kicked out of China. If not directly, at least because of an overnight devastating consumer revolt on national social media. I've been explaining since Trump and even more fuelled by Covid-19 that the country was closing down

Is Intel dead? (yes)

Is Intel dead? (yes)

Intel's downfall has been ongoing for decades now. While they barreled out of the seventies to the eighties as a juggernaut weaponizing the emerging desktop computer segment with Microsoft, they entirely missed the mobile market twenty years later. While still pushing for more powerful chips, the industry was

Lab-grown meat arrives in Europe

Lab-grown meat arrives in Europe

About ten years ago, I illustrated how technology and market cycles interacted with each other the first $250,000 lab-grown burger produced after months of work. A few years later, startups like Beyond Meat [https://www.beyondmeat.com/] solved the problem of beef carbon-impact not with protein synthesis but with

Norway, the EV canary in the coalmine

Norway, the EV canary in the coalmine

A few years ago, Norway decided that of the new 8,000 cars sold yearly, not a single one should be using fossil fuel by 2025. They might make it so. EV Sales Hit Record in Norway With Fossil Engines Soon GoneElectric car sales hit a new monthly record in

Will EU ban bitcoin? (maybe)

Will EU ban bitcoin? (maybe)

Fascinating move from the EU parliament that is trying to set up a regulatory framework for crypto money. The critical piece of legislation would be constraints so that these coins... > ... shall be subject to minimum environmental sustainability standards and set up and maintain a phased rollout plan to ensure