My Perspective on the Murk of Official Retail-Sales Inflation, with Some Surprising Illustrations by Wolf Richter • Jun 14, 2019 • 109 Comments My couch, jeans, car, PC, sheets, and phone weigh in on globalization and the internet.
FANGMAN Stocks Crushed by Potential “Unprecedented, Wide-Ranging Probe” into Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon by Wolf Richter • Jun 3, 2019 • 51 Comments My fancy-schmancy FANGMAN index dropped 4.3% today, the most since December 24.
How Did the US Service Sector Do in Q1? by Wolf Richter • May 17, 2019 • 45 Comments Finance & Insurance, Which Dominates the US Economy, Has Blistering Q1. Huge Services Sector Not Yet Hit by Slowdown in Goods.
Amazon Butts in on Google-Facebook “Duopoly” in the Huge Business of Internet Advertising. Publishers Hung Out to Dry by Wolf Richter • May 14, 2019 • 84 Comments Here are the latest numbers.
US Senator Aims at Big Gaming, Tries to Ban “Loot Boxes” & “Pay-to-Win,” Puts $50 Billion in Revenues at Risk. Here’s How Gamers Reacted by Adam Williams • May 9, 2019 • 41 Comments The reception of the bill has been fascinating.
Did Someone Turn Off the Spigot? Global Semiconductor Sales Plunge Most Since the Financial Crisis by Wolf Richter • Apr 30, 2019 • 91 Comments According to chip makers, the plunge isn’t over yet. Now hoping it won’t turn into the mess as in 2001 when the last tech bubble became the dotcom bust.
Facebook Got Caught Phishing for Friends by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Apr 5, 2019 • 60 Comments “The company cannot be left to its own devices, and existing enforcement authorities haven’t done enough.”
Currency-Trading Algos “Flummoxed” by Rapid-Fire Brexit Headlines by Wolf Richter • Apr 4, 2019 • 57 Comments AI Not There Yet?
Video Game Industry Stalls, Stocks Plunge. What’s Going On? by Adam Williams • Mar 13, 2019 • 83 Comments Layoffs and closures—the beginnings of a major shakeout.
Kremlin Vies with China to See Who Controls the Internet Better by Safehaven • Mar 11, 2019 • 32 Comments Population control is the new name of the game.