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.
Why WOLF STREET is Still Free and Not Behind a Paywall Though You Have to Put Up with Ads and I Make (Maybe) Less Money by Wolf Richter • Feb 18, 2019 • 315 Comments A no-brainer gets rejected. This is likely my last gig, and I want to do what I love doing. But the advertising-based model is teetering.
Nasdaq, “Tech,” & IPOs are in for Gut-Wrencher by Wolf Richter • Dec 24, 2018 • 71 Comments Nasdaq down 24% already. Renaissance IPO ETF down 31%. But Uber and other unicorns plan record IPOs in 2019, à la dotcom-crash-debut in 2000.
Startup Boom a “Dangerous, High-Stakes Ponzi Scheme”: Silicon Valley Investor by Wolf Richter • Nov 7, 2018 • 60 Comments “It’s time to wait patiently as the air is slowly let out of this bizarre Ponzi balloon created by the venture capital industry.”
You Gave Facebook Your Phone Number for Security. They Used it for Ads by Electronic Frontier Foundation • Sep 28, 2018 • 35 Comments Even if you never handed over a phone number, Facebook can still get it and monetize it.
