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June 8, 2022
Sheryl Sandberg: It’s complicated
She may have tamed Facebook’s frat house but has Sheryl Sandberg left Meta facing a world of fresh doxxing woes? Sandberg was poached from Google to become Zuckerberg’s right hand woman and now she’s joined The Great Resignation. Delve into the legacy of Silicon Valley’s corporate feminist.
June 8, 2022
Hacker hall of…infamy?
Feeling soaked in the cybercrime tsunami? 🌊 From teen masterminds on virtual ram raids, to spending on cyber insurance smashing new records, internet crime’s business is booming. 👩💻 But not everyone’s been reaching for multi-factor authentication…
June 1, 2022
Nvidia’s stacking chips!
While the world’s battered by inflation, a couple of monster chip manufacturers are oiling up the industry with a fresh batch of gaming chips. But it’s not just chips stacking up, looks like Nvidia’s revenue has levelled up too.
June 1, 2022
Investors are feeling decidedly anti-social
Brands are after Gen Z’s dollar dollar bills, y’all, and it seems like TikTok is making it rain, taking the lion’s share of ad revenue from Twitter and Snapchat. Oh, Snap! 🤏 Meanwhile, in the other generation’s corner, Meta’s tryin’ to make a mountain outta the metaverse but may be fighting an uphill battle. 🏔️
May 25, 2022
Walmart drowning not waving?
Is Walmart the litmus test to US share market volatility? Or is it simply that people aren’t buying couches and BBQs? Home Depot’s earnings tell a different story. So what’s the dealio? And are the Fed’s interest rate hikes too much, or too little too late?
May 24, 2022
Crypto hits the puberty blues
While high profile celebs have publicly backed crypto, old school investor’s like Charlie Munger, who prefers bricks ‘n’ mortar businesses and called Bitcoin ‘stupid, evil’, have stayed away. Yep, everyone has an opinion. But has crypto’s growth spurt caused, erm, shrinking pains?
May 24, 2022
How does Rocket Lab really make money?
It hasn’t been coming up roses here on planet Earth with headwinds hitting home. No surprise people are stargazing as the space race continues to take off. Even beleaguered Boeing took off in a big jet rocket, and Rocket Lab’s shooting for the moon.
May 18, 2022
Casinos reveal their p-p-poker face
Since the first stake in the ground in 1906 in Las Vegas, casinos have created adult playgrounds worth billions. Despite covid’s attempts to take down the house, casinos’ chips’ revenue are up in 2022, ringing in record revenue. Could iGaming become casinos’ next ace in the hole?
May 18, 2022
TikToking into debt
TikTokers flashing off their #gifted haul are sending Gen Z shopaholics into a debt spiral using buy now, pay later (BNPL) schemes. Worst could be yet to come with mortgage brokers treating BNPL overuse as they do drinking and gambling addictions.
May 17, 2022
Google wants a chomp of the Apple
Has Google taken a bite out of the Apple playbook? The tech juggernaut giants have approached market domination from different directions, but with Google powering up their hardware, is it time for Apple’s next move?
May 12, 2022
Are green investors missing the oil party? ⛽
Earnings from big fossil fuel have been getting more oiled up than Pita Taufatofua pushing the iShares US Energy ETF share price up 41% this year. 😲 So what’s happening with ‘green’ focused ETFs that have shunned the big oil companies?
May 10, 2022
Airbnb ready to #travelflex?
Airbnb announced they have more than 100 million bookings ahead… but this week their share price fell. 📉 Swivel yer head ‘round the 360 on the Silicon Valley startup…which began when two roomies rented air mattresses on their lounge floor. Actual.
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