TechAltar

TSMC, Taiwan's semiconductor giant is on top of the world. They completely dominate the chip industry. Yet they may lose due to politics, technical issues, cost issue or all of the above.

Philips was once the largest tech company in Europe, the world leader in lighting, radio and physical media, the third largest electronics company in the world, etc. Today they are almost irrelevant. Here's why.

China's tech industry has been on an incredible rise for decades, but it has hit 4 major problems. Manufacturing is leaving the country, high-tech imports are limited, export markets are lost & there is incresingly chaos domestically. How will they cope with these?

While Huawei, Tiktok & other Chinese tech firms can't catch a break, Lenovo is thriving. Here is how they got into this amazing position.

I agree about Apple not mentioning Virtual Reality due to a wish to differentiate from the competiton and to control the narrative. But I think there's more!

Carl Pei & the Nothing team gave me an in-depth look at how phones are made, from design to prototyping, manufacturing, supply chain management, etc.

Elon Musk said he wants to turn X (formerly Twitter) into a WeChat clone - a super-app, or everything app for the West that he claims could revolutionize payments and could take over half the world's financial system. I think this will be super hard.

China has been cracking down on video games for decades. From console bans to video game addiction camps and limited gaming hours they have tried everything. Has any of it worked?

The Fairphone 5 is modular, made with recycled & fair materials and fair working conditions. I review the phone, the company behind it, the sustanibilty claims & explain their shortcoming.