Author Archives: Bud Gibson

FedEx has decided not to renew one of its shipping contracts with Amazon amid increased competition between the two companies, according to CNBC. The contract in question is Amazon’s FedEx Express contract, which is likely used to help deliver Amazon Prime’s two-day deliveries. Still, FedEx’s decision not to renew its contract with Amazon is evidenceContinue reading “Amazon loses contract with FedEx Express as delivery competition heats up – The Verge”

Support for scrutiny of the tech giants is coming from across the political spectrum. For Google and Amazon, any investigations would be a major distraction, or worse. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/business/google-antitrust-investigation.html These guys works a lot of control.

Yet Reuters interviews with more than two dozen current and former Western officials show it was the Australians who led the way in pressing for action on 5G; that the United States was initially slow to act; and that Britain and other European countries are caught between security concerns and the competitive prices offered by Huawei.Continue reading “Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant”

Entrepreneurs want to believe that the market acts as a meritocracy. But that’s far from the case. — Read on qz.com/772173/the-only-startup-founders-who-can-embrace-failure-are-the-ones-privileged-enough-to-survive-it/ It’s pretty much never a meritocracy of for no other reason than the sampling is always biased.

In a nationwide report that discusses national and metropolitan data on public school populations and state standardized test scores for 84,077 schools in 2010 and 2011, Jonathan Rothwell finds that limiting the development of inexpensive housing in affluent neighborhoods and jurisdictions fuels economic and racial segregation and hampers economic opportunity across the metropolitan landscape. —Continue reading “Housing Costs, Zoning, and Access to High-Scoring Schools”

Apple has built a hub for all your content, no matter where it comes from or which app you use to watch it. It’s a very good idea, but the execution only serves to show how confusing and broken the TV landscape is. — Read on http://www.wsj.com/articles/not-even-apple-can-clean-up-the-mess-of-streaming-tv-11558270800 Precisely, my experience. Plus, you can wind upContinue reading “Not Even Apple Can Clean Up the Mess of Streaming TV – WSJ”

Nvidia is facing new threats to its market dominance in chips built for artificial intelligence as rivals enter the race to power everything from customer-service chatbots to robotic lawn mowers. — Read on http://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-chip-boom-lifts-tests-nvidia-11558281601 Custom hardware locks you into computational strategies.

If it’s hot out, those menus might feature more cold drinks. The technology could highlight items that other consumers are buying. If diners agree to let McDonald’s know who they are, menus could offer food based on their past orders. — Read on http://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-strategy-to-transform-mobile-ordering-11557760396 For my money, the real improvement would come if they raisedContinue reading “McDonald’s Strategy to Personalize Ordering – WSJ”