Author: Olivier Blanchard

August 23, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Futurum Tech Webcast

Microsoft Using Contractors to Listen to Xbox Users–GASP!–Futurum Tech Podcast

5G, Digital Home, Security

August 21, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Analyst Insight

How 5G Could Alter the European Commission’s Aggressive Posture Towards US Tech Companies

The EU’s Margrethe Vestager has had a field day levying billions of dollars in fines against US tech companies. But that could be changing. 5G might well alter the European Commission’s aggressive posture toward US tech companies — here’s why.

5G, Communications Networks

August 8, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Analyst Insight

Samsung and Qualcomm partner to make ACPCs mainstream.

5G, Communications Networks, Semiconductors and Components

August 6, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Analyst Insight

MSRC issues alert about widespread Corporate IoT vulnerability

Digital Transformation, IoT, Security

August 1, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Analyst Insight

Quick Overview of Intel’s new 10th generation “Ice Lake” CPUs for laptops.

5G, Semiconductors and Components

July 31, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Futurum Tech Webcast

Elon Musk and Neuralink Brain Chips–Will We Become Cyborgs For Real?–Futurum Tech Podcast

5G, AI, Digital Home

July 19, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Analyst Insight

The European Commission strikes again: Pay the toll, do not pass Go.

Sustainability, Markets, and Policy

July 17, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Analyst Insight

Qualcomm announces new Snapdragon 855 Plus platform for faster multi-gigabit and 5G gaming, AI, and XR

5G, Communications Networks, Digital Home, Mobile Devices, Semiconductors and Components

July 4, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Analyst Insight

World’s Cellular Networks Compromised by Massive Multi-Year Espionage Operation

The world's cellular networks have been compromised by a massive multi-year espionage operation. Here's why that matters as it relates to Huawei and poses a serious security threat to the integrity of 4G and 5G networks.

5G, Communications Networks

July 2, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Futurum Tech Webcast

Apple: Inflection, Reflection or Reset–Futurum Tech Podcast Episode 051

On this week's edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast, is Apple on the verge of another major transition? North Korea launches a smartphone. Verbal skirmishes between Nokia and Huawei set the stage for a new phase in global 5G competition. Google returns to the bottom of the ocean, and sends cars into fields. Those stories, and more, coming up on this episode of FTP.

5G, PCs and Devices, Processors

June 18, 2019

Olivier Blanchard

Analyst Insight

Why “YouTube is too big to fix completely” is not an acceptable answer from a CEO

There are myriad reasons why "YouTube is too big to fix completely" is not an acceptable answer from a CEO. Especially now, as the regulators are coming. If nothing else, Google's Sundar Pichai's lackluster answer just provided fresh new ammunition to lawmakers and ambitious bureaucrats betting their careers on the upcoming fight between Washington DC and Google.