Archive
2022
19 articles from this year.
Lyft was wrong on driverless vehicles
Lyft's co-founder once predicted that by 2021, most rides would be self-driving
Kim Kardashian fined by SEC
The SEC's 2022 Kardashian settlement was about a hidden $250,000 promotion payment, not a verdict on every crypto token.
Elon Musk agrees to buy Twitter
Musk revived the $54.20 Twitter offer in October 2022. The useful question then was whether the deal would close.
Grab aims to break even by H2 2024
Grab's 2022 break-even target used adjusted EBITDA. The useful question was whether rides and delivery could carry themselves.
Uber can finally focus on customer complaints
In the past couple of years, it appears that Uber is working on supply issues
Ikea's HomeKit hub
Ikea's 2022 Dirigera hub promised affordable HomeKit, Matter, and Thread support; reliability was the test.
iOS 16.1 adds Matter support
The iOS 16.1 beta moved Apple toward Matter, but device certification and reliable pairing would decide whether it helped users.
Matter is here, finally
Matter 1.0 gave device makers a shared standard in 2022. I cared about whether my existing home devices would actually work together.
Stadia is shutting down
Stadia's shutdown came with refunds, but it exposed the cost of buying games that depended on one company's servers.
Twilio and anti-racist layoffs
Twilio invoked an anti-racist lens in its 2022 layoffs. The unanswered question was how the process worked, not an unsupported claim about race-based selection.
Rockstar confirms GTA VI leak
Rockstar confirmed a 2022 intrusion involving early GTA footage. A stolen development build was poor evidence for judging the final game.
EVGA stops making video cards
EVGA's exit from Nvidia cards exposed how little control a hardware partner can have when its supplier also competes with it.
Tesla Texas produced 10,000th Model Y
Tesla's 10,000th Texas Model Y proved the line was running. It did not show whether production had reached an economical pace.
Adobe plans to acquire Figma
Adobe's planned $20 billion Figma purchase looked defensive to a product-team user. The deal later fell apart.
Lyft shuts down in-house rentals
Lyft ended its in-house rental program in 2022. The customer experience had looked good; the fleet economics were harder.
Amazon takes stake in Grubhub
Amazon's 2022 Grubhub deal offered Prime distribution, but repeat orders after the free membership were the real test.
California tax refund for car owners
I'm honestly perplexed by this decision
SEC to require climate-change risk disclosures
The SEC proposed climate disclosures in 2022. The value would depend on comparable risk data, not a longer sustainability report.
Bird continues to face challenges
Bird's scooters were useful when they worked. Broken vehicles made fleet uptime and repair cost the business question.