Opinion: The old reliable laptop is getting a makeover and could be tech’s next new thing

Opinion: The old reliable laptop is getting a makeover and could be tech’s next new thing

The consumer electronics industry is getting new life from an old product: laptops. Although the changes are evolutionary rather than revolutionary, they’re substantial enough to make the laptop sector more competitive with the desktop PC sector of the market. This is especially significant as global PC sales tumbled 19.5% in the third quarter of 2022…

Opinion: The SPACsplosion is about to become a liquidation frenzy — and that may be for the best

Opinion: The SPACsplosion is about to become a liquidation frenzy — and that may be for the best

As the SPAC boom was beginning to rage two years ago, this column asked why in the world any company would want to be acquired by a former chief executive best known for executing one of the worst acquisitions in Silicon Valley history. The answer, it turns out, was that no company wanted to be…