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Semiconductor Supply Chain Briefing: Recovery, Diversification, and Regional Investment
TechnologyThe acute semiconductor shortages that defined 2021-2023 have largely resolved. Lead times for most commodity chips have returned to pre-pandemic norms, though specific advanced nodes remain supply...
Read more →Password Managers Reviewed: A Security-Focused Assessment for 2026
SecurityWe evaluated five password managers across three dimensions that matter for security-focused users: architectural security, audit transparency, and operational usability. Feature counts are intenti...
Read more →A Critique of Longtermism in Technology Policy
OpinionLongtermism — the philosophical position that we should weight the interests of future generations heavily in our current decisions — has gained influence in tech circles. I want to argue that appl...
Read more →Digital Payment Adoption in Emerging Economies: A Quantitative Analysis
EconomicsThis analysis examines digital payment adoption patterns across 24 emerging economies from 2019 to 2025, using transaction volume data, central bank reports, and consumer surveys. We model adoption...
Read more →Reclaiming Attention Through Long Reads
CultureFor most of the past decade, the dominant narrative about reading was decline. Attention spans shrinking, articles shortening, video replacing text. The data mostly supported this narrative. But in...
Read more →Inside the Emerging Market Esports Surge: Data and Drivers
EntertainmentThe center of gravity in global esports has shifted decisively toward emerging markets. By 2025, over 58% of the world's 640 million esports viewers were located in Asia, Latin America, and parts o...
Read more →Cross-Cultural Analysis of Mobile Shopping Behavior
Consumer ResearchThis study analyzes consumer behavior on mobile commerce platforms across six markets (India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Brazil, and Vietnam) using transaction data from 2.8 million users over twe...
Read more →Notes on Café Working Culture in Different Cities
CultureOver the past year working from cafés in a dozen cities across three continents, I have developed an informal anthropology of café working culture. The unwritten rules vary enormously, and getting ...
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