Eric Bellman

BIG NEWS! Today I started what could be my most exotic posting at the new frontline of change. I’ve graduated from the WSJ and joined The Los Angeles Times. Thank you to all the friends @ WSJ who gave me a front-row seat to chronicle the rise of globalization, Asia and tech.

As the AI spawns new billionaires, the migrant chip workers the industry depends on are being oppressed by their brokers. Excellent reporting from the AI assembly lines from @maykelbelts and @liuhsiuwen on @restofworld restofworld.org/2025/taiwan-se…

Zoox, an Amazon subsidiary, is preparing to deploy autonomous cabs as Tesla talks about its own debut wsj.com/business/autos…

The First Trade War Built a Boomtown in Vietnam, New Tariffs May Break It wsj.com/video/series/i…

Bollywood may have helped popularize hip hop in India, but now, hip hop is telling new stories from different corners of the country. This is powerful. youtube.com/watch?v=MbJ72K…

Trump’s trade war with China has landed Walmart in the hot seat in Beijing wsj.com/business/retai…

The pro-crypto Trump administration is meant to usher in a golden age for the sector. But in reality, the call to bring crypto into the mainstream through government regulation has opened up a kill-or-be-killed battle among crypto players. wsj.com/finance/curren…

Containing AI is going to be tough. In a vibrant global economy trade restictions usually fail to stop the flow—think North Korea, Cuba, even the war on drug imports. Embargoes create a bargaining chip but will not stop the chips. wsj.com/tech/china-nvi…

Working with your hands could be the best for job security. AI doesn’t have hands. wsj.com/us-news/educat…

Skype is dead. Long live Skype! Sometimes there is an early mover disadvantage. TikTok dominates after Vine whithered. Smarter phones squashed BlackBerry. BYD is now far ahead of Tesla. Companies have to innovate or die—or promote protectionism wsj.com/tech/microsoft…

Hundreds of billions of dollars of AI spending have been promised to help America's " reindustrialization." But how many people will get jobs at the massive compute plants that power generative AI after they are built? Not many. wsj.com/tech/ai-data-c…

Another day, another half a trillion dollars. AI + Trump have tech titans touting precocious plans. Interesting thing: $100 billion + a year in spending isn’t unusual for Apple no matter who is in the White House. wsj.com/tech/apples-50…

"Affordable" = $599? --- Apple is installing its long-awaited cellular modem, a component that took years to develop, in its lowest-priced iPhone. wsj.com/tech/apple-iph… via @WSJ

A graphic explanation of how DeepSeek is different and why that means the winners and losers--and even the rules--of the AI race are still far from decided. wsj.com/tech/ai/deepse…

After Allison Pomeroy lost most of her vision two years ago, her husband began reading menus, signage and other text out loud to her. He doesn’t need to anymore. wsj.com/tech/ai/metas-… via @WSJ

With President Trump in his corner, Elon Musk has few checks and balances these days. Is he too big to tame now ? wsj.com/tech/elon-musk… via @WSJ

The bot battle that has spread to the White House: The Inside Story of How Altman and Musk Went From Friends to Bitter Enemies. wsj.com/tech/elon-musk… via @WSJ

Amazon's five-day RTO has turned messy: Employees are returning to find they have no desks, not enough parking and still endless virtual meetings My latest in the @WSJ w/ @katiebindley wsj.com/tech/amazon-of…

Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks that Silicon Valley’s top talents need to focus on defending America, the nation that “made their rise possible.” wsj.com/tech/who-is-al… via @WSJ