Roughly 95 percent of advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing happens in Taiwan, leaving the U.S. vulnerable to supply chain shocks and national security threats. Is the Biden administration’s $280 billion bill, signed in August last year, enough to boost domestic chip manufacturing?

Guest: Don Clark, freelance reporter specializing on chips and enterprise tech.

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Why lately our search engines just don’t seem to deliver results. 

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Why scam obituaries are edging out earnest ones, with the help of artificial intelligence and an adept Google game.
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