• Twitter’s link ban to other social networks was met with widespread condemnation, including from prominent members of the tech industry.
• Network portability is the single most important thing to spurring competition, but government regulation is going in the opposite direction.
• China is ramping up production of decade-old chip technology, setting off alarm bells in the US and prompting some lawmakers to try to stop them.
• The US has a massive strategic weakness when it comes to trailing edge chips, and the CHIPS Act should have been focused on building trailing edge capacity.
Published December 19, 2022