US Supremes tell Google it has to listen to shareholders
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Lawsuit revived

The US Supreme Court declined to hear Alphabet attempt to spike a lawsuit by shareholders accusing it of fraudulently concealing a security glitch that left private user data exposed.

Cash-strapped Italy wants to give $4.6 billion to US big tech
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Yeah that will work

Debt-ridden Italy, which is now so dependent on Russian gas it is facing a huge energy crisis if Tsar Putin turns the lights off, thinks it is a wizard idea to give more than $4.6 billion that it does not have to wealthy chip makers.

MediaTek beating Qualcomm on Android according to IDC
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Updated: Counterpoint claims Qualcomm has 55 vs 37 percent

MediaTek might have just beaten out Qualcomm to claim the biggest market share of any chipmaker for Android phones in the United States.

US cracks down on Russian use of US tech
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Well not Apple gear, you can still have that if you can afford it 

The United States restricted exports to Russia of a broad set of US-made products as well as foreign-produced goods built with US technology, following the invasion of Ukraine.

US attempts to crack down on spying turned out to be just racism
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Let's get the Chinese brainboxes they must be spies

The US Justice Department is giving up on its controversial China Initiative which was supposed to crack down on foreign spying but was just a cover to target Chinese academics and tech researchers.

Russia might have a key card in sanction war
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So, you don’t want to supply us with chips? Well, we will not give you the materials

While the US is posturing about how will remove Russian access to technology to punish its invasion of Ukraine, its chip companies are hoping that their supply of semiconductor-grade neon will hold up.

US pressures El Salvador over Bitcoin
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President tells them to sling their hook

The US government has been told to sling its hook by Bitcoin fanboy El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.

Putin could kill US chip industry
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White House has new Ukraine scare story

Not content with shuttering Chinese chip making, the White House is warning the chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against threatened US export curbs by blocking access to key materials.

US counts the cost of anti-Huawei hysteria
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That would be $5.6 billion for now

The US is counting the cost of its pretty unnecessary war on Huawei.

Ohio promised Intel $2 billion in tax breaks
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Socialism is ok if applied to rich capitalist companies 

While Ohio seems reluctant to spend cash on a decent health, welfare, and education system, it seems to have found more than $2 billion in tax breaks and incentives to Intel to attract its $20 billion chip-making factory to the state.