Congress Takes Another Stab at Chip Funding: Highlights from a Conversation with Peter Cleveland and Jon Hoganson The Senate recently voted to advance the CHIPS for America Act to a final vote. Will it pass, and what has the process entailed so far? Read these highlights from the latest Explain to Shane episode with Shane Tews, Claude Barfield, TSMC’s Peter Cleveland, and AMD’s Jon Hoganson to find out ..read more

The Challenge of Putting Federal Broadband Funds to Good Use: Highlights from My Conversation with Mark Jamison How can states and government agencies ensure federal broadband subsidies are spent effectively and people are held accountable? AEI’s Mark Jamison returned to Explain to Shane to share his two cents; here are highlights from the conversation ..read more

Biden Touts Saudi 5G Open Radio Access Network Deal, but Huawei Still Dominates the Middle East Despite claims to the contrary by President Biden, Huawei’s strong Middle East position will not likely be challenged in the immediate future ..read more

Floating Power Stations in the Sky: My Long-Read Q&A with Ali Hajimiri Orbiting arrays of solar panels, beaming their energy down to the Earth’s surface using microwaves, may arrive in the coming decades. Ali Hajimiri explains how this technology works and why it’s more realistic than you might think ..read more

Drone Licensing Will Be the Death of Privacy . . . Eventually New drone licensing requirements have yet to transgress on privacy, but history shows that technological change can convert sensible regulations into something entirely different ..read more

The Federal Trade Commission’s Strange Assertion: Meta Dominates a Market That Doesn’t Exist The FTC’s newest lawsuit against Meta fails to prove that acquiring a popular virtual reality app would be anticompetitive and that a well-defined market for these apps even exists ..read more

5 Questions for Ali Hajimiri on Space-Based Solar Power Ali Hajimiri explains how orbiting solar panels could beam energy down to Earth. What problems would this technology solve and what needs to be done for these power stations in the sky to arrive? Ali answers those questions and more ..read more

Evidence of Public-Private Collusion Complicates Online Censorship Debate Newly uncovered documents suggest social media firms’ online censorship efforts are in fact systematic and possibly violate the First Amendment due to cooperation with the government ..read more

It’s Time for a Federal Privacy Law That Works in Today’s Digital Ecosystem A newly proposed federal privacy law would establish clear rules and expectations around the usage and collection of consumer data in the modern digital age ..read more

Congress Should Act Promptly to Reauthorize Radio Spectrum Auctions Radio spectrum auctions have improved efficiency and brought money into the US Treasury without raising consumer prices. Congress must act quickly to renew the FCC’s authority to hold these auctions ..read more