The politics and laws changing tech in the US

This week on

02:10 - The Verge's David Pierce tries out Neeva's Bias Buster, an attempt to get people out of their echo chambers and show them new information in its search engine.

20:25 - Senior reporter Adi Robertson talks about her story How America turned against the First Amendment

42:27 - Policy reporter Makena Kelly explains the CHIPS and Science Act, and how it could reshape the tech industry in America.

Further reading:

• Biden signs $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act
• Micron launches $15 billion Idaho project amid federal push for US tech manufacturing
• President Joe Biden speaks after groundbreaking for Intel’s $20 billion semiconductor plant
• Micron’s investing up to $100 billion to bring the country’s ‘largest semiconductor’ facility to New York

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