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Cloud computing and the new cold war; Dishy Rishi talks robots; gossip from Brussels; crypto goes to war; Microsoft in trouble; and other stories from Citizen Tech.

A birthday present for GDPR; AI facial recognition makes the world uneasy; Digital Antigone; FTC and your children’s data; Russia’s cyber gulag; and more.

Will the tech sector survive its financial crisis? Why is Greece spying on Meta? What’s next for cloud regulation? Will anyone ban TikTok? What are chips, anyway? Are cat videos weakening Ukraine’s military?

Grumbling in line for semiconductor investments; social media at the Supreme Court; Starlink in time of war; Pentagon investing in tech; crypto at the European Parliament; AI failing at poetry; and more.

States prepare for semiconductor investments; Europe takes Big Tech to court; Manchin objects to EV tax credits; a European chip deal; robot op-eds; tech diplomacy in India; and more.

White House investments in tech and green energy; FTC takes on Facebook; digital forensics in Ukraine; TikTok spies; politicians in jail; tech investments in Africa; and more.

The month in global policy tech: Musk and Tesla; Europe can’t find money for chips; Biden in Bali; FTX and Congress; cyber bandits with Lamborghinis; and more.

Last month in global tech policy: Elon Musk conquers Twitter; the CHIPS Act lurches into action; Big Tech lobbyists caught red handed in Strasbourg; cybersecurity; the Lord of the Rings; and more.

Last month in global tech policy: GOP cries censorship to Biden’s tech regulation plans; Iran cuts off its internet; the European Parliament turns against facial recognition technology; Ethereum finishes its Merge; Elon Musk wades into the Rubicon; and more.

This month we’re looking at a spate of cyberattacks in Taiwan following Nancy Pelosi’s visit; the Inflation Reduction Act, which offers tax credits to electric car makers under almost impossible conditions; online censorship in South Asia, and Big Tech’s submissive response; the European Commission’s endless war with Silicon Valley; Russian military intelligence diverting Ukrainian internet and cell networks; and the resignation of an FTC commissioner.