The Biden administration has announced new export restrictions aimed at curbing China's advanced computing and chip production capabilities.

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

International Reach

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Stephen Wicker says iPhones that can directly connect to the internet will greatly reduce the digital divide and increase competition in a marketplace currently dominated by the duopoly of cable and ADSL.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Meta will be reinstating former president Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks with what the company calls “new guardrails” to deter repeat offenses. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss the news.

Cornell Tech

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Computing & Information Sciences

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David Shmoys, professor in computer science, says advances in data science can make the algorithms used to parse U.S. Census Bureau data more equitable. 

Law and Policy

Computing & Information Sciences

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Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry, Christopher Ober, a materials engineering expert, and Ron Olson, director of operations for Cornell's Nanoscale facility, comment on a global shortage of semiconductors.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Economics and Business

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The Canadian truckers protesting coronavirus restrictions and vaccine mandates have disrupted multiple U.S.-Canada border crossings, further paralyzing crucial trade routes and causing major automakers to suspend production. Arthur Wheaton says with a shortage of truck drivers in North America, the Canadian protests are exacerbating issues for an already fragile supply chain.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Economics and Business

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Google announced Wednesday an experimental quantum processor completed a calculation in just a few minutes, a process that would take a traditional supercomputer thousands of years.

Computing & Information Sciences

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Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry, Christopher Ober, a materials engineering expert, and Ron Olson, director of operations for Cornell's Nanoscale facility, comment on a global shortage of semiconductors.

Engineering

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Ken Birman, an expert in cloud computing who researches trustworthy, secure and scalable mobile applications, comments on a delay in Iowa caucus results that party officials have blamed on a "coding issue."

Computing & Information Sciences

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Eilyan Bitar, professor of electrical and computing engineering, and Arthur Wheaton, transportation industries expert and director of labor studies, comment on newly announced grants from the Biden administration, awarded to school districts, to purchase electric school buses.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law and Policy

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