In partnership with Huawei The global shortage in computer chips has reached a crisis point: leading to product shortages from TVs to mobile phones to cars, and leaving consumers facing price rises. Thanks to Covid-19, chip factories in Asia shut down at the same time as demand soared for chip-dependent devices like TVs and games consoles. But the shortages have been exacerbated by politics – and tensions are high. US restrictions on Chinese companies are impacting suppliers in Taiwan and elsewhere. Companies around the world are panic stockpiling to avoid the supply chain uncertainty. As global superpowers race to achieve semiconductor independence, could the chip wars deepen geopolitical tensions yet further? Editor: Alexi Mostrous Investigations Editor Invited guests: Jeremy Thompson Executive Vice President, Huawei UK Professor Rana Mitter Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, University of Oxford Daphné Leprince-Ringuet Technology reporter, ZDNet, the leading global tech news site. She was previously at Wired Prof Jo Shien Ng Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, The University of Sheffield

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet says as AI systems take hold in the workplace, laws are failing to keep up with the pace of change -- and employees are at risk of losing out. Read more: https://zd.net/3wRf47S FOLLOW US - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf​​​ - Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy​​​ - Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet​​​ - Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet​​​ - Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi​​​ - Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdne...​ - Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/zdnet_cbsi

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet tells Karen Roby that tech companies are hard at work building digital vaccine certifications. But some major challenges remain, and they have nothing to do with technology. Read more: http://zd.net/3t4c9GU FOLLOW US - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf - Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy - Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi - Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdnet-com/ - Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/zdnet_cbsi

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet explains that AI systems are not an ethics issue but a fundamental human rights issue. To keep them under control will require better laws. Read more: http://zd.net/3gRnKDD FOLLOW US - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf - Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy - Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi - Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdnet-com/ - Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/zdnet_cbsi

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet says global superpowers are competing to win the AI race, but the winners and losers aren't so clear-cut. Read more: http://zd.net/2O1RSle FOLLOW US - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf - Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy - Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi - Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdnet-com/ - Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/zdnet_cbsi

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet says the Line will expand over almost 200km in Saudi Arabian desert. And while it might provide a glimpse of the future, it could also act as a warning against data harvesting. Read more: http://zd.net/3bJZRvI FOLLOW US - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf - Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy - Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi - Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdnet-com/ - Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/zdnet_cbsi