of the demise of Wirecard, once one of Europe’s brightest tech stars. The author, a journalist at the, was one of a small band of sceptics who believed the firm was a giant fraud.
Faced with a vicious counter-attack from the company and its spies, and the German establishment’s reluctance to accept a national champion could be a sham, they had a long wait for vindication.Semiconductors are central to modern life—they power everything from advanced weapons systems to toasters—but the supply chain is alarmingly fragile. Many countries see chips as a strategic asset.Dead in the Water.
this is happening in the world, billionaires applying coup in partnership with corrupt governments to capture public money.
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