The digital legacy of October 7

WELCOME BACK TO DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and as a child of the 1990's, my musical tastes skew markedly to alternative rock. So this definitely made me chuckle.

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— Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Hamas-Israel conflict. The escalating war shows the new reality of so-called 'hybrid warfare.'

— I'm in Brussels this week to deliver a speech about Europe's next five years on digital. Here's a sneak peak: it's about execution and convincing others to follow.

— Despite Western governments spending billions on semiconductor subsidies, global giants like Taiwan and South Korea still dominate.