Eva Dou

Technology Policy Reporter
Eva Dou is a Washington-based reporter covering technology policy for the Washington Post. A Detroit native who studied journalism at the University of Missouri, she reported on business and politics in Asia for a decade. She is the author of the forthcoming book House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company.
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Biden tightens tech controls on China as clock ticks down

The new rules pack less punch than they might have because of delays and pressure from industry and allies, officials say privately.

December 3, 2024
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, seen here speaking on Capitol Hill last year, called the new export controls “groundbreaking and sweeping.”

Justice Dept., Google make closing arguments in ad-market antitrust case

Judge will decide whether the internet giant, already facing the prospect of a breakup over its monopolistic search engine, also runs its advertising unit as an illegal monopoly.

November 25, 2024
Google's second antitrust case is being tried in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Alexandria.

Trump’s FCC pick Brendan Carr comes in swinging at Big Tech

Brendan Carr, the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has laid out an aggressive agenda for overhauling social media and boosting satellites.

November 22, 2024
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the agency, speaking on Capitol Hill in 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

DOJ says Google should have to sell Chrome to end its search monopoly

The Justice Department recommendation is one of the final moves of Biden’s aggressive antitrust enforcers before Trump takes the reins.

November 21, 2024
Google, based in Mountain View, California, has an illegal monopoly in search, a federal court has ruled, and is fighting another government lawsuit aimed at its online ad business.

Trump picks Brendan Carr, who laid out agenda in Project 2025, as FCC chairman

Carr vowed to take on “censorship” by Big Tech companies in Project 2025, which laid out a conservative agenda for Donald Trump’s second term.

November 17, 2024
Brendan Carr at a House hearing in 2022.

SpaceX domination of U.S. launch contracts is poised to grow

SpaceX is on a trajectory to remain the most dominant player in space launches for years to come as it makes strides with its heavy-duty Starship rocket program.

November 17, 2024
SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is prepared for launch at the company's Boca Chica launchpad, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., November 16, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

U.S. locks in $6.6 billion grant to Taiwanese chipmaker

The new Arizona factories of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. are expected to create thousands of jobs.

November 15, 2024
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is building three chip factories in Phoenix. (Caitlin O'Hara for The Washington Post)

Trump set to deepen tech Cold War with China

The containment policy set in the first Trump administration and continued under President Biden will get a harder edge, former officials say.

November 14, 2024
President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the G-20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.

Export controls failed to keep cutting-edge AI chips from China’s Huawei

A Chinese cryto billionaire is in the spotlight as export control evasion creates a furor.

November 1, 2024
A microchip fabrication plant in Taichung, Taiwan, owned by the world’s most advanced chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC.

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite business is set to boom if Trump wins

The cutting-edge satellite system stands to gain billions of dollars more in contracts and subsidies as Trump favors space investment.

October 24, 2024
Elon Musk speaks during a campaign event with former president Donald Trump on Oct. 5 in Butler, Pennsylvania.