All articles by Lara Williams
Lara Williams is editor of Verdict technology. An experienced writer, Lara previously worked as deputy editor of the Financial Times’s fDi Magazine. Lara has a background in technology journalism writing for the UK’s Computing magazine and has spent much of the past decade living in Silicon Valley.

Lara Williams
Why Tesla needs a factory in Mexico
Tesla will build a gigafactory in the north of the country to service the Americas and protect its supply chain.
Can FDI fix the semiconductor supply chain?
Global semiconductor supply chains dramatically broke down during the Covid-19 pandemic, and everyone agrees this must never happen again. Could FDI fix this problem?
Taiwan’s semiconductor ban could spell catastrophe for Russia
Russia is dependent on Taiwan’s semiconductors for everything from the manufacture of laptops to military equipment. The cutting off of this supply may be disastrous for Russia.