Your Cell Phone Is Spying on You
An FBI document reminds us: Your cell phone provider knows where you've been—and will tell the feds.
An FBI document reminds us: Your cell phone provider knows where you've been—and will tell the feds.
When "protecting users' safety" actually means the opposite
"The plaintiffs failed to make out a plausible claim that the Pulse massacre was an act of 'international terrorism' as that term is defined in the ATA."
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Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, formerly owned by Martin Shkreli, was auctioned off by the government and bought by the blockchain/art enthusiasts at PleasrDAO.
"The quality of life we have even during COVID is so much higher than anything humanity experienced, and it's only going to get better."
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Attempts by British lawmakers to erase online anonymity would lead to radical speech being pushed underground.
For Biden, "build back better’" apparently means eyes on everything in the economy.
The Harvard linguist says Enlightenment reasoning is central to both material and moral progress.
Ridley Scott's jousting film is also a slyly subversive take on cultural perspectives.
Upstart competitors can’t hope to match the resources required to compile a list of banned individuals and organizations.
How an innovative collaboration could help bring back America's only barrier reef from the brink of destruction.
The Harvard linguist says Enlightenment reasoning and critical thinking are behind massive increases in material and moral progress.
Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule carried the 90-year-old former Star Trek actor and three crewmembers 66 miles above the Earth's surface.
Tech giants expressing openness to amending Section 230 are doing so out of naked self-interest, not the goodness of their hearts.
"A key part of the control in Cuba is keeping people afraid, keeping them isolated from one another," says Henken. The internet has mitigated this.
With “keyword warrants,” anyone who queries certain terms on search engines will get caught in the surveillance dragnet.
Patiently waiting for senators and whistleblowers to freak out over this
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The push for central bank digital currencies is an assault on privacy and freedom.
Omarova's starry-eyed view of the Soviet Union and interest in giving far more power to the Federal Reserve should not inspire confidence.
What Reagan's tariffs in the '80s can teach us about today's foreign-made semiconductors
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"Maybe one billionaire with a penchant for destroying democracies shouldn’t be allowed to own so much of the internet," says the representative from New York.
The site is clearly in trouble and the government doesn't need to step in.
The vaccines seem to be working well, but the FDA isn't.
"We don't actually do finsta," Antigone Davis, Facebook's head of security, explained.
Young people who came of age after 9/11 aren't snowflakes despite being exposed to a series of catastrophic events and apocalyptic news narratives.
This is where government demands to moderate what users say will ultimately lead.
Political polarization drives social media use, rather than the other way around.
Politicians and activists claim social media is turning us into zombies. But new technologies have been greeted with skepticism since the dawn of time.
Government restrictions on private editorial discretion violate the First Amendment.
Robby Soave doesn't like it when social media deplatforms users, but the far bigger threat comes from lawmakers on a mission.
"It was a mistake among the digital team," says executive director Anthony Romero.
Emma Sarley's employer might come to regret instantly firing her.
No, law enforcement and school officials cannot order students to remove posts about exposure to the coronavirus.
Though domestic crypto transactions were banned back in 2017, today's move signals that Chinese authorities are making good on their threats from earlier this year.
Innovation should be more important than regulation.
The Reason senior editor argues that attempts to break up tech giants and rein in social media are based on flawed arguments.
The company successfully launched four amateur astronauts into orbit as part of its privately financed "Inspiration4" mission.
Still, Facebook should not have allowed its VIPs to flout the rules it claimed applied to everyone.
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Senegalese app developer Fodé Diop sees bitcoin as a way to end "monetary colonialism" in the developing world.
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Old rules and odd enforcement are pushing opportunities overseas.
The Wyoming Republican explains why she's long on bitcoin.