A Formerly Secret Memo Explains the DEA's Long Delay in Approving New Producers of Marijuana for Research
The Justice Department concluded in 2018 that an anti-drug treaty requires stricter controls than the DEA originally planned.
The Justice Department concluded in 2018 that an anti-drug treaty requires stricter controls than the DEA originally planned.
Western countries aren’t immune to the siren call of surveillance via commerce-tracking.
Aerospace pioneer and SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan on the dawn of private space travel.
Contact tracing might offer hope for slowing the spread of the pandemic—or fulfill every Big Brother-ish fear privacy advocates have ever raised.
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The video was appalling, but it does not constitute a safety threat.
People around the world are working together in unprecedented ways to help their neighbors and produce critical medical supplies.
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The congresswoman claimed that Amazon is "refusing to provide basic protective equipment to workers." That's not true.
Government officials have only themselves to blame if citizens decline to share their information.
The coronavirus is no excuse to intrude on people's lives unnecessarily. Tech provides decentralized systems for contact tracing.
They trade tips and manuals through a decentralized information-sharing network. Biomedical technicians say it's the fastest and easiest way to get life-saving information.
She posted on social media about deliberately spreading the disease, but she's not actually sick.
These theories are dumb. Destroying 5G infrastructure is not going to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Desperate for revenue, online outlets try to use a crisis to overrule their customers’ judgment.
William Zietzke’s tax battle may affect thousands of cryptocurrency holders.
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A global pandemic has done what 30 years of internet manifestoes never accomplished: a mass migration into our screens.
Confusing travel distance with actual human mingling is no way to create smart policy.
Preliminary research suggests that commonly used procedures frequently fail to detect the virus.
The combination of limited evidence and conflicting priorities has resulted in whipsawing messages from experts.
They were mocked for sounding the alarm. Now they're the ones providing the solutions.
The biggest thing our institutions could do to stop the spread of COVID-19 misinformation would be to spread less misinformation themselves.
No time to waste; do it sooner rather than later.
Law professors Tim Wu and Richard Epstein went head to head at a live event.
Tim Wu vs. Richard Epstein on whether antitrust laws should be applied to firms like Amazon and Facebook.
The new bill takes aim at internet freedom and privacy under the pretense of saving kids.
While the earliest recording of a human voice dates to 1860, researchers at the University of London recently announced the recreation of a voice that is much older.
Will coronavirus help rehabilitate tech's rep?
My 2015 post on this subject includes points relevant to our current situation.
DIY biologists propose creating a public domain SARS-CoV-2 vaccine with $25,000 in funding.
Lamonte McIntyre served 23 years in prison for murders that he did not commit.
The EARN IT is an attack on encryption masquerading as a blow against underage porn.
"Google is not now, nor (to the Court's knowledge) has it ever been, an arm of the United States government," wrote District Judge Stephen Wilson.
Some panelists at the conservative conference want to give the government more power over social media.
In Facebook: The Inside Story, even Steven Levy’s most generous conclusions about the tech giant are still pretty damning.
Government officials keep trying to make us expose our data to them—and the criminals who ride on their coattails.
The conservative nonprofit Prager University alleged the company should not be allowed to place its videos on "Restricted Mode."
The New York Times technology reporter is revealing how social media is encouraging individual expression.
The hacking wunderkind thinks Big Tech's approach won't work. He built a $999 autonomous driving system that runs on a smartphone.
Nobody is being misled by this obviously joking debate clip. But this sort of ginned-up outrage will be used to target political opponents.
How the press learned to stop worrying and love censorship.
"A good science fiction story can help re-sensitize us" to the peril and promise of the new.