Proposed Tweak to Internet Law Could Spur Seismic Shifts in Web as We Know It
A bill related to sex trafficking and Section 230 could have far-reaching consequences for web content, publishers, and apps.
Science & Technology
Is the Cure for Aging Just Around the Corner?
Here's hoping that we've not been born one generation too early.
Rejuvenation By Killing Off Senescent Cells and by Boosting DNA Repair: New at Reason
Two new studies report experiments that successfully reverse aging
An App to Track Drone Strikes Lasted Less Than a Day Before Apple Yanked It
Data journalist details five-year fight to make information more available.
Is the Quest to 'Solve Death' Selfishly Immoral?
Some bioethicists think that 75 years of life is enough for you.
Another Terror Attack Leads to Yet Another Government Assault on Your Right to Tech Privacy
The British government uses its own intel failures to demand weakening of encryption.
6 Cool Innovations That Are Making the World a Better Place, Vol. 2
Reason's choice of SXSW's 2017 innovator awards
From Newspaper Hoaxster to Twitter Hoaxster
A bridge between Old Media fake news and New Media fake news
Is That GIF You're About to Post on Twitter a 'Deadly Weapon'?
Man faces possible prison time for triggering a journalist's seizure.
Upset About Budget Cuts to the National Institutes of Health? Blame the National Institutes of Health
The NIH's track record suggest that Trump's proposed $6 billion budget cut won't be the end of science, progress, or discoveries.
Facebook Tells Police to Stop Using Them to Spy on Folks
Coincidentally, a panel at SXSW today is about social media surveillance
Scott Gottlieb: Trump's Nominee for Food and Drug Administration Commissioner
Understands how over-regulation is slowing down innovation in medicines and foods
DIY Biohacking Can Change The World, If the Government Allows It
Biohackers, much like their computer hacker forebears, prefer asking for forgiveness rather than permission.
Meet Your New Robot Workmate: Flippy, the Burger-Cooker
Don't fear automation. It's what makes us human - and richer, too.
CIA Leak Shows How We're Losing Both Privacy and Security with Tech Data
Agency hoards infiltration tools and puts our information at risk of exposure.
New Study Blames Instagram for Food Waste. Seriously.
New studies blame Instagram and gluttony as causes of food waste.
What Do You Call a Tool to Help Uber Avoid Gov't Stings? A Good Start.
Company used a secret method of getting around regulators trying to shut them down. If only the rest of us were so lucky.
Of Artificial Mice and Men Embryos
Creation of artificial mouse embryos provokes bioethical handwringing about designer babies
Why Is Twitter a For-Profit Platform, Anyway?
The idea that Twitter should be run by the federal government is silly. But perhaps the platform isn't best operated as a for-profit public corporation.
Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists
Perpetually raging about the world's injustices? You're probably overcompensating.
Jeff Sessions Can't Handle the Truth About Marijuana
The attorney general claims he is willing to be refuted by science. His history suggests otherwise.
The Double-Edged Sword of Encrypted White House Chatter: Leaks Vs. Secrecy
When transparency and government corruption can come from the same mechanism.
Herbert Hoover's Radio Malware Turns 90
The Radio Act of 1927 has enjoyed a nice, long life. It's past time for a retirement party.
Bad News: The Government Wants to 'Help' Driverless Car Companies
The future is rushing toward us. Unfortunately, the government wants to help.
Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading Surges in Venezuela
"How can you stop software running on the internet?"
Facebook Has No First Amendment Right to Send Unauthorized Texts, Says Court
The company argued that it had a free-speech right to text users unauthorized birthday reminders.
Does Digital Literacy Require More Gatekeepers?
Or does power need to be more dispersed?
Why We Don't Need a Department of Technology Policy
Let's focus on overturning existing government policies that undermine security.
Climate Scientists Manipulated Temperature Data to Fool Politicians and Public, Claims 'Whistleblower'
Another update on the 'settled science' of climate change
Venezuelan Police Arrest Eight Bitcoin Miners in Two Weeks, and the Country's Leading Bitcoin Exchange Suspends Operations
Authorities uncover a warehouse with 11,000 mining computers drawing enough electricity "to power a whole town."
Incompetence and Cronyism Plague U.S. Attempts to Counter ISIS Online
WebOps, the U.S. online counter-propaganda program, appears to employ Arabic analysts who barely speak Arabic.
NYPD is Developing an Algorithm to Measure Police-Community Relations
'Sentiment meter' would help law enforcement understand where and how to improve cooperation with the public.
Director of Anti-Sex Trafficking Doc I Am Jane Doe Doesn't Understand the Laws She's Trying to Reform
Watch Elizabeth Nolan Brown discuss the film with director Mary Mazzio, who aims to overhaul Backpage and federal law in the name of sex-trafficked teens.
Four Bitcoin Miners Arrested in Venezuela
Three men and one woman were charged with "electricity theft" and "internet fraud."
Eat More Peppers, Live Longer; Eat More Grilled Meat, Die Sooner
Exploring the absurdities of modern nutritional epidemiology.
Lavabit, Snowden's Favorite Encrypted Email Service, Returns from the Dead
Working on even stronger tech to protect from snooping.
How the IRS Could Cripple Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency startup Coinbase has been scrupulously compliant with government demands, until the IRS asked for millions of innocent customers' records.
Is President Trump a 'Climate Menace'?
None of his cabinet picks seem to think that man-made climate change is hoax.
Cancer Research Reproducibility Study: Science Still Broken?
The results of only two out of five cancer studies could be replicated
'The Slants': The Asian-American Band Name the Government Says Is Too Racist to Trademark!
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case about "offensive" speech & the First Amendment.
Giuliani as a Cybersecurity Advisor for Donald Trump Does Not Bode Well
He talks about data protection, but does he understand it at all?
