Hochul’s office reports that some 55,400 people have died of the coronavirus in New York, much higher than the 43,400 claimed by Cuomo, who left office Monday.
The findings of the newest IPCC report on the future of the planet—called a "code red" for humanity—have been wildly distorted.
A new analysis reportedly showing a huge proportion of TikTok content is racist tells us nothing about the overall prevalence of extremist and bigoted content on the app.
Breaking encryption technologies always makes us less safe, no matter what the justification.
Remember, the "open internet" that regulatory rules purportedly preserve emerged from a world without net neutrality rules.
The law just addresses use of individuals' data by private companies, carving out exceptions for government harvesting of data.
Plus: FTC revives antitrust suit against Facebook, Planned Parenthood pushes back against Montana abortion laws, and more...
Friday A/V Club: Some people are against concentrated media power. Some just want to bend it to their will.
Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.
Plus: Congress' gift to Big Tech companies, infrastructure bill costs, and more...
In April, workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 2-to-1 not to unionize. Now they may be asked to recast their votes.
An onslaught of antitrust and data-security crackdowns have threatened the country's biggest ride-sharing platforms, cryptocurrency exchanges, and messaging services.
Market power does not make a private company the equivalent of a government agency.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The comedian and podcaster talks about running for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination and his beef with Reason.
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube will expand their use of a central database that compiles extremist content for coordinated de-platforming.
The technological hurdles might be too difficult to overcome, but it's worth trying.
Bezos pitched in by creating an online marketplace of cheap consumer goods that people can get delivered to their homes in two days flat.
Today's antitrust activists forget that big companies with significant market share come and go.
A simplified tax code is the answer, not giving the IRS more funding.
After returning from space yesterday, Jeff Bezos thanked Amazon customers who made his fortune possible.
Telemedicine opened up new possibilities for patients with disabilities and chronic conditions.
May our new space billionaires produce spinoff technologies for the rest of us to enjoy in due time!
Don't let naysayers fool you. Richard Branson's space flight is a boon for society.
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Plus: Retaliatory action in Syria, developments with the delta variant, Clarence Thomas on marijuana, and more...
Taken together, these six measures would have a major impact on the way we shop, chat, and otherwise go about our business online.
In many professional arenas, Wu's swings and misses would have consequences. In Wu's case, it landed him an advisory role in the Biden administration.
Plus: Biden to back bill ending crack/cocaine sentencing disparity, the truth about tech startup creation, and more...
The law would make a federal case out of every aggrieved internet user and compel companies to host messages they do not wish to platform.
Science writer Steven Johnson, author of the new book Extra Life, on vaccines, medical breakthroughs, and life after Covid.
Plus: How Facebook killed blogging, the trouble with so-called common good originalism, and more...
I don't know the correct level of content moderation by Facebook, Twitter, Google, or Amazon, and neither do you.
Like a number of other modern conservatives, Thomas seems to think that Twitter and other tech companies are effectively censoring right-of-center views.
How reactionary politicians are using monopoly concerns as cover to pursue pre-existing political agendas
The company has agreed to purchase 15 supersonic airliners from Denver-based aerospace startup Boom.
Plus: Prosecutors are big lobbyists for new crime bills, Biden floats compromise on corporate taxes, and more...
No, states can't use the 10th Amendment to overturn the First Amendment.
Prosecutors like to use the law against people who clearly weren't engaged in hacking. The Court is trying to rein them in.
Industrial policy is the wrong answer to a problem that mostly doesn't exist.
A new antitrust suit targets third-party seller agreements.
Though Trump is gone, the desire to bend the internet toward partisan goals is alive and well.
The Senate’s Endless Frontier Act aims to spur innovation but leaves out immigration reform.
A conversation with Whole Earth Catalog founder, Merry Prankster, and woolly mammoth de-extinctionist Stewart Brand.
Medical breakthroughs mean we will never again suffer through diseases like the novel coronavirus—if politicians will get out of the way.
Facebook can't kill, jail, or tax you. It can only stop you from posting on Facebook.
"It's very obvious that nobody involved in [the bill] consulted a First Amendment lawyer," says TechFreedom's Berin Szóka.
