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Mastodon might not be the future of decentralized social media, but it can’t hurt to check it out as Twitter implodes.
Mastodon might not be the future of decentralized social media, but it can’t hurt to check it out as Twitter implodes.
These are the people who showed up when the economy was shut down by the government, working in jobs labeled "essential."
Thousands of tech workers are being laid off. That’s putting H-1B visa holders on tight timelines to find new work.
The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blasé.
The Atlas of Surveillance lets us monitor the agencies that snoop on the public.
The bill would amp up surveillance while doing little to actually protect anyone.
The co-founder of the crypto exchange Kraken will join Reason's livestream Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern to discuss the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried and his company, FTX.
Thanks to the rise of private spaceflight companies, mankind will have a future off-Earth.
Starlink is the biggest player in the satellite business, for now.
The ice cream's innovative freezers helped Pfizer keep COVID-19 vaccines stable during transit.
One critic calls it "arrogant vandalism," but advocates say it might be a necessary form of self-preservation.
How the FCC went from regulating telegraphs to regulating satellites
NASA has spent more than $420 million on the development of spacesuits with very little to show for it.
Taking humanity from Earth to the stars isn't easy.
A new generation of companies has made space travel affordable.
Critics have said for years that Facebook is a monopoly that can only be killed by federal regulation. Meanwhile, the platform bleeds users, its stock price is plummeting, and it just announced its first-ever round of layoffs.
Livestream with Nick Gillespie, Robby Soave, and Zach Weissmueller
Plus: For Halloween, the editors describe what scares them most about politics and government right now.
U.K. regulators shut down Meta/GIPHY deal in favor of their own “approved buyer.”
Newspapers deserve a great deal of credit for the expansion of freedom over the past 200 years. But the media have lost credibility.
While campaigning for the midterm election, the president is promoting a disastrous and expensive form of economic protectionism.
The Network State author and serial entrepreneur on the future of freedom, online and offline.
The Network State author and serial entrepreneur on the future of freedom, online and offline.
While the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act was hailed as a victory for digital privacy, critics warn of a litany of unintended consequences.
Rather than being replaced by A.I., humans should plan to work with it.
Reddit users are protesting Texas' H.B. 20, which forces social media platforms to host speech they find objectionable.
Getting the best information when we need it will likely always be a challenge, but the Reddit hack helps.
A new Cato report sheds light on "jawboning," or attempts by state actors "to sway the decisions of private platforms and limit the publication of disfavored speech."
Plus: The editors respond to a question about the Forward Party.
Data collection is not the same as surveillance.
Proposed internet bans open a can of worms about how to punish those involved in creating and consuming controversial content.
Government should not penalize investment, thwart competition, discourage innovation and work, or obstruct production.
Plus: Vermont city repeals prostitution ordinance, political correctness revisited, and more...
A mother-daughter arrest in Nebraska was fueled in part by unencrypted Facebook messages police accessed through a warrant.
A robust market of monitoring technology already exists. There's no need to boost it further by government fiat.
Deplatforming controversial content is perfectly legal—and often counterproductive.
If you believe that moving most of our chip production onshore is good for national security, you should labor for regulatory reforms rather than subsidies.
One Medical and Amazon are going to provide a much-needed alternative to consumers who are already frustrated by the health care system.
Plus: Arizona prisons censor The Nation, Facebook's feed changes, and more...
It's none of their business.
Government often proves to be biased against large, successful companies that legislators don't understand well but customers love.
A lawsuit alleges that the social media giant "tries to conceal the dangerous and addictive nature of its product, lulling users and parents into a false sense of security."
The feds now admit there was "no need" for such a thing.
Plus: The Respect for Marriage Act, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and more...
The bill makes little note of parents' ability to control their own children's social media access.
Associate Editor Liz Wolfe discusses the political and economic fortunes of both Austin and Miami, plus potential reasons these pastures might not always be greener.
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