The FCC Might Have Just Killed Polling as We Know It—and That's OK
Pollsters like Nate Silver are understandably freaked out, but it's not the government's job to protect their business model.
Technology
Libertarian Feminists Ask Facebook to #FreeTheNipple
Petition urges Facebook to stop "censoring artful or political expressions of female bodies."
Pope Francis Really Hates Modern Technology and Economic Progress
Which is unfortunate since only technological progress and economic growth can effectively address environmental problems
Encrypted Social Network 'Minds' Will Protect User Data From Government and Corporate Snoops
Minds excels where other popular social networks, particularly Facebook, fail: transparency and protecting user privacy.
Giving Government 'Backdoor' Access to Encrypted Data Threatens Personal Privacy and National Security
The War on Terror is providing plenty of rhetorical ammunition to anti-encryption officials, but they are dangerously wrong.
No Virtual Reality Porn for Oculus Rift
This week in weirdly futuristic sex: virtual reality porn out, sex robots in
OpenBazaar, an Online Platform for "Censorship-Resistant Trade," Gets $1 Million In Backing From Venture Capital Heavyweights Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures
Investors give a vote of confidence to a libertarian-themed tech venture.
Bitcoin's Long-Term Viability Threatened by Block Size Limits
If unaddressed, an arbitrary protocol quirk implemented by Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto could soon undermine the scalability and long-term viability of the cryptocurrency.
Ronald Bailey Says Let the Techstorm Rip
A review of A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control
"The story of technology is in fact the story of textiles."
Epic piece about how the threads that make the clothes we wear are figuratively the fabric of our lives.
RESOLVED: TECHNOLOGY WILL TAKE ALL OUR JOBS
Ronald Bailey Will Argue Against the Motion at Future Tense on Thursday, June 4
Elizabeth Nolan Brown in Playboy (Not Like That) on How We'll Soon Send Money Quickly, Anonymously, and From Anywhere
Historically uncool QR codes are poised to be a main driver of anonymous e-payment.
Grindr and Tinder Use Is Up: STDs Are Too
Or least they are in Rhode Island, say state health officials.
The Tip of the Regulatory Iceberg
Pointless economic regulation cripples innovation and speeds the growth of big government.
Backpage.com Lawsuit: Sex Trafficking Doesn't Trump Internet Freedom, Says Federal Judge
Plaintiffs coerced into prostitution as teens alleged that Backpage was complicit in their trafficking.
Is the Seasteading Dream Really Dead?
Wired argues that "Silicon Valley is Letting Go of Its Techie Island Fantasies" on insufficient evidence.
Dear @POTUS… 17 Twitter Conversations With President Obama
"Dear Mr. President. There are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three."
Watch 'Lifetime Achievement Award' Co-Recipient Louis Rossetto Talk About the Future of Media with Reason TV
Wired co-founder to be feted with Jane Metcalfe at tonight's Webby Awards
Liberation of Medicine: Ronald Bailey's Lecture in Moscow
How technology is freeing both patients and physicians from the medical industrial complex
VID: Meet the Man Building Elon Musk's 760MPH Hyperloop
Can he really build a supersonic tube transport system, which could go from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes?
'Hacktivist' Hysteria in Baltimore
The debunked #BaltimoreLootCrew tweets find a new way to feed fearmongering.
WATCH: Is Giving Directly to the Poor a Good Idea?
GiveDirectly co-founder on the value of charitable cash transfers.
Is Giving Money Directly to the Poor a Good Idea?
GiveDirectly co-founder on the value of charitable cash transfers.
Turkish Student Gets One Year Suspended Sentence for Retweeting Satirical Article Mocking Governor
Turkey's crackdown on free expression continues
Liberals Greet Apple Watch With Fresh Assault on Company
According to the left, Apple "didn't build that." Big government did.
Taking Comics to the People
Artists are using new platforms to bypass gatekeepers and grow the comic book industry.
The Rise and Fall of Cybernetic Communism
The Soviets, the cyberneticists, and the SNAFU Principle
Block Bots Automate Epistemic Closure on Twitter. Are You Blocked?
Peer behind the Block Bot!
Helpful Hackers vs. College Regulators
Why are state governments cracking down on innovative coding academies?
How An Anti-Piracy Law Became a Tool for Online Censorship
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has created new ways to shut down Internet speech.
VID: Meet the Man Building Elon Musk's 760mph Hyperloop: Interview with Dirk Ahlborn
Can he really build a supersonic tube transport system, which could go from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes?
Meet the Man Building Elon Musk's 760MPH Hyperloop: Interview with Dirk Ahlborn
Can he really build a supersonic tube transport system, which could go from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes?
Robo-Car Drives Across Country 99 Percent Autonomously
Congratulations to Delphi on this feat
NYPD's New Gunshot Detectors Record More Than Just Gunshots
ShotSpotter has successfully reduced police response time to crimes, but has little oversight in New York City.
Is That a Nuke in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
New book, The Future of Violence, is terrified about 'technologies of mass empowerment'
Here Comes Ethereum, an Information Technology Dreamed Up By a Wunderkind 19-Year-Old That Could One Day Transform Law, Finance, and Civil Society
Can Ethereum help eliminate corruption and bureaucracy in the developing world?
High School Superintendent: Teen Sexting Is a Police Matter
Two teens send nude selfies. Police spend several weeks, interview 25 students to "investigate."
