New Privacy Rights Act Exempts Government and Gives More Power to the FTC
An interview with Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski.
An interview with Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski.
Chasing Seattle's shadow, Minneapolis' new ride-share wage law threatens to derail the gig economy.
Kentucky's governor signed a law last week that could require porn sites to ask for users' government IDs before allowing access to adult material.
Apple's pricey new headset ends up feeling clunky.
Ethan Mollick, Wharton School professor and author of Co-Intelligence, discusses AI's likely effects on business, art, and truth seeking on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
The entrepreneur, who founded the Cicero Institute to fix government and the University of Austin to fix higher education, wanted space to flourish.
Willis Gibson, 13, became the first Tetris player to trigger a "kill screen."
A new survey highlights how fear-based parenting drives phone-based childhoods.
Some Democrats want to mimic Europe's policies on phone chargers and more.
Chinese camera drones are the most popular worldwide. American drone manufacturers argue that's a national security threat.
Jonathan Haidt’s clever, insufficient case against smartphones.
Plus: A listener asks about the absurdity of Social Security entitlements.
The law would require platforms to use invasive measures to prevent most teenagers under 16 from making social media accounts and bar all minors from sexually explicit sites.
If you fail to see a problem with Apple's actions, you may not be an overzealous government lawyer.
Modern cars are smartphones on wheels, but with less protection for your data.
Economist Friedrich Hayek inspired an early foray into electronic cash.
Odysseus became the first private spacecraft to have a successful soft moon landing—kind of.
And in the process, it will stifle innovation and competition.
If partisans have one thing in common, it's confirmation bias.
The company leaves Texas over an “ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous” age-verification law.
Some Democrats want to mimic Europe's policies on phone chargers and more.
Another blow to the idea that algorithms are driving our political dysfunction.
A law forcing kids off social media sites is still likely coming to Florida.
What if Russia had landed on the moon before the United States?
Maybe the problem for teens isn't screens, but what they are replacing.
Both states are trying to force tech companies to platform certain sorts of speech.
Plus: Russian sanctions, Finnish gun ranges, Milei supremacy, and more...
It's part of the government's expensive public-private partnership meant to address concerns over a reliance on foreign countries, like China, for semiconductors.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker cited the Bible to explain why.
Many apps collect data that is then accessed by outside entities. Should you care?
Plus: Catholic funeral for transgender activist, Donald Trump's props, deep tech in El Segundo, and more...
And a federal judge just said so.
Banning people under age 16 from accessing social media without parental consent "is a breathtakingly blunt instrument" for reducing potential harms, the judge writes.
Sen. Mike Lee's "technological exploitation" bill also redefines consent.
Maybe the problem for teens isn't screens, but what they are replacing.
Interest in virtual private networks provides insights into a global battle over digital freedom.
AI tools churning out images of fake IDs could help people get around online age-check laws.
Don't let a moral panic shut everything down.
Laws like Utah's would require anyone using social media to prove their age through methods such as submitting biometric data or a government-issued ID.
Plus: Chatbots vs. suicidal ideation, Margot Robbie vs. the patriarchy, New York City vs. parents, and more...
Harvey Murphy was wrongfully arrested for robbing a Sunglasses Hut after facial recognition tech identified him as the robber. The 61-year-old says he was brutally sexually assaulted in jail.
It's Super Size Me for internet intellectuals.
Your Face Belongs to Us documents how facial recognition might threaten our freedom.
Facial recognition technology is increasingly being deployed by police officers across the country, but the scope of its use has been hard to pin down.
Free societies generally leave these matters to individuals and families.
A new lawsuit is challenging a Utah law that requires age verification to use social media and forces minors to get their parents permission first.