Federal Agencies Are Still Using Our Phones as Tracking Beacons
Our mobile devices constantly snitch on our whereabouts.
Our mobile devices constantly snitch on our whereabouts.
TikTok's CEO served as little more than a punching bag for lawmakers with a dizzying array of big tech grievances.
It would result in shortages, decreases in productivity, and higher production costs affecting millions of American workers and nearly every consumer.
The designer of China's Great Firewall sees new A.I. tech as a concern for public authorities.
Copyright law is just one area that must adapt to account for revolutionary A.I. technology.
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Nita A. Farahany's The Battle for Your Brain shows how neurotech can help, or hurt, human liberty.
In countries that privatized, there are fewer delays and costs are lower. But labor unions and the private plane lobby stand in the way.
Online communities have made their diagnoses their identity.
Turning every streaming service into TikTok is bad for the internet. It'll be disastrous for music.
The trade association says the overbroad and vague A.B. 2273 places unconstitutional burdens on speech.
When politicians manipulate industry, the public pays the price.
Amit Katwala’s Tremors in the Blood explores how unreliable technologies have been used in our criminal justice system.
Beware of activists touting "responsible research and innovation." The sensible-sounding slogan masks a reactionary agenda.
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A new 60-minute screen time warning on TikTok won’t stop kids from scrolling.
The latest bid to amend Section 230 would threaten free speech and creators' ability to monetize content while also subjecting tech companies to a flood of frivolous lawsuits.
Politicians say they want to subsidize various industries, but they sabotage themselves by weighing the policies down with rules that have nothing to do with the plans.
The U.S. Copyright Office determined that images produced by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted, even though they are generated by user-written prompts.
The Court’s decisions in Gonzalez and subsequent cases could lead to impossible, incompatible consequences.
When society criminalizes outdoor independence, it makes smart phone addiction more likely.
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Politicians' go-to fixes like child tax credits and federal paid leave are known for creating disincentives to work without much impact on fertility.
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Section 230 helped the internet flourish. Now its scope is under scrutiny.
"Today's decision is a victory for the First Amendment that should be celebrated by everyone who hopes to see the internet continue as a place where even difficult and contentious issues can be debated and discussed freely," said one attorney.
Gonzalez v. Google presents the Supreme Court’s first opportunity to weigh in on Section 230.
The "interactive artist" inspired by Jack Kirby and Barry Goldwater challenges social media and intellectual conformity.
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Artist Dave Cicirelli challenges his audience to create meaning.
Because of a series of misleading memes, a troll has been charged with conspiracy "to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States."
Instead of empowering the government to intervene, we should look more holistically at the experience of young people online.
Congress should set its sights on bad government actors who pressured social media companies.
The FTC is trying to seize new powers to regulate the economy.
The Netscape co-founder and legendary venture capitalist talks about the future, innovation, and your next beach read.
The age verification proposal is a disaster for both children and adults.
Possibly changing the way we live just as profoundly as the internet did.
As artificial intelligence advances, how worried should we be about the rise of the machines?
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"I think we need to just call this out on the bullshit it is."
Deepfakes aren't nearly as dangerous as the tried-and-true technique of saying something misleading with the imprimatur of authority.
Bipartisan efforts to ban the app in America would be a great blow to our economy and our liberty.
Market forces have historically disrupted the tech sector and will continue to do so.
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Reviewing and improving the federal government’s data security and digital defenses should be a priority.
Content-generating A.I. will probably enhance human labor rather than make it obsolete.
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