Why Biden's Broadband Bonanza Is Likely to Fail
We already know how to affordably expand connectivity; government-run networks ain’t it.
We already know how to affordably expand connectivity; government-run networks ain’t it.
From "stay hungry, stay foolish" to "try everything, take nothing off the table."
Non-fungible tokens for art can seem a lot like Tulipmania. But distinct digital tokens have real use cases for things like online address management.
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The former Merry Prankster and Whole Earth Catalog founder talks about psychedelics, computers, bringing back woolly mammoths, and his new documentary.
The whole thing is arguably voided by Section 230.
Is the senator's authoritarian grandstanding the dark future of the GOP?
Senators and state officials are proposing ways to sweep aside nonsensical regulations that place geographic limits on telehealth.
TikTok may have outlasted the Trump administration, but whether it will find another enemy in Biden is unclear.
Why didn't Cuomo and De Blasio build a decent, user-friendly website?
Regulators haven't kept up with the times when it comes to the changing nature of ventures into space.
Some of them like the stock, but all of them think our financial system is broken.
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Government will happily suppress misinformation in favor of misinformation of its own.
Some trends to look for over the next four years
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No, says Techdirt's Mike Masnick, but it is cause for expanding Section 230 and building a more decentralized internet.
Techdirt's founder wants to give end users, not politicians and tech giants, more control over what we can say and see online.
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Trump escalated America's war against Huawei and China. Biden should beware burgeoning technonationalism.
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"When I started my blog," says journalist Yoani Sánchez, "it was like an exorcism of something that was inside of me."
After a 16-month investigation into the big four tech companies, it seems the most that congressional busybodies can accuse them of is routine business practices and having popular services.
The more that big social media companies act like they can control what people say, the more competition they encourage.
The case against the popular pornography site rests on misleading data and hidden agendas.
Staying isolated from family and friends is wrenchingly difficult, even when it’s the right thing to do.
Reason's writers and editors share their suggestions for what you should be buying your friends and family this year.
Able to do our jobs from where we please, life for many of us will reflect a bit more of what we want rather than what we have to do to get by.
Republicans and Democrats are working together on an antitrust push against big tech. It will backfire big-time.
Time to add a hat and sunglasses!
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At the end of August, the FAA finally gave Amazon approval for its Prime Air drone delivery fleet.
But what one side likes, the other side hates. There's no way Twitter and Facebook can appease them both.
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The Hunter Biden story has exposed the media's selective skepticism.
The government is going after Google not to stop consumer harm but to level the business playing field.
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We can increasingly live where we please while working jobs of our choice. What we do with that bonanza is up to us.
Enforcement is supposed to be about protecting "consumer welfare." Overturning that goal would be bad for all of us.
Republicans have seized on the dubious claims of a psychologist who thinks Big Tech is shifting millions of votes to the left.
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Bipartisanship isn't dead, sadly.
A new DOJ proposal aims to bring the internet communications law in line with Trump's personal interpretation of it.
U.S. officials claim their espionage laws apply to the world, but constitutional protections do not.
If the new trustbusters get their way, tech platforms might be forced to pay money to traditional news outlets for the privilege of linking to their content.
How can we build a culture that welcomes alternative tech?