SocietyCommentary
Silicon Valley prides itself on diversity, tolerance, and an adherence to science-based politics. But woe to you if you work for one of the booming… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The growth of “broadband” (or high speed) internet access has bestowed enormous benefits on the American economy. Roughly 300 million Americans have access to broadband—increasingly… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This June, the Government Accountability Office published a report on the federal government’s Lifeline program, one of four programs established in the decadeslong pursuit of… Read More
LawCommentary
On June 27, the European Commission—Europe’s antitrust enforcer—fined Google over $2.7 billion for a supposed violation of European antitrust law that bestowed benefits, not harm,… Read More
LawCommentary
The last decade has seen a boom in recreational drone usage, as hundreds of thousands of law-abiding hobby pilots have taken to the skies with… Read More
EconomyNews
Democrats could maintain control of the agency making rules about the internet and other communications issues even after Donald Trump becomes president, as Democrats are… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The decision by a Russian court earlier this month to shut down the professional social network LinkedIn came right on cue. The court ruling coincided… Read More
EconomyNews
A Chicago-based health care startup that allows customers to conduct eye exams from their homes and obtain a prescription is fighting back against a South… Read More
EconomyNews
Armand Lauzon is working to revolutionize the beauty industry in Nashville. But until Monday, the Tennessee Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners, a state regulatory… Read More
EconomyNews
The internet, an “oasis of freedom,” could become much less free if the United States doesn’t keep guardianship over it, Sen. Ted Cruz said Wednesday… Read More
EconomyNews
Members of Congress need to be held individually responsible if they allow President Barack Obama to hand the internet over to international control next month,… Read More
EconomyNews
Do you want to watch a movie at home without hearing profanities? There’s a filter for that. VidAngel is a video filtering service started by… Read More
EconomyNews
The Obama administration’s decision to give up U.S. control of regulating the internet is likely illegal, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said. “The Obama administration does… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Just this month, 3D Systems in Los Angeles, Calif., opened “their new culinary innovation center, the 3DS Culinary Lab … a first-of-its-kind workshop kitchen where avant-garde culinary… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Until recently, most of our attention on drone wars has been about the debate over us going after bad guys with armed flying robots. Indeed, America’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
No nation comes close to the United States when it comes to creative industries protected by copyrights, such as motion pictures, music, television, visuals arts… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Freedom requires that one be safe and secure in one’s possessions—a world in which criminals steal or destroy others’ property at will is neither free… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Should the contents of email messages be protected from unwarranted law enforcement scrutiny to the same extent as physical letters sent through the mail? The… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The term “net neutrality” refers to the principle that Internet service providers serving end users, such as Verizon and Comcast, should treat all communications that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There’s no question the Internet has radically redefined the exchange of goods and services globally through reduced transaction costs and the increased transparency in markets…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Over the past 25 years, the Internet has gone from a relatively unknown arena populated primarily by academics, government employees, researchers and other technical experts… Read More
The Senate is expected to vote next week on the Energy Savings and Industrial and Competitiveness Act, sponsored by Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Rob Portman,… Read More
LawNews
Today, the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument in two cases exploring the authority of police to search cellphones taken from people who have been… Read More
A new report by George Mason University’s Mercatus Center finds that the Cybersecurity Framework could “ultimately undermine cybersecurity” and diminish the “spontaneous, creative sources of… Read More
In his classic baseball book “Ball Four,” Jim Bouton writes that as a child he longed to be able to run, just once, across the… Read More
The Chamber of Commerce announced this week it is opening a second office in Silicon Valley. The Chamber is no doubt in the hunt to… Read More
Yesterday brought news that the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has found gaps in DHS’s cybersecurity. Politico reports that, according… Read More
According to a recent report sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. power grid is under threat from nation-states, organized crime syndicates, hacktivists,… Read More
South by Southwest (SXSW) is the premier tech and social media event in the country. Each year, thousands of people descend on Austin, Texas, to… Read More
Apple and Samsung have been fighting over cell phone patents for a while. Samsung won a round in June when the U.S. International Trade Commission… Read More
