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Economy
Men plead guilty to aggravated ID theft after pilfering police database
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Two men have pleaded guilty to charges of computer intrusion and aggravated identity theft tied to…
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Economy
Softbank unveils plans to cancel out angry customer emotions using AI
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank recently announced that it has been developing “emotion-canceling” technology…
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British Columbia Should Legalize, Not Recriminalize, Drugs
Jeffrey Miron and Jacob Winter In January 2023, British Columbia decriminalized possession of small amounts of some drugs. Last month,…
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Overriding the Governor’s Veto, Vermont Lawmakers Expand Access to Overdose Prevention Centers
Jeffrey A. Singer Church Street in downtown Burlington, Vermont. Yesterday, June 17, a bipartisan supermajority of Vermont lawmakers overrode Governor Phil…
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Six Questions on Donald Trump’s Conviction
Walter Olson On May 30 a Manhattan jury convicted Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records with the intent of…
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Investing
Digital Currency or Digital Control Is Out Now!
Nicholas Anthony The Cato Institute has officially published my first book, Digital Currency or Digital Control? Decoding CBDC and the…
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Investing
Another Study Shows Nicotine E-Cigarettes Help Smokers to Quit
Jeffrey A. Singer Finnish researchers published the results of a randomized controlled trial in today’s JAMA Internal Medicine, comparing varenicline (Chantix)…
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Economy
High-severity vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Asus router models
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hardware manufacturer Asus has released updates patching multiple critical vulnerabilities that allow hackers to remotely take…
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Economy
Proton is taking its privacy-first apps to a nonprofit foundation model
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Proton, the secure-minded email and productivity suite, is becoming a nonprofit foundation, but it doesn’t want…
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Investing
A Cato Plan to Cut Tax Rates to Near 100-Year Low
Adam N. Michel At the end of 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The law included…
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