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Investing
Iron Law of Prohibition: Nicotine Edition
Jeffrey A. Singer In 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assumed the authority to regulate all nicotine‐containing products, including…
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Economy
Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) One day last October, subscribers to an ISP known as Windstream began flooding message boards with…
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Economy
OpenAI board first learned about ChatGPT from Twitter, according to former member
Enlarge / Helen Toner, former OpenAI board member, speaks during Vox Media’s 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel…
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Economy
Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin
Enlarge (credit: Flavio Coelho/Getty Images) Two years ago when “Michael,” an owner of cryptocurrency, contacted Joe Grand to help recover…
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Economy
US sanctions operators of “free VPN” that routed crime traffic through user PCs
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The US Treasury Department has sanctioned three Chinese nationals for their involvement in a VPN-powered botnet…
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Investing
High Taxes, High Crime
Chris Edwards Government interventions create vicious cycles of collateral damage, larger bureaucracies, and further interventions. As one example, high taxes…
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Economy
OpenAI training its next major AI model, forms new safety committee
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Monday, OpenAI announced the formation of a new “Safety and Security Committee” to oversee risk…
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Investing
Corporate Transparency Act Compels Americans to Incriminate Themselves
Thomas A. Berry, Brent Skorup, Jennifer J. Schulp, & Alexander Khoury The quest for security is too often invoked to…
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Economy
Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data
A previously unknown piece of ransomware, dubbed ShrinkLocker, encrypts victim data using the BitLocker feature built into the Windows operating…
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Investing
Friday Feature: Rooted Life Academy
Colleen Hroncich When her husband suggested she create a “pod school,” longtime teacher Becky McNichols was initially dismissive. “I don’t…
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