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Investing
It’s World Trade Week…and (Apparently) the Start of the “Silly Season” in Washington
Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon It’s a well‐known fact in the nation’s capital that politicians’ rhetoric gets progressively detached from…
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Economy
OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs
Enlarge / Worldcoin’s “Orb,” a device that scans your eyeballs to verify that you’re a real human. A company co-founded…
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Investing
Legalizing Organ Sales
Jeffrey Miron This article appeared on SubStack on May 25, 2023. Organ sales are illegal in the United States and…
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Investing
My Thoughts on Letters in Black and White
Erec Smith On Friday, June 2nd at 3 PM, Cato will hold a book forum on the newly published Letters in Black…
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Economy
Minnesota enacts right-to-repair law that covers more devices than any other state
Enlarge / Minnesota’s right-to-repair bill is the first to pass in the US that demands broad access to most electronics’…
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New York City, Rhode Island, and Now Minnesota Defy the “Crack House Statute”
Jeffrey A. Singer Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed Senate File 2974, the Omnibus Human Services appropriations bill into law on…
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Economy
The lightning onset of AI—what suddenly changed? An Ars Frontiers 2023 recap
Enlarge / On May 22, Benj Edwards (left) moderated a panel featuring Paige Bailey (center), Haiyan Zhang (right) for the…
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Economy
Chinese state hackers infect critical infrastructure throughout the US and Guam
Enlarge (credit: peterschreiber.media | Getty Images) A Chinese government hacking group has acquired a significant foothold inside critical infrastructure environments…
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Investing
The Tragic but Unsurprising Costs of Loose U.S. Weapons in Ukraine
Jordan Cohen Over the last 48 hours, national news outlets have begun reporting that Ukrainian militias used U.S.-made armored vehicles (albeit…
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Economy
Legit app in Google Play turns malicious and sends mic recordings every 15 minutes
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) An app that had more than 50,000 downloads from Google Play surreptitiously recorded nearby audio every…
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