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Speech Codes and Commissions Trample on the Expressive Rights of Canadians, Australians, and All Users of the Internet
David Inserra In the United States, it is not uncommon to hear the refrain “hate speech isn’t free speech,” often…
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Tech giants form AI group to counter Nvidia with new interconnect standard
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, several major tech companies, including Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, AMD, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco,…
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Law enforcement operation takes aim at an often-overlooked cybercrime linchpin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) An international cast of law enforcement agencies has struck a blow at a cybercrime linchpin that’s…
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New Defending Globalization Content: The Conservative and Progressive Cases for Globalization
Scott Lincicome Today we’ve published two new essays for Cato’s Defending Globalization project: “The Conservative Case for Globalization” by Jeb…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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