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Investing
Taiwan Arms Backlog, November 2024 Update: HIMARS Delivery and a Second Trump Administration
Eric Gomez The US arms sale backlog to Taiwan was reduced by $436 million in November 2024 as the first…
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Eliminate Government Holidays
Jeffrey Miron The United States currently recognizes eleven federal holidays: Independence Day (1870), Washington’s Birthday (aka Presidents’ Day) (1879), Christmas…
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Economy
Twirling body horror in gymnastics video exposes AI’s flaws
On Wednesday, a video from OpenAI’s newly launched Sora AI video generator went viral on social media, featuring a gymnast…
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Autonomy and Affordability: Solving Homelessness Without Coercion
Jeffrey A. Singer A December 12 report in the UK Independent implies Elon Musk thinks most homeless people are “violent…
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Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability under active exploit threatens thousands
Thousands of sites running WordPress remain unpatched against a critical security flaw in a widely used plugin that was being…
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Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Safeguard Americans from the Injustices of Civil Forfeiture
Mike Fox Carrying large amounts of cash is not a crime in the United States. But tell that to Stephen Lara,…
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TANSTAAFSBR, or, There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
George Selgin Having questioned, in a previous post, some proclaimed benefits of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and specifically the claim…
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Economy
OpenAI introduces “Santa Mode” to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats
On Thursday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can now talk to a simulated version of Santa Claus through the app’s…
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Investing
Committee Testimony on Immigration and Threats to Law Enforcement
David J. Bier This is the five-minute spoken summary of my written testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee’s December…
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Investing
Eradicating Consideration of Race in Technology, AI Innovation, and Beyond: An Agenda for Policymakers
Erec Smith This blog is part of a series on technology innovation and free expression. In all likelihood, President-elect Trump…
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