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Economy
Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes
A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration in the US—has been delivering…
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Economy
Will the future of software development run on vibes?
For many people, coding is about telling a computer what to do and having the computer perform those precise actions…
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Investing
Government Versus Private Vaccine Mandates
Jeffrey Miron A major controversy during the COVID-19 pandemic revolved around vaccine mandates, imposed by both governments and private entities,…
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Investing
New Section 232 Investigation on Timber and Lumber Will Raise Prices for Homebuilders … and More Legal Questions
Scott Lincicome On March 1, President Trump instructed the Secretary of Commerce to initiate an investigation under Section 232 of the…
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Investing
Keep Politics Out of GDP Calculations
Jai Kedia There is no shortage of strange economic proposals in our current political landscape from both the left and…
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Economy
Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online
In late 2013, the Spike Jonze film Her imagined a future where people would form emotional connections with AI voice…
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Economy
Threat posed by new VMware hyperjacking vulnerabilities is hard to overstate
Three critical vulnerabilities in multiple virtual-machine products from VMware can give hackers unusually broad access to some of the most…
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Investing
IRS Layoffs: A Libertarian Perspective
Jeffrey Miron On February 20, the IRS fired 6,700 employees, many of whom worked in enforcement and compliance. Some warn this…
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Investing
Corporate Welfare Spending
Chris Edwards Republicans must cut federal spending to tame exploding deficits. DOGE is trimming the bureaucracy and the House budget…
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Investing
A Prelude to New FTC Scrutiny of Occupational Licensing?
Stephen Slivinski Last week, the new Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson created a task force that, among other things,…
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