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Economy
London Underground is testing real-time AI surveillance tools to spot crime
Enlarge (credit: John Keeble/Getty Images) Thousands of people using the London Underground had their movements, behavior, and body language watched…
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US Trade Data for 2023 Debunk Common Globalization Myths
Scott Lincicome One the goals of our ongoing Defending Globalization project is to challenge prevailing misconceptions about the global economy,…
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Economy
Report: Sam Altman seeking trillions for AI chip fabrication from UAE, others
Enlarge / OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman walks on the House side of the US Capitol on January 11,…
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Economy
A password manager LastPass calls “fraudulent” booted from App Store
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) As Apple has stepped up its promotion of its App Store as a safer and more…
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Investing
Examining Elon Musk’s Claim That a Carbon Tax Is a Simple Solution to Climate Change
Travis Fisher On February 3, Elon Musk posted a simple message on X: “The only action needed to solve climate change…
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Economy
Google debuts more powerful “Ultra 1.0” AI model in rebranded “Gemini” chatbot
Enlarge (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google announced that its ChatGPT-like AI assistant, previously called Bard, is now called “Gemini,” renamed…
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Investing
The CBO Budget and Economic Outlook: Debt Projected to Grow to Record Highs
Romina Boccia and Dominik Lett The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its annual Budget and Economic Outlook, providing 11‐year fiscal…
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Investing
Ballot Disqualification: The Stakes
James Craven and Patrick G. Eddington Just three days after the Supreme Court lifted a lower court injunction that blocked federal…
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Badge of Honor: Cato Designated ‘Vexsome’ FOIA Requester by FBI
Patrick G. Eddington If government bureaucrats are internally describing the civil society organization you work for as “vexsome,” it’s a good…
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Economy
Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits
Enlarge Linux developers are in the process of patching a high-severity vulnerability that, in certain cases, allows the installation of…
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