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Search ArticlesSpaceX Found a Way Around the FCC
Space The company’s spectacular IPO obscured a quieter breakthrough that could transform satellite communications. | Re-entry of a Starlink satellite, Whispering Pines Camp in the Cypress Hills of southeastern Alberta (Alan Dyer / VWPics/Newscom) SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) attracted intense interest for 2 trillion reasons. But one spectacular feature of this historic launch has barely blipped the public's radar screen.
Mamdani's $131.5 Million DoorDash Settlement Is Not What He Says It Is Original
Another day, another settlement. Last month, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a $131.5 million settlement with DoorDash for "stealing" delivery driver wages in the Big Apple. The agreement builds on additional settlements from earlier this year with other platforms, all as part of Mamdani's "New Era of Accountability" for gig companies. The actual details of the settlement tell a more modest story.
Don't Blame AI Labs for What Hackers Do With Their Tools Original
On Friday, Axios reported that "Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event." The executives "anticipate a large-scale event, most likely a cyberattack," that would shut down financial services, disrupt the internet, and cut off power and water.
Will Mamdani Make Housing More Affordable?
Affordable Housing Emily Eisner and Kenny Burgos debate Zohran Mamdani's housing policies. | Economist Emily Eisner and former New York State Assemblyman Kenny Burgos debate the resolution, "Mayor Zohran Mamdani's housing policies will make housing more affordable for most New York City residents." Arguing in favor of the resolution is Eisner, the executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute. She is also a co-chair of the New York City Policy Forum.
Anthropic Is Banning 'Cruel Behavior' Toward Claude. Claude Is Still Not a Person.
Artificial Intelligence The AI company's decision might be a justifiable idea, but the company appears to have done it for the wrong reason. | (Saipen Muangmoon/Dreamstime/Midjourney/Fatima Ruiz) What's going on at Anthropic? The AI company behind the chatbot Claude recently announced changes to its user policy. It's not a groundbreaking development in isolation.
Despite a Notable Victory in Oklahoma, Legal Challenges to Flock Cameras Still Face Long Odds Original
Last week, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled that querying a database of information collected by automated license plate readers (ALPRs) counts as a search under the Fourth Amendment. As Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown noted, that decision was welcome news for critics who argue that warrantless access to ALPR data threatens the privacy of innocent motorists across the country.
The Federal Government Just Posted the Largest Annual Budget Deficit Since COVID
Budget Deficit Tax revenue increased by about 3 percent last year, but spending increased twice as fast. And interest payments on the debt cost more than $1.1 trillion. | (Congressional Budget Office/Robert Findlay/Splosh/Dreamstime) The federal budget deficit totaled nearly $2 trillion for the fiscal year that ended on September 30—the third-largest in American history, trailing only the two deficits recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NIH Plan To Strengthen 'Replication and Reproducibility' Will Not Check Anything
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will spend $174 million over five years on "R3PEATS," a new initiative aimed at "strengthening replication and reproducibility" of NIH-funded research. The program, which NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya announced in a Science editorial and a press briefing in September, is the agency's answer to the 20-year-old observation that most published research findings are false.
Treasury Backs Down on Biden-Era Cryptocurrency Surveillance Proposal Original
Privacy It’s a small victory for financial privacy against escalating surveillance. | (Kittipong Jirasukhanont/Dreamstime/Freepik/Magnific/Mariam Zakaidze) The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has withdrawn its proposal for a rule that would require financial institutions to report on cryptocurrency transactions that they "know, suspect, or have reason to suspect" involve mixing in a foreign jurisdiction.
Let Charter Schools be as Flexible as Microschools Original
School Choice Universal education savings accounts are giving families unprecedented choice in education. Now let's give charters a chance to catch up with the marketplace. | (Gloria P. Meyerle/Dreamstime/Fatima Ruiz.) In a 2001 interview, economist Milton Friedman was pressed to reflect on the vision of a universal school voucher system, an idea he had popularized 46 years earlier. At the time of his interview, progress toward that vision was tepid.