Freedom IndexMedia & Culture
Media & Culture explores how journalism, entertainment, and creative industries influence—and are influenced by—free speech. From press freedom to artistic expression, this category highlights the cultural impact of censorship and the ongoing struggle for open dialogue.
In brief Google said its TurboQuant algorithm can cut a major AI memory bottleneck by at least sixfold with no…
To prevail on these claims, Newman must show that Holley made a “false and defamatory statement about him, without privilege,…
In brief The RBA said tokenization is now a question of how, not if, as it outlined the next steps…
Are young boys everywhere on the verge of being pulled down into the abyss of online gambling? If you’ve been…
In brief CoinShares filed a post-effective amendment to register three ETFs tracking the CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Index. The funds—a…
from the from-a-concerned-citizen dept I think we can all agree that nobody seems to be taking the business of governing…
Politicians say they can “make the economy work better.” I once believed they could. But years of reporting taught me…
In brief Google publicly set a 2029 deadline to transition its systems to post-quantum cryptography. Bitcoin faces long-term cryptographic risk…
From today’s order by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers (N.D. Cal.) on a motion to exclude certain evidence in Musk v. Altman:…
In brief Nearly $15 billion in Bitcoin options contracts expire on Deribit Friday, representing 40% of BTC open interest on…
from the melted-snowflakes dept Last week we covered how the government successfully convinced Judge Colleen McMahon to order the plaintiffs…
While WBIR and Tegna’s two defenses, that is, the fair report privilege and the substantial truth defense, have slightly different…