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.
President Donald Trump might soon be getting a cash infusion for his “new” war in Iran. On Wednesday, House Republicans…
In brief Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling on July 15—a 975-billion-parameter multimodal AI model trained from scratch, with full weights…
In May of this year, a federal judge ruled that Cook County, Illinois, is liable for constitutional violations when it…
In brief A hacker using the Shai-Hulud worm breached Suno in 2025 and leaked source code showing the platform scraped…
from the give-em-an-inch-and-they’ll-take-a-panopticon dept This is probably nothing more than another data point in a deluge, but it’s worth pointing…
Here’s yet another data point working against the notion that far-left, democratic socialism–friendly candidates are successfully courting the working class:…
In brief Eligible E*Trade customers can now trade spot Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Crypto trades are executed through Zero Hash,…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The 2026 Microsoft Azure Architect & Administrator Exam Prep Bundle has 9 courses covering a wide…
In 2023, Defendant WP Company LLC (the “Post”) published an article titled “Trust linked to porn-friendly bank could gain a…
In brief Project Eleven introduced a post-quantum proof designed to verify Bitcoin wallet ownership after Q-Day. The implementation was developed…
from the so-how-did-the-caving-work-out-for-you? dept A few weeks ago, David Lat went on the Serious Trouble podcast and mentioned that things…
With President Donald Trump beginning a “new war” in Iran, and oil prices starting to rise as a result, America’s…