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.
Xi and DeepSeek: Chinese artificial intelligence giant DeepSeek has now been optimized to run on Huawei-produced chips, reducing any possible…
In brief A malicious Hugging Face repository impersonating OpenAI’s Privacy Filter model reached #1 trending on the platform. The malware…
An Alabama construction worker who is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after he was arrested twice last year,…
In brief Exodus (EXOD) is expanding into the full payments stack with its Exodus Pay platform and new stablecoin. The…
from the found-the-vote-fraud dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. To the narcotics agents investigating drug smuggling…
A week ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the marketing of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) made by…
In brief Microsoft said attackers compromised a Mistral AI software download used by developers. The malware allegedly stole credentials and…
Reason has been nominated for 17 Southern California Journalism Awards, the Los Angeles Press Club announced Monday. We have nominees…
In brief JPMorgan is the latest financial firm seeking to launch a tokenized money market fund, filing for JTLXX. Its…
from the to-protect-and-preserve dept Recently, Mike joined Dave Hansen, Mark Graham and Kendra Albert on a panel for the Future…
A proposed law to ban outdoor smoking in San Francisco is pitting the city’s government against its bars and breweries.…
In brief Google says Gemini Intelligence will let Android devices complete multi-step tasks across apps with user approval. New features…