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 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has suggested that rival firm Anthropic is using “fear-based marketing” to promote its Claude…
Just hours after it was unveiled, cybersecurity experts found serious flaws in the European Commission’s new age-verification app for online…
In brief Google introduced eighth-generation Tensor Processing Units with two architectures: TPU 8t for training and TPU 8i for inference.…
The arrest was supposed to humiliate and expose the hypocrisy of the Islamic Republic. Instead, it ruined the lives of…
In brief Tether froze $344 million in USDT across two Tron blockchain addresses after U.S. authorities flagged them. The freeze…
Can states force public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms? The Supreme Court may soon decide this, after…
In brief Polymarket traders pocketed more than $35,000 after temperature spikes at a Météo France sensor resolved long-shot Paris weather…
An excerpt from yesterday’s decision in U.S. v. California, by Judge Mark Bennett, joined by Judges Jacqueline Nguyen and Daniel…
In brief Fold launched its Bitcoin Bonus Program, enabling employers to offer recurring Bitcoin bonuses without custody responsibilities. Steak ‘n…
from the CYA-jr. dept In the year 2,000 (cue the Conan O’Brien music), America had so successfully defeated measles as…
NA The rise of “abundance liberalism” is one of the few good political developments of the last few years.…
In brief OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Clinicians, a specialized version designed to support clinical tasks like documentation and medical research.…