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 Mobile battle royale game Pudgy Party has shut down and ceased development. The Pudgy Penguins team said that…
from the less-competition-is-more-competition dept The Trump “Department of Justice’s” “antitrust division” dumped its unsurprising approval of the terrible Paramount Warner…
In brief IplanRIO released Rio 3.5 Open 397B on June 13, billing it as a government-built frontier AI model with…
from the good-deals-on-cool-stuff dept The Lifetime Learner Bundle feature access to uTalk and Stack Skills. Through uTalk, you’ll be able…
This morning, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Newman v. Moore. For years, I’ve thought that Chief Judge Moore is simply…
In brief Standard Chartered forecasts a nearly 40x increase in UNI’s price by 2030 as Wall Street migrates real-world investments…
from the seems-bad dept Late Friday, Anthropic shut down access to its just-released Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models after…
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill earlier this month tightening the state’s restrictions on when police can seize…
In brief Forward Industries has proposed acquisitions to three of its rival Solana treasury firms. Two of the firms rejected…
from the flock-aspires-to-be-the-birds-in-‘The-Birds’ dept Cops are human beings. Despite constantly pretending they’re on a higher plane (see also: Thin Blue…
I’ve been giving a lot of thought to the Ten Commandments case that should be appealed to the Supreme Court…
In brief Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that a U.S. order on Anthropic shows the risk of leaning on…