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 Zcash (ZEC) is up more than 62% this week, recently trading around $380. Predictors on Myriad now favor…
The Daily Tar Heel, the student-run newspaper at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), announced it would…
In brief Elon Musk’s AI company filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block Colorado’s AI law before it takes effect…
from the it’s-all-about-power dept The Trump administration’s AI policy is two-faced, torn between deregulation and despotism. In March, the administration…
DOGE, the Social Security Administration, and How Inferior Courts Should Treat S. Ct. Interim Orders
Some excerpts from the 88 pages of opinions in AFSCME v. Social Security Admin., decided today by the Fourth Circuit…
In brief A new game based on the arcade classic Space Invaders will let one person earn a real Bitcoin…
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi play a guessing game involving metal music and military operations before they dive into an…
In brief Bitget launched IPO Prime, a platform offering tokenized exposure to pre-IPO companies. The first offering is preSPAX, a…
from the this-is-all-extremely-stupid dept In case you’ve been asleep, what appears to be an increasingly mentally unstable Donald Trump has…
Hours after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s “emergency” tariffs on February 20, he revealed a backup plan. Instead…
In brief San Francisco police arrested a suspect after an incendiary device was thrown at the home of OpenAI CEO…
from the yikes dept First, some of the good news: certain AI models—currently Anthropic’s Mythos, but surely others are well…