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.
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and…
Amidst the global push to crack down on kids’ internet usage, France this week became the first member of the…
In brief Qwen-Image-3.0, released July 21 by Alibaba’s Qwen team, accepts 4,500 tokens of instructions. This enables single-pass generation of…
Every Friday, the Russian Ministry of Justice adds new names to its dreaded Register of Foreign Agents, which identifies people…
In brief Coinbase Canada CEO Eric Richmond confirmed the company is working to bring its “Everything Exchange” to Canadian users.…
StreamSkill has combined seven of their best Office 2021/365 courses to create this awesome Ultimate Microsoft Office 2021/365 Bundle. Whether…
Global hunger declined for the third consecutive year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) The State of Food…
In brief Payward and GTN aim to expand xStocks beyond U.S. markets into equities from Hong Kong, the U.K., Europe,…
Members of the Federal Trade Commission are no longer protected from presidential removal without cause. Humphrey’s Executor–or whatever was left of…
In brief Franklin Templeton argues that legacy payment networks are structurally unfit for agentic AI. The firm emphasizes that blockchains…
from the this-must-not-happen-in-a-free-society dept You’d think that watching multiple lawyers get caught red-handed using AI to file briefs full of…
Just when I thought that Biden-era antitrust antagonism against tech companies was starting to fade, President Donald Trump has nominated…