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In brief Tether is working alongside the Government and Central Bank of Georgia to launch GELT, an official stablecoin pegged…
In brief Bumblebee is a free, open-source tool that checks developer computers for compromised software, browser extensions, and AI connector…
New York, May 25, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the continued judicial harassment of lawyer and media commentator Sonia…
In brief Vitalik Buterin announced the Ethereum Foundation will shrink into a “smaller ship,” leaning into its works under a…
Pope Leo Releases First AI Encyclical, Calls Data a Common Good and Rejects Moral Neutrality of Tech
In brief Pope Leo XIV released “Magnifica Humanitas” on May 25, the first papal encyclical dedicated entirely to AI. The…
I WANT FREE MINDS AND FREE MARKETS! Help Reason push back with more of the fact-based reporting we do best.…
When Justice Neil Gorsuch recently described America as a “creedal nation”—one defined by ideas rather than bloodlines—it sparked a debate.…
Walk into three different bars in Tokyo, and you may have three completely different experiences: one bar thick with cigarette…
A Texas teaching aide was arrested after investigators said she exposed a 7-year-old girl’s chest in front of classmates and…
The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has joined a growing number of conflicts where drones are being used to…
Just last year, Justice Elana Kagan wrote for a unanimous Supreme Court in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos…
Milla74/Dreamstime Last week, I participated in a Cato Institute an online event on “Trump v. Barbara: Birthright Citizenship at the…