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SAN FRANCISCO – Some software development kits (SDKs) provided by advertising companies to help developers monetize their apps are automatically…

There seem to be very few issues that Republicans and Democrats can agree on these days, but disdain for data…

In brief A firmware bug meant Coldcard wallets generated seeds from a software pseudo-random generator instead of the hardware chip…

from the attacks-on-a-free-press dept For much of Techdirt’s nearly three decades in existence we’ve covered attacks on the media by…

Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Make some smart financial moves this week. Apologies if today’s photo…

In brief Qwen3.8-Max runs 2.4 trillion parameters and is the first Max-class Qwen model Alibaba will release as open weights.…

Free Speech Dispatch covers censorship trends and challenges around the world. If you want to know where free expression is…

Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Gary T. Schwartz…

In brief Hashdex will close and liquidate its Bitcoin ETF, which manages about $14.7 million. Trading ends Aug. 17, with…

from the be-careful-what-you-wish-for dept I don’t know but when your best argument is “we got locked out of our accounts…

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s stories include:  D.C’s “worst landlord” is the district…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Aug. 4, 2026 — The University of Alabama has received a “green light” rating from the Foundation for…