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In brief Meta now offers select creators USDC payouts to crypto wallets on the Solana and Polygon blockchains. The feature…

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The past two years have seen vilifications of Israel galore, by both traditional anti-Zionists and antisemites and by those minted…

In brief Sen. Thom Tillis said the Senate Banking Committee should vote on the long-delayed Clarity Act when lawmakers return…

from the publishers-mess-up-everything dept As numerous posts on this blog have emphasised, the underlying idea of open access (OA) – allowing anyone…

Remember when President Donald Trump vowed that his brand-new White House ballroom would be built using private funds and cost…

In brief Google Cloud hit $20.03 billion in Q1 2026—up 63% year-over-year—while Microsoft’s AI business surpassed a $37 billion annual…

A U.S. citizen who teaches Persian poetry classes online is suddenly unable to receive payments or access funds when his…

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two felony counts of threatening…

In brief The Labor Department launched an AI apprenticeship portal on Wednesday. The site offers AI literacy tools and industry-specific…

Governments around the world are adopting new laws and policies aimed at addressing online harms, including laws intended to curb…

The popular science communicator Hank Green published a YouTube video titled “A Masterclass in Manipulation,” responding to a Reason video…