Are oil companies less greedy or what? For most Americans, the annual Christmas journey to grandma’s house will be less expensive this year. Gas prices are at their lowest levels in five years, thanks largely to booming domestic oil production on state and private lands. That surge promises to put more money in our pockets—and perhaps more ... MORE
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Daniel Kish: Santa Comes Early Bearing Gift of $2 Gas
Are oil companies less greedy or what? For most Americans, the annual Christmas journey to grandma’s house will be less expensive this year. Gas prices are at their lowest levels in five years, thanks largely to booming domestic oil production on state and private lands. That surge promises to put more money in our pockets—and perhaps more ... MOREElf On The Shelf Conditions Surveillance State Acceptance
by David McCormack. Best-selling children's book The Elf On The Shelf is a disturbing cultural phenomenon which instills in young children the idea that a surveillance state is perfectly acceptable, claims a university professor. Laura Pinto, a digital technology professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, has published a ... MORE
Ed Krayewski: World’s Gone Right
Don't believe the hype. Islamist extremists on the loose in the Middle East, drug cartels running wild south of the border, Ebola, nuclear proliferation, ubiquitous surveillance, climate disasters, beheadings. It's easy to imagine things are worse than they have been in a long time. We don't have the benefit of hindsight, yet we can take a step back ... MORENet Neutrality: Toward a Stupid Internet
by Raymond C. Niles. The Internet is an achievement of historic importance, arguably rivaling or exceeding the invention of the printing press in its capacity to spread human knowledge and entertainment to the farthest corners of the globe. With the introduction of his printing press in 1450,1 Gutenberg took the books from the hands of ... MORE
New Cop-Detection Device Warns When They Are Lurking
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by John Vibes. The Blu Eye system works by monitoring frequencies that are used by emergency vehicles and then alerts the driver when those frequencies are nearby. It does not allow the driver to listen in on the encrypted communications, but will simply give a signal when those frequencies are nearby. This is far more advanced and accurate ... MOREFay Voshell: The Unabombers At The EPA
The dangerous true believers. Students of recent history will remember Ted Kaczynski as the man who is responsible for three murders and sixteen bombings over a period of eighteen years. These actions were fully excusable from Kaczynski's point of view. As he dispassionately puts it, “In order to get our message before the public with some ... MORE
Craig Timberg: New Apple Encryption Will Lock Out Police
Serving consumers at government's expense. Apple said Wednesday night that it is making it impossible for the
company to turn over data from most iPhones or iPads to police — even
when they have a search warrant — taking a hard new line as tech
companies attempt to blunt allegations that they have too readily
participated in ... MOREKatie Kieffer: Why Farmers Need Keystone XL
It’s harvest time! But oil shipments out of the Bakken are causing dangerous and costly rail delays for farmers. The oil boom in the Northern Plains is a boon to the U.S. economy, creating thousands of jobs and increasing our supply of American energy. With nearly 3 million Americans out of work, the Bakken is like a pool of cool water in an arid ... MOREClaire Wolfe: The State Of Freedom In America
The world is becoming less free. In the Middle East and Africa, Islamist fanatics try to bring back the Dark Ages. Europe stagnates under new layers of regulation imposed by the EU. In the United States, a president who disdains the messy art of political deal-making increasingly seeks to rule by executive order and bureaucratic fiat. ... MOREWill This Burger Bot Smash America's Fast Food Jobs?
by Tyler Wells Lynch. The fruits of a high minimum wage. “Anything you can do I can do better. I can do anything better than you.” Forget Annie Oakley. That refrain may best apply to the robots that are gradually taking our jobs. The latest workers on the chopping block? Fast food line cooks. A San Francisco startup called Momentum Machines ... MOREThe Dark Side Of California's Cell Phone “Kill Switch” Bill
by Jake Laperruque. This week the California legislature passed a bill that requires all smartphones to include a “kill switch” that can remotely render the device inoperable. Although created to deter smartphone theft, this kill switch mandate could actually become a nefarious tool co-opted by government to suppress protests. ... MOREBurger Robot Poised to Disrupt Fast Food Industry
by Jason Dorrier. The fruits of raising minimum wage. I saw the future of work in a San Francisco garage two years ago. Or rather, I was in proximity to the future of work, but happened to be looking the other direction. At the time, I was visiting a space startup building satellites behind a carport. But just behind them—a robot was cooking up ... MORE
Snowden Plans To Work On Anti-Surveillance Technology
by Charlie Osborne. Edward Snowden says he plans to develop and promote anti-surveillance technology to hamper government spying across the globe. The former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, who leaked
confidential documents detailing the extensive surveillance activities
of the NSA and the UK's GCHQ, called for ... MORESilicon Valley Techies ‘Like’ Senator Rand Paul
by Mark Kelly. Attracted by the ideas of freedom and innovation. There’s a new app in Silicon Valley — conservatarianism. It’s the app that conservative Senator Rand Paul is pushing. He wants to join forces with local techies. But how can technology and liberty flourish side by side? Paul’s answer, “shrink government.” “Is government inherently ... MOREJohn Stossel: Here Comes Tomorrow
Robots will make our future better. Ray Kurzweil — inventor of things like machines that turn text into speech — has popularized the idea that we are rapidly approaching "the singularity," the point at which machines not only think for themselves but develop intellectually faster than we. At that point, maybe we no longer talk about "human ... MORE
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