Technology
The Trump administration wages war on Meta
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is resuming its antitrust attack on Meta. After first suing the tech giant in 2020, the Trump FTC now alleges that Meta violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by maintaining a personal social…
Does the Florida kid tech study prove Jonathan Haidt right?
"This study…does NOT show that smartphones are beneficial to children," Jonathan Haidt told me on X last week. He was responding—in a somewhat baffling way—to my post about a new survey of 11- to 13-year-olds in…
How John McClaughry and Karl Hess fought to decentralize power
The man on the motorcycle was an anarchist, a lawbreaker, a guy the Black Panthers could turn to when their leader needed transportation; his FBI file fretted that he might "participate in violent activities, such as…
Inside Incoming NASA Director’s Plans to Make Space Great Again
The next mission to the moon will advance the “America First” agenda through space exploration, rather than the Biden administration’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, a NASA spokeswoman told The Daily Signal. While…
Kids with smartphones are less depressed, anxious, bullied than peers without them
It's funny how much media coverage is devoted to anything suggesting that phones might be ruining kids—and how little coverage goes to studies suggesting the opposite. So it goes with a new report from researchers at the…
Trump Protects America’s Tech Edge over China
President Donald Trump’s forceful use of export controls on high-end, dual-use semiconductors to contain the Chinese Communist Party’s technological ambitions is one of the most important national security achievements of…
‘Flow’ is a beautiful low-budget animated feature
Part of the beauty of Flow, a Latvian film that won this year's Oscar for best animated feature, is its simplicity. In an age of overstuffed blockbusters, this is a straightforward tale. There's a flood. A black cat…
Don’t count on quitting social media to make your life better
Once upon a time, I was an avid social media user. Now, not so much. Social media make up a minimal part of my news diet and my day. I can pinpoint several reasons for this. But its effects are harder to gauge. Has cutting…
No, the U.S. industrial base is not collapsing
If you believe the political rhetoric, you probably think America's industrial base has been hollowed out, gutted, or "shipped overseas." Across the ideological spectrum, people say U.S. manufacturing is in…
North Carolina is the latest state to try to restrict lab-grown meat
A handful of states around the nation have moved to ban or restrict the sale of lab-grown meat. Now a new measure in North Carolina aims to place onerous labeling requirements on cultivated meat products. House Bill 134…
