By Andrew Langer, President, Institute for Liberty When new technologies come to market, there are always unintended consequences. This is certainly true when it comes to new internet applications and services—sometimes unforeseen problems occur, and sometimes these apps can be used in […]
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Amazon Ring devices enable mass surveillance
Like so many technological revolutions before it, the Internet of Things is being broadly embraced without any consideration for its implications for society — and that includes mass surveillance courtesy of seemingly innocuous items like digital doorbells, which just happen to be equipped with […]
Big Tech’s argument: We’re just trying to help!
With the U.S. government and the attorneys general of numerous U.S. states starting probes against four of the biggest “Big Tech” firms — shorthand for Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple — the Wall Street Journal is helpfully reviewing both sides of the argument, presenting […]
U.S. MINING “SUPER ROYALTY REFORM” WILL HAND CHINA A LOT MORE THAN RARE EARTHS FOR LEVERAGE
By Larry Reaugh, CEO, American Manganese, Inc. In my previous piece published by The Economic Standard, I recommended that the U.S. introduce “Flow-Through Funding” to kick start exploration of critical and rare earth metals, for which the U.S. is presently dependent on imports, most notably […]
Stronger Defense Firms Key to Maintaining America’s Global Tech Edge
By Mead Treadwell, former Alaska Lt. Governor I grew up in a house powered by America’s so-called “military industrial complex.” My late stepfather Walt Lane was chief of flight test at Sikorsky Helicopters. Around our kitchen table we heard regularly about the fervent […]
What should you do if you see a drone out the airplane window?
Don’t panic, but do tell someone quietly and calmly. That’s the condensed version of the thoughtful analysis and advice provided by Wayne Lonstein, CEO of VFT Solutions, in a commentary for Forbes addressing this all-too-modern of dilemmas. As for national regulators including transportation officials […]
From Trade War to Tech War: Will the ‘Interim U.S.-China Trade Deal’ Contain a Ticking Tech Time Bomb?
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor “There is also something fundamentally wrong with the interim deal… That arrangement boosts America’s sale of primary products, a badge of a basic economy, at the cost of ceding high-tech leadership.” That’s the closing note in […]
The Tech Wars Heat Up: U.S. Makes National Security Declarations to Spur Rare Earths Development
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor Forget the trade war – the tech war is heating up. After weeks of Chinese threats that it could cut off U.S. access to the essential technology materials known as rare earths, the Trump Administration today took a counter-action of its own. Jennifer […]
It’s 2050: What’s for Dinner?
It’s 2050: What’s for Dinner? By Dan McGroarty, GeoPolicy Editor For those of us who aren’t sure what’s in the fridge that can be microwaved into tonight’s dinner, or if we can use our indecision as a justification for take-out (again), worrying about what’s for dinner in the Year 2050 is a […]
Innovating for a cleaner environment
By Jasson Urbach, TES Contributor Humans today, almost everywhere on earth, enjoy lives and livelihoods better than those of their parents and grandparents thanks to fossil fuels. Aside from the car you drive or the bus you may ride to work, look around and see the thousands of everyday items we take […]