Web browsers are built for convenience—prioritizing speed, compatibility, and ease of use. But what happens when a browser isn’t for just an individual user but for an entire enterprise? In…
By Shane Tews | February 27, 2025
Two weeks ago, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane made history when it broke the sound barrier over the continental United States, reaching 750 miles per hour (Mach 1.12) near Barstow, California. You…
By Will Rinehart | February 26, 2025
President Donald Trump increasingly is playing the role of information gatekeeper, striving to control access to venues—technological and physical—where important expressive activities occur. By dictating access on his terms, Trump…
By Clay Calvert | February 25, 2025
President Donald Trump increasingly is playing the role of information gatekeeper, striving to control access to venues—technological and physical—where important expressive activities occur. By dictating access on his terms, Trump…
By Clay Calvert | February 25, 2025
President Donald Trump increasingly is playing the role of information gatekeeper, striving to control access to venues—technological and physical—where important expressive activities occur. By dictating access on his terms, Trump…
By Clay Calvert | February 25, 2025
The way that it is framed, you’d think that Utah’s HB418 is just a simple change to Utah’s privacy law. They are just “Data Sharing Amendments,” after all. But beneath that innocuous…
By Will Rinehart | February 24, 2025
Last year, I published a report, The Age of Uncertainty, on the challenges in understanding and estimating the job and skill impacts of artificial intelligence. One of the big problems was…
By Brent Orrell | February 24, 2025
One of the wonderful things about science is that research results cannot be consistently anticipated. That’s why we do the research. That research doesn’t always come out how we expect…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | February 24, 2025
Key Points Read the full report here.
By Lynne Kiesling | February 21, 2025
I’m intensely ambivalent about fast-moving events in Washington, DC, where President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a joint venture with Elon Musk, is causing consternation. Whether part of a…
By Jim Harper | February 21, 2025
Key Points Executive Summary The global energy landscape is transforming, and nowhere is this more evident than the electricity sector. Technological advancements, shifting economic conditions, and evolving environmental policies are…
By L. Lynne Kiesling | Daniel Lyons | Rimvydas Baltaduonis | Cameron Brooks | Sanya Carley | Steve Cicala | James Connaughton | Michael Giberson | Bryan Hannegan | Devin Hartman | Tom Hassenboehler | Michael Hogan | Travis Kavulla | Joshua Macey | Meghan Nutting | Michael Pugh | Pat Wood | Audrey Zibelman | February 20, 2025
Earlier this month, Eric Berger of Ars Technica reported that the White Houses’ first budget request of Donald Trump’s second term could be a fiscal reckoning for America’s government scientific enterprise. The…
By James Pethokoukis | February 20, 2025
In November, I examined a federal lawsuit filed by a Florida mother who claims that Character.AI ––a platform operated by Character Technologies, Inc.––and affiliated companies Alphabet and Google are civilly…
By Clay Calvert | February 20, 2025
Networks shape modern life. From roads to the internet to global supply chains, they enable movement, exchange, and value creation. But networks also suffer from congestion, a problem driven by…
By L. Lynne Kiesling | February 19, 2025
Donald Trump promised tariffs, and he delivered, imposing by executive fiat tariffs of 25 percent on imports from Canada (10 percent on Canadian energy) and Mexico and 10 percent on imports from…
By Benjamin Zycher | February 19, 2025