When Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC)—the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturer—reports a 34 percent increase in August revenue, it’s more than just corporate success; it’s evidence of a fundamental economic…
By Shane Tews | September 15, 2025
In late August, the Congressional Research Service released a discussion paper identifying issues for the 119th Congress to address regarding the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program. BEAD is…
By Bronwyn Howell | September 12, 2025
By reducing traditional barriers of content creation, the AI revolution holds the potential to unleash an explosion in creative expression. It also increases the societal risks associated with the spread…
By Daniel Lyons | September 11, 2025
On August 6, the secretive China Manned Space Agency successfully tested a mockup of its Lanyue lunar lander. In a rare official statement, the agency explained that the lander will…
By Will Rinehart | September 10, 2025
The US Supreme Court concluded in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton that the government can force adults to disclose personal, age-verifying information to access sexual content they have a First…
By Clay Calvert | September 9, 2025
We stand at the precipice of a technological revolution that could transform every aspect of business and society. Artificial intelligence promises unprecedented efficiency, accuracy, and innovation. Yet, as we survey…
By Shane Tews | September 8, 2025
The founders of the American republic assumed malice would be constrained by material scarcity: Weapons were expensive, destructive power centralized, and the state’s police and military could deter or punish…
By Ryan Fedasiuk | September 5, 2025
The White House has declared artificial intelligence “non-negotiable” for America’s future. Winning the AI race, the administration argues, is essential to the nation’s prosperity and security. But if the United…
By Mark Jamison | September 5, 2025
This week, D.C. District Court Judge Amit Mehta delivered his long-awaited remedies decision in U.S. v. Google. In the 230-page document, Judge Mehta charted a middle course that reflects both…
By Will Rinehart | September 5, 2025
Late last month, President Trump announced that the US government would be taking a 10 percent stake in Intel. The move makes the US government the single largest shareholder in…
By Will Rinehart | September 4, 2025
In an August 24 post on Truth Social, Donald Trump called ABC and NBC News “two of the worst and most biased networks in history.” The president said he’d support…
By Clay Calvert | September 3, 2025
Tracking the fate of Mississippi’s age-verification and parental-consent law for social media account holders in the face of a First Amendment challenge in NetChoice v. Fitch is like watching a…
By Clay Calvert | August 27, 2025
When someone attacks your democracy, it tends to stick in your craw. I don’t know that democracy is the last, best way to arrange human affairs, but if we’re going…
By Jim Harper | August 22, 2025
There was much angst surrounding AI as it loomed as a potential part of daily life, even among the so-called AI experts. But is it warranted? Physicist Niels Bohr is…
By Bronwyn Howell | August 22, 2025
Agentic AI, or automated systems that are capable of completing tasks and making decisions without human intervention, requires interoperability to remain innovative and competitive. But what does this degree of…
By Shane Tews | August 21, 2025