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Your $2,000 phone is being safety-tested with 1996 radiation science

The consumer electronics market is experiencing an evolutionary leap, driven by an explosion of consumer excitement over dual-screen and flexible smartphone architectures. With the high-profile launch of the Apple iPhone Duo, alongside established entries such as Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold line, the Google Pixel Fold series, and Motorola’s Razr+ clamshell, multidisplay devices are rapidly transitioning […]

No, Main Street millionaires didn’t steal the economy. They are the economy

I recently read The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There by economists Eric Zwick and Owen Zidar, and I was left wondering something. Have the book’s own authors done the same? At its core, the book includes dozens of supportive profiles of people who built up great family […]

California just regulated AI audits — and forgot to require the truth

On Sept. 9, California set some of the nation’s first rules for who may audit artificial intelligence. I spent four years on the board that regulates public company auditors, often as its lone dissenter, and the state got more right than wrong. The problem with the policies is that nothing requires proof that an AI […]

Cruz says winning AI race against China is ‘single most important economic question’ for America

Ted Cruz claims China and "effective altruism" backers are waging a deliberate influence campaign to shape AI policy and data center debates.

US, China strike deal to lower tariffs on $30B in goods after Trump-Xi Washington summit

The United States and China agreed to slash tariffs on $30 billion in goods after Trump and Xi Jinping's three-day Washington summit this week.

Southern Democrats see hope for first time in years, seek to build on discontent of midterm voters

People crowded shoulder to shoulder upstairs in a south Alabama coffee shop, in a region sometimes called the reddest in the heavily conservative state.

And just like that, Germany’s establishment went kaput

The British diplomat and novelist, Harold Nicholson, tossed off an essay in 1929 containing a short riff on the three great capitals of Europe. “London is an old lady in black lace and diamonds who guards her secrets with dignity,” while “Paris is the woman in the prime of life to whom one would only […]

Trump’s GOP has a problem. Now stop arguing about socialism and start showing the scoreboard

Two months before the midterm elections, the Republican Party has a problem. No, it’s not its record, which is strong. And no, it’s not the Democrats, who are weaker than the coverage claims, drowning under the dead weight of a deepening socialist wing that is taking over.  The problem is that Republicans haven’t yet successfully […]

You got $3.47. Your lawyer got $30 million. Welcome to the class action scam

Every few weeks, millions of Americans open their digital inboxes. They look through physical mail to discover a document written in dense, formal language. The notice informs them that they belong to a legal class. They are a group of citizens collectively wronged by a business entity. Perhaps a tech platform leaked personal data. A […]

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