LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Asgardia, a private ‘space nation’ founded by a group of scientists, is hoping to launch a data storage satellite that will be out of the reach of Earth’s regulations. “If Asgardia can find a launching country that is not a signatory to the space treaties, there are no international law…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will decide whether police need a warrant to track a suspect’s movements through his cellphone records, affording the justices the opportunity to revisit a key tenet of Fourth Amendment law. Warrantless seizure of such records, called cell site data, has…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Lyn Ulbricht My son, Ross Ulbricht, received two life sentences for non-violent charges associated with his alleged role in the Silk Road website. This controversial case and draconian sentence have been the focus of much media attention and sensationalism. Yet lurking behind the hyperbole is something far more…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Paul Meekin “Landlord Real Estate Tycoon” is a perfect game for the Liberty-minded Capitalist on the go. Here’s how it works; after getting started with a set amount of money and some ‘coins’, the game pulls up a list of locations in a couple of block radius of your area….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Tech guru and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen said Tuesday that automation, like the technology embedded in self-driving cars, will not take away available jobs but will actually create more. “It’s a Luddite fallacy. It’s a recurring panic,” Andreessen said during a conference hosted by Recode, specifically referring to the…
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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Anders Hagstrom Apple applied to test a 5G network that can download a 120-minute movie in less than one second, the FCC announced Tuesday. With both AT&T and Verizon planning to have operable 5G networks within the year, Apple’s FCC application solidifies the next step in having iPhones operate on a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Images appearing to show the upcoming design for the highly anticipated iPhone 8 seem to reveal that the new device will have a fingerprint sensor. Located on the backside, right under the Apple insignia, the touch technology would presumably be used for locking and unlocking the smartphone….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Boeing to conduct design and build the military’s next hypersonic spaceplane, according to an announcement Wednesday. The unmanned Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) can lift a payload into orbit and return to Earth to land on a runway. DARPA hopes…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a live tour Tuesday of where the whole social media company turned tech conglomerate conceptually began: his Harvard University dorm room. It was the first time the tech wunderkind had been back at the nostalgic location since he left college around 14…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 2-1 Thursday in favor of unrolling net neutrality regulations put in place under the Obama administration. The decision continues FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s push to fully repeal certain rules over the internet. The final results came as no surprise, as…