How To Live A Focused Life In A Buzzing World Of Technology
Author Cal Newport joins the Federalist Radio Hour to explain how we can use technology to our advantage, without letting it overwhelm us.
Apple Faces Shareholder Ballot To Consider Political Diversity For Board Members
Justin Danhof, an Apple shareholder, is trying to lobby the company to understand the value of having an ideologically diverse board. They’re resisting.
How Using Blockchain Can Improve Election Integrity
Ballots are too easily misplaced or forgotten, especially ballots sent by mail. There’s a solution that can ensure every vote is counted: blockchain technology.
How Twitter’s Biased Bans Echo China’s Social Control System
As more and more of the tools we use in daily life—payment processing, social media, or even Uber—move online, the question of what it takes to be banned only becomes more relevant.
Silicon Valley Execs Get Your Kids Hooked On Their Gadgets, But Not Their Kids
Social media company creators are beginning to speak out about restricting technology for children. So should the rest of us follow suit?
Washington Post Targets Verizon With Unverified Comments From Anonymous Internet Crank
As the trustworthiness of news outlets is under constant assault by President Trump, partisans of all stripes, and the public, the Washington Post’s article adds credence to charges of ‘fake news.’
Are Big Tech Monopolists A Threat To Our Humanity?
Author Franklin Foer joins Ben Domenech on Federalist Radio to discuss why letting big tech companies control our knowledge is an existential threat.
Kara Swisher Explains The Biggest Misconceptions About Silicon Valley
Kara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode, joins Federalist Radio Hour to discuss a platform’s right to ban users and other issues facing Silicon Valley’s tech giants.
Can Silicon Valley Fix Their Free Speech Problem?
Elizabeth Dwoskin, Silicon Valley Correspondent, joins Federalist Radio to discuss Alex Jones, Twitter, and how Congress might try to regulate big tech companies.
Watch: David Marcus At The Smithsonian Discuss The State Of The Arts In America
The Smithsonian’s Second Opinion digital platform tackles the state of the arts in America, featuring The Federalist’s very own David Marcus.
The InfoWars Bans Aren’t About Alex Jones, They’re About Big Tech’s Control Over What We See
This is about what it means for our society if a few tech companies should be able to decide for everyone what information is available, and what is over the line.
What Happens When The Technology To Fake News Footage Becomes Rampant
Deep fakes pose significant threats. But these threats shouldn’t have the final word on the future of deep fake technology.
Federalist Radio Hour: ‘Facebook, Where Truth Struggles To Live’
Ben Domenech talks to senior editor at the Atlantic, Derek Thompson, about the intersections of technology, social media, productivity and culture.
It’s Time For Americans To Give Informed Consent To Scraping Their Data. Here’s How To Start
People should have the right to know how digital services use their personal data before consenting to its use, and in an easy to understand and easily accessible way.
Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, And Google Let Hate Profiteers Police Your Accounts
You would think it should be beyond self-evident that people who profit from fueling campus riots and attempted mass shootings would be written out of public discourse.
It’s Not Sci-Fi: China Is Developing Tech That Can Mold U.S. Kids’ Minds
Chinese companies are buying up U.S. companies that store mammoth personal data on American children and adults. National-security analysts are starting to take notice.
Why You Can Never Truly Take The ‘Batsh-ttery’ Out Of Social Media
Viral tweet: ‘Before the internet, everyone…thought most other ppl weren’t batsh-t.. Once we could all see how batsh-t everyone else was, we gave up the old charade.’ Not quite.
What Happened When I Tried To Solve My Screen Addiction By Buying A Flip-Phone
Smartphones may make our lives easier, and some may have their usage under control, but mine was destroying my attention span and ability to focus.
50 Years Ago, ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Outlined An Enduring Cosmic Vision
A year before the moon landing, man’s greatest achievement of space exploration so far, Stanley Kubrick gave us the first and still most impressive vision of our cosmic destiny.
How Eradicating Bad Bots Can Quickly Mutate Into Cracking Down On Free Humans
If using fake interlocutors to ‘hack’ or ‘crash’ the democratic process feels alarming, consider how easy it will be for bots to unload high-quality political speech on the best and brightest.
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