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#67: Killing the Cable Box
The FCC wants to “unlock” the cable box. But shouldn’t the agency be helping to kill the box? The FCC recently proposed rules that would force cable,...
#66: Government Transparency
These days, it costs almost nothing to publish information online. So why isn’t more government information available to the public? Taxpayers spend $100 million a...
#65: Student Debt and Technology
Our national student debt is sittin’ pretty at $1.3 trillion, and the number is rising by $3,000 every second. Can technology help solve the problem...
#64: Encryption is a Global Issue
When the encryption debate is so often framed as “Apple v. FBI,” it’s easy to forget that digital security is a global issue. Nonetheless, how the United...
#63: Special Prices for Business Broadband
While the FCC chooses not to regulate the prices that consumers pay for residential broadband — for now — the same isn’t true for businesses....
#62: Uber Surge and Price-Fixing
Uber’s surge pricing has come under fire — and not just from drunk passengers who paid exorbitant fares for rides home on New Years’ Eve....