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Open-source AI is only ‘unstoppable’ when its developers are protected
Open-source software has long empowered anyone in the world with the tools and knowledge necessary for self-sovereignty since the advent of the personal…
 • Laz Pieper, Coin Center, and Neeraj K. Agrawal
“It equates to a civil death." – What happens when America cancels you?
In June 2025, President Trump played a serious card in the decades-long dispute between the United States and International Criminal Court.
 • Neeraj K. Agrawal, Coin Center, Laz Pieper, Peter Van Valkenburgh, and Jason Somensatto
We’re not so sure the Digital Euro will have ‘maximum’ privacy.
Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Executive Board, recently claimed that the digital euro—Europe’s central bank digital…
 • Laz Pieper, Coin Center, Neeraj K. Agrawal, and Peter Van Valkenburgh
The huge driver’s license hack was inevitable. It’s time to get mad.
The enormous driver’s-license hack reported by KrebsOnSecurity is outrageous.
 • Peter Van Valkenburgh and Coin Center

August 2026

Is hosting speech enough for a far-left hacker collective to be sanctioned?
Yesterday, the State Department and Treasury designated an Italian collective, Autistici/Inventati or A/I, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist…
 • Coin Center, Peter Van Valkenburgh, Laz Pieper, Neeraj K. Agrawal, and Jason Somensatto
Flock is different
In some ways, ALPRs like Flock and similar technology-driven surveillance tools are nothing new. Why the backlash? Because the system as a whole is very…
 • Coin Center, Jason Somensatto, Neeraj K. Agrawal, Peter Van Valkenburgh, and Laz Pieper
The Correct Term for “Age Verification” is “Censorship”
A bill was introduced last month in the Senate that would “require operating system providers to require users to indicate their age and developers of…
 • Coin Center, Laz Pieper, Peter Van Valkenburgh, and Neeraj K. Agrawal
The FBI wants to use predictive AI for its watchlist. Could it pull in political beliefs?
Also, "Don't Trust, Verify" means more these days
 • Coin Center, Laz Pieper, Neeraj K. Agrawal, and Peter Van Valkenburgh

July 2026

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