The American education system does not focus on financial literacy in any significant way. Only 21 states actually require some form of financial literacy education and even fewer require this education to be in a designated course. As such, many young investors are not well-versed in the securities market and its many offerings.
The Right to Bear 3D-Printed Firearms
However, unknown to the travelers, there are two individuals not trying to catch a train, but rather trying to smuggle a 3D-printed firearm through security. They are two reporters from The Mail on Sunday, and in an effort to bring awareness to the dangers of 3D-printed firearms, they downloaded the Liberator blueprints online, bought a 3D-printer, printed the 16-part pistol, purchased a common nail you would find at a hardware store to act as the firing pin, and successfully smuggled the pistol parts onto a crowded Eurostar heading to Paris.
Searching the Virtual Glove Compartment: Police Searches of Connected Cars
You have just been pulled over by the police. After you hand the officer your license and registration, the officer notices your baseball cap with a picture of a marihuana leaf. The officer asks if you have been smoking marihuana, and you quickly answer “no.” Nonetheless, the officer places you in handcuffs and searches inside your vehicle. The officer finds no marihuana, so she uses your car’s touchscreen display to access your text messages and call history. The officer finds the following text-message exchange between you and a contact named “Rott”:
- How much did u put in the trunk?
- 850g, you’ll be good for a while
- Got it, thanks
Expanding the Role of Competition in US Broadband Policy to Achieve Faster Speeds and Lower Prices
Written by Andrew Lipkowitz
Idaho was recently designated the slowest state in the US in terms of Internet connection speeds. The Internet is so slow in Idaho that it takes its residents nearly three times as long to download a standard music file as residents of Rhode Island, the state with the fastest Internet speeds in the country. The challenges faced by Idaho in achieving higher connection speeds are common in the US, which has many rural areas.