Rob PegoraroWeekly output: public domain class of 2026, CES 2026 (x2), privacy for toddlers and their parents
LAS VEGAS–I felt less tired than I expected as I typed this sentence 12 hours after waking up at 6 a.m. to start my journey here, but four hours after landing my feet already hurt more than I forecast. And so another CES began–the 28th I’ve covered in person.
12/31/2025: All Aboard for the Creative Works Entering the Public Domain in 2026, PCMag
Once I learned that this year’s set of works entering the public domain would include The Little Engine That Could, it wasn’t too long before I realized that the book’s theme of an small and underestimated locomotive straining to climb a mountain was a decent metaphor for the public domain’s progress in the U.S.
12/31/2025: What We Expect to See at CES 2026, PCMag
I contributed a short bit about tech policy to this curtain-raiser about CES.
1/4/2026: The book that could change how kids learn about digital privacy, Fast Company
I have been borrowing Lorrie Faith Cranor’s expertise about privacy for years, but I didn’t know she had written a children’s book on the subject until I ran into her at a cybersecurity-policy event in D.C. in November.
1/4/2026: Times Radio Drive with Carole Walker, Times Radio
The British newspaper’s radio operation asked if I could do a live interview about CES Sunday morning. I said that wouldn’t work because I’d be on a plane at a time and asked if we could instead do that Saturday morning. That worked; you can hear my bit starting at the 52:30 mark.
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