Timothy B. Lee

Dr. Dre co-founded Beats after frustration at the quality of Apple’s earbuds. Now Apple is in talks to buy his company.

Liberal groups and technology companies are pressuring FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to rethink rules that could allow fast lanes on the internet. Here’s what you need to know.

Some people are worried about the dire consequences of regulating the internet. But the internet has been regulated for decades.

For 20 years, the internet’s structure has allowed rapid innovation and falling prices. But Comcast is trying to change that and make the internet work more like a telephone network.

Five major internet service providers are refusing to upgrade congested links to the rest of the internet unless other network providers give them cash. The result is slow service for many US consumers.

Officially, 54 percent of patent applications were approved in 2013. But when you correct for the fact that applicants can file over and over again, the real figure was 92 percent.

Congress is terrible at understanding technology. And it just voted not to do anything to change that.

Liberal activists have accused FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler of throwing network neutrality under the bus. But Wheeler says he plans to use “every power at our disposal” to protect the open internet.