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Timothy B. Lee

Timothy B. Lee

Former senior correspondent

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    Grocery stores want patent reform. Pharma doesn’t.Grocery stores want patent reform. Pharma doesn’t.
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    Companies are in the middle of a furious lobbying battle over patent reform. This chart shows who favors reform and who doesn’t.

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    The net neutrality mess is Congress’s faultThe net neutrality mess is Congress’s fault
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    Congress hasn’t updated telecommunications law since 1996, forcing the courts to make up the rules as they go along.

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    Did the FCC just kill network neutrality?Did the FCC just kill network neutrality?
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    FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has a new proposal that he says will rescue the principle of network neutrality. To most advocates, it looks like he’s destroying the village in order to save it.

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    Gimmicks won’t hide Venezuela’s inflation problemGimmicks won’t hide Venezuela’s inflation problem
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    The Venezuelan central bank is refusing to provide an annualized inflation rate, but there’s little doubt that inflation there is soaring.

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    What Larry Page hated about the web in 1994What Larry Page hated about the web in 1994
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    Four years before he founded Google, Larry Page was already thinking about how to improve the web.

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    Here’s the new net neutrality plan liberals hateHere’s the new net neutrality plan liberals hate
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    The Federal Communications Commission is working on new net neutrality rules after the courts struck down their last ones. But liberal critics aren’t satisfied.

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    It’s fine for justices to be technically cluelessIt’s fine for justices to be technically clueless
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    People have been making fun of Supreme Court justices who yesterday talked about “Netflick” and “iDrop in the cloud.” But you don’t have to be a technology expert to make good law.

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    How bitcoin is like the internet in the 80sHow bitcoin is like the internet in the 80s
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    Watch this and you’ll finally understand Bitcoin

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    Watch this and you’ll finally understand Bitcoin

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    This Supreme Court case could end cloud storageThis Supreme Court case could end cloud storage
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    Broadcasters argue that TV streaming startup Aereo infringes their copyrights. But their broad arguments could call the legality of cloud storage services into question.