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Timothy B. Lee

Timothy B. Lee

Former senior correspondent

    Latest articles by Timothy B. Lee

    Technology
    The Touch Bar is cool, but Mac innovation has slowed to a crawlThe Touch Bar is cool, but Mac innovation has slowed to a crawl
    Technology

    Today’s Macs hardly look different from the Macs available in 2008.

    By Timothy B. Lee
    Technology
    Tesla’s surprise profit gives Elon Musk breathing room for his next actTesla’s surprise profit gives Elon Musk breathing room for his next act
    Technology

    Musk faces even bigger challenges in the next few years.

    By Timothy B. Lee
    Politics
    How social media creates angry, poorly informed partisansHow social media creates angry, poorly informed partisans
    Politics

    Liberals and conservatives increasingly live in different versions of reality.

    By Timothy B. Lee
    Technology
    Self-driving trucks are here, but they won’t put truck drivers out of work — yetSelf-driving trucks are here, but they won’t put truck drivers out of work — yet
    Technology

    The first self-driving trucks only work on freeways. That’s good news for drivers.

    By Timothy B. Lee
    Technology
    Why the strongest case for AT&T’s merger with Time Warner is also the case against itWhy the strongest case for AT&T’s merger with Time Warner is also the case against it
    Technology

    AT&T’s massive merger with Time Warner, explained.

    By Timothy B. Lee
    Technology
    The productivity paradox: why we’re getting more innovation but less growthThe productivity paradox: why we’re getting more innovation but less growth
    Technology

    America’s most innovative industries are becoming victims of their own success.

    By Timothy B. Lee
    Technology
    What caused Friday’s internet outageWhat caused Friday’s internet outage
    Technology

    A massive online attack crippled an important piece of internet infrastructure.

    By Timothy B. Lee
    Politics
    This Harvard economist says it’s time to abolish $100, $50, and $20 billsThis Harvard economist says it’s time to abolish $100, $50, and $20 bills
    Politics

    Hundred dollar bills are heavily used for crime and tax evasion. Should we get rid of them?

    By Timothy B. Lee
    Politics
    Has Fed policy slowed the recovery? This former Fed official thinks it might have.Has Fed policy slowed the recovery? This former Fed official thinks it might have.
    Politics

    How Narayana Kocherlakota went from being one of the Fed’s biggest inflation hawks to its leading dove.

    By Timothy B. Lee
    Technology
    Apple is the latest tech company to learn that building a car is really hardApple is the latest tech company to learn that building a car is really hard
    Technology

    Silicon Valley’s culture is a bad fit for manufacturing cars.

    By Timothy B. Lee

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