Timothy B. Lee
Former senior correspondent
Latest articles by Timothy B. Lee
A more accurate way to forecast the growth of the US economy could help the Fed avert another Great Recession.
Newsweek claimed Dorian Nakamoto was the creator of Bitcoin. Dorian says Newsweek is wrong, and a website is raising funds for a lawsuit to clear his name.
Trolls frequently use broad “business method” patents to sue unsuspecting businesses. Research shows the patent office is cracking down on this kind of patent.
Thanks to the superstar effect, the New York Times hasn’t declined the way most other newspapers have.
AT&T is paying $105 million to settle charges it ignored and profited from scams that put unauthorized third-party charges on customers’ phone bills.
Plaintiffs filed 40 percent fewer lawsuits in September than they did a year before. And a landmark Supreme Court ruling on software patents might be the reason.
Opponents say that a leading proposal for network neutrality would lead
Moore’s law has a cousin, called Haitz’s law, that predicts that LED lighting will get dramatically more powerful — and cheaper — each decade.