Timothy B. Lee

Under a racket called civil asset forfeiture, the cops can take cash, cars, and even homes without proving their owner committed any crime.

Some have portrayed a beheading in Oklahoma as “jihadist” activity on American soil. but there’s no evidence that the man charged with the crime had links to terrorist groups.

The company behind the software claimed it’s endorsed by the ACLU and the Treasury Department, but it’s not.

Congestion statistics from Level 3 suggest that big broadband providers are demanding cash to deliver traffic to their own customers — and letting customers’ service slow down if they don’t pay up.

With Windows 10, Microsoft is still trying to create an OS that works well for both PCs and tablets. That strategy is unlikely to work.

Startups that have gone through four rounds of fundraising are burning through $1.6 million per month, sparking fears of an overheated market.

The director of the FBI is blasting Apple for beefing up iPhone security. But unbreakable iPhone encryption isn’t a threat to public safety.

One reason the Chinese authorities might feel they can knock Hong Kong around.