Timothy B. Lee
Former senior correspondent
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Two years ago, Digg.com almost died. What its rebirth says about the internet today.


Comcast can take its customers for granted because the customers don’t have many alternatives.


Musicians don’t have to check with a patent lawyer before they write a new song. Maybe computer programmers shouldn’t have to either.


The courts have destroyed 11 software patents in the last 3 months and are on track to shatter previous records for software patent invalidations.


Cable companies have some decent arguments against stronger network neutrality regulations. But the industry is so unpopular that the arguments are falling on deaf ears.


You can still buy Nanos, Shuffles, and Touches, but Apple is no longer making iPods with the classic clickwheel.


Microsoft first offered its shares to the public in 1986 when it was worth $1.1 billion. Facebook waited until it was worth $100 billion.


Critics say proposed net neutrality rules don’t do enough to protect the open internet, and today they’re staging an internet-wide protest.


Apple has just introduced the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. Here’s what we know about them.


Reddit has banned TheFappening, a community dedicated to naked pictures stolen from celebrities. But the site says the move doesn’t contradict its free-speech principles.