Timothy B. Lee
Former senior correspondent
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Some people have attacked Uber for its aggressive recruitment of Lyft drivers, but workers benefit when companies fight over them.


The internet has grown a lot faster in recent years, but Comcast customers today only get 20 percent more bandwidth per month than they got in 2008.


A British man was sentenced to 33 months for uploading a copy of Fast and Furious 6. The judge faulted the man for his arrogant attitude.


Comcast and Time Warner don’t compete directly with each other, but the merger could still harm competition in the television and internet industries.


Obama’s top cybersecurity advisor argues that it would be a “distraction” for him to learn about the details of computer security technologies. But that kind of knowledge is essential for cybersecurity policymaking.


Rick Perry faces indictment for abuse of power, but legal experts and even many liberal pundits are skeptical of the case against him.


Rome’s first emperor, Caesar Augustus, died on August 19, 14 AD. He changed the history of Europe, and the world.

2000 years ago today, the Roman Emperor Augustus died. His reign marked the start of a 200-year period of peace and prosperity for the empire.

The Roman Empire’s rise and fall, its culture and economy, and how it laid the foundations of the modern world.


A new study finds that companies dramatically scale back their R&D spending after losing lawsuits from patent trolls.