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Recent stories by Timothy B. Lee

1. Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”

   Elon Musk and John Krafcik have very different theories about driverless tech.

   Timothy B. Lee – Jan 22, 2021 10:53 pm UTC

2. Google: We’ll shut down Australian search before we pay news sites for links

   Tim Berners-Lee says Aussie law would break a fundamental principle of the Web.

   Timothy B. Lee – Jan 22, 2021 7:53 pm UTC

3. Google agrees to pay French news sites to send them traffic

   The French agreement could become a template for similar deals across Europe.

   Timothy B. Lee – Jan 21, 2021 10:26 pm UTC

4. Treasury nominee Yellen is looking to curtail use of cryptocurrency

   Yellen argues many cryptocurrencies are used "mainly for illicit financing."

   Timothy B. Lee – Jan 20, 2021 10:45 pm UTC

5. Trump pardons engineer who copped to stealing a Google secret for Uber

   Peter Thiel, Palmer Luckey, and others asked Trump to pardon Levandowski.

   Timothy B. Lee – Jan 20, 2021 3:57 pm UTC

6. Trump team modernizes car safety regulations for the driverless era

   Auto safety advocates blast the lack of new safety regulations.

   Timothy B. Lee – Jan 15, 2021 7:29 pm UTC

7. Parler CEO admits site may never recover from Amazon ban

   Later in the same interview he says, "Parler will return" but doesn't know when.

   Timothy B. Lee – Jan 14, 2021 3:46 pm UTC

8. Tesla’s main self-driving rival isn’t Google—it’s Intel’s Mobileye

   Mobileye CEO predicts Tesla's Autopilot strategy will hit a "glass ceiling."

   Timothy B. Lee – Jan 13, 2021 7:46 pm UTC

9. Airbnb cancels all DC area reservations ahead of Biden inauguration

   Airbnb is worried that "armed militias and known hate groups" may return to DC.

   Timothy B. Lee – Jan 13, 2021 5:40 pm UTC

10. Facebook says it’s blocking posts with the phrase “stop the steal”

    Salesforce says it won't let Trump send out incendiary fundraising emails.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 11, 2021 11:01 pm UTC

11. Twitter takes down China’s “baby-making machines” tweet on Uighur women

    Twitter now says the tweet violates a rule against dehumanizing an ethnic group.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 9, 2021 4:20 am UTC

12. Google bans Parler from Android app store

    Mainstream social media sites have banned Donald Trump and others on the right.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 9, 2021 2:10 am UTC

13. Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell banned from Twitter in QAnon purge

    Flynn has called for Trump to declare martial law and hold a new election.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 8, 2021 10:53 pm UTC

14. “Baby-making machines”: Chinese tweet on Uighurs not against Twitter rules

    Twitter bans "the dehumanization of a group of people" based on ethnicity.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 8, 2021 4:45 am UTC

15. Elon Musk is the world’s richest person

    Musk will earn even more Tesla stock if he hits revenue and profit targets.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 7, 2021 10:59 pm UTC

16. The world’s cryptocurrency is now worth more than $1 trillion

    Bitcoin's anonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, could be worth $40 billion.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 7, 2021 5:30 pm UTC

17. Pro-Trump reporter gloats over access to fleeing Hill staffer’s computer

    A violent mob invaded the US capitol building at the behest of Donald Trump.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 6, 2021 9:45 pm UTC

18. Court says Uber can’t hold users to terms they probably didn’t read

    Adding a link to a registration page isn't good enough, court says.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 5, 2021 10:33 pm UTC

19. Ether soars above $1,000 as bitcoin sets another record

    The value of all cryptocurrencies in circulation is more than $850 billion.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 4, 2021 5:08 pm UTC

20. My green home: $90,000 in clean tech upgrades, $20,000 in tax breaks

    I bought solar panels, a heat pump, a condensing boiler, and an electric car.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 3, 2021 1:30 pm UTC

21. Tesla delivered a record 500,000 vehicles in 2020

    Tesla needs to expand rapidly to justify its $600 billion market capitalization.

    Timothy B. Lee – Jan 3, 2021 3:40 am UTC

22. Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switch reviews

    Amazon has done little to stop sellers from gaming its search algorithm.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 30, 2020 12:55 pm UTC

23. House overrides Trump veto, defying demand to repeal Section 230

    Trump vetoed military funding in a bid to repeal Section 230.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 29, 2020 2:50 am UTC

24. Want to really understand how bitcoin works? Here’s a gentle primer

    From the archives: Ars goes deep on the breakthrough online payment network.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 26, 2020 2:21 pm UTC

25. Nikola stock craters after cancellation of major garbage truck order

    Nikola has been on the defensive since fraud allegations surfaced in September.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 24, 2020 9:20 pm UTC

26. Musk says Apple passed on Tesla acquisition three years ago

    Tesla got near bankruptcy as it ramped up Model 3 production in 2017 and 2018.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 23, 2020 7:30 pm UTC

27. Congress creates new copyright court that could make trolling easier

    Congress also made streaming pirated works a felony.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 22, 2020 9:40 pm UTC

28. Car crashes killed 36,096 people in the US in 2019

    Urban pedestrian and cyclist deaths have risen over the last decade.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 19, 2020 4:26 pm UTC

29. US government bans tech exports to top drone maker DJI

    Chinese smartphone firms Huawei and ZTE have been on the list for several years.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 18, 2020 6:03 pm UTC

30. Battery prices have fallen 88 percent over the last decade

    Cheaper batteries are making it easier to fight climate change.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 18, 2020 12:30 pm UTC

31. Tesla Cybertruck Hot Wheels toy ships late—just like real Tesla cars

    Elon Musk can't be blamed for this production delay.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 17, 2020 9:29 pm UTC

32. Bitcoin price passes $20,000, setting new record

    The value of the world's bitcoins is around $380 billion.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 16, 2020 4:42 pm UTC

33. Uber defends sexual assault victims’ privacy, gets fined $59 million

    Victim rights group RAINN said Calif. request risks "re-traumatization of victims."

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 15, 2020 9:53 pm UTC

34. Oracle joins Silicon Valley’s Texas exodus

    Elon Musk revealed he had moved to Texas earlier this week.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 12, 2020 3:30 pm UTC

35. Apple’s app store is an illegal monopoly, rival Cydia claims in suit

    Apple argues the iPhone and its app store are part of the same product.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 11, 2020 8:15 pm UTC

36. Visa and MasterCard ban Pornhub over abusive videos

    New York Times columnist Nick Kristof inspired increased scrutiny of Pornhub.

    Timothy B. Lee – Dec 11, 2020 3:20 am UTC