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Nilay Patel

Nilay Patel

Former Acting Managing Editor

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    Screwing with your emotions is Facebook’s businessScrewing with your emotions is Facebook’s business
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    Advertisers pay Facebook to alter the News Feed every single day.

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    The best TVs in the world keep disappearingThe best TVs in the world keep disappearing
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    You should either buy a TV right this second or wait two years.

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    Will the Supreme Court ever figure out technology?Will the Supreme Court ever figure out technology?
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    The court loves smartphones, but hates startups.

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    The new Apple wants to kill GoogleThe new Apple wants to kill Google
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    Apple wants to own the platforms of the future — but it’ll have to take on Google first.

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    Beats’ Jimmy Iovine is just what Apple neededBeats’ Jimmy Iovine is just what Apple needed
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    Turns out $3 billion can buy an extreme amount of cool.

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    Google is building its own self-driving carsGoogle is building its own self-driving cars
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    No steering wheel, no pedals, no mirrors. Just two seats and a dream.

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    Microsoft’s new CEO thinks we’re past the iPadMicrosoft’s new CEO thinks we’re past the iPad
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    Satya Nadella thinks the future is all about putting data and services everywhere you are.

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    The TSA is the best argument for an open internetThe TSA is the best argument for an open internet
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    Dignity has a price.

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    This summer will change the internet foreverThis summer will change the internet forever
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    Combine the FCC’s open internet rules, Aereo, and Comcast buying Time Warner Cable. Shake well, and watch the media industry explode.

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    Politics is about to destroy the internetPolitics is about to destroy the internet
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    Somewhere a Comcast lawyer is smiling the sly grin of the long game.

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