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Money Archive

Archives for December 2014

Technology
Software patents are a disaster. The courts finally did something about it in 2014.Software patents are a disaster. The courts finally did something about it in 2014.
Technology

A landmark Supreme Court ruling could mark the beginning of the end for patenting software.

By Timothy B. Lee
Technology
Cable, Satellite TV Providers Will Offer “The Interview”Cable, Satellite TV Providers Will Offer “The Interview”
Technology
By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
The dark web: what it is, how it works, and why it’s not going awayThe dark web: what it is, how it works, and why it’s not going away
Technology

The internet’s underworld allows people to buy drugs and download child pornography.

By Timothy B. Lee
Politics
11 bold predictions for 201511 bold predictions for 2015
Politics

Definitely hold me to this in a year.

By Matthew Yglesias
Technology
What If North Korea Wasn’t Behind the Sony Hack?What If North Korea Wasn’t Behind the Sony Hack?
Technology

Security firms suggest alternate narratives, including a disgruntled insider or maybe even the Russians.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
RadiumOne Founder Chahal Makes Bid to Buy Company That Ousted HimRadiumOne Founder Chahal Makes Bid to Buy Company That Ousted Him
Technology

He’s baaaaack!

By Kara Swisher
Transportation
These are the 10 cities where the job market improved the most in the last yearThese are the 10 cities where the job market improved the most in the last year
Transportation

Illinois dominates the best-metro-areas list. Louisiana metro areas fared worst.

By Danielle Kurtzleben
Technology
Amazon Names Amazon Show as Best of 2014Amazon Names Amazon Show as Best of 2014
Technology

No. 2 on Amazon’s list? A show whose last episode aired in 2008.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Tencent Will Be Re/code’s Content Partner in ChinaTencent Will Be Re/code’s Content Partner in China
Technology

Re/code content will be available in Chinese on Tencent’s QQ.com.

By Ken Li
Climate
Vermont’s only nuclear power plant has shut down for goodVermont’s only nuclear power plant has shut down for good
Climate

There are now just 99 reactors left in the United States — and more could close in the years ahead. That could be bad news for climate change.

By Brad Plumer
Business & Finance
Damning court filings show Morgan Stanley encouraged risky subprime mortgage lendingDamning court filings show Morgan Stanley encouraged risky subprime mortgage lending
Business & Finance

Court filings show Morgan Stanley pushed subprime lender New Century Financial to make riskier and riskier loans, the New York Times reports

By Danielle Kurtzleben
Technology
Hacking Hacker NewsHacking Hacker News
Technology

It’s not as simple as just assuming “the shorter the better.”

By Greg Muender
Technology
Grocery Delivery Startup Instacart Scores $220 Million InvestmentGrocery Delivery Startup Instacart Scores $220 Million Investment
Technology

That’s a whole lot of cheddar.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Used Car Site Beepi Lands $12 Million From Yuri Milner and AngelList’s Largest Ever InvestmentUsed Car Site Beepi Lands $12 Million From Yuri Milner and AngelList’s Largest Ever Investment
Technology

The startup says the investment will help it swap out early backers for investors that can add strategic value to the company.

By Jason Del Rey
Science
One of the biggest science breakthroughs of 2014 never really happenedOne of the biggest science breakthroughs of 2014 never really happened
Science

The rise and fall of STAP stem cells was a quick one.

By Susannah Locke