Business / Tech Culture
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Mark Zuckerberg Vows to Be Neutral–While Tossing Gifts to Trump and the GOP
This week Mark Zuckerberg sent a letter to Jim Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee. For months, the…
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Crypto’s Shiny New Political Machine
Amongst the sea of American flags and ubiquitous blue signs at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week prowled…
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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56
The unassuming house on Santa Margarita Avenue in Menlo Park, California, had been empty for only a couple of years…
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Google's Rise Was Inevitable. So Was Its Antitrust Ruling
Larry Page and Sergey Brin never liked hanging with reporters. “Larry can be a very sensitive and good person, but…
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Trump's Crypto Embrace Could Be a Disaster for Bitcoin
Donald Trump is an unlikely crypto ally. The power of bitcoin, embodied in Satoshi Nakamoto’s founding document, is that it…
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Zombie Alt-Weeklies Are Stuffed With AI Slop About OnlyFans
Several of the most prominent alt-weekly newspapers in the United States are running search-engine-optimized listicles about porn performers, which appear…
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Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It's Calling Again
Steve Jobs is 28 years old, and seems a little nervous as he starts his speech to a group of…
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Donald Trump and Silicon Valley's Billionaire Elegy
What potential national disaster—one that threatens to destroy the United States—keeps you awake at night? For some it might be…
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Elon Musk Says He’s Moving X and SpaceX Headquarters to Texas
Elon Musk said he is moving more of his business empire to Texas. Musk-run X and SpaceX will shift their…
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The Metaverse Was Supposed to Be Your New Office. You’re Still on Zoom
When Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta in 2021, he estimated the metaverse could reach a billion people over a…
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