The writer Stewart Brand once wrote that “science is the only news.” While news headlines are dominated by politics, the economy, and gossip, it's science and technology that underpin much of the advance of human welfare and the…
The Washington Post
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Elizabeth Dwoskin
– Nov 16, 2:36 PM
At the same time, the dominance of Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon, has made it harder for new startups to burst on the scene. And the impact of powerful and much touted emerging tech, such as artificial intelligence and crypto-currencies, has…
n my office, I have a coffee mug from Stanich's in Portland, Oregon. Under the restaurant name, it says “Great hamburgers since 1949.” The mug was given to me by Steve Stanich on the day I told him that, after eating 330 burgers…
The New York Times
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Kara Swisher
– Nov 15, 9:06 AM
When I flew into San Francisco last Sunday, the haze shrouding the city was not the usual charming fog, and there was an acrid smell, like a barbecue on steroids. California was on fire. In the past week, towns have been burned out of existence…
On Thursday, Facebook Inc. employees returned to work in the aftermath of yet another corporate scandal. The night before, the New York Times had reported that Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, worked behind the scenes to prevent…
