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storage wars
Mar. 30, 2014
What Happens When Amazon and Google Go to War?
The next big battle in tech is over cloud computing.
By
Kevin Roose
bubblespotting
Mar. 28, 2014
Is This a Tech Bubble or Not?
The question on everyone’s mind.
By
Kevin Roose
clear the jelly
Mar. 26, 2014
Candy Crush’s Maker Is Now a Publicly Traded Company, So That’s Cool
The King IPO is a harbinger of … something.
By
Kevin Roose
the bitcoin bubble
Mar. 26, 2014
Bitcoin Gets a Visit From the Tax Man
The IRS just ruled that Bitcoin counts as property, not currency.
By
Kevin Roose
virtual insanity
Mar. 25, 2014
Facebook Is Making a Virtual-Reality Land Grab
The social network just bought Oculus VR, a virtual-reality headset company.
By
Kevin Roose
young urban males with money
Mar. 25, 2014
Are You a ‘Yummy’?
Young, urban males: You now have your own acronym.
By
Kevin Roose
tech
Mar. 25, 2014
The Failure Fetish in Silicon Valley
Messing up is the hottest thing around.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money
Mar. 24, 2014
You Can Be a ‘Harvard Business School’ ‘Graduate’ for Just $1,500 Now
Introducing the HBS CORe program, the underachiever’s fast-track to greatness.
By
Kevin Roose
tech tightwads
Mar. 21, 2014
Google CEO Larry Page Has a Weird, Troubling Definition of Charity
The Google CEO’s version of philanthropy isn’t really charitable at all.
By
Kevin Roose
the paper chase
Mar. 20, 2014
Insider-Trading Co-Conspirator Ate All Those Post-it Notes for Nothing
On the plus side, Post-its are paleo?
By
Kevin Roose
tech feuds
Mar. 18, 2014
What’s Behind the Gossip-App Backlash?
The fury facing Whisper and Secret is as old as rumor-mongering itself.
By
Kevin Roose
alibaba and the 40 basis points
Mar. 17, 2014
A Chinese E-Commerce Company Is Making It Rain on Wall Street
The new Wall Street gravy train is named Alibaba.
By
Kevin Roose
rogue on the road
Mar. 17, 2014
A Convicted Rogue Trader Is Walking 900 Miles for Forgiveness, Fun
Jérôme Kerviel is roaming the Italian countryside ahead of his court appeal.
By
Kevin Roose
zuck’d
Mar. 13, 2014
Mark Zuckerberg Is Mad at President Obama
Somebody
’s getting un-friended.
By
Kevin Roose
sxsw 2014
Mar. 13, 2014
What’s Become of the Tech Scene?
This year’s SXSW conference proves that tech culture has been co-opted.
By
Kevin Roose
sxsw 2014
Mar. 12, 2014
Q&A: Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone on SXSW, Bright Spots, and His New Book
Talking with Twitter’s designated nice guy, at the conference where Twitter blew up.
By
Kevin Roose
sxsw 2014
Mar. 10, 2014
Through the Looking Glass: What Happens at a Google Glass Gathering
Glassholes, unite!
By
Kevin Roose
the bitcoin bubble
Mar. 7, 2014
The Hijacking of Satoshi Nakamoto
Bitcoin’s biggest mistake was turning from a technology into a movement.
By
Kevin Roose
the bitcoin bubble
Mar. 7, 2014
After
Newsweek
Reveal, Man Insists He Isn’t Bitcoin’s Creator
He’s never heard of “Bitcom,” or is pretty good at pretending.
By
Margaret Hartmann
zuck’d
Mar. 6, 2014
Facebook Got a Face-lift Today
Your news feed is now in Helvetica.
By
Kevin Roose
law and disorder
Mar. 6, 2014
Broke Law Firm Dewey & LeBoeuf Was Also Fraudulent, Prosecutors Say
The former megafirm’s leaders have been indicted for accounting fraud.
By
Kevin Roose
the bitcoin bubble
Mar. 6, 2014
Newsweek
Says It Has Unmasked the Mysterious Founder of Bitcoin (Updated)
His name is … Satoshi Nakamoto?
By
Kevin Roose
the winklevii
Mar. 5, 2014
The Winklevii Are Going to Space
The Milky Way just got a little more handsome.
By
Kevin Roose
the bitcoin bubble
Mar. 4, 2014
The Doomsday Cult of Bitcoin
How a crypto-currency became a millenarian religion.
By
Kevin Roose
the smartphone wars
Mar. 3, 2014
Unless You’re Apple, Stop Paying Celebrities to Use Your Phones
It never works.
By
Kevin Roose
Mar. 2, 2014
You’ll Soon Be Able to Call Mt. Gox About Your Bitcoin Woes
An estimated $500 million-worth are missing.
By
Delia Paunescu
silicon valley politics
Feb. 26, 2014
Q&A: Tim Draper, Who Wants to Split California Into Six States
Asking questions of the venture capitalist with the six-state plan.
By
Kevin Roose
going up?
Feb. 25, 2014
Is the @GSElevator Mystery Really Solved?
Maybe, but I doubt it.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money
Feb. 18, 2014
Revealed: The Full Membership List of Wall Street’s Secret Society
Who belongs to Kappa Beta Phi, anyway?
By
Kevin Roose
young money
Feb. 18, 2014
I Crashed a Wall Street Secret Society
Inside the exclusive annual dinner of Kappa Beta Phi.
By
Kevin Roose
math
Feb. 13, 2014
This Math Formula Shows Why the Comcast—Time Warner Cable Deal Should Be Blocked
Good ol’ HHI.
By
Kevin Roose
musk-reads
Feb. 12, 2014
Are Elon Musk’s Aggressive Lobbyists Bad for Silicon Valley?
Lobbying the regular way means you’re just another special interest.
By
Kevin Roose
goldman goddesses
Feb. 11, 2014
Goldman Sachs Handed Out Nail Files to Recruit Female Programmers
That’ll do it!
By
Kevin Roose
fratire funding
Feb. 6, 2014
Notorious Frat Douche Tucker Max Is an Angel Investor Now
I hope they serve beer in Menlo Park.
By
Kevin Roose
smokin’!
Feb. 5, 2014
CVS Quitting Tobacco Sales to Focus on Health-Care Sales
By October.
By
Adam Martin
zuck’d
Feb. 4, 2014
Facebook Turns 10 Today. Here Come the Awkward Years.
An adolescent Facebook is trying to define itself.
By
Kevin Roose
the bitcoin bubble
Jan. 27, 2014
Bitcoin Mogul Arrested for Money Laundering
BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem is going downtown.
By
Kevin Roose
the robots are coming
Jan. 27, 2014
Google Is Building an Ethics Board to Oversee Its Robot Takeover
Yep, that should do it.
By
Kevin Roose
uber uber alles
Jan. 24, 2014
Uber Employees Accused of Sabotaging a Competitor’s App
Not good.
By
Kevin Roose
shine on you crazy dimon
Jan. 24, 2014
Jamie Dimon Is Getting a Raise
After a year filled with embarrassments.
By
Kevin Roose
mustaches
Jan. 24, 2014
Movember Is Actually Hurting Razor-Maker’s Bottom Line
The scourge of altruistic mustaches.
By
Adam Martin
goldman gods
Jan. 22, 2014
The Goldman Sachs Elevator Got a Book Deal
In the “mid-six figures.”
By
Kevin Roose
the wheels on the bus
Jan. 22, 2014
When Is a Google Bus Not Just a Google Bus?
A dispatch from San Francisco’s class war.
By
Kevin Roose
yahooligans
Jan. 21, 2014
Yahoo Is Still Popular, Somehow
It’s beating Google and Facebook.
By
Kevin Roose
candyland
Jan. 21, 2014
Stop Saying ‘Candy’ or Candy Crush Saga’s Maker Will Hunt You Down
King has trademarked the word
candy
.
By
Kevin Roose
move over siri
Jan. 21, 2014
How Close Are We to Getting Virtual Assistants Like Samantha in
Her
?
Two artificial-intelligence experts weigh in.
By
Kevin Roose
eat the rich
Jan. 20, 2014
Here’s What Oxfam Should Have Told the Billionaires of Davos
A few suggestions for reforming plutocrats.
By
Kevin Roose
and deliver us from e-vil
Jan. 17, 2014
Meet the Christian Tech Executive Who Wants to Save Silicon Valley’s Soul
Skip Vaccarello is making fishers of coders.
By
Kevin Roose
goldman gods
Jan. 16, 2014
Goldman Sachs Is an Investment Bank Again
Yay?
By
Kevin Roose
secret service
Jan. 15, 2014
Inside the Angsty, Affirming World of Whisper
Meet Whisper, the secret-sharing juggernaut that is taking over teenage confessionals.
By
Kevin Roose
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