Max Levchin’s War on Credit Cards
Max Levchin isn’t anti-credit, he really wants you to know. He’s anti-credit card. There’s a big difference. He will talk about credit cards endlessly, and he’ll skillfully...
San Francisco’s Killer Police Robots Threaten the City’s Most Vulnerable
One effect of AB 481 is to add local oversight to hardware like the kind obtained through a US Department of Defense program that sends billions of...
Electric Vehicles Cut US Gas Consumption by a Measly 0.54%
Electric vehicles have never been more popular. Just about every automaker is in the midst of an electrification effort, spurred on by impending government regulations around...
How to Make the Most of In-Person Conferences
“I’ve lost my social skills!” I texted to a friend while en route to my first in-person conference in four years. The workshop itself wasn’t new—I’d been...
Apple Won’t Let Staff Work Remotely to Escape Texas Abortion Limits
Rebecca was getting ready to start her work day at Apple this June when she heard that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade. The decision...
Layoffs Have Gutted Twitter’s Child Safety Team
Removing child exploitation is “priority #1”, Twitter’s new owner and CEO Elon Musk declared last week. But, at the same time, following widespread layoffs and resignations,...
The US Congress Is Starting to Question This Whole Crypto Thing
“I think that a lot of members of Congress have assumed that the digital asset industry could be on the back burner because it’s immature,” Lummis...
Crypto Contagion Is Spreading, Fast
To ensure Genesis wasn’t hamstrung by the loss, its parent company, Digital Currency Group (DCG), bailed it out. But in the aftermath, Genesis cut 20 percent of...
They Wanted a Baby, Then Twitter Fired Them
Jane—not her real name—has wanted a baby for years. The Twitter employee, whose identity has been protected because she is unable to speak to the press...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Risks Big Fines From US Regulators
The FTC’s treatment of Facebook helps illustrate the danger to Musk and Twitter. In 2019, following a complaint alleging violation of a 2012 order, the agency...