How Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's $419M donation to US local and state election officials in 2020 has become a target of right-wing conspiracies
If Mark Zuckerberg could have imagined the worst possible outcome of his decision to insert himself into the 2020 election … Tweets: @justinhendrix , @ianclucas , @radicalalarmist , @teddyschleifer , ...
A profile of Sequoia's Roelof Botha, who seeded the idea of Sequoia Capital Fund, which holds stakes in companies past the traditional 10-year VC fund cycle
109. One billion dollars. — Roelof Botha used to write 109 on the corner of his notepad every week when he started at Sequoia 19 years ago. Tweets: @bizcarson , @inakib , @mfriedrichark , @sarthakgh...
Interview with Automattic's Matt Mullenweg on working from his always-connected RV, making “the Berkshire Hathaway of the internet”, and betting on open systems
@photomatt, quoting Camus https://www.protocol.com/... While others go searching for “the decentralized web”, we'll be over here w/ DNS, HTML, & open source. David Pierce / @pierce : Over the last few...
Interview with Expensify CEO David Barrett on wooing investors for the blockbuster IPO, why the company is focused on SMBs, adapting to the pandemic, and more
Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol : Tweets: @haje , @protocol , @protocol , and @benpimentel Tweets: @haje : This is a hella good piece from @RyanLawler - and a must-read for #FinTech founders and fans of...
A look at productivity influencers who center their content around apps like Notion, Excel, and Asana, offering advice on how to stay organized
This is the creators' internet. The rest of us are just living in it. We're accustomed to the scores of comedy TikTokers … Tweets: @gavinsbaker , @protocol , @protocol , @augustbradley , @jberrebi ,...
Mapbox workers voted against a union 123-81, after the company forced a formal vote on whether workers wanted to form a union allied with CWA
Anna Kramer / Protocol : Tweets: @seldo , @protocol , and @anna_c_kramer Tweets: Laurie Voss / @seldo : There will be other companies, there will be further votes. The highest support for labor union...
Poll: of 750 tech workers, half are at least somewhat interested in joining a union, and ~50% say there is already interest of unionizing at their workplace
Anna Kramer / Protocol : Tweets: @_aupe_ , @techworkersco , @bizcarson , and @alphabetworkers Tweets: Aupe / @_aupe_ : “Unions tend to form during short moments of high-pressure social change, accord...
Q&A with Rick Klau, an ex-Google product manager and California's new CTIO responsible for building apps and services for various departments across the state
Biz Carson / Protocol : Tweets: @bizcarson , @protocol , @bwjones , @rsquared , @rklau , and @protocol Tweets: Biz Carson / @bizcarson : I asked @rklau what shocked him about joining the government a...
Platforms like Douyin in China have become live online labs where grassroots nationalists and state media collaborate to harass critics at home and abroad
Zeyi Yang / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol , @protocol , and @xu_xiuzhong Tweets: @protocol : The account that launched an online harassment campaign against a journalist and researcher was found to be...
A deep look at the experiences of Asian Americans in tech, including going unheard, getting passed over for promotions, and stereotyped as passive and diligent
Going unheard. Getting passed over for promotions. Stereotyped as “passive” and “diligent.” Tweets: @aaaj_la , @moorehn , @protocol , @meganrosedickey , @kristina_wong , @aasian , @phillyinquirer , ...