Tim O'Reilly talks about his new book, WTF: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us, and how tech is a positive force despite current issues
Steven Levy / Wired : Tweets: @backchnnl and @wired Tweets: Backchannel / @backchnnl : Tim O'Reilly thinks Jeff Bezos might actually make a decent president. http://www.wired.com/... @wired : “Financ...
Super-voting shares in Uber held by Kalanick and his allies mean the board has little control over who fills CEO role
The rise of super-voting shares in Silicon Valley has given founders the ultimate job security. — As the calamities amass at Uber, many people—including me—have called for new leadership. Tweets: @b...
Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017
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Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017
I'm retiring from the greatest job I ever knew—but I still believe that journalism will thrive … Yes, I'm retiring from the New York Times. Tweets: @digiphile , @kimmaicutler , @laurengoode , @backchn...
Self-driving startup Otto explicitly ignored Nevada DMV regulations during first public testing, before being acquired by Uber for $680M
The engineer who helped craft Nevada's self-driving car regulations also ended up blowing past them. — could be the plot of an Ocean's Eleven movie … Tweets: @stevenlevy and @backchnnl Tweets: Steve...
Profile of Debra Cleaver, founder of Vote.org, the Y Combinator-backed nonprofit using text messages to increase voter turnout
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Profile of Airbnb's Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer Belinda Johnson, second in command at the company
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Square's head of communications describes the cyclical nature of media coverage of tech companies
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How Pinterest's early onboarding process made a few unknown users its most popular pinners
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