The Cambridge Analytica revelations may be the final nudge we need to turn away from the social network. And its only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to big tech harvesting private information Sorry to break it to …
Hugh Hefner at the Playboy club, London, in 1969. Photograph: AP That powerlessness of others seems to be desired and relished in these cases. Its time to talk about the fact that many men seem erotically excited by their ability …
In the event you’ve ever driven Tesla’s flagship automobile—the $140,000 Model S P100D—you’ve experienced an unparalleled variation of driving power. Zero to 60 in 2.3 seconds punches you back in the chair when making the stomach turn somersaults. Some people live for that feeling. I’m …
Eric Schmidt, Googles previous executive chairman. Picture: Getty Silicon Valley is a truth distortion field whose residents think about it as the Florence of Renaissance 2.0. (Rapidly gotten wealth has effective imaginary impacts on individuals.) In a weird method, they …
In June 2016, Tony Fadell, the ceo of Nest and among the most crucial hardware executives of his generation, revealed that he was leaving his smart-home business &#x 2019; s moms and dad, Alphabet Inc. That wasn &#x 2019; t …
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Theranos Inc. was sued by a venture-capital investor who maintains Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Holmes lied about its blood laboratory technologies in which a pin-prick of blood could be analyzed for 100s of disorders. The suit, mentioning investigations from the …
Ilkka Paananen, CEO of game developer Supercell, which paid over 800m in tax in 2016. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images Gender equality, similarly, was baked in. In 1906, Finnish women became, if not quite the first to win the vote, …