How Elizabeth Holmes’s House of Cards Came Tumbling Down
The story of Theranos.
The story of Theranos.
Nick Bilton Vanity Fair Sep 2016 20min Permalink
Peter Thiel gamed Silicon Valley, the IRS, and Donald Trump.
Max Chafkin Bloomberg Businessweek Sep 2021 30min Permalink
How a controversial rationalist blogger became a mascot and martyr in a struggle against the New York Times.
Gideon Lewis-Kraus New Yorker Jul 2020 25min Permalink
Surviving sexual assault in a rapidly digitized world.
Mary South The New Yorker Jan 2020 30min Permalink
Half a century on from the summer of love, marijuana is big business and mindfulness a workplace routine. Nat Segnit asks how the movement found itself at the heart of capitalism
Nat Segnit 1843 Dec 2019 15min Permalink
It’s the epicenter of the tech industry and the wealthiest, most progressive state in the union, but homelessness is surging — and no one can agree on how to fix it.
Tessa Stuart Rolling Stone Sep 2019 20min Permalink
On labor organizing at a Silicon Valley giant and what happens when a company loses touch with its motto of “don’t be evil.”
Beth Kowitt Fortune May 2019 20min Permalink
Exposure to the internet did not make us into a nation of yeoman mind-farmers (unless you count Minecraft). That people in the billions would self-assemble, and that these assemblies could operate in their own best interests, was … optimistic.
At the end, Theranos was overrun by a dog defecating in the boardroom, nearly a dozen law firms on retainer, and a C.E.O. grinning through her teeth about an implausible turnaround.
Nick Bilton Vanity Fair Feb 2019 15min Permalink
How the Silicon Valley set fell in love with sourdough and decided to disrupt the 6,000-year-old craft of making bread, one crumbshot at a time.
Dayna Evans Eater Nov 2018 20min Permalink
Margit Wennmachers is Andreessen Horowitz’s secret weapon.
Jessi Hempel Wired Jan 2018 15min Permalink
The not-so-secret sex parties of Silicon Valley.
Emily Chang Vanity Fair Jan 2018 20min Permalink
The dramatic imbalance in pay and power has created the conditions for abuse.
Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Nov 2017 35min Permalink
Examining the future of the massive social media site.
How did Josh Tetrick’s vegan-mayo company become a Silicon Valley darling—and what is he really selling?
Bianca Bosker The Atlantic Oct 2017 25min Permalink
Ellen Pao recounts her own lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
On leaving a very successful TV show:
"I’m me, the guy that thinks all of this is sort of ridiculous. It was a joke. Leaving was a joke that I thought would be a good joke because the show would grow and change. It seemed like a funny trick to play on everyone. It’s just like, what if Kramer [Michael Richards] left in the middle of Seinfeld’s height? And also what if that guy never said the n-word on a stage? What if that was the end of this character? I just thought that would be really fascinating."
Bryn Elise Sandberg The Hollywood Reporter Jun 2017 15min Permalink
On a comic offering portrayals of secular Muslims that American audiences rarely see.
Andrew Marantz New Yorker Apr 2017 25min Permalink
From “Idiocracy” to “Silicon Valley,” the writer and director has established himself as America’s foremost chronicler of its own self-destructive tendencies.
Willy Staley New York Times Magazine Apr 2017 20min Permalink
It was a genius piece of technology. But that didn’t mean it was a business.
Jessi Hempel Backchannel Jan 2017 15min Permalink
Silicon Valley’s biohacking craze has turned its sights on small doses of LSD for the workplace.
On the story we tell ourselves about artificial intelligence.
Maciej Ceglowski Idle Words Oct 2016 30min Permalink
With Just Mayo, Josh Tetrick wanted to build the first sustainable-food unicorn. He’ll need to fend off the feds first.
Peter Waldman, Ellen Huet, Olivia Zaleski Businessweek Sep 2016 20min Permalink
Scenes from the Los Angeles tech boom.
Stephen Elliot Epic Jul 2016 Permalink
It’s been a rough year.
Nick Bilton Vanity Fair Jun 2016 20min Permalink