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Microsoft Bets Its Future on a Reprogrammable Computer Chip

It was December 2012, and Doug Burger was standing in front of Steve Ballmer, trying to predict the future. Ballmer, the big, bald, boisterous...

Palmer Luckey Is the Worst, But He Doesn’t Reflect Silicon Valley

In the best Silicon Valley man-child tradition, Oculus inventor Palmer Luckey is seeking to sway the presidential election by putting his money behind anti-Hillary...

Evo Is a Little Robot With a Big Mission: Get Girls to Code

When his daughters were young, Nader Hamda says, they were really into apps and computers. But now that they’re a little older, their interest...

With Yahoo Bid, Verizon Gobbles Up the Past To Avoid an Obsolete Future

To overcome its fear of the future as a big dumb pipe, Verizon continues to look to the past. Last year, it...

The FBI’s Using Lousy Software to Derail FOIA Requests, Suit Claims

The Freedom of Information Act, the federal law that requires the disclosure of information and documents controlled by the US government, is one of...

Email Is Fracturing the Democratic Convention Before It Even Starts

Like a millennial Paul Revere, the girl in the plain white t-shirt and pixie cut strode eagerly through the streets of Philadelphia, alerting her...

Clinton Camp’s Mobile App Borrows from Sanders’ Strategy

Silicon Valley promised us flying cars. Instead, we get Peter Thiel speaking at the Republican National Convention. A newly released list of speakers...

Clinton’s VP Announcement Is the Ultimate Text From Hillary

Silicon Valley promised us flying cars. Instead, we get Peter Thiel speaking at the Republican National Convention. A newly released list of speakers...

#TrumpSoPoor is Trending Because, Well, His Campaign Kind of Is

During a speech on his economic record today, President Obama issued a scorching warning to Americans about Donald Trump: “Don’t think this agenda’s going...

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