Tech Oligarchs

The saga of Elon Musk and the abandoned Twitter acquisition has a little bit of everything–except for a clear protagonist. Maybe that’s finally changing. But first...

The world’s richest man has some embarrassing friends.

“They point to something that’s been destroyed,” said the judge of the missing text messages.

Hordes of wealthy and prominent figures acted like Musk's typical reply guys, all clamoring for the chance to get in on his Twitter deal.

Musk became the figure everyone was looking for, but the answers we really need will come from collective action, writes Paris Marx

Why has disruption been elevated as a virtue to the point where it’s become orthodox to be heterodox? It’s a symptom of the erosion of trust in institutions.

The creator of a memecoin-turned-top cryptocurrency says his interactions with Elon Musk didn't impress him, and predicted that crypto is still headed for a big crash.

Musk wants to save humanity — for a future where we "live" by the trillions inside Matrix-style cosmic simulations

How does a crypto hype man stay ahead of regulators? He keeps running.

The company has been hit with several discrimination lawsuits but this from a government agency may have wider implications

The jokes get worse, and he only gets richer.

Newly revealed Pandora Papers documents detail an opaque financial universe where the global elite shield riches from taxes, criminal probes and public accountability.

Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes is accused of making false claims to defraud investors, doctors, and patients. She faces 20 years in prison if convicted.

Influential tech enterpreneur again moves crypto markets by revealing discussions about ‘potentially promising’ answers to climate threat posed by sector’s rampant energy use

So the Basecamp situation accelerated rapidly last night. If you didn’t read my blog (how dare you), Basecamp’s co-founder and CEO Jason Fried announced that they would be banning political and societal discussion from Basecamp internal comms. DHH, the other co-founder,

How a list of "funny" customer names triggered an internal reckoning

Speaking uncomfortable truths such as these will not win you any friends. But it will win you the future.

Colonizing the red planet is a ridiculous way to help humanity.

The super rich owe their super fortunes to factors that have little to do with their "genius."

Managing Editor Lyta Gold on Star Trek, Silicon Valley’s lack of imagination, and the arrival of an unexpected future.

The Tesla CEO is welcome to argue for reopening America. But he is relying on bad science to make his case

Tron CEO Justin Sun is one of the most controversial yet successful figures in the blockchain industry — here’s what to expect from him in 2020

Well-publicized philanthropy shows how afraid the super-rich are of a larger social safety net – and higher taxes

His renowned charitable activities seem to serve mainly private interests, namely his own.

“The risk of death from C19 is *vastly* less than the risk of death from driving your car home.”

CEOs have started to pull from the Trump playbook: offend, muddle, but ultimately change little

One couple thought they held the secret to building a new decentralized utopia. On the way, they plunged into a new kind of hell. A crypto-tragedy in three acts.

It's less a monument to long-term thinking than a Gilded Age distraction.