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This Man Makes Founders Cry

By Jessi Hempel
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How My Public Records Request Triggered Waymo’s Self-Driving Car Lawsuit

By Mark Harris
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Uber’s Leather Boys

By Steven Levy
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Trump’s FCC Pick Is Threatening the Jobs His Boss Promised America

By Kira Goldenberg
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Inside Facebook’s AI Machine

By Steven Levy
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The Alternative Facts of Cable Companies

By Susan Crawford
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Airbnb’s Surprising Path to Y Combinator

By Leigh Gallagher
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Prepare to Obsess Over the Future of Home Wifi

By Steven Levy
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This Is the Single Best Reason to Talk to Your Neighbors

By Sandra Upson
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For Nextdoor, Eliminating Racism Is No Quick Fix

By Jessi Hempel
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Behind the Scenes of Mark Zuckerberg’s Manifesto

By Steven Levy
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Syrian History Is Unfolding on WhatsApp

By Lauren Bohn
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Craigslist Is Ugly, Janky, Old School…and Unbeatable

By Justin Peters
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Special Issue: Backchannel Phones Home

By Alexis Sobel Fitts
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First They Got Sick, Then They Moved Into a Virtual Utopia

By Kristen French
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A Lone Data Whiz Is Fighting Airbnb — and Winning

By Miranda Katz
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The Weird, Wild World of Biotech Startups

By Sandra Upson
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The Tech Resistance Awakens

By Lauren Smiley
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Congrats, Founder, You’re Joining the Sixers!

By Andrew Zaleski
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How to Survive a Career Pivot

By Karen Wickre
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Politics Have Turned Facebook Into a Steaming Cauldron of Hate

By Jessi Hempel
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One Woman’s Brilliant “Fuck You” to Wikipedia Trolls

By Andrew McMillen
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The Muslim Registry We Already Have

By Jessi Hempel
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Call for Pitches: “Outsiders Week”

By Alexis Sobel Fitts
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