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In El Salvador, Bitcoin’s Libertarian Streak Meets an Autocratic Regime
In early June, a prerecorded video informed citizens of El Salvador that they were about to participate in a grand…
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Advice to Startup Founders: Prepare to Fail
Still, overcoming the cold start problem is deceptively difficult. Chen offers the example of Tiny Speck, the gaming company that…
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A Year In, Biden’s China Policy Looks a Lot Like Trump’s
On December 10, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions, including a bar on American investments, on SenseTime, a Chinese artificial…
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This Was the Year When Finance Jumped the Doge
None of that would matter if it all remained confined to the realm of social media. Except the past few…
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What Happens When an AI Knows How You Feel?
In May 2021, Twitter, a platform notorious for abuse and hot-headedness, rolled out a “prompts” feature that suggests users think…
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This Company Has a Way to Replace Plastic in Clothing
Luke Haverhals wants to change how yoga pants are made. Most performance fabrics used in athletic clothing, like Spandex, are…
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The Year Everyone Remembered That Chips Matter
The most important technology of the year was not Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse, Jack Dorsey’s blockchain, or Elon Musk’s, err, dancing…
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The Morbid War Over Online Obituaries
All of this chicanery raises the question: Why are obituaries highly valued? The answer is simple, according to Robin Heppell,…
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The Metaverse Land Rush Is an Illusion
In the future, luxury brands may have storefronts in virtual worlds where users can browse their shops as though they’re…
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VCs Lavished Startups With Cash in 2021. Now Comes the Hard Part
In June 2021, Ralf Wenzel founded the grocery delivery startup JOKR to meet the demand of millions of people who…
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