Contributors
Anna Wiener
All Work
- Elements
How to Fix Facebook
Four New Yorker writers discuss the Cambridge Analytica revelations; the response from Facebook’s C.E.O., Mark Zuckerberg; and the future of “social responsibility” in Silicon Valley.
March 23, 2018
- Letter from Silicon Valley
Cryptocurrency: The Hail Mary Pass for People Who Missed the Tech Boom
Many of those most excited about crypto don’t work in tech, and their financial futures are uncertain. Bitcoin is the closest they have to equity.
February 21, 2018
- Annals of Technology
At Berkeley, a New Generation of Ethical Hackers Learns the Do’s and Don’ts of Cybersecurity
How long would it take a junior computer-science major to disrupt an election?
November 24, 2017
- Culture Desk
What Would a Museum of Capitalism Look Like?
An installation in Oakland imagines takes a retro-futuristic approach, envisioning a world in which capitalism is obsolete.
August 18, 2017
- Annals of Technology
How Silicon Valley’s Workplace Culture Produced James Damore’s Google Memo
Under the familiar guise of objectivity, Damore misrepresents where the real power lies in the tech industry.
August 10, 2017
- Annals of Technology
After Travis Kalanick’s Resignation, Will Uber Really Change?
The former C.E.O. still has enormous influence at the company, and the toxic culture he presided over could prove difficult to fix.
June 23, 2017
- News Desk
Why Protesters Gathered Outside Peter Thiel’s Mansion This Weekend
The tech entrepreneur’s Palantir Technologies company makes software that can aid in the Trump Administration’s roundup of undocumented immigrants.
March 14, 2017
- Currency
A Perfect Storm at Uber
Susan Fowler, who wrote of gender discrimination at the company, is something of a perfect plaintiff, and Uber is, in some ways, a model villain.
February 28, 2017
- Culture Desk
Immersion Therapy in the Trump Archive
The Internet Archive’s extensive online collection of Trump’s television appearances allows users to enter the maelstrom.
January 16, 2017
- Culture Desk
Trump Preparedness: Digital Security 101
Workshops on digital security and privacy are on the rise in anticipation of a national-security-and-surveillance apparatus helmed by Donald Trump.
December 2, 2016
