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Big Tech

The differences between Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are melting away

Welcome to “interop.”
Michael Waters • 23 hours ago

government

A peek inside the vote-tech industry

A small industry of tech companies ensure your ballots get counted.
Michael Waters • 23 hours ago

amazon

Should we be skeptical of Amazon One?

Amazon One lets you buy things with your palm print. People have some privacy questions.
Trung T. Phan • 23 hours ago

Food

In defense of Liquid Death, the VC-backed canned water company

Liquid Death just received $23M in funding to make more canned water. Some people are mocking this startup...here’s why we think it's kinda awesome.
Trung T. Phan • 23 hours ago

Food

The big business of honey laundering

There’s about a ⅓ chance the honey on your shelf isn’t real.
Michael Waters • 2 days ago

Business and entrepreneurship

Can you fund a social media company like a video game?

The startup Yubo runs on in-app purchases.
Michael Waters • 2 days ago

Daouda Leonard: “We’re creating an operating system for the music industry”

CreateSafe’s founder Daouda Leonard tells us how he’s building software tools to empower artists and bring transparency to the music industry.
Trung T. Phan • 2 days ago

International

Why did Warren Buffett invest $6B+ in centuries-old Japanese trading houses?

Warren Buffett’s $6B+ bet on Japanese trading houses is his biggest one outside of America. Why did he do it, and what does it say about Japan?
Trung T. Phan • 3 days ago

Social networking

The secret sauce behind TikTok’s recommendation algorithm

Eugene Wei explains why TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is so good. It has to do with an “algorithm-friendly” design.
Trung T. Phan • 3 days ago

coronavirus

The hottest campus job is ‘COVID influencer’

Reminding other students to wear masks? Your school might pay you for it.
Michael Waters • 3 days ago

entertainment

PlayStation and Xbox are making very different bets on the future of gaming

Microsoft lost to Sony in the previous round of the console wars. The company is responding with an entirely new strategy for its Xbox gaming division.
Trung T. Phan • September 28, 2020

Business and entrepreneurship

The gig economy is coming for elder care

The platform Papa wants you to give company to older people on the side.
Michael Waters • September 28, 2020

Ecommerce and Retail

Apparently, Costco doesn’t need ecommerce to bag record profits

Even with a limited ecommerce presence, Costco is delivering its customers the goods.
Trung T. Phan • September 28, 2020

agriculture

The future of avocados is cryogenic freezing

Meet the cryo-cado.
Michael Waters • September 28, 2020

Google

Here’s how Google could defend itself in the latest major antitrust case

With the US government looking to bring an antitrust case against Google, the search giant could use American Express’ playbook to defend itself.
Trung T. Phan • September 25, 2020

Privacy Issues

Now you can find out which websites are tracking you

A new tool called Blacklight airs all the dirty ad-tech laundry.
Michael Waters • September 25, 2020

Publishing and Marketing

When corporate flexing goes wrong

Corporations have a long history of failed flexes. We felt it was our duty to share some of the worst…
Bobby Durben • September 25, 2020

media & publishing

AJ Vaynerchuk: “VaynerSports is differentiated because we bring together three prongs: contracts, marketing and investing”

AJ Vaynerchuk co-founded VayneryMedia at 22 and helped grow the business to 1k employees and revenue to $100m+. Now running VaynerSports, we sat down with him to find out about his entrepreneurial journey (and what’s next).
The Hustle • September 24, 2020

housing and real estate

Can Opendoor’s iBuying bring the trillion-dollar housing market online?

Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya is taking Opendoor public via his SPAC. Can this iBuying firm win the $1.6T home buying opportunity?
Trung T. Phan • September 24, 2020

commodities

Forget gold: Meet the Diamond Standard

Diamonds really want to become more investor-friendly.
Michael Waters • September 24, 2020

Gen Z

Everything you ever wanted to know about Gen Z

Tiffany Zhong has been gathering data on Gen Z for years. Known as the “Gen Z Whisperer,” her insights are invaluable for understanding the habits and norms of the demographic born between 1995 and 2010.
Trung T. Phan • September 23, 2020

Social networking

Totally normal jobs are huge on TikTok

One tree-clearing business is getting 8m+ views just by filming a tree getting chopped down.
Michael Waters • September 23, 2020

International

Copyrighting clown makeup involves a lot of eggs

Welcome to the Clown Egg Registry.
Michael Waters • September 23, 2020

Big Tech

The CIA has a plan to poach Big Tech employees

It can’t beat tech salaries, so it’s trying the next best thing.
Michael Waters • September 23, 2020

Tesla

What to expect from Tesla’s Battery Day

To find out why Battery Day matters, we spoke with prominent Tesla writer Omar Qazi.
Trung T. Phan • September 22, 2020

saas

HotSchedules, Slack’s clunky older cousin, is having a moment

Why the ’90s company leaped to the top of the App Store charts.
Michael Waters • September 22, 2020

Ecommerce and Retail

A fraud-detection company just got busted for committing fraud

NS8 claimed to have $62m in the bank. Actually, it was more like $28k.
Michael Waters • September 22, 2020

media & publishing

A comical look at Microsoft’s $1B+ acquisitions

Microsoft’s $7.5B acquisition of game publisher ZeniMax Media is its 11th acquisition of $1B+ since 1987. Here’s what you need to know about the others.
Trung T. Phan • September 22, 2020

Business and entrepreneurship

Hint’s Kara Goldin: “I would take passion, curiosity, and commitment over experience any day of the week”

Kara Goldin's new book (Undaunted) recounts the personal doubts and challenges she overcame to build one of America's most successful beverage businesses.
Trung T. Phan • September 21, 2020

Business and entrepreneurship

What you need to know about the TikTok deal

A TikTok deal with Oracle and Wal-Mart would value the video app at $60B. More broadly, the deal likely marks the end of the open internet.
Trung T. Phan • September 21, 2020

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