Can OpenBazaar Make Free Trade Unstoppable?
A look at the bitcoin-powered network facilitating peer-to-peer exchange.
Silicon Valley
Barack Obama, Venture Capitalist?
"The conversations I have with Silicon Valley and with venture capital pull together my interests ... in a way I find really satisfying," the president said.
Why Don't Tech Innovators Solve America's Gun Problems?
Maybe because what tech could do for gun violence would affect only a tiny portion of an overall falling public health problem.
Silicon Valley Backing Apple Because 'fbiOS' Precedent Would Apply to Them Too
A murder of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies would want their own backdoors too.
The Geography of Genius
Author Eric Weiner on the places where creativity thrives and why governments won't create the next Silicon Valley.
Donald Trump Finally Sees the Light On Foreign Techies
After maligning Rubio, he now says they are economic assets and shouldn't be sent packing.
How Silicon Valley Is Abetting Anti-Beef Hindu Barbarians in India
Mark Zuckerberg can atone for embracing Narendra Modi by sponsoring for asylum the family of the man lynched for eating beef.
Mark Zuckerberg Should Sponsor for Asylum the Family of Indian Muslim Lynched for Eating Beef
Silicon Valley's shameless courting of Indian PM Modi has fed the flames of Hindu zealotry in India
Bitcoin Is a 'Fatherless' Technology. Great Attribute or Fatal Weakness?
Can Bitcoin grow and evolve without a founding figure?
OpenBazaar, an Online Platform for "Censorship-Resistant Trade," Gets $1 Million In Backing From Venture Capital Heavyweights Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures
Investors give a vote of confidence to a libertarian-themed tech venture.
Is the Seasteading Dream Really Dead?
Wired argues that "Silicon Valley is Letting Go of Its Techie Island Fantasies" on insufficient evidence.
Bill Barhydt Has a Bold Plan to Use Bitcoin and the Sharing Economy To Boost the Flow of Cash Into Third World Countries. Will Regulators Stand in the Way?
Bitcoin has the potential to take the friction out of sending money abroad, but delivering on that potential isn't easy.
Homeschooling: The New Techie Fad?
Wired notes a growing conflation between cutting-edge tech thinking and escaping the education monopoly.
Who Rules America?
Joel Kotkin's new book fingers Silicon Valley as the new elite. Is he right?
Promise and Peril in Tech Approaches To Stopping Child Sex Trafficking
From surveying to surveilling to spreading information, one organization is showing promise and raising concern.
Silicon Valley Preparing For Push To Reform Immigration
Pushing for House to pass a bill by the end of the year
Why India Is on the Side of Restrictionist Republicans on Immigration Reform
U.S. high-tech companies are using the H-1B program to cripple their Indian competitors
