The denizens of the Wall Street Bets subreddit helped push the flailing stock to dizzying heights—while a short-seller alleged an accompanying harassment campaign.
Plus: The moonshot’s launch, health care for the maskless, and a new era’s inaugural meme.
Plus: Zuckerberg’s community manifesto, how to hold platforms accountable, and an accidental admission in Congress.
The Alphabet Workers Union isn’t seeking better pay and benefits. It wants to influence the company’s policies on social and other issues.
Plus: Dorsey in the Trump administration’s early days, how to define privacy, and chaos in the Capitol.
After a year of protests against racial inequality and industry vows to do better, Black founders are still getting left out of Silicon Valley’s financial engine.
Plus: A visit to the agency’s headquarters, a license for engineers, and a holiday reprieve.
In-person gatherings will resume eventually, but innovations born during the pandemic will remain.
Plus: A WhatsApp cofounder’s regrets, the rules of chip hoarding, and a failed attempt at influencer marketing.
Plus: A patented pizza box, polarization on Parler, and a sad update.
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