Native America Online
Native Americans have long struggled to convince Internet service providers to install networks on their land—but homegrown tribal solutions are facing unique challenges too.
Susie Cagle
Susie Cagle is a journalist and illustrator based in Oakland, California.
Uber’s Defense in California Driver Class-Action Lawsuit
The company kind of has a point—we do need better labor laws. Just not the ones Silicon Valley is promoting.
Facebook Wants to Redline Your Friends List
The company recently filed a patent on using social network data to influence lending decisions. God help us all.
Six Terrible, Singularity University-Inspired Pitches for Disrupting California’s Drought
An open application to the university’s Impact Challenge.
The Pointlessness of M-City
Why test cars on fake roads when they'll need to operate on real ones?
There's No Such Thing as 'The Gig Economy'
This isn’t a matter of technology—a service economy by another name is still a service economy.
Five of the Silliest Ideas About the Near-Future of Work
The way we work is changing, but not quickly enough for the boosters peddling these ideas.
The Future of Robots Doesn’t Look Like What You Think It Looks Like
Our machines are very smart. They’re also very incompetent.
No, You Don’t Have Free Speech Online
We treat platforms like they are public utilities. They’re not—but maybe they could be.
Silicon Valley’s Extremely Expensive Bunk Beds
The secondary housing market in the Bay Area is blowing up, but collective living isn’t always “sharing.”
Silicon Valley Is the Best and Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Art
When tech workers are considered the true “creative class,” artists don’t appear to win.
Why San Francisco Needs Rand Paul
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has opened a new campaign office in a San Francisco tech incubator. He—and his philosophies on unregulated markets—will fit right in.
Tech TV: Silicon Valley vs. 'Silicon Valley'
Media depictions of tech are rubbing some viewers the wrong way—but the entertainment industry is not the real problem.
Tech Companies Want to Replace Payday Loan Shops
High-interest loans are predatory whether you get them at a corner store or in an app.
When Crowdfunding Sites Host Killer Cop Campaigns
Platforms that bill themselves as revolutionary are learning what that really means.
Facebook Would Like a Monopoly on Your Entire Life
What do we stand to lose when we gain big convenient platforms?
The Folly of the Unicorns
Venture capital’s money and myths are producing more bloat than good.
Ellen Pao Might Not Win, and That’s OK
Regardless of the legal outcome, her lawsuit against a venerable venture capital firm stands to change the way Silicon Valley is perceived both inside and out.
The Persistence of the Office
More workers are telecommuting than ever before, but tech is clinging to the campus life that made it so homogenous.
Self-Driving Cars Won’t Fix Our Transit Woes
Real transportation futurism looks more like a fleet of self-driving buses.
Can Snoop Go Up Against Big Weed?
The charm and wile of a celebrity pimp may be no match for the moneyed juggernaut of weed tech.
Beware Billionaires Bearing Gifts
This new wave of high-profile donations from tech moguls may be generous, but it is not a win for populism. It's the modern Carnegie.
Not Everything Should Be Crowdfunded
The explosion of real estate investment start-ups gives us a peek into the dangers of peer-to-peering everything.
The League Perpetuates the Same Privilege That Society Does
Don't hate the app, hate the game.
How a Start-Up That Wouldn't Break the Rules Was Forced to Fail
Night School just wanted to provide a modest, low-cost bus service from San Francisco to the East Bay. Without expensive lobbyists and venture capital, the rule-abiding company folded after hitting bureaucratic roadblocks.
Do Tech Companies Really Support Free Speech?
Only when it doesn't endanger their ability to make a profit.
The Beach That Venture Capital Couldn't Buy
Tech billionaire Vinod Khosla claims he just wants to preserve Martins Beach. But he's going about it in exactly the wrong way.
The Curious Ranked-Choice Voting System
Does it make democracy more representative or more confusing?
Facebook's Real Names Policy Threatens Free Expression
A transgender activist, an Egyptian blogger, and a porn star explain the crucial identities connected to names they weren't born with.