Jacob Silverman

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Dennis Muilenburg escaped punishment for the 737 Max disasters. Now he’s using finance’s hottest investment vehicle to engineer a lucrative comeback.

A bill in the works would turn over large tracts of Nevada to tech companies, allowing them to build—and run—their own towns.

Twitter has permanently banned Donald Trump. But the social media company lacks a viable, long-term strategy for dealing with toxic users.

Elon Musk’s car company quietly bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin while he hyped the digital currency on Twitter.

Jeff Bezos may be stepping down as CEO, but he and the company are more powerful than ever. Can Washington stop them?

Why Ted Cruz and Don Jr. love the Reddit revolt

It turns out Reddit can move markets. Can Wall Street regain control? Is anyone better off if it does?

The private equity billionaire, pressured into retirement this week, gave $158 million to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Why doesn’t it matter more?

The Facebook Oversight Board should maintain the ban on the former president. Then Congress should regulate the enormous power the platform possesses.

Journalists laughed at followers of the conspiracy theory after an Inauguration Day prophecy failed to come true. But Trump-era extremists aren’t going anywhere.

Tens of thousands of troops have locked down the city. This isn’t necessary to secure Biden’s inauguration—it’s just more security theater.

The social media giants that deplatformed Trump claim to be unable to stop the spread of hate, lies, conspiracy theories, and fascistic plots.

If they’re the conscience of the Republican Party, then the post-Trump era will be just as destructive as the past four years were.

A widely used cryptocurrency can’t escape investigation and controversy—and it may be fueling another coin bubble.

Some civilian investigators are even using facial-recognition technology to identify perpetrators—then reporting them to law enforcement.

The MAGA mob rifled through file cabinets and stole at least one computer. What secrets did the looters abscond with?

If the company wants to make good on its long-abandoned motto, it may have to rely on its workers.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor has invested billions in Bitcoin. Can we trust him—or the cryptocurrency’s skyrocketing value?

The gig company, like many of its peers, has seen business skyrocket during the pandemic—while exploiting workers and even failing to turn a profit.

Trust-busting isn’t the only way to bring the tech behemoth to heel. The company’s own employees can organize to force Mark Zuckerberg’s hand.