Elon Musk buying Twitter stock raises free speech questions
The Tesla CEO thinks he's protecting free speech. He's showing us how easily it could go away.
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The Tesla CEO thinks he's protecting free speech. He's showing us how easily it could go away.
Shifts in power in Silicon Valley mean new stories need telling — here’s a guide to what feels dated and what feels fresh in 2022.
Snooping through celebrity cryptocurrency transactions leads to some weird questions. Who’s buying the NFTs, and is it legal?
It seems vital to point out that Facebook isn't only a poor website; it's also a firm that has demonstrated a willingness to do the wrong thing whenever and wherever it can.
New York’s April 12-25, 2021 issue cover. A year into a ruinous pandemic, the wealthy have so much capital they’re inventing ever more chaotic ways to spend it. For New York Magazine’s April 12-25, 2021 issue cover story, a look into the new world of money with Max Read on the non-fungible, memeified, cryptodenominated, degenerate future of finance; Scott Galloway on how outsiders are making their own volatility in a system rigged by the rich; an overnight millionaire’s confessions; the NFT catalogue; and more. “Over the last year or so I’ve been fascinated to watch many of my fr...