The siphon and the forge

The tech industry has won at capitalism. From America to China, from Amazon to Alibaba, from Alphabet to Tencent, the most valuable and most dynamic companies in the world are engineering corporations. But what kind of capitalism? Because there are really two different modes, two ways to get rich. One …

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Week in Review: Tech’s trashiest merger

Hey everyone. Thank you for welcoming me into you inbox yet again. Last week, I talked about Juul’s unraveling mission statement and the highly-valued startup’s new Big Tobacco CEO. I got some great email responses and plenty of a pro-Juul DMs. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you …

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Intel’s top watchdog testifies as Trump’s Ukraine mess spirals

The intelligence community’s top watchdog arrived on Capitol Hill Friday morning amid an outcry over President Donald Trump’s open solicitation of assistance from Ukraine and China to target his political rivals. Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community’s inspector general, is testifying behind closed- door before the House Intelligence Committee the day …

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