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Jan. 7, 2022 7:00 AM PST

For 17 emotional weeks, the Elizabeth Holmes trial had all the makings of a primo soap opera: heartache, drama, sex, lies, twists, turns and one helluva femme fatale. We had main characters: disgraced Theranos chief Elizabeth; her bescarfed mother, Noel; her partner and Burning Man companion, Billy Evans; anti-keyboard crusader Judge Edward Davila; star witness and four-star Marine general James Mattis.

We had intrigue, in the form of salacious text messages. We had bombshells. We even had whispers of an interpodcast blood feud (the “Bad Blood” gang are really not fans of the “The Dropout” crew, apparently). Given the cinematic tenor of the trial, we decided to honor its conclusion Hollywood-style: by handing out Holmesies, The Information Weekend’s hand-picked awards for the best content, characters and courtroom exhibits that filled the past 120-odd days of our lives. The envelope please…

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Why Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai Are Worried About Productivity
By Stephen Council
Executives at Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet are feeling the pressure, so they’re giving employees a kick in the pants.
Art by Mike Sullivan
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Don’t Blame Tech Workers for Silicon Valley’s Bloated Head Counts
By Ed Zitron
A frustrated Mark Zuckerberg paused during his weekly Q&A with Meta Platforms employees. He’d just gotten through warning everyone about the punishing downturn he saw coming , and the first question he got—one that, to be fair, had been pre-recorded—asked whether Meta Days, the extra time off given to workers during the pandemic, would continue in 2023.
Photos by Bloomberg. Art by Mike Sullivan
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Elon Musk’s No. 2 at SpaceX Does Damage Control
By Becky Peterson
For years, many investors and employees at Space Exploration Technologies have regarded the company’s No.2 executive, Gwynne Shotwell, as the adult in the room at the boundary-pushing rocket company founded by Elon Musk.
Illustration by Jesus Escudero.
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Debt Is Back for Startups Shut Out of IPO Market
By Maria Heeter
Tech startups that had been eager to go public this year have been forced to put those plans on ice amid the market meltdown.
Art by Clark Miller
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‘He’s Making Up a World He Wants to Attack’: How Vivek Ramaswamy Became a Right-Wing Culture Warrior
By Michelle Celarier
Riley Moore had never met the man seated next to him. The state treasurer of West Virginia, Moore had come to a conservative retreat in the state’s storied Greenbrier resort in May 2021 to talk about a letter he and 14 other Republican state treasurers had just written to the Biden administration’s climate envoy, John Kerry.
Oracle's office (and former headquarters) in the San Francisco Bay Area. Photo by Bloomberg
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Oracle Axes U.S. Staff, Part of Plan to Lay Off Thousands
By Amir Efrati
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