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Zoe Bernard

Zoë Bernard is a freelance journalist covering tech culture. She previously was a staff reporter at The Information and Business Insider. You can find her on Twitter @zoesaintbernard.

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Crypto’s CSI: How Molly White Became an ‘Absolute Nightmare’ for Web3 Evangelists

By Zoe Bernard · April 29, 2022 2:00 PM PDT

Over the course of one week in April, Molly White’s internet crime blotter Web3 Is Going Just Great documented 15 crypto-related offenses, each of which alone would hobble—or at least humiliate—most other industries. The malfeasance included a $182 million hack on the decentralized finance project Beanstalk; a $650,000 phishing... Over the course of one week in April, Molly White’s internet crime blotter Web3 Is Going...

A scene from the 1998 teen flick "Can't Hardly Wait" that probably couldn't happen today. Art by Clark Miller.

‘You’re Grounded’: Home Security Cams and GPS Trackers Are Killing the Teenage House Party

By Zoe Bernard · March 25, 2022 11:39 AM PDT

It was 10:30 p.m. in San Francisco, and Nick V., 33, noticed a strange notification on his phone. Some 1,700 miles away, the Ring camera outside his Dallas home had captured footage of two shadowy, unfamiliar figures walking out of his front door. Odder still, the Ring camera hadn’t recorded anyone entering the home all night, aside from... It was 10:30 p.m. in San Francisco, and Nick V., 33, noticed a strange notification on his phone....

Art by Mike Sullivan. All photographs courtesy the Temple of Light.

Prayers of the Tuluminati: Down in the Yucatan, a Temple and Its Tech Shaman Chase Enlightenment

By Zoe Bernard · Jan. 28, 2022 6:00 AM PST

Ben Way—serial entrepreneur, investor, and seeker of higher truths—stands over the stovetop in his airy hacienda in Tulum, Mexico, stirring an enormous vat of pea soup. Because he is in the midst of an annual detox, which began on January 1, the soup will be Way’s first meal in five days. Despite this lack of sustenance, Way... Ben Way—serial entrepreneur, investor, and seeker of higher truths—stands over the...