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‘I Don’t Ever Think About Elon Musk’: ‘For All Mankind’ Star Edi Gathegi on Borrowing from Apple, Not SpaceX

By Abram Brown · Aug 27, 2022 7:00am PDT

Near the end of Season Three of “For All Mankind,” Dev Ayesa, the show’s stratospherically ambitious CEO, makes a risky pitch to his employees without seeming to consider the possible downsides—for them. His company, Helios, has already revolutionized renewable energy and for-profit space travel. Now he wants the staff to take pay cuts and give... Near the end of Season Three of “For All Mankind,” Dev Ayesa, the show’s stratospherically...

Art by Mike Sullivan.

Nina Jankowicz Wishes She Didn’t Have to Write ‘How to Be a Woman Online’

By Jillian Goodman · Apr 22, 2022 12:00pm PDT

This is10 Questions,a column in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their recently released books. Interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. Nina Jankowicz may be a former adviser to the Ukrainian government and a global fellow at the Wilson Center working on counter-disinformation programs for the Department of... This is10 Questions,a column in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their...

Art by Haejin Park.

Making Sense of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s Tragic Pursuit of Happiness

By Annie Goldsmith · Mar 11, 2022 12:00pm PST · 2 comments

This is 10 Questions, a new column in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their recently released books. Interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh was widely regarded by his tech peers and employees as a fun-first visionary. It’s why he located his company’s headquarters in Las Vegas, why the... This is 10 Questions, a new column in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their...

Art by Haejin Park.

Laurie Segall’s Memoir Confronts Tech Titans, Media Moguls and All Sorts of “Special Characters”

By Annie Goldsmith · Mar 4, 2022 12:00pm PST · 2 comments

Art by Haejin Park.

Laurie Segall’s Memoir Confronts Tech Titans, Media Moguls and All Sorts of “Special Characters”

By Annie Goldsmith · Mar 4, 2022 12:00pm PST · 2 comments

This is 10 Questions, in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their recently released books. Interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. “Putting out a memoir is like walking down the street naked. It’s scary and it’s vulnerable and—well, I don’t know if walking down the street naked is rewarding—but it’s also very... This is 10 Questions, in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their recently...

Ro Khanna photo by Sam Gavin. Cover courtesy of Simon & Schuster.

Ro Khanna’s “Dignity in a Digital Age” Looks to Spread Tech Wealth Beyond the Valley

By Jon Steinberg · Feb 18, 2022 12:00pm PST · 5 comments

This is 10 Questions, in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their recently released books. Interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. Ro Khanna is best known as a three-term congressman from Silicon Valley, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and a vocal critic of the Big Tech companies headquartered... This is 10 Questions, in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their recently...

Erich Schwartzel courtesy of Penguin Randomhouse.

Erich Schwartzel’s “Red Carpet” Reveals How Beijing Used Hollywood as a Tool of Chinese Soft Power

By Jillian Goodman · Feb 11, 2022 12:00pm PST · 2 comments

This is 10 Questions, a new column in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their recently released books. Interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. There are two important things to understand about China’s relationship with Hollywood, according to Erich Schwartzel, author of “Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the... This is 10 Questions, a new column in which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their...

Jacob Ward

Jacob Ward’s “The Loop” Peers Into the Black Box of Machine-Learning Algorithms and Returns With a Dire Warning

By Jon Steinberg · Jan 28, 2022 12:00pm PST · 3 comments

This is “10 Questions,” a new featurein which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on their recently released books. Interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. In 2015, NBC science and technology correspondent Jacob Ward began to meet researchers who were doing revolutionary work on understanding unconscious human behaviors.... This is “10 Questions,” a new featurein which we ask tech authors to pull back the covers on...