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The Weekend

By The Information Staff

Know what happens when Silicon Valley logs off—the trends and people shaping culture, technology and everything in between.

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Wildfire Startups Need a SpaceX Moment

By Abram Brown · Jan 18, 2025 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Sports league startups bet on selfies and shape-shifting putting greens* Power and Influence: The tech industrial complex gets ready to party over Trump• Media and Entertainment: Apple’s most intriguing TV show• Plus, our Recommendations—for deep-winter binges: A buffed-up Baldur’s... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Sports league startups bet on selfies and...
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Will Meta's Olive Branch Hurt TikTok?

By Abram Brown · Jan 11, 2025 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A casual sex website with an underage sex problem• Power and Influence: DOGE goes headhunting • The Top 5: Where to travel after Davos • Plus: When a corporate marvel may be a communist spy ring; piecing together “Severance”; and an uncomfortable masterpieceA couple years ago, ... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A casual sex website with an underage sex...
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An Island That Needs an Elon

By Abram Brown · Jan 4, 2025 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• Predictions: 18 things we think will happen in 2025 • Predictions: What happened with our guesses about 2024 • How to transform your productivity in the year ahead • Plus: Holmes at home; spilling tea on the Town; and Taylor Sheridan strikes againElon Musk already keeps a pretty full... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• Predictions: 18 things we think will happen in...
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Some Educated Guesses about Elon
By Abram Brown · Dec 28, 2024 7:00am PST
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Some Educated Guesses about Elon

By Abram Brown · Dec 28, 2024 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• Lists: 20 great books to read over the holidays.• Artificial intelligence: A marketplace for solving AI’s copyright woes? • Plus: The crust czar; a go-to travel shoe; and birds with bullets.Elon Musk really has reached a remarkable place within our lives, a type of ubiquity few other business titans... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• Lists: 20 great books to read over the holidays.• ...
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Will Sports Gambling Copy Crypto’s Playbook?

By Abram Brown · Dec 21, 2024 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! This edition of Weekend is especially exciting: It marks the debut of a new coverage area for us and the arrival to The Information of a talented reporter. Sara Germano, a veteran of the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, has joined Weekend to helm The Arena, Weekend’s new franchise devoted to covering... Welcome, Weekenders! This edition of Weekend is especially exciting: It marks the debut of a...
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OpenAI’s New Toy Could Be a Problem

By Abram Brown · Dec 14, 2024 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside tech’s embrace of devout Christianity• Media and Entertainment: Silicon Valley’s favorite videogames of 2024• The Top 5: The best disaster kit supplies • Plus: A play that morphs; America’s only universal creed; and a saga’s brilliant end.Santa won’t show up for weeks yet, but... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside tech’s embrace of devout...
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An Underappreciated Moment in AI

By Abram Brown · Dec 7, 2024 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A dawn of another crypto revolution • Power and Influence: Trump’s antitrust cop is a ‘happy warrior’ • The Top 5: Our favorite new corporate merch and gifts. • Plus: Robots who rhapsodize; what Taylor Swift and Legos have in common; and Il Papa and the plotters.What if the... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A dawn of another crypto revolution ...
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The Value of Self-Exile
By Abram Brown · Nov 30, 2024 7:00am PST
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The Value of Self-Exile

By Abram Brown · Nov 30, 2024 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• Shopping: The Information’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide • E-commerce: A bet on Big Brother billboards • The Top 5: What to wear to Silicon Valley’s holiday parties • Plus, we feast!: A lover scorned and scorched; a buddy film seasoned with punchlines and pathos; the TikToker who cheeses for... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• Shopping: The Information’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide...
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From a Beeple to a Banana

By Abram Brown · Nov 23, 2024 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Teens confront a new age of facial tech • Media: The young, male digital stars using YouTube to take over podcasts• The Top 5: Best AI books of 2024• Plus: Free Adnan! Free Keiko!; revisiting Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk tome; and a TV triumph about the Troubles.A few times a year, the... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Teens confront a new age of facial...
A Trump Goes VC
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A Trump Goes VC

By Julia Black · Nov 16, 2024 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The frustration behind a beautiful, Tesla-beating EV• The Top 5: The very best personal personal trainers• Plus: A different type of It bag; Keri Russell’s Americans; and a Maine attraction returns. Since the presidential election, much of America’s attention has focused on Mar-a-Lago as... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The frustration behind a beautiful,...
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A Valuable AI Startup’s Election Gamble

By Abram Brown · Nov 9, 2024 7:00am PST
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Tech has bought itself a more moderate San Francisco• Power and Influence: San Francisco's new mayor vows ‘city is open for business’• Media: How tech’s conservative shift went unnoticed for so long • Plus: How Stevie Wonder still wows; a fertile drama in Leningrad; and the witch is... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Tech has bought itself a more moderate...
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Musk's Crew Gathers Again
By Abram Brown · Nov 2, 2024 7:00am PDT
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Musk's Crew Gathers Again

By Abram Brown · Nov 2, 2024 7:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Why Musk wins no matter who wins the White House• Biotech: A scientist with Bezos’ and Gates’ money—and possibly a better brain chip• Health and Fitness: Startups eye a gold rush in electrolytes• Plus: The superbabies from the past look like our future; a baby oligarch runs amok; and the... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Why Musk wins no matter who wins the...
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A Wannabe Media Mogul Who Should Call It Quits

By Abram Brown · Oct 26, 2024 7:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Perplexity’s ‘newbie CEO’ hopes to dodge legal threats, Google competition• The Top 5: Best tools for introducing AI to kids• Plus: A dance with the dead; a delightful doomsday clock; and a data nerd fashionista.Six years ago, Patrick Soon-Shiong, a Los Angeles billionaire, spent a... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Perplexity’s ‘newbie CEO’ hopes to dodge...
What’re Zucks’ Bucks Good For?
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What’re Zucks’ Bucks Good For?

By Abram Brown · Oct 19, 2024 7:00am PDT · 1 comment
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The Pro-Kamala tech lab hoping to outfox Elon Musk• The Top 5: Our favorite new tech and business podcasts of 2024. Plus, the unshakeable Harry Stebbings, host of “20VC.” Plus: A spooky “Lost” that hasn’t lost itself; globetrottin’ teas; and what chocolate says about culture and... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The Pro-Kamala tech lab hoping to outfox...
Who Will Save the Kids From Bad Tech?
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Who Will Save the Kids From Bad Tech?

By Abram Brown · Oct 12, 2024 7:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Ben Horowitz, an investor of many contrasts • Social Media: The moms at war with social media• The Top 5: Our favorite protein bars • From AI to Chelsea Clinton’s Plea, Inside The Information’s Latest WTF Summit • Plus: SF’s nerd mecca; the videogame company obsessed... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Ben Horowitz, an investor of many...
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What happens when Silicon Valley logs off—the trends, people and companies shaping tech culture.
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Tech’s Performative Grudge Matches
Tech’s Performative Grudge Matches
By Abram Brown · Oct 5, 2024 7:00am PDT · 1 comment
Tech’s Performative Grudge Matches
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Tech’s Performative Grudge Matches

By Abram Brown · Oct 5, 2024 7:00am PDT · 1 comment
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Why women in tech are sounding an alarm• Power and Influence: The tangled web behind the VC who wants to be mayor• Plus: Terrors from a storm; Netflix escapism; and a podcast with Tom Hanks and chimpanzee butts. Silicon Valley grudgery really can devolve into such absurd... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Why women in tech are sounding an alarm•...
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OpenAI’s Weird Week

By Nick Wingfield · Sep 28, 2024 7:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:•The Big Read: How YouTuber Mark Rober got inside the heads of Silicon Valley families. • The Top 5: The best trails to use e-bikes to get out of your cars and smell Mother Nature. • Plus: A new album from electronic artist Jamie xx; a Batman villain spreads his wings; and the origins of reality... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:•The Big Read: How YouTuber Mark Rober got inside the...
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The Sad, Meaningful Death of Oakland Sports

By Cory Weinberg · Sep 21, 2024 7:00am PDT · 1 comment
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Bling it on! The AI startup turning shoppers into jewelry designers• Power and Influence: How Ron Conway went from playing in local San Francisco politics to helping oust Joe Biden• The Top 5: The best resources for whistleblowers • Plus: Why helicopter parents are ruining their... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Bling it on! The AI startup turning...
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Apple Is Slowly Killing the iPhone

By Abram Brown · Sep 14, 2024 7:00am PDT · 2 comments
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The firebrand investor who can explain MAGA tech• The Top 5: The doggone best pet gadgets• Plus: San Francisco goes Bourbon Street for fall; how yuppies live on; and the immigrants and the internet. Remember when an Apple unveiling was actually exciting? Honestly, I can’t. It’s probably... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The firebrand investor who can explain...
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Where Miami’s Party Goes Next
By Abram Brown · Sep 7, 2024 7:02am PDT
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Where Miami’s Party Goes Next

By Abram Brown · Sep 7, 2024 7:02am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The schools where AI isn’t the enemy, but flaky startups are • The Top 5: What to wear for fall conference seasonPlus: The fuhrer and the czar; the art of the swindle; and leave the gun, take the saltwater taffy.A few weeks after tech’s love affair with Miami kicked off in late 2020, I... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The schools where AI isn’t the enemy, but...