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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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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...
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What happens when Silicon Valley logs off—the trends, people and companies shaping tech culture.
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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...
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What happens when Silicon Valley logs off—the trends, people and companies shaping tech culture.
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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...
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...
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The Risk Guru Rides Again

By Abram Brown · Aug 31, 2024 7:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A videogame that fuels fake wars• HBO’s surprise Sunday night wager—and what else we’re watching this fallPlus: A deepfake music video; Apple’s little-loved masterpiece; and the moment when Silicon Valley saved the military.  Oh! Look who’s back in our lives: Nate Silver, the... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A videogame that fuels fake wars• HBO’s ...
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An Anti-DEI Crusader to Pay Attention To

By Abram Brown · Aug 24, 2024 7:00am PDT · 1 comment
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside an AI nightmare that tore apart a school• The Top 5: Our favorite THC drinks Plus: A chaotic AI bill; the philosophers with advice for childless millennials; and Shyamalan and the Swifties.Say, have you heard about a young fellow named Robby Starbuck? If you haven’t, write... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside an AI nightmare that tore apart a...
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The Forces Moving Against Meta, Snap and ‘the Scum of the Earth’

By Abram Brown · Aug 17, 2024 7:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Can AI and a new CEO save Snowflake, a onetime Silicon Valley darling?• Silicon Valley’s surprise fashion obsession.Plus: A digital deep cleanse; Mark Ronson at the museum; and hidden gems of cinema. One muggy Monday evening earlier this month, hundreds of activists flooded the west front... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Can AI and a new CEO save Snowflake, a...
What Altman Discussed at a Secret All-Male Retreat
What Altman Discussed at a Secret All-Male Retreat
By Abram Brown · Aug 10, 2024 7:00am PDT · 2 comments
What Altman Discussed at a Secret All-Male Retreat
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What Altman Discussed at a Secret All-Male Retreat

By Abram Brown · Aug 10, 2024 7:00am PDT · 2 comments
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Meet Curtis Yarvis, far-right guru and friend to tech conservatives like Peter Thiel• The Top 5: Our favorite board games • The techies who went for gold in Paris Plus: A nifty, nasty weather app; Stephen King strikes again; and laughter in the slammer. For almost a century and a... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Meet Curtis Yarvis, far-right guru and...