Art by Clark Miller
Art by Clark Miller
The Big Read

The Information’s 2023 Exit Survey of Tech Leaders

We asked venture capitalists, startup founders and executives from big tech companies to put a bow on 2023 by sharing their highs and lows, self-care routines and best splurges for the year.

The Information’s Can’t-Miss Culture Picks from 2023

This year felt like a moment for monoculture. Many of us saw “Barbie,” went to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour or Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour (or at least saw them in theaters) and freaked out over...
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Tech Wrapped: The Stats that Defined Silicon Valley’s 2023

You’ve got to hand it to Spotify. The company’s Spotify Wrapped feature—which packages personalized data about its users’ music listening habits for the year—has become a viral sensation. It has...
Art by Clark Miller
Nick Pickles photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Art by Clark Miller.
Nick Pickles photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Art by Clark Miller.
The Big Read

Musk’s Mouthpiece: How Nick Pickles Fights Governments on Behalf of X

The Twitter policy chief threads the needle between boosting free speech and defending the seemingly indefensible.
The Top 5

The Top 5: Last-Gasp Holiday Gifts

Face it: You’re long past most “arrive by Christmas” shipping deadlines. To alleviate your procrastinator’s panic, we sourced five gift ideas you can purchase online mere minutes before you’re...
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The 1:1

The iMenace: Meet the Startup CEO Hellbent on Bursting Apple’s Bubble

The other day, Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky posted a meme from the Belgian comic “The Adventures of Tintin” on X. In it, a disheveled Captain Haddock asks: “What a week, huh?” To which his friend...
Art by Clark Miller. Photo courtesy Beeper.
Jason Calacanis, David Friedberg, David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya have set their sights well beyond their Silicon Valley sphere of influence. Art by Clark Miller
Jason Calacanis, David Friedberg, David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya have set their sights well beyond their Silicon Valley sphere of influence. Art by Clark Miller
The Big Read

The Besties’ Revenge: How the ‘All-In’ Podcast Captured Silicon Valley

Facing challenges in their home court of tech investing, four venture capitalists have found a different path to superfame and influence: launching their own media empire.
The 1:1

Vizio’s CEO Is Looking Beyond the Screen

Entrepreneurs often describe their business challenges as matters of life and death. William Wang has a different relationship with that phrase. Back in 2000, the Taiwanese-American serial...
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Social Studies

Can Instagram Save the Department Store?

Tyler Bell was encouraging all her clients to “tag your bag.” Every time Bell, a Saks Fifth Avenue stylist in Troy, Mich., closed a sale, she asked the buyer to show off their purchase on Instagram...
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Jessica Lessin at this year's WTF: Women in Tech, Media and Finance summit. Art by Clark Miller
Jessica Lessin at this year's WTF: Women in Tech, Media and Finance summit. Art by Clark Miller
The Takeaway

The Next News Disruption Has Already Begun

The Information’s founder and CEO on navigating the changing relationship between readers and the media over the next decade.
Top 10s

The 10X Awards: Ranking the Winners and Losers of The Information’s First Decade

It was the best of times (for big tech), it was the worst of times (for WeWork investors), it was the strangest of times (for Elon Musk). The past 10 years has witnessed so much, and The...
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The Big List

The Top 100 Articles from The Information’s First 10 Years

Ten years ago, on December 4, 2013, The Information hit the ground sprinting—and it hasn’t slowed down since. Day 1 saw the publication of a pair of instantly buzzy stories. The first, by founder...
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