The Dark Side Of Silicon Valley

We're living in an era of incredible promise. But to keep it that way, we need to hold those shaping that era to account.

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DIGG + GIZMODO The Dark Side Of Silicon Valley: A Note From Gizmodo's Editor Katie Drummond digg.com We're living in an era of incredible promise. But to keep it that way, we need to hold those shaping that era to account. DISRUPTERS, DISRUPTED SPEED BUMPS The Kink In Elon Musk's Hyperloop nymag.com The dream of zipping from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 35 minutes has run into a few speed bumps. TFW U HAVE EGG ON UR FACE How Hampton Creek Sold Silicon Valley On A Fake-Mayo Miracle bloomberg.com With Just Mayo, Josh Tetrick wanted to build the first sustainable-food unicorn. He'll need to fend off the feds first. SOLID IN, LIQUID OUT What We Know About Why Soylent Products Are Making People Sick gizmodo.com Food replacement startup Soylent halted sales of its Soylent 1.6 powder amidst reports that it was making customers sick. Two weeks prior, the company paused sales of its latest product, the Food Bar, after Gizmodo reported that several customers had experienced nausea, vomiting, "uncontrollable diarrhea," and severe dehydration after consuming the bars. WALLETS WE DIGG | SPONSORED The Minimalist Wallet You'll Actually Want To Carry crabbygear.com Crabby Gear wallets hold everything you need, but nothing more. Their minimalist designs are crazy small, yet still have room for your cash, cards, keys and even your phone. INVASION OF THE DATA SNATCHERS BIG DATA IN THE BIG APPLE How Palantir Is Taking Over New York City gizmodo.com Co-founded in 2004 by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, Palantir's inner workings remain shrouded in secrecy. But given what we do know, the service Palantir provides to clients appears simple: Entities like New York City (or Coca-Cola, or BP, or the US Marines) draw upon and produce an unimaginable amount of data every day. INSIDE THE MINES Inside Palantir, Silicon Valley's Most Secretive Company buzzfeed.com A cache of internal documents shows that despite growing revenue, Palantir has lost top-tier clients, is struggling to stem staff departures, and isn't collecting most of the money it touts in high-value deals. INSIDE FACEBOOK'S BLACK BOX IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST Inside Facebook's (Unintentionally Gigantic, Totally Insane) Political-Media Machine nytimes.com How a strange new class of media outlet has arisen to take over our news feeds. SHARE HOLDERS WATCH: What Makes Things 'Trend' On Facebook? digg.com Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network's influential "trending" news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project. A DAY IN THE CONTENT MINES Want To Know What Facebook Really Thinks Of Journalists? Here's What Happened When It Hired Some. gizmodo.com According to five former members of Facebook's trending news team — "news curators" as they're known internally — Zuckerberg & Co. take a downright dim view of the industry and its talent. In interviews with Gizmodo, these former curators described grueling work conditions, humiliating treatment, and a secretive, imperious culture in which they were treated as disposable outsiders. VIDEO OF THE DAY TUBES AND WIRES How To See The Internet Hiding In Plain Sight digg.com Have you ever thought about what the internet looks like outside the router box hidden under your couch? If you live in a city, there's a good chance that it's visible all around you—if you know where to look. That's all for now. Time to go back to sleep forever. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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