Nellie Bowles
The New York Times
San Francisco, CA, United States
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How to Keep Internet Trolls Out of Remote Workplaces
When companies move all employee communications online, they face the same problems as the rest of the internet. But they don’t have to let bad behavior seep in. → Read More
I Used to Make Fun of Silicon Valley Preppers. Then I Became One.
In tech circles, gearing up for the apocalypse was a cliché. Now it’s a credential. → Read More
Scrolling Through the Rise, and Takeover, of Instagram
In “No Filter,” Sarah Frier goes behind the scenes of the billion-dollar deal between Kevin Systrom and Mark Zuckerberg. → Read More
Coronavirus Ended the Screen-Time Debate. Screens Won.
We’ve tried all sorts of things to stop us from staring at our devices. Digital detoxes. Abstinence. Now? Bring on the Zoom cocktail hour. → Read More
How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World
Lynx Vilden teaches people how to live in the Stone Age. → Read More
Silicon Valley Leaders’ Plea to Democrats: Anyone but Sanders
Their tech employees are a different story. → Read More
The Week in Tech: Coronavirus Hits Apple’s Financial Forecast
The iPhone maker, which depends on both factories and consumers in China, could be a bellwether for other big tech companies. → Read More
Where did all the tech millionaires go? San Francisco faces IPO fizzle
Seven months ago, the Four Seasons in San Francisco sent out a news release announcing the glad tidings that would come soon: New residences for the new money. Builders were hoisting glass and steel into a 43-story tower where residents would have their own on-staff wine concierge, plus Blue de Savoie French marble, German milled Poggenpohl cabinetry and Dornbracht fixtures. The building's $49… → Read More
Where Did All the Tech Millionaires Go? San Francisco Faces the IPO Fizzle
SAN FRANCISCO - Seven months ago, the Four Seasons in San Francisco sent out a news release announcing the glad tidings that would come soon: New residences for the new money. Builders were hoisting glass and steel into a 43-story tower where residents would have their own on-staff wine concierge, plus Blue de Savoie French marble, German milled Poggenpohl cabinetry and Dornbracht fixtures. The… → Read More
Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Sexual Predators
Criminals are making virtual connections with children through gaming and social media platforms. One popular site warns visitors, “Please be careful.” → Read More
A 17-Mile Hike to Unite San Francisco
A motley alliance decided a single trail could unite this divided city. A sixth-generation native sets out to walk it. → Read More
How to Feel Nothing Now, in Order to Feel More Later
A day of dopamine fasting in San Francisco. → Read More
A Harvard Professor Doubles Down: If You Take Epstein’s Money, Do It in Secret
A conversation with Lawrence Lessig about Jeffrey Epstein, M.I.T. and reputation laundering. → Read More
Fighting Big Tech Makes for Some Uncomfortable Bedfellows
Conservatives are showing up at largely liberal conferences to call for breaking up Facebook and Google. Liberals are going on conservative TV shows to do the same. It’s awkward. → Read More
Now Some Families Are Hiring Coaches to Help Them Raise Phone-Free Children
Screen consultants are here to help you remember life before smartphones and tablets. (Spoiler: get a dog!) → Read More
Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley
The Twitter chief executive is tech’s foremost manfluencer, guiding his followers toward optimum cognitive performance. Or, at least, hunger. → Read More
Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools. That Started a Rebellion.
Public schools in Kansas rolled out a web-based learning platform backed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Now students have staged walkouts and sit-ins. Their parents have organized. → Read More
A Journey — if You Dare — Into the Minds of Silicon Valley Programmers
Clive Thompson’s “Coders” demystifies the work done to create the algorithms and programs that have come to dominate our world. → Read More
Why Is Silicon Valley So Obsessed With the Virtue of Suffering?
The Stoics and friends continue to be the dominant thought leaders from Google to Apple — and a new entrepreneur lobbying firm has even named itself Cicero. → Read More
Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good
Screens used to be for the elite. Now avoiding them is a status symbol. → Read More