Jeff John Roberts
Fortune
New York, NY, United States
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Recent articles by Jeff:
Red Flags for Robinhood
Robinhood Faces a Challenge Living Up to Its $7.6 Billion Valuation → Read More
Section 230: Big Tech's Favorite Legal Shield Is in Danger
Internet companies have long enjoyed immunity in court from what their users post. But the law that protects them harms their users. → Read More
Google Partners With Media Outlets to Launch an Audio News Service for Assistant
Google's new audio news service, Your News Update, is like a station full of short news podcasts and involves dozens of media partners, including CNN, Fox News, and NPR. → Read More
Online Bank HMBradley Offers 3% Interest Rate to High Savers
HMBradley is backed by PayPal founder Max Levchin. → Read More
Announcing Brainstorm Finance 2020: Fortune's Conference for Banking and Financial Technology
Next June, global leaders in FinTech, payments, cryptocurrency, and banking innovation will gather in Montauk, New York to debate and declaim on the future of money. → Read More
SEC Ushers in New Era By Allowing Blockchain-Based Stock Clearing
Clearing stocks with blockchain could free up billions in capital for brokerages including Credit Suisse, Instinet, and Société Générale. → Read More
Can Steamboat Ski Resort's Techy Taco Truck Help Stave Off Skiing's Decline?
Techy gimmicks are the ski industry’s latest attempt at making the sport cool again. → Read More
Facebook's Crypto Dreams Hang By a Thread
Zuckerberg's testimony failed to advance Project Libra's cause. → Read More
Mark Zuckerberg Says China Will Launch Digital Renminbi in Coming Months
A threat to the U.S. dollar? → Read More
Zuckerberg's Libra Testimony: 5 Things to Watch
Will Congress sink Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency after Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal have already pulled out? → Read More
Anita Hill Calls on Candidates to Address Gender Violence
Hill also addressed issues of family separation and the Brett Kavanaugh hearings at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit. → Read More
Susan Rice Calls Trump 'Erratic and Untruthful,' and Recounts Benghazi Fallout
Susan Rice learned her mediation skills during her turbulent childhood, the former National Security Advisor said Monday at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington, D.C. → Read More
Trump's Fed Pick Stephen Moore Announces New Cryptocurrency
If you can't join the Fed, why not start a competitor? → Read More
Investors Are Pouring Money Into Marijuana Software. Here's the Latest Startup to Get Funding
In the current marijuana gold rush, selling software is like selling pickaxes. → Read More
Crypto Investment Up 300% in Third Quarter, Grayscale Reports
Hedge funds pile into Bitcoin even as prices slump. → Read More
IRS's New Guidance on Cryptocurrency: What It Means for You
Have you benefitted from an airdrop or hard fork? Congrats—and pay up. → Read More
Robinhood Launches 2% Cash Account on Brokerage Accounts, Offer Debit Cards
Robinhood will now pay interest on cash in brokerage accounts and offer debit cards. → Read More
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal of Apple and University of Wisconsin Patent Case
A big patent win for Apple over the University of Wisconsin. → Read More
Twitter Took a Trump Tweet Down, but Should It Have? And Is Nickelback to Blame?
Twitter deleted a tweet by President Trump that contained the Nickelback photograph meme over a copyright claim, but was the post protected by 'fair use'? → Read More
Google Expands Its Coursera IT Training Course to 100 Community Colleges
Google plans to offer Coursera, its homegrown Information Technology support course, to community colleges in eight new states via a $3.5 million education grant. → Read More