For Tech, Glitzy Announcements Are Not Game-Changers
If you didn’t hear (and it was pretty hard to miss), Apple made a big announcement this week, unveiling new phones, a digital watch and even a new mobile payments system. Next week, Chinese e-commerce...
View ArticleForget Capitalism -- Long Live Monopolies!
The business book category overflows with how-to tomes on entrepreneurship. They often read like self-help manuals with detailed checklists, fill-in-the-blank financial statements and advice on raising...
View ArticlePeter Thiel on Luck and Billionaires
Peter Thiel thinks colleges are failing America, wants innovators to stop focusing on computers, and believes billionaires need to stop crediting luck for their accomplishments. He’s just getting...
View Article4.4.15 Shaking the Foundation
We’re all about tearing down institutions here on Innovation Hub. From replacing journalists with robots to the end of the HR department, we love bringing you stories about how old ways of doing things...
View Article$100,000 to Drop Out of College
Laura Deming received $100,000 to drop out of college. Here’s what she did with it.
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What does the billionaire-funded Gawker suit mean for media?
Video by PBS NewsHourSilicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed this week he funded Hulk Hogan’s winning $140 million lawsuit against Gawker Media. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, sued the...
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Gawker Media files for bankruptcy, plans sale of company
Nick Denton, founder of Gawker, talks with his legal team before Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, testifies in court in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 8, 2016. Bollea sued online news outlet Gawker for...
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Gawker up for sale after Hulk Hogan suit
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View ArticleWho is Peter Thiel?
Sam Biddle, reporter for The Intercept, talks about his article on Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Trump delegate who spoke at the Republican National Convention last night.Thiel is one of the...
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Gawker to shut down after nearly 14 years
Nick Denton, founder of Gawker, talks with his legal team before Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, testifies in court, in St Petersburg, Florida March 8, 2016. Hogan testified on Tuesday he no longer was...
View ArticleThe Death of Gawker.com and The Boundaries of Free Speech and Privacy
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Just days after Univision announced that it would be acquiring Gawker Media for $135 million, news came that Gawker.com will cease to exist...
View ArticleGreat is Peter Thiel and Most Worthy of Praise
This spring it was revealed that Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel had been funding the lawsuit that sunk Gawker Media. Now, a new fellowship is offering funding for journalists to investigate...
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Tech billionaire Peter Thiel explains why he supports Trump
Peter Thiel, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, holds a news conference on “nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to economic research and innovative public policies for the 21st century”...
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This Trump-in-law may lose millions if Obamacare is repealed
Compilation photo by Dom Smith/STATPerhaps no presidential son-in-law has ever been more in the spotlight than Jared Kushner. He was President-elect Donald Trump’s “de facto campaign manager” and helps...
View ArticleGawker and the New Era of Media Censorship
The demise of the gossipy news site Gawker is well known: sued for publishing a sex tape involving pro-wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, the site wound up bankrupted by an award of $140 million in damages....
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Peter Thiel sponsors offshore testing of herpes vaccine, sidestepping U.S....
Agustín Fernández III, a former Hollywood filmmaker, co-founded Rational Vaccines, which tested a controversial herpes vaccine offshore. The vaccine is not approved in the U.S., but Fernández has vowed...
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Data Company Directly Powers Immigration Raids in Workplace
Palantir, a secretive data-mining firm co-founded by Trump adviser Peter Thiel, is facing mounting criticism for its work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In response, the company has...
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