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Announcing My New Book: Steve Jobs in Exile
Jobs Hit Rock Bottom. Then Came the Greatest Comeback in Business History.
Jan 15 • Geoffrey Cain

October 2022

TikTok, you are technically correct, the worst kind of correct
TikTok dodges the hard questions about its China connections
Oct 11, 2022 • Mike Wacker

July 2022

Ukraine's cyber-war shows us the future
The age of the open internet is finished. How do we contend with a closed one?
Jul 26, 2022 • Geoffrey Cain
Cutting it as a tech writer
The media industry is a raging wildfire. How to make it as a writer in the 2020s.
Jul 22, 2022 • Geoffrey Cain
On hostage diplomacy
The rise of the geopolitical hostage stand-off; be careful where you travel; and how I was almost taken hostage for my reporting.
Jul 19, 2022 • Geoffrey Cain

June 2022

Japan's lessons for America
Guest post: Industrial policy is back in vogue.
Jun 22, 2022 • Lars Erik Schönander
Behind the Elon Musk-Twitter Saga
Q&A with Ron Orol, Senior Editor at The Deal
Jun 10, 2022 • Geoffrey Cain
Behind the Scenes with President Zelensky
Ukraine's president tells me about tech, cyber-warfare and Elon Musk in WIRED
Jun 6, 2022 • Geoffrey Cain
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