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The Revival of American Industry—and Why I’m Rebooting The Burner Files
The ways we use tech, the ways we build industry, are transforming. I'll document how business and society are undergoing a drastic and unprecedented…
Feb 25 • 
Geoffrey Cain
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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
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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
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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
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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
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June 2022

Japan's lessons for America
Guest post: Industrial policy is back in vogue.
Jun 22, 2022 • 
Lars Erik Schönander
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Behind the Elon Musk-Twitter Saga
Q&A with Ron Orol, Senior Editor at The Deal
Jun 10, 2022 • 
Geoffrey Cain
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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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