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Behind the Scenes with President Zelensky
Ukraine's president tells me about tech, cyber-warfare and Elon Musk in WIRED
 • Geoffrey Cain
Announcing My New Book: Steve Jobs in Exile
Jobs Hit Rock Bottom. Then Came the Greatest Comeback in Business History.
 • Geoffrey Cain
TikTok, you are technically correct, the worst kind of correct
TikTok dodges the hard questions about its China connections
 • Mike Wacker
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.
 • Geoffrey Cain
Japan's lessons for America
Guest post: Industrial policy is back in vogue.
 • Lars Erik Schönander
Ukraine's cyber-war shows us the future
The age of the open internet is finished. How do we contend with a closed one?
 • Geoffrey Cain
The Other Steve Jobs, in the Wilderness
Notes on writing Steve Jobs in Exile
 • 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.
 • Geoffrey Cain
The $2.5 billion chip smuggling operation that Silicon Valley doesn't want to talk about
My second cover story for The Spectator, on how the West is arming China's war machine
 • Geoffrey Cain
Khamenei Is Dead. Now Look at Beijing.
My cover story in The Spectator on the collapse of Xi's coalition and the summit with Trump
 • Geoffrey Cain
Behind the Elon Musk-Twitter Saga
Q&A with Ron Orol, Senior Editor at The Deal
 • Geoffrey Cain
Breaking Through the Legend of Steve Jobs
He spent twelve years in exile from Apple. But the man I uncovered during those difficult years was far more than the tyrant depicted in movies.
 • Geoffrey Cain
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