Archive - The Burner Files

Behind the Scenes with President Zelensky

Ukraine's president tells me about tech, cyber-warfare and Elon Musk in WIRED

Jun 6, 2022 •

TikTok, you are technically correct, the worst kind of correct

TikTok dodges the hard questions about its China connections

Oct 11, 2022 •

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 •

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 •

Japan's lessons for America

Guest post: Industrial policy is back in vogue.

Jun 22, 2022 •

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?

Jul 26, 2022 •

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 •

Behind the Elon Musk-Twitter Saga

Q&A with Ron Orol, Senior Editor at The Deal

Jun 10, 2022 •

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