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The Information Weekend: The Queen of Audio Porn; the Temptation of the Sneakerheads; a Heretical Wedding; and Parentverse Takes Your Kid Questions

By Jon Steinberg · Jan 22, 2022 8:21am PST
Hi, welcome to your Weekend!With apologies to next month’s annual Hallmark holiday, the theme of this weekend’s issue is love. Annie writes about a well-connected founder building an audio platform for better self-love. Malique talks to  sneakerheads about their love of fresh Nikes and Adidas, and asks whether that love will translate... Hi, welcome to your Weekend!With apologies to next month’s annual Hallmark holiday, the theme of...
Art by Haejin Park.
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The Information Weekend Does Wyoming, Featuring the Tech Transplant’s Guide to Cowboy Living, an Intro to Crypto’s Favorite Senator, and a Glimpse of the Great DAO Land Grab

By Jon Steinberg · Jan 15, 2022 8:00am PST
Hi, welcome to your Weekend: Special Wyoming Edition!Why devote a whole issue to Wyoming, you ask? Because the smallest state in the union has been been playing an outsized role in tech lately, writing laws that encourage the growth of cryptocurrencies, DAOs, and other instruments that are at the forefront of Silicon Valley innovation right now.... Hi, welcome to your Weekend: Special Wyoming Edition!Why devote a whole issue to Wyoming, you...
The Great Immigrant Resignation; Why iPod Shuffles Are In; Why Cryptospeak Is Out; and Presenting Our First-Ever Holmesie Awards
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The Great Immigrant Resignation; Why iPod Shuffles Are In; Why Cryptospeak Is Out; and Presenting Our First-Ever Holmesie Awards

By Jon Steinberg · Jan 8, 2022 8:00am PST
Hi, welcome to your Weekend!While we can’t say that the start of 2022 was as disorienting as last year’s insurrection-impeachment-inauguration triple-whammy, the new year still began with a couple of pocket-sized bombshells. Out here in Silicon Valley, the Elizabeth Holmes trial ended as many expected: with the ex-Theranos boss’s conviction on... Hi, welcome to your Weekend!While we can’t say that the start of 2022 was as disorienting as last...
The Information Weekend’s Last-Call 2021 Culture List
The Information Weekend’s Last-Call 2021 Culture List
By Jon Steinberg · Dec 31, 2021 8:00am PST
The Information Weekend’s Last-Call 2021 Culture List
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The Information Weekend’s Last-Call 2021 Culture List

By Jon Steinberg · Dec 31, 2021 8:00am PST
Hi, welcome to your Weekend: New Years Eve edition!There were plenty of unmissable cultural moments in 2021: “Squid Game” exploded, “Dune” dazzled, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift dominated, Bennifer reunited, “Friends” and Carrie Bradshaw returned, and sea shanties took over TikTok. But those were just the headliners. Suspecting there was more... Hi, welcome to your Weekend: New Years Eve edition!There were plenty of unmissable cultural...
Photograph: Sophia Amoruso
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Sophia Amoruso Wants to Retire ‘Girlboss’ for Good; Danielle Baskin Is Tech’s Most Prolific Prankster

By Jon Steinberg · Dec 24, 2021 8:00am PST
Hi, welcome to your Weekend: Christmas Eve edition!It’s over: another holiday shopping season, in the books. We’ve already shared The Information’s tech-adjacent gift picks, an overview of Silicon Valley’s annual gifting arms race, and our last-second NFT-buying guide, so I won’t bombard you with any more gift-related journalism this... Hi, welcome to your Weekend: Christmas Eve edition!It’s over: another holiday shopping season, in...
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The Information Weekend: The New Most-Powerful Books on Tech; Silicon Valley Turns on Tesla; and the Crypto-Curious Guide to Gifting NFTs
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The Information Weekend: The New Most-Powerful Books on Tech; Silicon Valley Turns on Tesla; and the Crypto-Curious Guide to Gifting NFTs

By Jon Steinberg · Dec 18, 2021 8:00am PST
Hi, welcome to your Weekend!E.B. Boyd has been covering tech for most of this century, but back during the first dot-com boom, Liza (as her friends call her) worked on product teams at Intuit and a now-defunct startup. She remembers feeling excited about the amazing innovation taking place, but also like a stranger in a strange land. In... Hi, welcome to your Weekend!E.B. Boyd has been covering tech for most of this century, but back...
Art by Haejin Park.
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It’s Digital Overload as NFTs Take Manhattan, Eat Art Basel, and Bring Back the Homies

By Jon Steinberg · Dec 11, 2021 8:00am PST
Hi, welcome to your Weekend!Remember the Homies? If you came of age in 1990s California like I did, you may recall seeing the plastic figurines of Latino barrio characters being sold in supermarket vending machines, comic book shops and convenience stores. They made an overnight success out of artist David Gonzalez, who sold millions... Hi, welcome to your Weekend!Remember the Homies? If you came of age in 1990s California like I...
Modern Health's cofounders are locked in a never-ending breakup.
As Hollywood Shines Its Klieg Lights on Silicon Valley, a New Tech Scandal Arises
By Jon Steinberg · Dec 4, 2021 8:00am PST
Modern Health's cofounders are locked in a never-ending breakup.
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As Hollywood Shines Its Klieg Lights on Silicon Valley, a New Tech Scandal Arises

By Jon Steinberg · Dec 4, 2021 8:00am PST
Hi, welcome to your Weekend!The Valley is small and memories are long. I’ve heard countless versions of that old venture capital saw. And true enough, it sometimes seems like Silicon Valley is one clubby, insular, gossip-addled village. That’s why it can feel so disorienting when the outside world gets interested in Valley business. As TI... Hi, welcome to your Weekend!The Valley is small and memories are long. I’ve heard countless...
Images of live-shopping app NTWRK. Illustration by Mike Sullivan. Photo courtesy of NTWRK.
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Can Livestream Shopping Cure the Holiday Gifting Blues?

By Jon Steinberg · Nov 27, 2021 8:00am PST
Hi, welcome to the Weekend.It might seem against the holiday spirit to say so, but does anyone really love gift-shopping these days? Even pre-pandemic, it was a stress-inducing affair, loaded with decision fatigue, toy-of-the-year FOMO and ghosts of bad presents past.Into this consumerist minefield has stumbled a strange new entrant: livestream... Hi, welcome to the Weekend.It might seem against the holiday spirit to say so, but does anyone...
Art by Haejin Park.
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Welcome to The Information Weekend: Where Silicon Valley Logs Off

By Jon Steinberg and Jessica E. Lessin · Nov 19, 2021 12:05pm PST
How does Silicon Valley relax on the weekend?It is a simple question—and, upon a little introspection, a perplexing one. How does the most casual culture on the planet unwind? How do you dress down when you never dress up? What distinguishes life outside the office when your office is your living room, you take meetings from your Peloton... How does Silicon Valley relax on the weekend?It is a simple question—and, upon a little...