Articles
October 8, 2013
The Fire: Tesla and the Model S
A Model S fire and a transparent response turned into Tesla's finest crisis communications moment, and the stock story is just beginning.
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September 5, 2013
The Exit: Nokia Leaves the Phones
Nokia agreed on Tuesday to sell its phone business to Microsoft, ending the Finnish giant's reign in handsets.
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August 16, 2013
The Hyperloop: Musk and the Open Source Train
Elon Musk published the design for a 700 mile per hour tube transport this week, and gave it away to the world as open source.
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July 25, 2013
The Dongle: Google's 35 Dollar Bet on the TV
Google's 35 dollar Chromecast dongle sold out within days, and the company finally found its way into the living room.
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June 13, 2013
The Leak: Snowden and the Surveillance State
A 29-year-old contractor revealed the NSA's surveillance programs this week, and the debate over privacy and security will never be the same.
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May 20, 2013
The Glass: Google's Wearable Moment
Google I/O was the Glass show, and the company's wearable bet went on sale to the first explorers at 1,500 dollars a pair.
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April 24, 2013
The Crowd: Reddit and the Boston Manhunt
Reddit's crowdsourced manhunt for the Boston bombers went spectacularly wrong, and the lesson about unchecked online sleuthing is still being learned.
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March 27, 2013
The Flood: Spamhaus and the Largest Attack
The biggest attack in the history of the internet hit an anti-spam group this month, and the flood reached 300 billion bits per second.
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February 6, 2013
The Buyout: Dell Goes Private
Michael Dell took the company he founded private on Tuesday, betting 24.4 billion dollars that he could fix it away from Wall Street's gaze.
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January 14, 2013
The Trial: Aaron Swartz and the CFAA
Aaron Swartz, the activist who built Reddit and fought for the open internet, died on Friday, and the case that prosecutors had built against him has become the symbol of a broken law.
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