The FBI searched the offices of microbiome startup uBiome
Earlier today, agents from the FBI searched the offices of uBiome, the medical testing company that sells analyses of an individual’s microbiome — the bacteria that...
‘The Joy Luck Club’ Turns 25
The Joy Luck Club remains one of the best-known works of Asian American literature, and on the 25th anniversary of its publication, Amy Tan looks back...
It’s open season for poaching talent in Silicon Valley
Nick Saenz & John Frost Contributor Nick Saenz and John Frost are attorneys at at Lewis & Llewellyn LLP, a boutique litigation firm in San Francisco...
US Govt Identifies Top Pirate Sites and Other ‘Notorious Markets’
In its yearly “Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets”, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) lists a few dozen websites said to be involved in piracy or...
How Much Worse Could This Measles Outbreak Get?
As of this week, there have been 695 cases of measles in the U.S. across more than 20 states this year—the highest annual toll seen since...
Why are people still giving Magic Leap money?
If Magic Leap fails, the skeptics will at least have to admire the AR startup’s keen ability to raise vast amounts of capital. The company announced...
PayPal makes a big marketplace play with its $500M investment in Uber
Uber’s announcement of its IPO pricing earlier today came with a $500 million belated Easter egg. The payments giant PayPal is making a half-billion-dollar investment in...
Some Asshole Tried to Burn Down the National Archives
An unidentified asshole set fire to the U.S. National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. last night around 8:00 pm ET. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but...
How Physicists Measured the Rarest Event Ever Directly Observed
This past week, scientists announced that they’d made an incredible physics observation using a vat of liquid xenon. It’s officially the rarest nuclear decay—and really, the...
In Its Race to Be First, Samsung Screwed Itself
The Samsung Galaxy Fold may be an incredible step forward in phone engineering, but it is unfinished. That became clear when, earlier this week, Samsung announced...
