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Culture

The Opener

Cats on leads, presidents without planes and Lou Bega performing for the forces. Plus: Jimmy O Yang on Hollywood and stand-up.

  • Issue #150
  • 9 min read
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Entrepreneurialism

Silicon Alps

Switzerland had a reputation for dreaming up ingenious tech ideas but being terrible at exploiting them. Now a clever network is selling Swiss breakthroughs to investors.

  • Issue #139
  • 8 min read
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Technology

What’s the big idea?

Meet Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition commissioner who knits elephants while pulling apart the finances of technology behemoths.

  • Issue #123
  • 9 min read
What’s the big idea?
Affairs

Diplomacy

We meet Denmark’s ambassador to Silicon Valley and find out how Lithuania brands itself abroad.

  • Issue #117
  • 4 min read
Diplomacy
Culture

A boom of one’s own

Far from New York's media hegemony, the Bay Area is a hub of popular publications and pioneering ideas. With old-guard papers and tech magazines shaped by Silicon Valley, this is the place for press.

  • Issue #88
  • 11 min read
A boom of one’s own
Culture

Art of the geek gods

The tech industry was an art desert until Rick Friedman brought a major art fair to Silicon Valley. But would the cash-rich, time-poor computer kids respond to works brought to their door?

  • Issue #74
  • 10 min read
Art of the geek gods
Business

Business

Brands, sectors and players that will set the business agenda in the near future.

  • Issue #59
  • 5 min read
Business

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