In focus

The social becomes political TikTok—Gen Z’s most popular social media platform, famed for zany dance routines and crooning pets and helmed by CEO Shou Zi Chew (above)—has long faced a possible U.S. ba

Privacy pioneer In March, Meredith Whittaker, president of encrypted messaging app Signal, learned about the Trump Administration’s Signal-gate scandal from a group chat. Slack-jawed, she read the Atl

Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed

Driving change MY FIRST WAYMO IS LOCKED IN A STANDOFF with a human rival. I’ve hailed the driverless cab in a tricky triangular parking lot in Austin, and when it pulls in—a hulking white all-electric

Marketing powerhouse RYAN REYNOLDS IS TRYING TO FOCUS ON our conversation, but all he can think about is the script pulled up on his laptop for a project he has asked me not to share. “I’m obsessive,”

I’ve been tracking the financial technology (fintech) sector for a decade now. It strikes me that three significant changes are under way. The first is the rise of cryptocurrency and all the digital a