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Peter Thiel

Founder, VC

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I study floating cities. I’m convinced offshore living is the future

Often criticized as playthings of Silicon Valley billionaires, floating cities have the potential to help coastal regions adapt to climate change, writes researcher Nathalie Mezza-Garcia.

I study floating cities. I’m convinced offshore living is the future

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund just invested in a women’s fashion brand

Elon Musk allegedly silenced an online critic with Peter Thiel’s playbook

Is Silicon Valley doomed to become the next Detroit?

The moral and economic decline of Detroit’s elite offers an important cautionary tale for Silicon Valley.

Is Silicon Valley doomed to become the next Detroit?

Report: Peter Thiel will not try to buy Gawker’s assets

Here’s The Brain Trust Of Advisers Steering Mark Zuckerberg Through This Crisis

A look at the Facebook insiders helping guide the embattled CEO as the company moves forward and tries to regain the trust of users.

Here’s The Brain Trust Of Advisers Steering Mark Zuckerberg Through This Crisis

The Gawker/Peter Thiel legal battle is being turned into two movies

Peter Thiel thinks the mainstream media is praying for Trump’s reelection

Secret Palantir deal revealed as New Orleans mulls sweeping surveillance

Here are all the illegal ways that Peter Thiel reportedly sought to destroy Gawker, before the lawsuit

Peter Thiel reportedly abandoning tech industry over its views on conservatism

People are tweeting #DeleteHQ after Peter Thiel’s fund was named as an investor

With press freedom under threat, this group wants to archive endangered clips

As Charles Harder Threatens Michael Wolff, Gawker.com’s Kickstarter Looks Bleak

Former Gawker editors had hoped to revise the brand. Their efforts are coming up short, even as those who led the anti-Gawker brigade continue to thrive.

As Charles Harder Threatens Michael Wolff, Gawker.com’s Kickstarter Looks Bleak

Former Gawker employees are crowdfunding to save Gawker.com from an uncertain fate

Peter Thiel is finally embracing gay stuff. Too bad it’s the gay Bodega

Peter Thiel might not be done with Gawker after all

Gawker’s legacy: 5 more chilling lawsuits meant to silence the media

Meet The Next 20 Genius Kids Getting $100,000 From Peter Thiel To Ditch College

An inventor behind a bionic glove for amputees. A kid who has a real idea to cure cancer. Not everyone should skip college, but for these teenagers, it could be to everyone’s benefit if they jump right into working on their passions.

Meet The Next 20 Genius Kids Getting $100,000 From Peter Thiel To Ditch College

Oscar Is A Health Insurance Startup For Digital Natives

A post-Obamacare health insurer in New York has big-name backers, a tech pedigree, and an eye for data.

Oscar Is A Health Insurance Startup For Digital Natives

Impact

New York City’s school buses will now be automatically routed and tracked using Via’s algorithm

These tiny magnetic springs melt microplastics into nothing

This tech company says offsets aren’t enough—it’s time to pay for negative emissions

Creativity

‘Matrix 4’: Everything we know so far (and what we’re dying to know)

The Museum of Ice Cream is returning to New York City with a permanent location

Kanye’s ‘Star Wars’-themed homeless shelter could get the Death Star treatment

Co.Design

Two MIT Media Lab scholars quit as Jeffrey Epstein connections emerge

The cult scent brand Diptyque is reviving a centuries-old way of wearing perfume

Researchers confirm that your selfies make you look like an a**hole

Work Life

This ‘unproductive’ activity can actually help you get more done

500 interns later, here’s what I learned about transitioning them to employees

Why being nice isn’t always good for your career