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Elaine Moore is deputy editor of the FT’s Lex column and writes commentary on the technology industry from the San Francisco bureau. Prior to this she covered global government debt from London, with a particular focus on the debt crisis in Greece, Ukraine and Venezuela.

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  • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
    Social affairs
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    San Francisco’s law against nudity on the streets fails to deter ‘naked men’

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    LexCorporate governance
    The Lex Newsletter: tech shareholder meetings are an annual waste of time Premium content

    The balance of power in tech groups is set to slowly shift

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    Non-fungible tokens
    Shaken NFTs may yet survive — and develop their own star quality

    The speed of the market turnround is arresting but believers think these assets can outlast the current crash

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    LexCompanies
    The Lex Newsletter: Elon Musk’s bot rot and Nomura’s bitcoin bet Premium content

    Twitter | Holcim | Chinese electric vehicles | Asia sell-off | Daimler Truck | Saudi Aramco

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    FT MagazineTechnology sector
    Is it time to leave Twitter for Mastodon?

    When Elon Musk announced the Twitter deal, the open-source social network gained more than 30,000 users in a day. I tried it

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    Meta Platforms
    Meta must move fast to get its head in the VR game

    Investors are not yet won over by the metaverse, but if Zuckerberg succeeds in selling his dream it could revive the company

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
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    The Lex Newsletter: magical, mystical metrics Premium content

    Palantir | Blue Apron | SoftBank | KE Holdings | Bumble | Coinbase | Tether | Infineon

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
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    Elon Musk can learn from the changing fortunes of Snapchat

    The app now has 100mn more users than Twitter and its user base is growing faster than Facebook’s

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
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    The Lex Newsletter: tech stocks slide as Musk raises money for Twitter Premium content

    Airbnb | Ocado | Uber | Etsy | Xiaomi | Robinhood | The Boring Company | Shell | BP

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
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    The Lex Newsletter: roubles, LBOs and the end of the pandemic Premium content

    Twitter | Alphabet | Meta | Schroders | Standard Chartered | Boeing | Unilever | Russian gas

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    FT MagazineTechnology
    Start-up ‘demo days’ are how Silicon Valley pitches to itself

    The model made famous by Y Combinator has changed little. What has is the attitude towards start-up culture

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
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    Musk’s bid will change Twitter even if it fails

    The shock of the offer may be just the spur the social media site needs

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Technology sector
    Dreams and reality collide in Praxis’s vision of a utopian crypto city

    An ambitious project to rebuild Silicon Valley as a real-life haven for digital investors is the latest idealistic blueprint for the future

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
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    Musk has an incentive for the social media platform to succeed but his impact may be negligible

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
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    Why San Francisco turned sour on Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing apps

    A new service hopes to offer something new to drivers and riders. But it shouldn’t expect an easy ride

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
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    Special purpose acquisition companies were once a popular alternative to IPOs but are now on the back foot

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
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    The truth about ‘shadowbanning’ is more complicated than influencers think

    Algorithms that reward engagement are just as likely to leave unpopular content out in the cold

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
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    Web3 allows tech to indulge in its love of both speculation and idealism

    Catch-all term suggests digital utopia but may really be a way to rebrand crypto investment

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
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    The Lex Newsletter: sanctions against Russia should go much further Premium content

    Rouble | BP | defence stocks | Russian ETFs | Cheniere Energy | China | cyber security

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
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    Silicon Valley has learnt little from Elizabeth Holmes

    Making big claims remains the starting point for new companies

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
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    With the rise in homeworking, US travel platform aims to tap into the ‘decentralisation of living’

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
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    Tumblr picks itself up again after years of struggle

    Creative, chaotic and anonymous, the blogging platform has appeal for Gen Z

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
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  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
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    With 390m monthly active users, it is easy to see why the video game publisher’s numbers have appealed to Microsoft

  • Tuesday, 4 January, 2022
    Social affairs
    The fertility industry may be offering women false hope

    Egg freezing is expensive, invasive and comes with low odds. But it is increasingly presented as an insurance policy

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