🏢 Chinese Tech Companies

Inside the rise of China's tech giants — how companies like Huawei, Alibaba, and ByteDance grew into global forces and became flashpoints in geopolitical rivalry.

Influence Empire

by Lulu Yilun Chen • 2022

A billion-user empire built on copycatting: inside Tencent's rise and Beijing's decisive crackdown.

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🇨🇳 Chinese Tech 📜 Corporate History 📱 Digital Platforms 🎮 Gaming Industry 👁️ State Surveillance

Influence Empire 94%

A billion-user empire built on copycatting: inside Tencent's rise and Beijing's decisive crackdown.

by Lulu Yilun Chen 2022

3.93

969 ratings

🇨🇳 Chinese Tech 📜 Corporate History 📱 Digital Platforms 🎮 Gaming Industry 👁️ State Surveillance

House of Huawei

by Eva Dou • 2025

A Shenzhen startup built a surveillance empire and defied sanctions: inside Huawei.

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🏢 Corporate Histories 🏭 Chinese Capitalism 🌏 Us-China Rivalry 👁️ Surveillance State ⚠️ Geopolitical Risk

House of Huawei 92%

A Shenzhen startup built a surveillance empire and defied sanctions: inside Huawei.

by Eva Dou 2025

3.88

3k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Histories 🏭 Chinese Capitalism 🌏 Us-China Rivalry 👁️ Surveillance State ⚠️ Geopolitical Risk

TikTok Boom

by Chris Stokel-Walker • 2021

China built the world's most addictive app. The algorithm knows you better than your friends do.

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191

🏛️ Tech Geopolitics 💰 Creator Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Curation 👀 Attention Economy 🔒 Data Privacy

TikTok Boom 92%

China built the world's most addictive app. The algorithm knows you better than your friends do.

by Chris Stokel-Walker 2021

3.72

191 ratings

🏛️ Tech Geopolitics 💰 Creator Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Curation 👀 Attention Economy 🔒 Data Privacy

Alibaba's World

by Porter Erisman • 2015

How an English teacher and seventeen friends outsmarted eBay in China.

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2k+

🛒 Marketplace Platforms 🚀 Founders And Startups 🌏 Emerging Markets 🥊 Startup Underdogs 🛍️ E-Commerce Innovation

Alibaba's World 92%

How an English teacher and seventeen friends outsmarted eBay in China.

by Porter Erisman 2015

3.89

2k+ ratings

🛒 Marketplace Platforms 🚀 Founders And Startups 🌏 Emerging Markets 🥊 Startup Underdogs 🛍️ E-Commerce Innovation

alibaba

by Liu Shiying • 2009

A math-failing English teacher beat eBay with one rule: give everything away for free.

3.62

125

🏮 Chinese Business 🚀 Internet Startups 👤 Founder Stories 🔗 Platform Business Models ⚡ Market Disruption

alibaba 92%

A math-failing English teacher beat eBay with one rule: give everything away for free.

by Liu Shiying 2009

3.62

125 ratings

🏮 Chinese Business 🚀 Internet Startups 👤 Founder Stories 🔗 Platform Business Models ⚡ Market Disruption

Attention Factory

by Matthew Brennan • 2020

An algorithm that predicts your next obsession built the first Chinese app to conquer the globe.

4.14

636

💻 Chinese Tech Industry 📱 Social Media Platforms 🤖 Algorithmic Recommendation 👁️ Attention Economy 📈 Viral Growth

Attention Factory 91%

An algorithm that predicts your next obsession built the first Chinese app to conquer the globe.

by Matthew Brennan 2020

4.14

636 ratings

💻 Chinese Tech Industry 📱 Social Media Platforms 🤖 Algorithmic Recommendation 👁️ Attention Economy 📈 Viral Growth

Six Billion Shoppers

by Porter Erisman • 2017

E-commerce took off where roads and trust barely existed, not in rich nations.

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399

🌍 Emerging Market E-Commerce 🏗️ Platform Business Models 💬 Social Commerce 📱 Mobile Money 🐸 Leapfrogging

Six Billion Shoppers 91%

E-commerce took off where roads and trust barely existed, not in rich nations.

by Porter Erisman 2017

4.09

399 ratings

🌍 Emerging Market E-Commerce 🏗️ Platform Business Models 💬 Social Commerce 📱 Mobile Money 🐸 Leapfrogging

Don't Be Evil

by Rana Foroohar • 2019

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

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🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

Don't Be Evil 91%

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

by Rana Foroohar 2019

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

Alibaba

by Duncan Clark • 2016

China's e-commerce didn't follow Amazon's script. Alibaba wrote its own from an apartment.

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🀄 Chinese Business 🛒 E-Commerce Platforms 🚀 Startup Founding Stories 🌏 Local Market Adaptation 📚 Business Biography

Alibaba 91%

China's e-commerce didn't follow Amazon's script. Alibaba wrote its own from an apartment.

by Duncan Clark 2016

3.87

16k+ ratings

🀄 Chinese Business 🛒 E-Commerce Platforms 🚀 Startup Founding Stories 🌏 Local Market Adaptation 📚 Business Biography

Censored

by Margaret E. Roberts • 2018

China's censorship is easy to get around, and that's exactly how it works.

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123

🧱 Digital Authoritarianism 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 🚫 Internet Censorship 👁️ Attention Economics 📰 Media Manipulation

Censored 91%

China's censorship is easy to get around, and that's exactly how it works.

by Margaret E. Roberts 2018

4.18

123 ratings

🧱 Digital Authoritarianism 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 🚫 Internet Censorship 👁️ Attention Economics 📰 Media Manipulation

The Third Revolution

by Elizabeth C. Economy • 2018

Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.

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🏛️ Chinese Politics ⚡ Authoritarian Governance 🐉 Xi Jinping Era 🏭 State Capitalism 🌐 Internet Censorship

The Third Revolution 91%

Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.

by Elizabeth C. Economy 2018

3.75

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Chinese Politics ⚡ Authoritarian Governance 🐉 Xi Jinping Era 🏭 State Capitalism 🌐 Internet Censorship

Wireless Wars

by Jonathan Pelson • 2021

The West lost 5G chasing cheap Chinese labor. The answer is open standards, not sanctions.

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301

🗺️ Tech Geopolitics 🇨🇳 Chinese Tech 📡 Telecom Industry 💣 Economic Warfare 🔗 Supply Chain Risk

Wireless Wars 90%

The West lost 5G chasing cheap Chinese labor. The answer is open standards, not sanctions.

by Jonathan Pelson 2021

4.10

301 ratings

🗺️ Tech Geopolitics 🇨🇳 Chinese Tech 📡 Telecom Industry 💣 Economic Warfare 🔗 Supply Chain Risk

Apple in China

by Patrick McGee • 2025

One island, one party: Apple's greatest vulnerability hides in plain sight.

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🚚 Supply Chain Risk 🏭 China Manufacturing 🏛️ State Capitalism 🚀 Tech Nationalism 🇨🇳 China Business

Apple in China 90%

One island, one party: Apple's greatest vulnerability hides in plain sight.

by Patrick McGee 2025

4.48

10k+ ratings

🚚 Supply Chain Risk 🏭 China Manufacturing 🏛️ State Capitalism 🚀 Tech Nationalism 🇨🇳 China Business

America's Greatest Challenge

by Newt Gingrich • 2019

China built a Leninist police state, not a trading partner. America is losing a fight it won't name.

4.22

269

🏛️ Us-China Relations 🏴 Chinese Communism 🌐 Great Power Competition 👁️ Surveillance State 💰 Economic Espionage

America's Greatest Challenge 90%

China built a Leninist police state, not a trading partner. America is losing a fight it won't name.

by Newt Gingrich 2019

4.22

269 ratings

🏛️ Us-China Relations 🏴 Chinese Communism 🌐 Great Power Competition 👁️ Surveillance State 💰 Economic Espionage

The Perfect Police State

by Geoffrey Cain • 2021

China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.

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1k+

🛡️ Surveillance States 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 🤖 Ai And Ethics 👁️ Mass Surveillance

The Perfect Police State 90%

China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.

by Geoffrey Cain 2021

4.23

1k+ ratings

🛡️ Surveillance States 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 🤖 Ai And Ethics 👁️ Mass Surveillance

Chip War

by Chris Miller100 • 2022

One island makes nearly every advanced computer chip. Everything else is up for grabs.

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💻 Computing History 🌐 Geopolitics Of Tech 🔗 Global Supply Chains 🏭 Industrial Policy 💰 Economic Statecraft

Chip War 90%

One island makes nearly every advanced computer chip. Everything else is up for grabs.

by Chris Miller100 2022

4.40

43k+ ratings

💻 Computing History 🌐 Geopolitics Of Tech 🔗 Global Supply Chains 🏭 Industrial Policy 💰 Economic Statecraft

Breakneck

by Dan Wang • 2025

China's leaders trained as engineers. America's as lawyers. The world is shaped by the difference.

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🏛️ Comparative Governance 🏭 Industrial Decline 🧠 Tacit Knowledge 🔗 Supply Chain 🏗️ Infrastructure

Breakneck 90%

China's leaders trained as engineers. America's as lawyers. The world is shaped by the difference.

by Dan Wang 2025

4.09

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Comparative Governance 🏭 Industrial Decline 🧠 Tacit Knowledge 🔗 Supply Chain 🏗️ Infrastructure

The Big Nine

by Amy Webb • 2019

Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.

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🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

The Big Nine 89%

Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.

by Amy Webb 2019

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

AI Superpowers

by Kai-Fu Lee • 2018

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

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🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

AI Superpowers 89%

China and Silicon Valley are in an AI arms race. The first casualty: your job.

by Kai-Fu Lee 2018

4.09

17k+ ratings

🤖 Ai And Automation 🇨🇳 Chinese Technology 🌏 Us-China Tech Rivalry 💼 Job Displacement 🫂 Human-Ai Collaboration

Like, Comment, Subscribe

by Mark Bergen • 2022

Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.

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1k+

💹 Platform Economics 🏢 Tech Company Histories 🤖 Algorithmic Influence 🛡️ Content Moderation 🎬 Creator Economy

Like, Comment, Subscribe 89%

Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.

by Mark Bergen 2022

3.72

1k+ ratings

💹 Platform Economics 🏢 Tech Company Histories 🤖 Algorithmic Influence 🛡️ Content Moderation 🎬 Creator Economy

The Great Tech Game

by Anirudh Suri • 2022

Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.

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131

🖥️ Tech Geopolitics 💻 Digital Economy 🌐 Great Power Competition 🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🔒 Digital Sovereignty

The Great Tech Game 89%

Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.

by Anirudh Suri 2022

4.43

131 ratings

🖥️ Tech Geopolitics 💻 Digital Economy 🌐 Great Power Competition 🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🔒 Digital Sovereignty

Empire of AI

by Karen Hao • 2025

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

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14k+

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

Empire of AI 89%

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

by Karen Hao 2025

4.02

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

Red Roulette

by Desmond Shum • 2021

From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.

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6k+

🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes 🔗 Elite Networks ✍️ Dissident Memoir

Red Roulette 89%

From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.

by Desmond Shum 2021

3.91

6k+ ratings

🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes 🔗 Elite Networks ✍️ Dissident Memoir

Poorly Made in China

by Paul Midler • 2009

Swapped parts, faked tests, hidden costs: a consultant's tour of China's deceptive factory floors.

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2k+

🏭 Chinese Manufacturing 🌐 Global Supply Chains 🤝 Cultural Negotiation 🕵️ Insider Expose 📦 Product Quality Crisis

Poorly Made in China 89%

Swapped parts, faked tests, hidden costs: a consultant's tour of China's deceptive factory floors.

by Paul Midler 2009

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏭 Chinese Manufacturing 🌐 Global Supply Chains 🤝 Cultural Negotiation 🕵️ Insider Expose 📦 Product Quality Crisis

The Tech Coup

by Marietje Schaake • 2024

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

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468

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

The Tech Coup 89%

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

by Marietje Schaake 2024

3.78

468 ratings

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

The Four

by Scott Galloway • 2017

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google: four companies, four instincts, one trillion-dollar playbook.

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🏢 Big Tech 👁️ Attention Economy 🔒 Data Privacy 💸 Wealth Inequality 🛍️ Brand Building

The Four 89%

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google: four companies, four instincts, one trillion-dollar playbook.

by Scott Galloway 2017

3.83

19k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech 👁️ Attention Economy 🔒 Data Privacy 💸 Wealth Inequality 🛍️ Brand Building

The New Silk Roads

by Peter Frankopan • 2018

Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.

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🇨🇳 China Rising 🛣️ Belt And Road 🌐 Eurasian Integration 🏗️ Economic Corridors 💸 Debt Diplomacy

The New Silk Roads 89%

Asia revives ancient trade routes, and a new world order is being drawn without the West.

by Peter Frankopan 2018

3.57

8k+ ratings

🇨🇳 China Rising 🛣️ Belt And Road 🌐 Eurasian Integration 🏗️ Economic Corridors 💸 Debt Diplomacy

No Filter

by Sarah Frier • 2020

Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars, promised independence, then slowly took everything.

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11k+

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Tech Startups 📸 Influencer Culture 📱 Social Media History 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

No Filter 89%

Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars, promised independence, then slowly took everything.

by Sarah Frier 2020

4.11

11k+ ratings

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Tech Startups 📸 Influencer Culture 📱 Social Media History 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

An Ugly Truth

by Sheera Frenkel • 2021

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

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7k+

🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation 🗳️ Election Interference 💰 Monopoly Power

An Ugly Truth 89%

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

by Sheera Frenkel 2021

3.96

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation 🗳️ Election Interference 💰 Monopoly Power

Amazon Unbound

by Brad Stone • 2021

Amazon's second act produced AWS, Alexa, and a $1.7 trillion empire, but the backlash had begun.

4.07

7k+

🏢 Big Tech 📜 Corporate History 💼 Workplace Culture 🛒 E-Commerce 🔬 Innovation Culture

Amazon Unbound 89%

Amazon's second act produced AWS, Alexa, and a $1.7 trillion empire, but the backlash had begun.

by Brad Stone 2021

4.07

7k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech 📜 Corporate History 💼 Workplace Culture 🛒 E-Commerce 🔬 Innovation Culture

In the Plex

by Steven Levy • 2011

Inside Google: how two PhD students turned a search engine into the operating system of modern life.

3.84

30k+

🏢 Corporate History 🌐 Internet History ⚙️ Engineering Culture 💻 Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Origin Stories

In the Plex 89%

Inside Google: how two PhD students turned a search engine into the operating system of modern life.

by Steven Levy 2011

3.84

30k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate History 🌐 Internet History ⚙️ Engineering Culture 💻 Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Origin Stories

Hidden Hand

by Clive Hamilton • 2020

Beijing doesn't compete with the West. It quietly co-opts and captures its institutions from within.

3.85

806

🏴 Political Warfare 💰 Economic Coercion 🌏 Diaspora Politics 📢 State Propaganda 🎭 Soft Power

Hidden Hand 89%

Beijing doesn't compete with the West. It quietly co-opts and captures its institutions from within.

by Clive Hamilton 2020

3.85

806 ratings

🏴 Political Warfare 💰 Economic Coercion 🌏 Diaspora Politics 📢 State Propaganda 🎭 Soft Power

Chaos Monkeys

by Antonio García Martínez • 2016

He built Facebook's ad machine and walked away with the ugly truth about startup success.

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14k+

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Culture 🕵️ Insider Accounts ⚖️ Ethical Compromises 📊 Data Economy

Chaos Monkeys 89%

He built Facebook's ad machine and walked away with the ugly truth about startup success.

by Antonio García Martínez 2016

3.71

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Culture 🕵️ Insider Accounts ⚖️ Ethical Compromises 📊 Data Economy

Tools and Weapons

by Brad Smith • 2019

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

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2k+

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Digital Divide

Tools and Weapons 89%

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

by Brad Smith 2019

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Digital Divide

World Without Mind

by Franklin Foer • 2017

A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.

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🏢 Big Tech Critique 🧱 Monopoly Power 🤖 Algorithmic Control 📱 Attention Economy 🏪 Cultural Homogenization

World Without Mind 89%

A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.

by Franklin Foer 2017

3.63

2k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🧱 Monopoly Power 🤖 Algorithmic Control 📱 Attention Economy 🏪 Cultural Homogenization

The Google Story

by David A. Vise • 2005

How two Stanford dropouts, one algorithm, and an ethical pledge built a $100 billion empire.

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16k+

🚀 Silicon Valley Startups 💰 Digital Advertising ⚖️ Corporate Ethics 🏢 Tech Company Histories ⚔️ Tech Rivalries

The Google Story 89%

How two Stanford dropouts, one algorithm, and an ethical pledge built a $100 billion empire.

by David A. Vise 2005

3.88

16k+ ratings

🚀 Silicon Valley Startups 💰 Digital Advertising ⚖️ Corporate Ethics 🏢 Tech Company Histories ⚔️ Tech Rivalries

System Error

by Rob Reich • 2021

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

3.82

608

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor 🧑‍💻 Tech Criticism 💰 Venture Capital

System Error 89%

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

by Rob Reich 2021

3.82

608 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor 🧑‍💻 Tech Criticism 💰 Venture Capital

Google Archipelago

by Michael Rectenwald • 2019

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

3.84

120

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Google Archipelago 89%

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

by Michael Rectenwald 2019

3.84

120 ratings

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Digital Empires

by Anu Bradford • 2023

Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.

3.91

151

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Regulatory Competition 🇨🇳 Techno-Nationalism 🔒 Data Privacy 🏛️ Political Economy

Digital Empires 89%

Three powers are battling to govern the internet, and the prize is the future of democracy.

by Anu Bradford 2023

3.91

151 ratings

🌐 Internet Governance ⚖️ Regulatory Competition 🇨🇳 Techno-Nationalism 🔒 Data Privacy 🏛️ Political Economy

After Steve

by Tripp Mickle • 2022

After Jobs, Tim Cook made Apple worth $3 trillion. Jony Ive watched its creative engine stall.

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🏢 Corporate Culture 📱 Big Tech ✏️ Design Thinking 🔄 Leadership Transitions ⚙️ Operations Management

After Steve 89%

After Jobs, Tim Cook made Apple worth $3 trillion. Jony Ive watched its creative engine stall.

by Tripp Mickle 2022

4.09

3k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture 📱 Big Tech ✏️ Design Thinking 🔄 Leadership Transitions ⚙️ Operations Management

The Big Switch

by Nicholas Carr • 2008

What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.

3.84

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⚡ History Of Technology ☁️ Cloud Computing 🔄 Digital Transformation 💰 Winner-Take-All Economics 👁️ Attention Economy

The Big Switch 89%

What electrification did to factories, cloud computing is doing to business, labor, and your mind.

by Nicholas Carr 2008

3.84

3k+ ratings

⚡ History Of Technology ☁️ Cloud Computing 🔄 Digital Transformation 💰 Winner-Take-All Economics 👁️ Attention Economy

War Without Rules

by Robert Spalding • 2022

China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.

4.04

318

🌍 Great Power Competition 🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy 🎯 Asymmetric Warfare 🧬 Hybrid Warfare 💻 Cyber Warfare

War Without Rules 89%

China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.

by Robert Spalding 2022

4.04

318 ratings

🌍 Great Power Competition 🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy 🎯 Asymmetric Warfare 🧬 Hybrid Warfare 💻 Cyber Warfare

Supremacy

by Parmy Olson • 2024

The AGI race had competing visionaries, $13 billion from Microsoft, and safety as an afterthought.

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚔️ Tech Rivalries 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation

Supremacy 89%

The AGI race had competing visionaries, $13 billion from Microsoft, and safety as an afterthought.

by Parmy Olson 2024

4.05

6k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚔️ Tech Rivalries 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation

Battlefield Cyber

by William J. Holstein • 2023

America is being hollowed out in a cyber war that stops just short of bombs.

4.01

🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🇺🇸 National Security 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 🕵️ Cyber Espionage 🗣️ Disinformation

Battlefield Cyber 89%

America is being hollowed out in a cyber war that stops just short of bombs.

by William J. Holstein 2023

4.01

94 ratings

🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🇺🇸 National Security 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 🕵️ Cyber Espionage 🗣️ Disinformation

Extremely Hardcore

by Zoë Schiffer • 2024

A $44 billion impulse buy, then mass layoffs, fleeing advertisers. The takeover from inside.

3.97

1k+

🏢 Corporate Takeovers 📱 Social Media Platforms 📰 Tech Journalism ⚖️ Platform Governance 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Extremely Hardcore 89%

A $44 billion impulse buy, then mass layoffs, fleeing advertisers. The takeover from inside.

by Zoë Schiffer 2024

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Takeovers 📱 Social Media Platforms 📰 Tech Journalism ⚖️ Platform Governance 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Hatching Twitter

by Nick Bilton • 2013

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

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🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

Hatching Twitter 88%

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

by Nick Bilton 2013

4.04

19k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media ⚔️ Founder Feuds 🕵️ Corporate Intrigue

How the Internet Happened

by Brian McCullough • 2018

The Internet was not inevitable: a handful of companies built it in a frantic twenty-year race.

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🖥️ Internet History 💸 Dot-Com Bubble 🔧 Tech History 🌉 Silicon Valley History 🧭 Internet Pioneers

How the Internet Happened 88%

The Internet was not inevitable: a handful of companies built it in a frantic twenty-year race.

by Brian McCullough 2018

4.27

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet History 💸 Dot-Com Bubble 🔧 Tech History 🌉 Silicon Valley History 🧭 Internet Pioneers

The Accidental Billionaires

by Ben Mezrich • 2009

The $1,000 server payment and a 65/30 split that turned old friends into courtroom enemies.

3.59

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🏢 Startup Founding 💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 🤝 Founder Dynamics 💔 Betrayal Narratives

The Accidental Billionaires 88%

The $1,000 server payment and a 65/30 split that turned old friends into courtroom enemies.

by Ben Mezrich 2009

3.59

17k+ ratings

🏢 Startup Founding 💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 🤝 Founder Dynamics 💔 Betrayal Narratives

Google It

by Anna Crowley Redding • 2018

Two Stanford students, a garage, and an algorithm that ranked the entire web by importance.

4.00

617

🏢 Tech Company History 🌉 Silicon Valley Startups 🌐 Internet History 📖 Corporate Biography 🧮 Algorithmic Thinking

Google It 88%

Two Stanford students, a garage, and an algorithm that ranked the entire web by importance.

by Anna Crowley Redding 2018

4.00

617 ratings

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World on the Brink

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The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.

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🇨🇳 Us-China Relations ♟️ Great Power Competition 💵 Economic Statecraft 🛡️ Deterrence Theory 🏝️ Taiwan Strait

World on the Brink 88%

The playbook to deter China: focus on Taiwan, control chips, and lock in every alliance.

by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024

4.20

832 ratings

🇨🇳 Us-China Relations ♟️ Great Power Competition 💵 Economic Statecraft 🛡️ Deterrence Theory 🏝️ Taiwan Strait

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