A viral blog post from a bureaucrat exposes why tech billionaires fear Biden — and fund Trump
Silicon Valley increasingly depends on scammy products, and no one is friendlier to grifters than Trump
The drastic rightward lurch of Silicon Valley’s executive class has been swift and mysterious — but now the key to unlocking the mystery may lie in a cheeky blog post written by a regulator from the Federal Trade Commission. Advisories from federal regulators instructing businesses to follow the law aren’t typically known for being funny, but Michael Atleson, an attorney for the agency’s advertising division, went viral this month with a public memo warning tech companies to stop falsely advertising their chatbots.