The First King of Home Computing
Jack Tramiel, a Holocaust survivor-turned-tech titan, revolutionized computing by making it accessible to everyday families. His ruthless business tactics and vertical integration strategy at Commodo…
The Misfit Who Built the IBM PC
From IBM’s backwater offices in Boca Raton, Florida, Don Estridge ushered in the era of personal home computers. He was a corporate misfit who broke all of the company’s rules in order to change the …
ChatGPT Is Changing Our Understanding of the Human Intellect
ChatGPT is changing what it means to feel uniquely human. Large language models have the ability to mimic human creativity and spout human knowledge at record speeds—and they’re getting more powerful…
She Built a Microcomputer Empire From Her Suburban Home
Lore Harp McGovern was one of the most influential women in the history of computing, but her story, and her company, haven’t been given their due. Harp McGovern spurned the life of a housewife and b…
Ads in the Age of AI
Ads subsidize our entire information ecosystem, keeping content free and accessible for everyone. AI may change all that by reducing both the amount of ads being served and the amount of time that pe…
The Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs’s Greatest Rival
In the early 1980s, two rivals waged a public war for the soul of home computing: Adam Osborne and Steve Jobs. Yet only Steve Jobs is remembered today. This is the forgotten story of the Osborne 1, t…
Reddit: The Internet’s Bellwether
Reddit is a special place on the internet that happens to be a mediocre business. However, its recent S-1 document revealed something interesting: It could potentially build a business licensing user…
AI and the Vision Pro Don’t Need a Killer App
Everyone is hunting for the killer app—software so good that it justifies the purchase of new hardware. But the new tech platforms of AI and virtual reality may not even need a killer app. This isn’t…
Autonomous Vehicles Have a Problem of Narrative
Last weekend, a crowd of revelers in San Francisco’s Chinatown burned an autonomous vehicle from Waymo down to its frame. Tech is now the fifth least-trusted industry in America, having experienced a…
Crypto’s Prophet Speaks
Chris Dixon, the patron saint of crypto, is still preaching the gospel.
In this essay, Every lead writer Evan Armstrong deconstructs Dixon’s new book, Read Write Own, in which the venture capitalist p…
The Zone of Deployment: How Can You Know When to Invest?
Investing is easy. Investing wisely—well, not so much.
In this essay, Every lead writer Evan Armstrong helps you wade through the morass of hyped-up startups in your journey to invest in companies th…
The Secret Father of Modern Computing
In September 1974, Ed Roberts was $250,000 in the hole from a calculator business and begging the bank for a $65,000 loan. This money wasn’t going to calculators, but to something altogether differen…
How I Use ChatGPT (As a Reasonable Person)
AI is both overhyped and underutilized.
Every’s lead writer Evan Armstrong believes that we have crossed the AI rubicon, estimating that the technology has spurred a 20 percent productivity gain for h…