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‘A lot of pressure’: How rising costs are pushing cafe owners to the brink

Cafes and restaurants are among the most common businesses to go under. So how can you run one successfully?

  • Emily Chantiri

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Wo are you calling stupid? Gavin Newsom greets Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport last year.

Too ‘dumb’ to be president? No, Mr Trump, he’s dyslexic – like Einstein and me

So Donald Trump thinks a dyslexic person can’t become US president, but America has already had such a leader.

  • Geoff Lee
“This is the politics of selfishness – when the wealthiest people on earth pretend they’re victims.”

Tech insider Kara Swisher on the problem of Silicon Valley’s ‘adult toddlers’

The influential US journalist discusses the politics of selfishness – and the difference between Star Trek people and Star Wars people.

  • Benjamin Law
To some, Sam Altman can be awkward and even antisocial.

How the ‘king of the cannibals’ Sam Altman took over Silicon Valley

Controversy at OpenAI led to his firing and rehiring last month. In the end, Altman’s reputation has only been burnished by his temporary downfall.

  • Elizabeth Dwoskin, Marc Fisher and Nitasha Tiku
Movies about tech bros ... clockwise from top right: The Social Network, BlackBerry and Dumb Money.

From The Social Network to BlackBerry: Why are we obsessed with tech bros stories?

Shakespeare would have loved the opportunity to write about the likes of Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg.

  • Garry Maddox
Steve Jobs’ Birkenstock.

Steve Jobs loved Birkenstocks. His old pair just sold for $US218,000

Jobs had a penchant for wearing Birks. He reportedly wore his tan Birkenstock sandals constantly - even during winter.

  • María Luisa Paúl
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Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann was allegedly dismissive of Ms Brougher's concerns.

The boy bosses of Silicon Valley are on their way out

It’s the end of an era: The young kings of Silicon Valley are dismounting their unicorns. Unfortunately, with the tech sell-down this year they aren’t leaving on a high note.

  • Erin Griffith
Ive was a close confidant of late Apple chief Steve Jobs.

The myth of the genius tech inventor is holding us back

Great ideas are almost never enough on their own. Strong leaders need pragmatism, obsessive business savvy and other skills beyond dreaming.

  • Shira Ovide
Apple shares dipped sharply immediately upon the issuance of the ruling.

Judge loosens Apple’s grip on app store in Epic decision

A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run app store, threatening one of the iPhone maker’s biggest moneymakers.

  • Michael Liedtke
At Apple, Steve Jobs’s public persona was of the magician who unveiled new gadgets; but he could be famously rude to staff in private.

The ‘trial of the century’ shows why we fell out of love with Silicon Valley

Elizabeth Holmes’s role models Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison were hugely successful and were at at the forefront of mythologising Silicon Valley’s “fake-it-until-you-make-it” culture.

  • Ben Wright