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Is AI cybersecurity’s salvation or its greatest threat? – VentureBeat, Februrary 11, 2020

Globally, Scooters are Crashing Into Cities – Techonomy, December 9, 2019

Surprise twist for Caravaggio painting valued at $100-million-plus: A mystery buyer – Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2019

Is Europe Losing The 5G Race? – Les Echos’ The Innovator, May 15, 2019

Foie Gras Faux Pas: The culinary misadventures of a California couple deep in the heart of duck liver country. – Alta Magazine, April 17, 2019

France has (finally) discovered craft beer. There’s even one called ‘La Guillotine’ – Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2018

As the EU Targets Tech, Will the U.S. Follow? – Techonomy, June 13, 2018

BEURRE-POCALYPSE: France’s butter crisis is a perfect lesson in basic economics – Quartz, November 29, 2017

As Europe’s startup scene explodes, a continent goes tech conference crazy – VentureBeat, April 23, 2017

Meet the presidential candidate who’s using the internet to reinvent French politics – VentureBeat, January 8, 2017

The VentureBeat interview with Netflix’s Hastings and Sarandos: ‘Every year is an experiment’ – VentureBeat, May 7, 2016

Other Favorites

Los Angeles Times (from France)

A rebirth for Lourdes, France, driven somewhat by the saintly life of Bernadette – July 11, 2019

For 800 years, they were celebrated as martyrs to their faith. Just one problem: The Cathars may never have existed – December 31, 2018

Angry students, confused parents protesting Macron’s efforts to reinvent France’s treasured high schools – December 14, 2018

The ‘yellow vest’ protests in France aren’t limited to Paris — they’re tapping into deep anxiety nationwide – December 3, 2018.

Meet the man who could become France’s youngest president – April 24, 2017

For thousands of Brits, France is home. But what happens after Brexit? – June 29, 2016

Netflix’s new French TV series ‘Marseille’ represents a big bet on local content – May 4, 2016

Charlie Hebdo’s survivors, amid tears and debate, focus on next edition – January 11, 2015

Peanuts comic will come to life in French TV series – December 24, 2014

Netflix struggles to win over skeptics in film-loving France – September 28, 2014

VentureBeat

Quibi risks mobile video platform launch amid quarantine and economic turbulence – April 5, 2020

Puzzle sales boom as families unplug during coronavirus lockdown – April 2, 2020

That time I flew to New Zealand 20 years ago to witness the Y2K non-apocalypse – December 31, 2019

AI and crowdsourcing fueling mapping innovation to meet smart city and mobility needs – June 27, 2019

French Tech has made big strides but wants to go faster and further – June 3, 2019

Surviving Nokia: How Oulu, Finland rebounded from the collapse of its largest employer – May 10, 2019

How French digital animation studio TAT has grown in the shadows of Netflix and Disney – April 25, 2019

Inside Nokia’s factory of the future: Robots, data, automation, 5G, and even some humans – April 10, 2019

5G reality check from MWC: A long, expensive road ahead – March 4, 2019

How Prague’s Avast went from Soviet-era security project to $4.5 billion IPO – November 12, 2018

Kubernetes and microservices: A developers’ movement to make the web faster, stable, and more open – May 6, 2018

Meet Docker’s French artist who spun her Silicon Valley misadventures into comic book glory – January 13, 2017

Dear French entrepreneurs: Please stop giving a f–k what the world thinks of you – VentureBeat, June 9, 2016

A look at Apple’s insanely ambitious tree-planting plans for its new spaceship campus – June 4, 2016

VentureBeat: European Tech Ecosystems

Mix of startups and industrial giants makes Munich more than just Germany’s ‘other’ tech hub – November 2, 2018 

Beyond Spotify and iZettle: How Sweden became Europe’s capital of startup exits – September 7, 2018

Bulgaria rising: Can a growing startup movement reinvent the country’s economy? – March 23, 2018

Shedding Soviet history, Estonia aims to be world’s most pro-tech nation – February 25, 2017

Portugal looks to its fledgling tech ecosystem to reboot a struggling economy after its first Web Summit – December 5, 2016

The Innovator

Who Will Lead In Building The Factories Of The Future? – July 29, 2019

Why Edge Computing Is Key To A High-Speed Future – July 29, 2019

Could Alexa Become Your Next Executive Assistant? – July 29, 2019

How Engie Is Plugging Into A Connected World – July 29, 2019

The Drive To Dominate Autonomous Shuttles – July 29, 2019

Mobile Operators Are Starting To Embrace Blockchain – July 29, 2019

Personalized Medicine: New advances promise to make healthcare more targeted, effective and less expensive – October 22, 2019

What Every Executive Needs to Know About Quantum Computing – October – 22, 2019

How Blockchain is Changing Supply Chain Management – October 22, 2019

Techonomy

Europe Lights the Tech Startup Fuse – December 14, 2017

Alta Magazine

Shop Local, Buy Online: A new e-commerce service called Bookshop aims to help indie bookstores – September 30, 2019

Quartz

ÉCRITURE INCLUSIVE: The battle to make French a “gender-neutral language” is emphasizing the country’s inherent sexism – December 19, 2017

Trucks.com

Venture Capitalists Flock to Truck Technology Startups – July 31, 2017

Robotic Buses Leapfrog Self-Driving Trucks in Autonomy Revolution – February 27, 2017

U.S. and Europe Race to be First to Self-Driving Trucks – February 13, 2017

Long-Haul Trucking Connectivity Brings Hacking Risks – May 17, 2016

Europe Catches Pickup Truck Bug – October 24, 2016

Shipping Container Surplus Recycled Into Homes, Stores – September 13, 2016

We Blog The World

The Joys & Misadventures of a Cooking Class in Italy’s Puglia – April 17, 2019

Rediscovering the Scottish Delights of the Drovers Inn – March 28, 2019

Visiting the Winter Wonderland of Tallinn, Estonia – February 1, 2019

French Crossroads

OLDER CLIPS

Los Angeles Times (2012 – 2014)

Great Read: In Curiosity Hacked, children learn to make, not buy – November 28, 2014

Great Read: Creative San Francisco laments death of guerrilla art – June 24, 2014

Column One: Minecraft offers a virtual way to be with their deported friend – September 2, 2013

Silicon Valley is beginning to see ‘delight’ in a new light – May 10, 2013

Silicon Valley is having an architectural breakthrough – March 5, 2013

San Jose Mercury News (1999-2012)

Column: New Netflix headquarters in Los Gatos marks a new company town (PDF) – July 16, 2011

Column: Why does Wall Street hate Silicon Valley? – June 16, 2011

Column: San Francisco’s deal with Twitter sends city down slippery slope of tax breaks (PDF) – May 9, 2011

Column: Search undergoing biggest disruption since the dawn of Google – March 13, 2011

Column: How state and local government layoffs threaten the economy (PDF) – November 21, 2010

Column: Looking past the Texas oil company stereotype in Prop 23 fight (PDF) – October 3, 2010

Column: Start-ups still don’t know the way to San Jose (PDF) – May 21, 2010

Column: Lessons from Hewlett-Packard’s massive job cuts (PDF) – February 13, 2010

A Tale of Two Valleys: On the growing economic gap (PDF) – January 30, 2005

Transmetta: A company flops, but an idea lives on (PDF) – January 16, 2005

Part 1: Rich Man, Poor Company: How some Silicon Valley executives made ortunes while the value of their companies plunged (PDF) – December 8, 2002

Part 2: How Portal insiders reaped huge windfall (PDF) – December 9, 2002

Part 3: Restoring investor trust won’t be easy (PDF) – December 10, 2002

Cubicle dwellers let loose at frenzied internet nightlife that is sweeping S.F. (PDF) – March 22, 2000

Wired

The Prisoner of Sex.com – August 2003

The News & Observer (1992 – 1999)

Daughters and the Deadly Gene – September 3, 1996