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Theranos, Encryption, Peter Thiel: The Best And Worst In Tech 2016
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At the start of the year, fraud allegations were just beginning for the $9 billion blood testing start-up Theranos. Then came more and more, until the company began its freefall.
Entrepreneur Peter Thiel, on the other hand, began 2016 as an outcast of sorts — a rare Donald Trump supporter in a sea of Silicon Valley liberals. Now, he is advising the president-elect and may have an outsize say in how technology policy will change.
Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Edmund Lee (@edmundlee), managing editor of Recode, about the tech industry's winners, losers and other top stories in 2016.
5 Of This Year's Top Tech Stories
- Biotech startup Theranos collapses after misleading investors and customers
- Russian hackers attempt to affect the outcome of the U.S. election
- Artificial intelligence reaches the masses with Amazon Echo and Tesla's autopilot
- Apple sits on its hands both in the lab and in the courtroom
- Peter Thiel wins Silicon Valley
This segment aired on December 27, 2016.