Welcome to a Refreshed OneZero

We have a few new things to share

Dear Readers,

Welcome to OneZero, Medium’s official technology and science publication, now with a new homepage! And also, a new leader 👽.

I’m Damon Beres, a founding editor and now editor in chief of OneZero. As I step into these new shoes, I wanted to take two minutes — per our mysterious read-time-calculating algorithms — to reacquaint you with our unique perspective.

OneZero is unlike other outlets covering this territory. For starters, as with the rest of Medium, there are no advertisements, nor are there commerce links that incentivize sketchy product recommendations. (Like, are you sure the mega-cheap robot vacuum recommended by www.sweet-ass-tech-obsessions.energy — not a real website, yet — isn’t going to explode and immolate your cat? We’re not!) The only reason we publish stories is to serve our readers: sometimes with a laugh, as in Steve Rousseau’s Bad Ideas column; sometimes with an industry-shaking scoop, like when OneZero staff writer Sarah Emerson unraveled the secret origins of a major Amazon product; and sometimes with a reflective essay that challenges common wisdom, as in Gloria Liou’s “This Is Silicon Valley.” You can support this work by becoming a Medium member (just $5 a month) and following OneZero.