ZAFI / Section 04

Business

Platforms, startups, power and the difficult economics of making technology last.

Business · 5 min read

Why every startup is selling time

The most persuasive software pitch of 2026 is not intelligence. It is getting an hour of your day back.

By Mara Vale

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Business

Inside the myth of the one-person unicorn

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Business

The $50 billion tab problem

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Business

Open-source maintainers discover new leverage

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AI

The models have left the lab. Now comes the hard part.

Technology · 6 min

Your browser is the new operating system

The browser wars are back, but this time the prize is everything you do online.

Code displayed across a dark computer screen

Design · 7 min

The quiet collapse of the app icon

The most familiar map of digital life is starting to disappear.

Reviews · 10 min

Nothing Phone 4 review: character, with conditions

The best-looking Android phone of the year is also one of its most complicated recommendations.

A modern smartphone photographed against a clean background