Beware the tech hype trap: Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes go on trial
Former darling of the start-up universe was unable to become a disruptor like her role models at Facebook and Apple
This week one of the most anticipated court cases of the year has finally kicked off. Perhaps not “anticipated” in the sense that the OJ Simpson case was, and it probably won’t have the same global public interest the trial of Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to stoke. But jury selection for US versus Elizabeth Holmes et al started yesterday, and with it a kind of reckoning for tech hype...
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