Mike Isaac

Mike Isaac is a technology reporter based in The New York Times's San Francisco bureau, where he covers Facebook, Uber and Twitter, among other companies​. Previously, Mr. Isaac was a senior editor reporting on social media companies for Re/Code and AllThingsD, and covered the decline and fall of once great technology giants like Hewlett-Packard and BlackBerry as a staff writer for WIRED. He began his career as a music journalist, writing for Paste Magazine and Performer. After attending high school in Fort Worth, Tex., he eventually made his way to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated with a degree in English Literature​​​.

A Tale of Hubris and Excess: How Uber Fooled Portland Regulators

In an excerpt from his new book "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber," New York Times reporter Mike Isaac reveals the details of Uber's...

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