Brian Merchant

Brian Merchant is an American technology journalist and author. His work often focuses on how technology, environmental, and societal issues interact.^[1] has appeared in New York Times, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, and the Guardian.^[1] In 2023 and 2024, he was the technology columnist at the Los Angeles Times. He has written two books, The One Device: the Secret History of the iPhone (2017) and Blood in the Machine: the Origins of the Rebellion against Big Tech (2023).^[2][3]

Brian Merchant
Merchant in 2025
Born	Sacramento, California, United States
Occupation	Technology Journalist, Author
Education	UC Santa Barbara
Notable works	The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone (2017), Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech (2023)
Website
brianmerchant.org

Biography

Merchant is from Sacramento, California. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara.^[1]

He co-founded Terraform at Vice^{[clarification needed]}.^[1]

In January 2023, he became the technology columnist at the Los Angeles Times.^[1]

Books

• The One Device: the Secret History of the iPhone (Little, Brown, 2017)^[2][3]
• Blood in the Machine: the Origins of the Rebellion against Big Tech (Little, Brown, 2023) ^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}