Author: Zoë Schiffer

Zoë Schiffer is a technology journalist whose reporting has focused on workplace power, labor, and leadership inside major technology companies. Extremely Hardcore examines Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter and the rapid organizational changes that followed. Portfolio issued it in 2024, drawing on Schiffer's original reporting and interviews with people connected to the company. Her publisher biography notes earlier work as a senior reporter at The Verge and identifies her with Platformer, where she covered the technology industry. Rather than treating the takeover only as a business transaction, the book follows its effects on employees, internal decision making, product policy, and the public role of a large social network.