In the land of the startups, the latest food trend is no food at all. According to many researchers, intermittent fasting is a path to better health (and maybe higher productivity too). And if there’s a new health craze, you can be certain that there will be an app for that. From Bloomberg: Silicon Valley Wants to Cash In on Fasting. Being a card-carrying member of the tech elite, I’ve experimented a bit with this strategy. But for me, not eating required no new technology. Every morning I have a large chalice of black coffee and open up seventy-five news tabs. After that, I’m usually too nauseated to eat.

+ And soon, you’ll be able to wash down that non-existent meal with a tall glass of nothing. World wine output has fallen to 60-year low.