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The San Francisco air quality is so bad that Uber drivers are selling masks out of their cars

By Shirin Ghaffary Nov 16, 2018, 12:27pm EST

Facebook’s top execs ‘make tobacco executives look like Mister Rogers’

By Eric Johnson Nov 16, 2018, 10:49am EST

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Facebook’s board is throwing public support behind Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg — who are on Facebook’s board

Also: Zuckerberg gave Sandberg his personal vote of confidence following a damning New York Times story published Wednesday.

By Kurt Wagner November 15

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Washington pummels Facebook: ‘Big tech can no longer be trusted’

One senator says the company "actually encouraged anti-Semitism" by hiring an opposition-research firm.

By Theodore Schleifer November 15

Facebook’s top lawyer — who said he was leaving the company — isn’t leaving after all, because Facebook is still in crisis

General Counsel Colin Stretch said in July that he was leaving. Now he’s staying into 2019.

By Kurt Wagner November 15

Netflix will get ads, predicts The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green

Reed Hastings wants to compete with YouTube overseas, and the only way it can do that is by offering a free-with-ads option, Green says on Recode Media.

By Eric Johnson November 15

Recode Daily: Facebook battles renewed criticism from Washington, D.C.

Plus: How Facebook, Google and Amazon got away with not being regulated; the FCC gives Elon Musk the green light to launch more than 7,000 internet satellites; the word of the year is ...

By Recode Staff November 16

Here’s what Amazon HQ2 employees will face in Long Island City when it comes to transportation, housing and ... sewage

A lot of change is on the horizon for the Queens neighborhood.

By Rani Molla November 13

Who does Facebook fire after a bombshell New York Times investigation?

The news leader published a damning story about the social media giant’s handling of recent scandals, so who gets the blame? If anyone.

By Kurt Wagner November 15

Watch Marc Benioff try to explain what he’s going to do with Time magazine

"I’m the inspiring visionary!"

By Kurt Wagner November 14

Full video and transcript: Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi at Code 2018

By Recode Staff May 31, 2018, 2:33pm EDT

"Just like Amazon sells third party goods, we are going to also offer third party transportation services. So, we wanna kinda be the Amazon for transportation."

Here’s how you can trace an ’80s hip-hop beat back to 1910

By Rani Molla@ranimolla May 30, 2018, 9:09pm EDT

Vox.com’s senior video producer Estelle Caswell explains it all.

Full video and transcript: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel at Code 2018

By Recode Staff May 30, 2018, 1:25pm EDT

"As time goes on, I think it will become clear to more and more people that our values are really hard to copy."

Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram was the greatest regulatory failure of the past decade, says Stratechery’s Ben Thompson

By Kurt Wagner Jun 2, 2018, 10:00am EDT

Instagram gave Facebook unfair reach, Thompson argues.

Elon Musk: The Recode interview

Musk talks about his "excruciating" 2018, fighting with journalists on Twitter, why Tesla won’t build an electric scooter and much more.

By Kara Swisher November 2

Why nonprofits should think more like tech companies

"Social Startup Success" author Kathleen Kelly Janus explains on the latest episode of Recode Decode.

By Eric Johnson November 14

Marc Benioff says he had rabbis and imams supporting the Prop C homelessness tax — but not tech CEOs

Business leaders are conditioned with a "Pavlovian" response against tax hikes, said the Salesforce CEO.

By Shirin Ghaffary November 14

Josh Harder has won his congressional race to become the only venture capitalist in the House of Representatives

The entire race was effectively a referendum on Silicon Valley.

By Theodore Schleifer November 13

Watch: Scott Galloway’s provocative predictions on Amazon, Walmart and the future of retail

Why Walmart will beat Amazon at groceries.

By Rani Molla September 19

Jeff Bezos has confirmed the HQ2 decision and it’s the embodiment of Amazon’s emotionless practicality

Duh.

By Jason Del Rey November 13

How Amazon’s HQ2 and HQ3 locations compare with Seattle and the U.S. overall

"National Landing" and Long Island City have high office vacancy rates and are both cheaper places to buy homes than Seattle.

By Rani Molla November 13

Airbnb is donating $5 million toward helping the homeless in San Francisco

It’s the biggest donation the company has made in its hometown to date.

By Shirin Ghaffary November 13

Facebook’s top execs ‘make tobacco executives look like Mister Rogers’

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Nov 16, 2018, 10:49am EST

The company is under fire, again, this time for years of dirty tricks exposed by the New York Times.

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Netflix will get ads, predicts The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Nov 15, 2018, 6:15am EST

Reed Hastings wants to compete with YouTube overseas, and the only way it can do that is by offering a free-with-ads option, Green says on Recode Media.

Why nonprofits should think more like tech companies

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Nov 14, 2018, 1:05pm EST

"Social Startup Success" author Kathleen Kelly Janus explains on the latest episode of Recode Decode.

Is the Daily Beast the new Gawker?

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Nov 13, 2018, 6:15am EST

The site’s new Editor in Chief Noah Shachtman wants to take "full, big, considered swings" at the targets who deserve it.

Is the Daily Beast the new Gawker?

The site’s new Editor in Chief Noah Shachtman wants to take "full, big, considered swings" at the targets who deserve it.

By Eric Johnson November 13

How a Democratic fundraiser taught everyone his Silicon Valley tricks

RevUp CEO Steve Spinner cracked the code on raising money for politicians online. And he says it’s not so different from raising money for a startup.

By Eric Johnson November 12

The exec who built Snapchat Discover is leaving the company

Nick Bell is stepping down following some recent management changes and four-plus tumultuous years.

By Kurt Wagner November 12

Amazon is dominant online, but local retail still has advantages Jeff Bezos can’t replicate

Sometimes it’s worth putting on your shoes and taking a walk.

By Kara Swisher November 12

Snap’s former No. 2 executive Imran Khan is building a shopping startup

Khan plans to launch a new shopping platform in 2019.

By Kurt Wagner November 12

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates explains how Donald Trump is trying to corrupt the Justice Department

Yates talked with Recode’s Kara Swisher shortly before the midterms at the AllRaise Summit in San Francisco.

By Eric Johnson November 12

Voice tech like Alexa and Siri hasn’t found its true calling yet: Inside the voice assistant ‘revolution’

Until we invent something that wouldn’t be possible without voice, we’re just repurposing online content for our ears.

By Rani Molla November 12

Facebook followed Uber and Google and is ending forced arbitration for sexual harassment cases

Arbitration is now a "choice rather than a requirement" at Facebook.

By Kurt Wagner November 9

Amazon’s HQ2 was a con, not a contest

On the latest episode of Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about Amazon’s two new "headquarters," the toxic waste of social media and the mixed bag of the 2018 midterms.

By Eric Johnson November 9

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It’s official: Democrats will control the House

It’s a return to power after eight years in the minority.

By Ella Nilsen November 7