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Airbnb sold some common stock at a $35 billion valuation, but what is the company really worth?

By Theodore Schleifer

Even tech workers can’t afford to buy homes in San Francisco

By Shirin Ghaffary

Facebook’s tremendous size was its greatest asset. Now it may be its biggest problem.

The viral video of a shooting in New Zealand offered a grim reminder of tech companies’ vast reach.

By Kurt Wagner
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Canada is becoming a tech hub. Thanks, Donald Trump!

US companies are moving tech jobs to Canada rather than deal with Trump’s immigration policies.

By Rani Molla

Instagram will now let you buy products directly inside the app

No more clicking out to a retailer’s website.

By Kurt Wagner

Recode Daily: Netflix confirms it won’t be partnering with Apple on its new video plans

Plus: Facebook can’t find enough local news, a Warner Bros. Studio CEO resigned over a sex scandal, and Myspace may have deleted your garage band tracks from 2005.

By Shirin Ghaffary

CNN’s Brian Stelter says it’s “vital” for regular people to hold newsrooms accountable

On the latest Recode Media, Stelter says that if viewers think someone is being covered unfairly in the 2020 campaign, they should write an email.

By Eric Johnson

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says the obvious: He won’t be working with Apple when it launches its new video plans

In other news: Turns out Netflix is not a tech company, Hastings says.

By Peter Kafka

Inside Twitter’s ambitious plan to change the way we tweet

Twitter wants to limit snark and get "healthy." So far, it’s gone nowhere.

By Kurt Wagner

Facebook wants to share more local news, but it’s having trouble finding it

One in three US Facebook users lives in a place where the company cannot find much local news.

By Rani Molla and Kurt Wagner
Code Conference

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

By Recode Staff Updated

"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

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 Updated

"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

Instagram gave Facebook unfair reach, Thompson argues.

Everyone who used to run Time Warner is out the door less than a year after AT&T paid $85 billion for the media giant

Warner Bros boss Kevin Tsujihara is out after a casting-couch scandal. He’s the last man in a top position at Time Warner to leave the company.

By Peter Kafka

After an “identity crisis,” Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya says he’s taught himself how to be happy again

"To all the people that worked for me and whose money I took, you’re fucking welcome," he said.

By Theodore Schleifer and Eric Johnson

Full Q&A: European commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager on Recode Decode

Vestager spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at South By Southwest.

By Eric Johnson

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, 2020 presidential candidate, explains how she would regulate Big Tech if she wins

Klobuchar spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher on the latest episode of Recode Decode.

By Eric Johnson

Why Facebook couldn’t stop the New Zealand shooter from streaming his attack

The internet — including Facebook — is built for sharing.

By Peter Kafka

Mark Zuckerberg is taking total control again

Two important Facebook execs left the company after disagreements with Zuckerberg.

By Kurt Wagner

Why Tesla desperately needs the new Model Y, in 3 charts

Everyone wants a low-cost SUV.

By Rani Molla

One of Silicon Valley’s most prominent voices for ethical investing is out amid the college admissions bribery scandal

"The way the world works these days is unbelievable."

By Theodore Schleifer
Podcasts

CNN’s Brian Stelter says it’s “vital” for regular people to hold newsrooms accountable

By Eric Johnson

On the latest Recode Media, Stelter says that if viewers think someone is being covered unfairly in the 2020 campaign, they should write an email.

Full Q&A: European commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager on Recode Decode

By Eric Johnson

Vestager spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at South By Southwest.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, 2020 presidential candidate, explains how she would regulate Big Tech if she wins

By Eric Johnson

Klobuchar spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher on the latest episode of Recode Decode.

In HBO’s Theranos documentary “The Inventor,” director Alex Gibney says Elizabeth Holmes was fooled by her own lies

By Eric Johnson

Gibney spoke with Recode’s Peter Kafka on the latest episode of Recode Media.

One of Wall Street’s top investors in Silicon Valley is leaving

Lee Fixel epitomized how attractive private tech investing has become to New York finance.

By Theodore Schleifer

Two of Mark Zuckerberg’s most important executives are leaving Facebook, less than a year after he shuffled their roles

Chris Cox, Facebook’s powerful product boss is out. So is WhatsApp boss Chris Daniels.

By Peter Kafka

After almost 24 hours of technical difficulties, Facebook is back

Facebook blamed the issue on a "server configuration change."

By Kurt Wagner and Rani Molla

In HBO’s Theranos documentary “The Inventor,” director Alex Gibney says Elizabeth Holmes was fooled by her own lies

Gibney spoke with Recode’s Peter Kafka on the latest episode of Recode Media.

By Eric Johnson

Spotify is asking European regulators to help it fight Apple — just before Apple launches a big new subscription service

Spotify has complained about Apple for years. Now it has filed a formal complaint with the EU.

By Peter Kafka

Kathy Griffin says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey should resign and she wouldn’t let Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg into her house

"I actually think they are as complicit or, rather, responsible for manipulating worldwide elections. I mean, worldwide."

By Eric Johnson

As Pinterest and Facebook move to shut down anti-vaxxers, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey appeared on a podcast with one

Dorsey endorsed Ben Greenfield as a health expert. Greenfield thinks vaccinations lead to autism.

By Kurt Wagner

Mark Cuban says you — yes, you — need to understand how AI works

"If you don’t understand it, you’re going to fall behind."

By Eric Johnson

Instagram’s founders don’t think breaking up Facebook will fix tech’s problems

"We live in a time where the anger against big tech has increased tenfold," said Kevin Systrom. "That doesn’t mean that the answer is to break all of the companies up."

By Kurt Wagner

Sam Altman is arguing it’s not all about making money. Can that be a model for Silicon Valley?

Here’s the idea behind a "capped-profit" model.

By Theodore Schleifer

Psychologists explain why at-home exercise machines like Peloton have what it takes to keep people moving

Social media, gamification and VR give these exercise tools more staying power.

By Rani Molla

Full Q&A: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki talks about child safety, the Google walkout, and AI on Recode Decode

Wojcicki spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the Lesbians Who Tech summit in San Francisco.

By Eric Johnson

Full Q&A: Hudson’s Bay CEO Helena Foulkes on Recode Decode

Foulkes spoke with Recode’s Kara Swisher at An Evening With Code Commerce.

By Eric Johnson

Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren just lost the Silicon Valley vote

Facebook without Instagram? Amazon without Whole Foods? That’s Warren’s hope.

By Kurt Wagner

Pressure is mounting on food delivery app DoorDash to change its controversial tipping policy

Tech workers are pledging not to work for the company, and San Francisco is launching a labor investigation into how it handles workers’ tips.

By Shirin Ghaffary

Amazon ousted thousands of merchants with no notice — showing the danger of relying on the shopping platform

One week you’re an Amazon vendor. The next week: "Goodbye and good luck."

By Jason Del Rey
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