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How tech founders are trying to disrupt — and replicate — the Giving Pledge

Silicon Valley billionaires can make promises to give away fortunes to charity. Why can’t the rest of us?

By Theodore Schleifer Apr 22, 2019, 4:18pm EDT

Recode Daily: Sri Lanka blocks Facebook and Twitter following Easter morning attacks

Plus: WeWork is replacing its chief operating officer to focus more on overseas growth and Huawei reported first-quarter revenue of $27 billion, a 39 percent jump.

By Kat Borgerding April 22

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Tech is “flunking” the diversity test, says activist and venture capitalist Freada Kapor Klein

On the latest Recode Decode, Kapor Klein says we need to "take a deep hard look at the BS notion of meritocracy."

By Eric Johnson April 22

WeWork is replacing its chief operating officer to focus more on overseas growth

A lot is riding on a new London-based COO to help justify the company’s $45 billion valuation.

By Theodore Schleifer April 19

A giant new investment will make StockX the first billion-dollar sneaker reseller

DST, the venture capital firm founded by Yuri Milner, is expected to lead the deal.

By Theodore Schleifer and Jason Del Rey April 19

Facebook says it stored millions of Instagram passwords unencrypted on its servers

This number is much, much bigger than Facebook originally shared.

By Kurt Wagner April 18

Why is LinkedIn producing original journalism? LinkedIn editor-at-large Jessi Hempel explains.

Hempel joined the site’s editorial team this year after 17 years at magazines like Businessweek, Fortune, and Wired.

By Eric Johnson April 18

Here’s who owns everything in Big Media today

It probably won’t look like this for long.

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka April 3

Is the sky falling for tech IPOs? Two companies on Thursday — Pinterest and Zoom — tell different stories.

Microsoft has persistently tried to acquire Zoom, the video chat tool, sources tell Recode.

By Theodore Schleifer April 17

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

By Recode Staff Updated Jun 4, 2018, 1:27pm 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 Updated Jun 8, 2018, 11:05am 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.

Here’s why some Silicon Valley families should remain nervous about the college admissions scandal

Who is next?

By Theodore Schleifer April 17

Ford CTO Ken Washington explains why self-driving cars are such a hard tech problem

And why Tesla’s so-called Autopilot features are not really "self-driving."

By Eric Johnson April 17

Netflix makes up nearly 30 percent of global streaming video subscriptions

The streaming video company now has 155 million total subscribers globally.

By Rani Molla April 16

Netflix is booming internationally, but its growth is slowing in the US

The streaming company added 9.6 million subscribers last quarter — and it says it isn’t worried about Apple or Disney.

By Peter Kafka April 16

Twitter says it’s getting better at detecting abusive tweets without your help

Twitter is using technology to catch more bad tweets.

By Kurt Wagner April 16

Silicon Valley Democrats aren’t sure who they want as their nominee

Kamala Harris, Beto O’Rourke, and Cory Booker are battling it out in the fundraising streets of Silicon Valley.

By Theodore Schleifer April 16

Europe is passing strict new copyright laws that could hurt companies like Facebook and Google

Facebook and Google could soon be forced to pay more creators for the content that appears on their sites.

By Kurt Wagner April 16

AMC Networks boss Josh Sapan wants the people who make TV to look at the data — but not too much

There’s no algorithm for creativity yet, Sapan says on the latest Recode Media.

By Eric Johnson April 16

Tech is “flunking” the diversity test, says activist and venture capitalist Freada Kapor Klein

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Apr 22, 2019, 6:20am EDT

On the latest Recode Decode, Kapor Klein says we need to "take a deep hard look at the BS notion of meritocracy."

Why is LinkedIn producing original journalism? LinkedIn editor-at-large Jessi Hempel explains.

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Apr 18, 2019, 12:10pm EDT

Hempel joined the site’s editorial team this year after 17 years at magazines like Businessweek, Fortune, and Wired.

Ford CTO Ken Washington explains why self-driving cars are such a hard tech problem

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Apr 17, 2019, 6:20am EDT

And why Tesla’s so-called Autopilot features are not really "self-driving."

AMC Networks boss Josh Sapan wants the people who make TV to look at the data — but not too much

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Apr 16, 2019, 6:20am EDT

There’s no algorithm for creativity yet, Sapan says on the latest Recode Media.

New immigration rules could prevent our next Elon Musk

Silicon Valley wants people with experience. US immigration services want people with grad degrees.

By Rani Molla April 15

If Congress cancels federal funding for PBS, rural areas will be hurt the most, says CEO Paula Kerger

All 335 PBS stations use federal funding, but the ones that depend on it are largely in Trump country.

By Eric Johnson April 15

Nancy Pelosi says Trump’s tweets “cheapened the presidency” — and the media encourages him

"He’s just being a freak."

By Eric Johnson April 12

Disney used to make hundreds of millions from Netflix. Now it will spend billions to fight it.

Bob Iger in 2015: "We look at Netflix as more friend than foe." Now it’s a very expensive war.

By Peter Kafka April 12

Disney’s new Netflix-killer will have a ton of movies and TV shows for $7 a month

It will launch November 12 in the US. Your move, Netflix. And Apple. And AT&T ...

By Peter Kafka April 11

Silicon Valley’s self-regulating days “probably should be” over, Nancy Pelosi says

Pelosi tells Kara Swisher that tech companies are abusing the immunity they get under the Communications Decency Act, and it "could be in jeopardy."

By Eric Johnson April 11

Uber battles its own history in a historic IPO filing

It’s the most important tech IPO in five years.

By Rani Molla and Theodore Schleifer April 11

New York City wants to make sure the AI and algorithms it uses aren’t biased. That’s harder than it sounds.

There is little oversight of the algorithms that help the city decide who gets watched by police, where kids go to school, and in what neighborhoods fire stations are placed.

By Shirin Ghaffary April 11