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Politics

A venture capitalist is running for Congress in farm country. And his opponent is turning those Silicon Valley years into an insult.

The race between Josh Harder and Jeff Denham isn’t just about one seat. It’s a referendum on how people feel about Silicon Valley.

By Theodore Schleifer Sep 20, 2018, 4:16am EDT

In Apple’s hometown of Cupertino, a debate over the fate of an old mall epitomizes Silicon Valley’s class divide

Who gets to live in one of Silicon Valley’s richest cities?

By Shirin Ghaffary September 21

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Amazon’s blockbuster Alexa event made zero mention of privacy concerns — and that may say more about us than about them

Alexa, how secure is my data?

By Jason Del Rey September 20

It’s not crazy to imagine that Facebook Dating could become a multi-billion dollar business

Facebook is launching its dating service. Will it launch subscriptions, too?

By Kurt Wagner September 20

A group led by U.K. investor/consultant Ian Osborne is trying to buy Fortune magazine

Marc Benioff was going to buy the business magazine but bought Time instead. Now there’s a new round of would-be buyers.

By Peter Kafka September 19

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

Recode Daily: Amazon’s Alexa avalanche

Plus, Facebook Dating could become a multi-billion dollar business; Linux creator Linus Torvalds steps aside to get help after years of abusive emails; lobsters prefer getting baked before being boiled.

By Recode Staff September 21

Disney has a million subscribers for its ESPN streaming-only service, which launched in April

That number will surprise some people, like the person typing up this article.

By Peter Kafka September 20

Colin Kaepernick’s Nike ads are just one piece of a bigger ‘reckoning’ in the fashion industry

Business of Fashion Editor in Chief Imran Amed explains how the industry is becoming more explicitly political on the latest Recode Media.

By Eric Johnson September 20

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.

Swiping on Tinder is addictive. That’s partly because it was inspired by an experiment that ‘turned pigeons into gamblers.’

Journalist Nancy Jo Sales talks about the gamification of dating and her new HBO documentary "Swiped" on the latest Recode Decode podcast.

By Eric Johnson September 19

‘We launched with a pretty mediocre product’ — how two direct-to-consumer startups iterated to success

Customer feedback is very important.

By Rani Molla September 18

Emily Weiss wants Glossier to own the online beauty conversation

"The shopping experience is even more broken and lacking for beauty products than what we initially believed."

By Johana Bhuiyan September 18

Commerce

The rise of giant consumer startups that said no to investor money

A new breed of entrepreneurs is creating huge consumer brands — like MVMT and Tuft & Needle — without venture capital, and laughing all the way to the bank.

By Jason Del Rey August 29

Instacart needs to treat its delivery workers ‘much, much better’

Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta admits the company has had a rocky relationship with its shoppers.

By Kurt Wagner September 18

Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya says he would consider going public — but won’t sell to an industry giant

But: "When I read about Elon Musk, I think sometimes maybe not."

By Rani Molla September 18

Square is considering offering investment and savings products through its Cash App

"Anything you do today with a bank account, you should look to Cash App to begin to emulate more and more of that," says Square CFO Sarah Friar.

By Theodore Schleifer September 18

Why Crate and Barrel is partnering with rising digital competitor Zola: Customers ‘want to shop where they want to shop’

Retailers who don’t keep up with a digitally savvy millennial customer base will lose out, according to Zola CEO Shan-Lyn Ma.

By Shirin Ghaffary September 18

Colin Kaepernick’s Nike ads are just one piece of a bigger ‘reckoning’ in the fashion industry

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Sep 20, 2018, 6:15am EDT

Business of Fashion Editor in Chief Imran Amed explains how the industry is becoming more explicitly political on the latest Recode Media.

Swiping on Tinder is addictive. That’s partly because it was inspired by an experiment that ‘turned pigeons into gamblers.’

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Sep 19, 2018, 6:15am EDT

Journalist Nancy Jo Sales talks about the gamification of dating and her new HBO documentary "Swiped" on the latest Recode Decode podcast.

‘The Land of Steady Habits’ director Nicole Holofcener explains what’s different about making a movie for Netflix

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Sep 18, 2018, 6:15am EDT

A normal studio wanted Holofcener to cast "six A-list stars" if they were going to put it out in theaters. Netflix said, "You can cast whoever you want."

If they don’t want to lose their jobs to a machine, doctors will need to become compassionate ‘human connectors’

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Sep 17, 2018, 6:15am EDT

"AI Superpowers" author and former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee predicts that medicine will undergo radical changes in the next few decades.

Politics

Inside Facebook’s plan to protect the U.S. midterm elections

Is it enough?

By Kurt Wagner August 17

‘The Land of Steady Habits’ director Nicole Holofcener explains what’s different about making a movie for Netflix

A normal studio wanted Holofcener to cast "six A-list stars" if they were going to put it out in theaters. Netflix said, "You can cast whoever you want."

By Eric Johnson September 18