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

By Shirin Ghaffary Mar 19, 2019, 3:18pm EDT

Instagram just took advantage of Amazon’s biggest weakness

By Jason Del Rey Mar 20, 2019, 10:24am EDT

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 March 19

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Recode Daily: Instagram makes a push into commerce

Plus: Canada welcomes foreign tech workers, Facebook’s issue of scale, and Kickstarter’s CEO resigns.

By Shirin Ghaffary March 20

If you want to fix San Francisco, don’t blame the NIMBYs — tax the rich, says Berkeley’s Richard Walker

Walker’s latest book is all about "the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area."

By Eric Johnson March 20

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

The home-rental startup hasn’t raised money in two years, so every piece of information pre-IPO is revealing about the company.

By Theodore Schleifer March 19

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 March 19

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 March 19

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 March 8

Instagram will now let you buy products directly inside the app

No more clicking out to a retailer’s website.

By Kurt Wagner March 19

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.

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 March 19

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 March 4

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 March 18

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 March 18

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 March 18

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 March 18

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 March 16

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

The internet — including Facebook — is built for sharing.

By Peter Kafka March 15

If you want to fix San Francisco, don’t blame the NIMBYs — tax the rich, says Berkeley’s Richard Walker

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

Walker’s latest book is all about "the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area."

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

By Eric Johnson@HeyHeyESJ Mar 19, 2019, 6:20am EDT

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@HeyHeyESJ Mar 18, 2019, 6:20am EDT

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@HeyHeyESJ Mar 16, 2019, 10:00am EDT

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

Mark Zuckerberg is taking total control again

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

By Kurt Wagner March 15

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

Everyone wants a low-cost SUV.

By Rani Molla March 15

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 March 14

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 March 14

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 March 14

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 March 14

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 March 14

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 March 13

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 March 13