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Of course there’s going to be another Game of Thrones-size hit
Vox - Peter Kafka
You, a normal person, are interested in discussing the finale of Game of Thrones. Bless you. But for people who pay attention to the media business, the question isn’t Bran vs. Sansa: It’s, “Will there
U.S. Politics
Facebook’s latest reason it shouldn’t be broken up: Chinese companies will dominate
Vox - Emily Stewart
Facebook’s latest defense against it being broken up: China. If the argument seems well timed, it’s because it is. Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg in an interview with CNBC on Friday back
Tech Industry
Recode Daily: The US government’s battle with Huawei, explained
Vox - Shirin Ghaffary
Chinese tech giant Huawei has been all over the news lately. The company — which is the second biggest smartphone seller in the world (ahead of Apple and second only to Samsung) — has been the target new
Tech Industry
Recode Daily: The US government’s battle with Huawei, explained
Vox - Shirin Ghaffary
Chinese tech giant Huawei has been all over the news lately. The company — which is the second biggest smartphone seller in the world (ahead of Apple and second only to Samsung) — has been the target new
Tech Industry
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse explains why big banks should get into cryptocurrencies
Vox - Eric Johnson
Terms like “bitcoin” and “cryptocurrency” used to be linked with techno-anarchists who wanted an anonymous way to sell drugs and weapons on the internet, via online marketplaces like the Silk Road. So
U.S. Politics
President Trump’s new immigration proposal would be terrible for tech
Vox - Rani Molla
President Donald Trump’s “merit-based” immigration proposal is never going to happen. But what it does do is try and cover up the fact that his administration has systematically thwarted high-skilled and
U.S. Politics
The White House’s social media bias tool is a ploy to get your email
Vox - Emily Stewart
President Donald Trump’s war on supposed social media bias is about a lot of things — riling up conservatives, creating a bogeyman, his confusion over Twitter followers. But in its latest iteration, it’s
Huawei
The US government’s ongoing battle with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, explained
Vox - Emily Stewart
The Trump administration has recently taken some major shots at Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, prompting a number of American tech firms to start cutting ties with the firm. But US officials
Recode
Recode Daily: Facebook struggles to hire top talent
Vox - Shirin Ghaffary
Former Facebook recruiters say the company has struggled to hire top talent in recent years. More than a half-dozen ex-recruiters told CNBC the company has seen its job offer acceptance rates dip after
UberEATS
Uber Eats is facing a price war — just like Uber
Vox - Rani Molla
As Uber’s stock has fallen below its offering price since it went public last week, some have touted Uber Eats’ rapidly growing revenue as a hopeful sign for the company, which expects to lose about $1
Tech Industry
Self-driving cars have to be safer than regular cars. The question is how much.
Vox - Emily Stewart
One of the biggest questions surrounding self-driving cars isn’t a technological one, but instead philosophical: How safe is safe enough? Ever since the 2004 challenge that kicked off the autonomous vehicle
Tech Industry
How Amazon turned its darkest time into runaway riches
Vox - Eric Johnson
In October 2001, Amazon was in trouble. The first dot-com bubble had popped a year earlier, and Amazon’s stock price was languishing in the single digits, less than half of where it was trading a year
Donald Trump
Positive feedback from Twitter is reportedly all Trump needs to push policies
Vox - Catherine Kim
For avid Twitter user President Donald Trump, social media is more than just a means of communication. It is also a guide to policy. That’s the main takeaway from Andrew Restuccia, Daniel Lippman, and
Huawei
Trump’s executive order may be aimed at Huawei, but its impact could be far wider
Vox - Shirin Ghaffary
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday barring US companies from using information and communication technology made or controlled by firms that pose a national security risk, and
Quora
Yes, Quora still exists, and it’s now worth $2 billion
Vox - Theodore Schleifer
You wouldn’t be blamed if you had forgotten about Quora, the question-and-answer machine that comes up immediately when Googling for, say, why rich people are so frugal or whether it’s okay to let your
Tech Industry
Have smartphones really destroyed a generation? We don’t know.
Vox - Brian Resnick
Teens in the United States are coming of age at a time when digital technology is truly ubiquitous, where smartphones are our “constant companions.” These youth are also, according to national surveys,
U.S. Politics
Ron Wyden wrote the law that built the internet. He still stands by it — and everything it’s brought with it.
Vox - Emily Stewart
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) is one of the co-authors of a law often credited with creating the internet as we know it — and he’s got a few things he’d like to clear up about it. Among them: It doesn’t mean companies
Preet Bharara
Former US Attorney Preet Bharara says good journalism may have undermined the Mueller report
Vox - Eric Johnson
On the latest episode of Recode Decode with Kara Swisher, Kara was joined in studio by Preet Bharara, the former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York who was “famously fired” by President
Recode
Recode Daily: Inside the so-called “smart wall” at the US-Mexico border
Vox - Shirin Ghaffary
The “smarter” wall: how drones, sensors, and AI are patrolling the border. As politicians debate over whether to continue to spend billions more on extending a physical barrier across the 2,000-mile US-Mexico
Technology Policy
The “smarter” wall: how drones, sensors, and AI are patrolling the border
Vox - Shirin Ghaffary
In an era of increasingly polarized politics, there are few issues as divisive as President Trump’s proposal to build a physical wall across part of the 2,000-mile US-Mexico border. The Trump administration
Tech Industry
Apple is the only media company rich enough to beat Netflix — but does it care enough to try?
Vox - Eric Johnson
Netflix is spending billions every year to produce new movies and TV shows for its subscribers. So it follows that AT&T-owned HBO can compete by spending just as much, right? Not exactly, says Remains
U.S. Politics
The White House won’t join a global pledge to combat online extremism
Vox - Emily Stewart
More than a dozen countries, including France, Germany, and the UK — plus tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google — have signed on to an international call to fight online extremism. But the States,
Abigail Disney
Abigail Disney just gave a searing indictment of American capitalism
Vox - Alexia Fernández Campbell
Disney heiress Abigail Disney isn’t done calling out American CEOs for hoarding corporate profits. The 59-year-old philanthropist and filmmaker, who is the granddaughter of Walt Disney Company co-founder
U.S. Politics
The new boogeyman in Silicon Valley politics? The IPO.
Vox - Theodore Schleifer
If you thought an initial public offering was all bell-ringing, confetti-dropping, and champagne-popping, think again. Silicon Valley is girding for another political battle with the liberal city at its
Recode
Recode Daily: San Francisco cracks down on facial recognition
Vox - Shirin Ghaffary
San Francisco passed a historic ban on city use of facial recognition. The “Stop Secret Surveillance” ordinance, which passed in an 8-1 vote on Tuesday, will not only ban city agencies from buying facial
Tech Industry
Facebook pays its interns nearly double what the typical American makes
Vox - Rani Molla
Internships often straddle the line between professional opportunity and discounted labor. That’s not necessarily the case at some tech companies, where interns make more than many people with salaried
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco’s facial recognition technology ban, explained
Vox - Shirin Ghaffary
San Francisco is the first major city to ban local government agencies’ use of facial recognition, becoming a leader in regulating technology criticized for its potential to expand widespread government
Hulu
The Hulu/Disney/Comcast divorce, explained
Vox - Peter Kafka
The giant media companies are consolidating and getting bigger so they can take on the giant tech companies. The result for consumers: You’re going to need to work harder to find your favorite TV shows.
Apple App Store
Recode Daily: The Supreme Court opens up Apple to antitrust cases
Vox - Shirin Ghaffary
The Supreme Court ruled to allow iPhone users to sue Apple in an antitrust case involving the App Store. In a 5-4 decision written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court agreed with a lower court
Tech Industry
People say they care about privacy but they continue to buy devices that can spy on them
Vox - Rani Molla
Many of us are in unhealthy relationships — with tech companies. The makers of some our most omnipresent technology like Google, Facebook, and Amazon have repeatedly jeopardized user trust by tracking

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Of course there’s going to be another Game of Thrones-size hit

Facebook’s latest reason it shouldn’t be broken up: Chinese companies will dominate

Recode Daily: The US government’s battle with Huawei, explained

Recode Daily: The US government’s battle with Huawei, explained

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse explains why big banks should get into cryptocurrencies

President Trump’s new immigration proposal would be terrible for tech

The White House’s social media bias tool is a ploy to get your email

The US government’s ongoing battle with Chinese telecom giant Huawei, explained

Recode Daily: Facebook struggles to hire top talent

Uber Eats is facing a price war — just like Uber

Self-driving cars have to be safer than regular cars. The question is how much.

How Amazon turned its darkest time into runaway riches

Positive feedback from Twitter is reportedly all Trump needs to push policies

Trump’s executive order may be aimed at Huawei, but its impact could be far wider

Yes, Quora still exists, and it’s now worth $2 billion

Have smartphones really destroyed a generation? We don’t know.

Ron Wyden wrote the law that built the internet. He still stands by it — and everything it’s brought with it.

Former US Attorney Preet Bharara says good journalism may have undermined the Mueller report

Recode Daily: Inside the so-called “smart wall” at the US-Mexico border

The “smarter” wall: how drones, sensors, and AI are patrolling the border

Apple is the only media company rich enough to beat Netflix — but does it care enough to try?

The White House won’t join a global pledge to combat online extremism

Abigail Disney just gave a searing indictment of American capitalism

The new boogeyman in Silicon Valley politics? The IPO.

Recode Daily: San Francisco cracks down on facial recognition

Facebook pays its interns nearly double what the typical American makes

San Francisco’s facial recognition technology ban, explained

The Hulu/Disney/Comcast divorce, explained

Recode Daily: The Supreme Court opens up Apple to antitrust cases

People say they care about privacy but they continue to buy devices that can spy on them