Recode Daily: Who will be Uber’s Sheryl Sandberg?

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is looking for a no. 2: A chief operating officer “peer who can partner with me to write the next chapter in our journey.” He told employees about his decision yesterday in an all-hands meeting, following a dramatic couple of weeks. Uber is conducting an internal investigation into allegations of sexism and sexual harassment. Among the dream candidates: Former Disney COO Tom Staggs and CVS’ star exec Helena Foulkes. — [Kara Swisher / Recode]

Why Uber’s PR disasters aren’t that great for Lyft: #DeleteUber and other campaigns provide short-term boosts for rival ride-hail services, such as Lyft and Juno. But Uber is still adding new users faster. And as long as Uber’s marketplace provides the best results for riders and drivers — short wait times and plentiful supply and demand — it’s going to be the winner. — [Johana Bhuiyan / Recode]

Tech companies are preparing for employees to strike in today’s planned “A Day Without a Woman” — when many women plan to abstain from going to work or shopping to illustrate the economic value they provide, despite often receiving lower wages or other inequities. Big tech companies including Google, Facebook and Uber are telling employees that they’re free to participate. — [Johana Bhuiyan / Recode]

WikiLeaks released thousands of documents detailing U.S. Central Intelligence Agency programs that appear to undermine encryption in Apple iPhones, Google’s Android phones, smart TVs and other connected devices. This may amount to one of the most explosive disclosures of mass government surveillance since the Snowden revelations in 2013. — [April Glaser / Recode]

Going to SXSW? Hang out with Recode in Austin! Here’s our latest live-events schedule, including Kara Swisher’s live podcast taping with “Veep” stars Tim Simons and Matt Walsh, Peter Kafka’s with Glenn Beck, and Kara’s interview with the founders of Crooked Media, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor. — [Recode Events]

Top stories from Recode

Snap stock fell another 10 percent on Tuesday. It’s the stock’s second straight day of heavy declines.

Evan Spiegel’s bonus for bringing Snap public: $800 million. Not bad.

Weeping Angel, Brutal Kangaroo and other secret CIA code names from the WikiLeaks surveillance leak. Plus: Fine Dining, Cutthroat and HarpyEagle.

Pinterest will now let you search for products using any image you find online — without visiting Pinterest. See something you like? This new browser extension can help you find it.

Full transcript: Raftr co-founder Sue Decker and VC investor Michael Dearing on Recode Decode. The former Yahoo exec and the former eBay exec have teamed up on a new content platform.

This is Cool

Startup School by Y Combinator. A 10-week online course that's designed to replicate much of the experience of Y Combinator — Silicon Valley's top startup incubator — minus, of course, the elite membership and network.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

We're here to shed some clarity

One of our core beliefs here at Vox is that everyone needs and deserves access to the information that helps them understand the world, regardless of whether they can pay for a subscription. With the 2024 election on the horizon, more people are turning to us for clear and balanced explanations of the issues and policies at stake. We’re so grateful that we’re on track to hit 85,000 contributions to the Vox Contributions program before the end of the year, which in turn helps us keep this work free. We need to add 2,500 contributions this month to hit that goal. Will you make a contribution today to help us hit this goal and support our policy coverage? Any amount helps.

One-Time Monthly Annual

$5/month

$10/month

$25/month

$50/month

Other

$

Yes, I'll give $5/month

Yes, I'll give $5/month

We accept credit card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. You can also contribute via