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Influence

Mark Zuckerberg says the hardest part of Meta’s “year of efficiency” is over

By Shirin Ghaffary May 25

Elon Musk tried a big presidential broadcast event and Twitter broke

By Shirin Ghaffary May 24

Elon Musk won’t stop tweeting his way into trouble

By Shirin Ghaffary May 20

Who is Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk’s pick for new Twitter CEO?

By Shirin Ghaffary May 12

Tucker Carlson’s TV-to-Twitter move could actually pay off

By Peter Kafka May 11

The rise of artificial intelligence, explained

Mark Zuckerberg’s not-so-secret plan to join the AI race

By Shirin Ghaffary May 9

How Saudi money returned to Silicon Valley

By Jonathan Guyer May 1

What is Bluesky, and why is everyone on Twitter talking about it?

By Shirin Ghaffary April 29

Twitter’s old blue checks are finally gone

By Sara Morrison April 25

Elon’s blue check disaster is getting worse

By Shirin Ghaffary April 25

In a leaked Q&A, Mark Zuckerberg tells employees “we’re in a different world”

By Shirin Ghaffary April 20

What we know about Elon Musk’s plan to turn Twitter into a super app

By Sara Morrison April 18

Is Twitter finally dying?

By Shirin Ghaffary April 15

Tesla’s cameras are reportedly spying on customers, but it’s not just a Tesla problem

By Sara Morrison April 6

Why your Twitter page is changing and may have a dog on it

By Shirin Ghaffary April 3

Humanity’s return to the moon is a deeply religious mission

By Sigal Samuel April 3

Why advertisers aren’t coming back to Twitter

By Shirin Ghaffary March 24

Will using AI make Microsoft Word better? We’re going to find out.

By Shirin Ghaffary and Rani Molla March 16

Layoffs are bad for business

By Rani Molla March 16

Are Elon’s Tweets turning car buyers against Tesla?

By Rani Molla and Peter Kafka March 15

There’s no libertarian approach to preventing the end of the world

By Haydn Belfield March 7

Musk’s Twitter is getting worse

By Shirin Ghaffary March 6

Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

By Shirin Ghaffary February 21

Leaked memo: Meta executive warns employees they’re still “at the whim of Apple”

By Shirin Ghaffary February 15

It’s official. Trump is back on Facebook and Instagram.

By Shirin Ghaffary February 9

The trials of Elon Musk

By Whizy Kim February 3

The AI boom is here, and so are the lawsuits

By Peter Kafka February 2

Your favorite tech giant wants you to know it’s a startup again

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary January 30

Microsoft is beating Google at its own game

By Sara Morrison January 26

What Microsoft gets from betting billions on the maker of ChatGPT

By Sara Morrison January 23

Netflix now has two CEOs, and neither is founder Reed Hastings

By Peter Kafka January 19

Inside the battle for the future of Amazon

By Jason Del Rey January 19

Technology

What Meta employees really think about their company’s brutal year

Recode obtained a recording of a Mark Zuckerberg Q&A and internal survey results that show how Meta’s struggles are impacting staff.

By Shirin Ghaffary January 11

Big Tech’s Big Flops of 2022

By Sara Morrison December 27, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest is the culmination of an epic flameout

By Whizy Kim December 22, 2022

Amazon’s antitrust settlement in Europe sure looks like a win for Amazon

By Jason Del Rey December 22, 2022

The year EVs outgrew Tesla

By Rebecca Heilweil December 22, 2022

Why you saw more ads on your iPhone in 2022

By Sara Morrison December 22, 2022

Elon Musk’s future as Twitter CEO is suddenly in question

By Shirin Ghaffary December 21, 2022

Elon Musk now says he’ll step down as Twitter CEO

By Shirin Ghaffary December 20, 2022