Recode

Recode

Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.

Google is cracking down on its employees’ political speech at work

Under political pressure, the company is restricting its historically open work culture.

By Shirin Ghaffary

DoorDash says it will roll out tipping changes to drivers sometime next month

But we still don’t know the exact date or all the details of the pay policy changes.

By Shirin Ghaffary

Google says it’s making Chrome more private, but advertisers will still track you

By Theodore Schleifer August 22

Amazon’s tiny profits, explained

By Rani Molla August 21

Vox

Listen to our new podcast with never-before-told stories about Amazon’s ascent

By Jason Del Rey July 22

DoorDash is still pocketing workers’ tips, almost a month after it promised to stop

By Shirin Ghaffary August 20

How China used Facebook and Twitter to spread disinformation about the Hong Kong protests

By Emily Stewart August 20

Bernie Sanders wants to ban police use of facial recognition tech

By Shirin Ghaffary August 19

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

By Emily Stewart August 19

How the Hong Kong protests created the #BoycottMulan campaign

By Allegra Frank August 16

What does it even mean to be a tech company in 2019?

By Rani Molla August 16

The algorithms that detect hate speech online are biased against black people

By Shirin Ghaffary August 15

Google employees are demanding an end to the company’s work with agencies like CBP and ICE

By Shirin Ghaffary August 14

How WeWork is trying to justify its tech company valuation

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary August 14

After the El Paso and Gilroy shootings, tech leaders are saying platforms must stop amplifying hate speech

By Shirin Ghaffary August 13

The CBS and Viacom merger, explained

By Peter Kafka August 13

Buying Ring surveillance cameras saves Amazon money on stolen packages

By Rani Molla August 12

Jeff Bezos is quietly letting his charities do something radical — whatever they want

By Theodore Schleifer August 12

Trump’s executive order on social media bias is a distraction

By Shirin Ghaffary August 9

The drama over Mitch McConnell’s Twitter account, explained

By Emily Stewart August 9

How facial recognition became the most feared technology in the US

By Shirin Ghaffary August 9

Uber lost an eye-popping $5 billion in a single quarter

By Theodore Schleifer August 8

Facebook is starting to sell streaming video subscriptions — but not from HBO or Showtime

By Peter Kafka August 8

Why Amazon pays warehouse employees to tweet about their jobs

By Rani Molla August 8

Trump says Google is biased against conservatives. Here’s how search actually works.

By Rani Molla August 7

Is Big Tech addictive? A debate with Nir Eyal.

By Ezra Klein August 7

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

America has a terrible digital divide. Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that too.

By Shirin Ghaffary August 7

The wrong US response to Russia and China may trigger a “new Cold War,” warns Stanford University’s Larry Diamond

By Eric Johnson August 7

Trump wants social media to detect mass shooters before they commit crimes

By Rani Molla August 5

8chan, a nexus of radicalization, explained

By Emily Stewart August 5

Rep. Lauren Underwood says supporting impeachment would “look like a power grab” to her swing district

By Eric Johnson August 5

Here’s how Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and 8chan handle white supremacist content

By Shirin Ghaffary, Rani Molla, and 1 other August 4

“Keep that shit on the battlefield”: Beto O’Rourke calls for major gun reform following El Paso and Dayton shootings

By Tara Golshan August 4

Political tension at Google is only getting worse

By Shirin Ghaffary August 2

#KamalaHarrisDestroyed debate shows how little we understand social media manipulation

By Emily Stewart August 2

“The $300 textbook is dead,” says the CEO of textbook maker Pearson

By Eric Johnson August 2

Josh Hawley’s bill to limit your Twitter time to 30 minutes a day, explained

By Emily Stewart July 31

Cambridge Analytica made “ethical mistakes” because it was too focused on regulation, former COO says

By Eric Johnson July 31

Microsoft, Dell, Concur: Here are all the tech companies doing business with ICE and how much they’re getting paid

By Rani Molla July 30

A former Amazon employee hacked the credit card data of 100 million Americans

By Theodore Schleifer July 30

Why Google employees are donating to Warren and Sanders — candidates who want to break up Google

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary July 30

Megan Rapinoe still isn’t going to the White House, even if Trump invites her

By Eric Johnson July 29