Recode Daily
Your guide to the most interesting and important tech and business news of the day. Learn how our digital world is changing — and changing us — five days a week. Produced by Recode and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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How the pandemic broke Nextdoor
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, lots of people are turning to Nextdoor for help. That’s not always what they find.
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How Covid-19 hurt department stores
Many malls and department stores will never reopen
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Offices will never be the same
The work-from-home revolution is here to stay, and even if you do go back to the office, it may look very differen
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How Instacart’s harsh ratings system hurts groc...
A New York City Instacart shopper and deliverer explains how livelihoods depend on a ratings system that must change.
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This 28-year-old billionaire wants to give away...
A conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried, an entrepreneur who donated $5 million to support the Biden campaign.
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How influencers monetize every aspect of their ...
There are lots of ways to make money as an influencer and content creator, but is the influencer economy becoming dystopian?
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We don't have enough computer chips
President Biden has issued an executive order to address the global semiconductor shortage
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Project Maven
Google's Project Maven was the opening shot in a battle between employees and management over the future of the company.
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Peter Thiel backs Hillbilly Elegy author for Se...
The billionaire investor who wants to rebuild the Republican Party just made a $10 million bet on author J.D. Vance.
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Facebook says it’s tackling the antivax movemen...
Can Facebook ever be an authority figure in the fight against Covid-19?
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Want a vaccine? Walgreens wants your data first.
So you’ve made a Walgreens account to make a vaccine appointment. What are they going to do with your data?
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Why a JPEG sold for $69 million
One NFT sold at auction last week for $69 million. Others have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Biden’s antitrust brain trust
Tim Wu has joined Biden’s National Economic Council, while Lina Khan will reportedly be nominated to the Federal Trade Commision
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Dr. B: the website to go to for extra vaccines
Dr. B is a new vaccine waitlist for leftover vaccines.
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What is a SPAC?
What are SPACs? And why do we keep hearing about them?
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When the free streaming trials end
Paramount+ enters the streaming service pool, but is it too late in the game? Recode's Rani Molla explains.
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Google quits cookies
Google calls its strategy “privacy-first.” Is it?
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How the pandemic changed social media habits
Twitter and Instagram usage rose significantly. TikTok’s average monthly visits grew by 576%.
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Why Biden’s backing an Amazon warehouse union d...
What the president’s pro-union message means
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Facebook bans Myanmar’s military
Facebook banned Myanmar’s military. What does that mean for social media and democracy?
9 min
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The Phone Wars
Apple and Google were once friends, but that changed with the rise of iOS and Android.
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Amazon’s race problem
Internal data obtained by Recode indicate that Black Amazon employees are promoted less frequently and are rated more harshly than non-Black peers
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The Project for Good Information
The project is led by Tara McGowan, who’s successfully raised money from Silicon Valley’s biggest political donors for past political startups.
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The biotech vaccine ingredient in high demand
How the government is trying to speed up production of essential vaccine ingredients
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Can billionaires save newspapers?
If a billionaire investor can’t save a local newspaper, can anyone save them?
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