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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Spotify’s Joe Rogan problem
The podcast host built a massive audience by speaking to fringe figures in culture, business, and science. During the pandemic, that got him in trouble with Neil Young, among others.
29 min
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BYOB (Be your own boss)
8 min
103
The SAT goes digital
13 min
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Finding asteroids before they find us
27 min
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Peloton’s ride to nowhere
9 min
106
How a volcano disconnected a country
Chris Stokel-Walker explains what it will take for Tonga to get back online and why there’s no easy solution for preventing future blackouts.
10 min
107
What in the Wordle?
Wordle helps us feel like we’re being social when we’re really not. Perfect!
11 min
108
Beanie babies were the NFTs of the 90s
What happens when the frenzy ends and the world doesn’t value your valuables? Vox’s Emily Stewart explains.
13 min
109
The crypto colonizers of Puerto Rico
14 min
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Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in...
Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games — if Washington lets it.
10 min
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The 5G airport freakout, explained
10 min
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So … what the hell is Web3?
62 min
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Electric cars aren’t just vehicles
They’re big batteries that can power homes and businesses, too. Recode’s Neel Dhanesha explains.
14 min
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John Deere thinks its self-driving tractor's sexy
We’re one step closer to self-farming farms.
7 min
115
Now’s the time to get the job you want
9 min
116
Are we living in a simulation?
Philosopher David Chalmers on the question: what is reality, anyway?
61 min
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Rapid tests, omicron, and you
Rapid tests work with omicron, but there are caveats. Recode’s Rebecca Heilweil explains.
10 min
118
Theranope
A tech startup said it could start a medical revolution with a little machine and a drop of blood. It was a fraud, but research into smarter, less invasive blood testing is a reality.
21 min
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To catch an insurrectionist
13 min
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Jill Lepore on Elon Musk's imaginary world
57 min
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The problem with TikTok therapists
16 min
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The space station race
14 min
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You’ve got my mail
13 min
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The 21st century trolley problem
9 min
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The gas stove myth
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