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Backers of the deal underestimated the strength of the opposition to corporate subsidies.
The situation isn’t as bad at other tech company warehouses and manufacturing facilities.
They spent a combined $48 million — up 13 percent from 2017.
Voice assistants are more habit-forming in cars than on smartphones.
Top ad buyers say increased spending on Amazon is mostly coming from other digital platforms.
The world’s richest couple calls it splits after 25 years.
The food-delivery company wants to bring you more than just food.
Smart speaker sales grew 78 percent in 2018.
Barton’s company is trying to create a Netflix-style digital platform for e-books.
The futuristic shops bring in more revenue than regular convenience stores.
Longreads, analysis and explanations on what mattered in tech this year.
Voice tech expert Bret Kinsella says that, eventually, virtual assistants are “just gonna do things on our behalf.”
The rich get richer.
On this episode of Recode Decode, Tynan talks about overcoming investors’ skepticism in order to start her online framing company.
Instacart will begin pulling the first group of workers out of Whole Foods locations in February.
Here’s a visual look back at the year.
The first of three public hearings on the terms of the previously secret deal were held today.
Most don’t think the split second headquarters is a big deal.
That’s a lotta podcast!
The Atlantic’s Franklin Foer, author of “World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech,” critiques the tech giants on the latest Recode Decode.
Some companies are choosing to end their relationship with Amazon rather than cave to the online retailer’s demands.
Jason Warnick has presumably had a lot of job offers since joining Amazon in the 20th century.
Consumer goods represent Alexa’s best chance at getting voice sales off the ground.
To Shear, watching something for two hours is different from repeatedly opening an app over two hours.
Discord has hired Qatalyst Partners, the boutique investment bank known for selling tech companies.
The company is under fire, again, this time for years of dirty tricks exposed by the New York Times.
A lot of change is on the horizon for the Queens neighborhood.
Duh.
“National Landing” and Long Island City have high office vacancy rates and are both cheaper places to buy homes than Seattle.
Sometimes it’s worth putting on your shoes and taking a walk.
Until we invent something that wouldn’t be possible without voice, we’re just repurposing online content for our ears.
On the latest episode of Pivot, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about Amazon’s two new “headquarters,” the toxic waste of social media and the mixed bag of the 2018 midterms.
Washington Post columnist Steven Pearlstein talks about his new book, “Can American Capitalism Survive?” on Recode Decode.
The “We Won’t Build It” group sent a letter to the CEO this summer decrying the company’s relationships with police.
Publisher A.G. Sulzberger says he’s not interested in cutting a deal like the Washington Post did with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
The new headquarters would be close to the airport, but would be an expensive place to live.
Officials said a 50-foot wall collapsed during a storm.
Corporate political action committees aren’t as motivated by partisan politics as individuals tend to be.
“It’s the only way to fix democracy,” Tusk says.
The business’ strong profit margins are alluring. But the downside is real.