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Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

Producer, Special Projects, Kara Swisher

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    Starting the year off on a high note.

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    Recode readers and staff share their 2018 New Year’s resolutionsRecode readers and staff share their 2018 New Year’s resolutions
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    A whole lot of disconnecting going on.

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    What were the biggest tech stories of 2017?What were the biggest tech stories of 2017?
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    Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Lauren Goode count down the Top 10 news items of the year on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Kara Swisher reviews the media, 2017 editionKara Swisher reviews the media, 2017 edition
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    Swisher returns to Recode Media with Peter Kafka to talk about how journalism and tech are doing in the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Zach Stafford and Trish Bendix explain why Grindr is publishing a queer lifestyle magazine called Into, on the latest Recode Decode.

    By Eric Johnson
    Technology
    American athletes have doped at the Olympics, too. Why did only Russia get banned?American athletes have doped at the Olympics, too. Why did only Russia get banned?
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    USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan explains why the International Olympic Committee’s ban was the right call on the latest episode of Recode Decode.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Are biometrics a safe way to speed up airport security?Are biometrics a safe way to speed up airport security?
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    Clear CEO Caryn Seidman Becker answers all your privacy questions on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Why Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir may be the biggest stars of the Winter OlympicsWhy Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir may be the biggest stars of the Winter Olympics
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    The skaters-turned-commentators say their sport is missing the sort of stars it had in the ’90s.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are just getting started, says Spark Capital’s Megan QuinnBitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are just getting started, says Spark Capital’s Megan Quinn
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    Quinn, an investor in the crypto trading platform Coinbase, says “the toothpaste is out of the tube.”

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