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Plus, even when Amazon announces good news, it feels the backlash heat; Marc Andreessen and Travis Kalanick join an advisory board for a $500 billion Saudi megacity project; sunglasses that block “second-hand screens.”


Plus, Taylor Swift dips her toe into politics with an Instagram post; former Trump aide Hope Hicks will be the communications head of the “New Fox”; gym selfies are changing the way we work out.


Plus, what to expect (after all the leaks) from Google’s Tuesday Pixel hardware showcase; Facebook is launching a video device for the home; I’m sorry — we can’t fantasize our way out of this mess.


Plus, Bird will now deliver electric scooters to your home or office; Tronc is un-rebranding itself back to Tribune Publishing; JFK unveils its $13 billion makeover plan; the hotel minibar is out.


Plus, GM’s Cruise self-driving unit partners with Honda on an autonomous vehicle; these coders are programming themselves — and whole departments — out of a job; the greatest pumpkin.


Plus, Tesla meets its Q3 production goal for the Model 3 — with some help from customers on the delivery end; China’s Tencent Music files for a $1 billion U.S. IPO.


Plus, GE suddenly has an innovative new CEO; California Gov. Jerry Brown bans bots from pretending to be real people; are hand tattoos still “job stoppers”?


Plus, the FBI forced a man to open his iPhone X with his face; California restores net neutrality, and the Trump administration immediately sues California; beyond the man cave: The showroom garage.


Plus, the SEC sues Tesla CEO Elon Musk for fraud; they call it “in-car commerce”; introducing Recode’s newest podcast, Pivot; is that what you’re wearing?


Plus, Uber will pay $148 million to settle its 2016 global data breach; a Facebook content moderator sues, claiming the job gave her PTSD; Sister Mary Jane and the weed nuns.