Recode Staff

Plus: Twitter shared its daily user numbers for the first time; Postmates is the latest startup to file confidentially for an IPO; ASMR videos give people the tingles (no, not that way).

Plus: Instacart apologized for its tip-theft controversy, but low wages are still a big issue; e-scooter company Lime raises $310 million while e-scooter injuries are on the rise; now yacht influencers are a thing.

Plus: Apple’s retail chief is leaving after five years; Snap finally had a good day on Wall Street; your new, more-inclusive emoji for 2019.

Plus: Facebook at 15 — is it good for the world?; Alphabet keeps YouTube’s numbers hidden in its upbeat Q4 earnings; remember the egg that broke Instagram?

Plus: Were the Super Bowl ads really “a case study in digital dread”?; proving that you’re not a robot is getting harder and harder; getting rid of digital dust bunnies; frozen food is so hot right now.

Plus: Q4 earnings show that Amazon Web Services is the company’s dominant source of profit; storage-on-demand startups want in on Marie Kondo’s decluttering action; what the kids are listening to.

Plus: Foxconn is reconsidering that $10 billion Wisconsin manufacturing plant; Americans received more than 26 billion robocalls last year; if summer ever returns, Roomba is ready with a robot lawn mower.

Plus: Slack has 10 million daily active users; California’s biggest utility, PG&E, files for bankruptcy; Marie Kondo cleans up — all the way to the bank; go ahead, say, “So much for global warming.”