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Amazon and Google are still fighting, so YouTube’s TV service won’t be on Amazon devicesAmazon and Google are still fighting, so YouTube’s TV service won’t be on Amazon devices
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But it will be everywhere else soon, including Apple TV.

By Peter Kafka
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Facebook, Google and Twitter might face yet another grilling by U.S. lawmakers angry about their algorithmsFacebook, Google and Twitter might face yet another grilling by U.S. lawmakers angry about their algorithms
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A powerful House committee wants to explore tech platforms, though it hasn’t secured witnesses.

By Tony Romm
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YouTube is taking on TV on its home turf, and it’s starting to winYouTube is taking on TV on its home turf, and it’s starting to win
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YouTube viewing on actual TV sets is up 70 percent in the last year.

By Peter Kafka
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A new Trump policy could let Amazon and Google test more drones in U.S. citiesA new Trump policy could let Amazon and Google test more drones in U.S. cities
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The White House wants cities and towns to partner with drone makers on new pilot projects.

By Tony Romm
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Facebook and Google are spending big money to lobby on Russia, sex trafficking and immigrationFacebook and Google are spending big money to lobby on Russia, sex trafficking and immigration
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Along with Apple and Amazon, tech’s new lobbying data show they’re under siege in the nation’s capital.

By Tony Romm
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The super-secret Google X lab has hired its own lobbyists in the nation’s capitalThe super-secret Google X lab has hired its own lobbyists in the nation’s capital
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Google’s secretive experimental unit hired a new firm, a federal ethics report shows.

By Tony Romm
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Here’s how U.S. lawmakers want to regulate political ads on Facebook, Google and TwitterHere’s how U.S. lawmakers want to regulate political ads on Facebook, Google and Twitter
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An early look at the Honest Ads Act by Sens. Mark Warner, Amy Klobuchar and John McCain

By Tony Romm
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YouTube’s Susan Wojcicki explains why the ‘Google memo’ author had to be firedYouTube’s Susan Wojcicki explains why the ‘Google memo’ author had to be fired
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On the latest Recode Decode, the CEO reflects on how the diversity debate sparked by James Damore’s memo affected her personally.

By Eric Johnson
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Can Google catch up to Apple in hardware?Can Google catch up to Apple in hardware?
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Google SVP of Hardware Rick Osterloh explains the company’s push into high-end gadgets on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.

By Eric Johnson
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Google is essentially building an anti-Amazon alliance, and Target is the latest to joinGoogle is essentially building an anti-Amazon alliance, and Target is the latest to join
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Voice-shopping partnerships to combat Alexa are just the beginning.

By Jason Del Rey
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Lyft’s new in-app navigation for drivers knocks out one more previous Uber advantageLyft’s new in-app navigation for drivers knocks out one more previous Uber advantage
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Lyft is working with Google Maps.

By Johana Bhuiyan
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How to launch a company when you’re 25 years old, according to Brit + Co CEO Brit MorinHow to launch a company when you’re 25 years old, according to Brit + Co CEO Brit Morin
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“It was one of those things, ‘Well, men always start companies when they’re 25, why can’t a woman do it?’”

By Eric Johnson
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Amazon has replaced Google as the company that freaks out corporate America the mostAmazon has replaced Google as the company that freaks out corporate America the most
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It’s the new corporate boogeyman.

By Rani Molla
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Facebook, Tesla and other tech giants are giving aid to Puerto Rico in the form of VR, ‘internet balloons’ and batteriesFacebook, Tesla and other tech giants are giving aid to Puerto Rico in the form of VR, ‘internet balloons’ and batteries
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Example: Mark Zuckerberg announced an augmented-reality mapping tool to help the Red Cross.

By Kat Borgerding
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Google has found a small number of 2016 election ads tied to Russian government forcesGoogle has found a small number of 2016 election ads tied to Russian government forces
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But the company, which isn’t saying much publicly, is still investigating

By Tony Romm
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Silicon Valley’s Russian ads problem, explainedSilicon Valley’s Russian ads problem, explained
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Why Facebook, Google and Twitter find themselves in the middle of an investigation into the 2016 election.

By Tony Romm and Kurt Wagner
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Google is paying publishers working on ‘Stamp,’ its version of Snapchat’s DiscoverGoogle is paying publishers working on ‘Stamp,’ its version of Snapchat’s Discover
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The new mobile format could debut this month for some users.

By Peter Kafka
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Facebook and Twitter will testify to the U.S. Congress on Russia and the 2016 presidential electionFacebook and Twitter will testify to the U.S. Congress on Russia and the 2016 presidential election
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Google has not said if it will also appear before the House and Senate committees

By Tony Romm
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Senate lawmakers fear future elections are at risk from Russian meddlingSenate lawmakers fear future elections are at risk from Russian meddling
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The Senate Intelligence Committee also urged Facebook, Google and Twitter to testify at a November 1 hearing.

By Tony Romm
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The Pixel market share chart Google probably won’t be showing at its event todayThe Pixel market share chart Google probably won’t be showing at its event today
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The Google phone has captured less than 1 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers.

By Rani Molla and Dan Frommer
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Facebook is sharing its data with Google as the search giant reviews potential Russian meddling in the 2016 electionFacebook is sharing its data with Google as the search giant reviews potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election
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Google is also set to meet with congressional investigators in the coming weeks.

By Tony Romm
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Facebook, Google and Twitter have been asked to testify before Congress on Russia and the 2016 electionFacebook, Google and Twitter have been asked to testify before Congress on Russia and the 2016 election
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The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold its hearing in November; House lawmakers will aim for October

By Tony Romm
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Here are 19 random facts about Google on its 19th anniversaryHere are 19 random facts about Google on its 19th anniversary
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In 1998, Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded the search engine.

By Kat Borgerding
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The new TV season has started. Here’s why Facebook and Google and Amazon (and you) care.The new TV season has started. Here’s why Facebook and Google and Amazon (and you) care.
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There’s a real small bundle of channels, and no one company owns the majority of that bundle.

By Edmund Lee
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Why Google is spending $1.1 billion to ‘acqhire’ 2,000 HTC engineersWhy Google is spending $1.1 billion to ‘acqhire’ 2,000 HTC engineers
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Phones, today. But tomorrow ...

By Dan Frommer and Rani Molla
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Democrats are trying to limit foreign influence on U.S. elections — beginning with Google and Facebook adsDemocrats are trying to limit foreign influence on U.S. elections — beginning with Google and Facebook ads
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Politicians want the FEC to crack down on “loopholes” that allow foreign entities to buy political ads online.

By Kurt Wagner and Tony Romm
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Twitter is adding another former Google executive to its board: Patrick PichetteTwitter is adding another former Google executive to its board: Patrick Pichette
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Hugh Johnston, Pepsi’s CFO, is leaving Twitter’s board.

By Kurt Wagner
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A top European Union official is planning to press Apple, Facebook and others this week on privacy and hate speechA top European Union official is planning to press Apple, Facebook and others this week on privacy and hate speech
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Věra Jourová, an EU commissioner, is paying the Valley a visit.

By Tony Romm
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Full transcript: Author and NYU professor Scott Galloway on Recode DecodeFull transcript: Author and NYU professor Scott Galloway on Recode Decode
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Google is God. Facebook is love. Amazon is the gut. Apple is sex.

By Recode Staff
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Apple, Microsoft, Uber and other tech giants are rising to the defense of DreamersApple, Microsoft, Uber and other tech giants are rising to the defense of Dreamers
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A report card on the tech industry’s early lobbying efforts on DACA.

By Tony Romm and Rani Molla
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Companies should explicitly brand themselves as liberal, NYU’s Scott Galloway saysCompanies should explicitly brand themselves as liberal, NYU’s Scott Galloway says
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On the latest Recode Decode, Galloway says being seen as politically conservative worked in the ’80s, but now, companies and executives should be “neon blue.”

By Eric Johnson
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Floridians prep for Hurricane Irma on SnapchatFloridians prep for Hurricane Irma on Snapchat
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Be safe out there!

By Rani Molla
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Full transcript: Self-driving car engineer Chris Urmson on Recode DecodeFull transcript: Self-driving car engineer Chris Urmson on Recode Decode
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His startup, Aurora, is building software to make cars fully autonomous.

By Recode Staff
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How to compete with Google and Facebook: Go around themHow to compete with Google and Facebook: Go around them
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Oath, the Verizon subsidiary that Yahoo and AOL merged into, will find an indirect way to get ad dollars.

By Eric Johnson
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Google comms head Jessica Powell is departing for — wait for it — grad schoolGoogle comms head Jessica Powell is departing for — wait for it — grad school
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The well-regarded exec has been a close adviser to Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

By Kara Swisher
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These are the 10 most popular mobile apps in AmericaThese are the 10 most popular mobile apps in America
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Facebook and Google remain the big winners.

By Dan Frommer
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Google and Walmart are partnering on voice shopping in a challenge to Amazon’s AlexaGoogle and Walmart are partnering on voice shopping in a challenge to Amazon’s Alexa
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What do they say about the enemy of my enemy?

By Jason Del Rey
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An ‘alt-right’ leader called off a planned protest of Google over the firing of James DamoreAn ‘alt-right’ leader called off a planned protest of Google over the firing of James Damore
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Jack Posobiec early Wednesday blamed the “alt-left” for making “terrorist threats.”

By Tony Romm
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These texts show Uber’s Travis Kalanick and Otto’s Anthony Levandowski plotting a press blitzThese texts show Uber’s Travis Kalanick and Otto’s Anthony Levandowski plotting a press blitz
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“We should have a undertone of scorched earth.”

By Peter Kafka
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Travis Kalanick’s text messages with former employee Anthony Levandowski reveal an obsession with Tesla and GoogleTravis Kalanick’s text messages with former employee Anthony Levandowski reveal an obsession with Tesla and Google
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Levandowski proposed a @FakeTesla Twitter account to “start calling Elon [Musk] on his shit.”

By Johana Bhuiyan