Influence


The news leader published a damning story about the social media giant’s handling of recent scandals, so who gets the blame? If anyone.


Business leaders are conditioned with a “Pavlovian” response against tax hikes, said the Salesforce CEO.


The entire race was effectively a referendum on Silicon Valley.


RevUp CEO Steve Spinner cracked the code on raising money for politicians online. And he says it’s not so different from raising money for a startup.


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 contentious measure, Prop C, has divided tech leaders.


Earlier this year, Musk was working 120-hour weeks to ramp up production of Tesla’s Model 3. Now he’s back to a “manageable” 80-90.


In-depth and in-person, they discuss his crazy year of tweeting, journalist fights — and why Tesla won’t build an electric scooter and much more.


“Some people use their hair to express themselves; I use Twitter.”


Another Trump-like flair: Musk also criticizes “social justice warriors.”


But he says not all Saudis are the same.


Matt Heiman comes from Greylock Partners, which is trying to execute a tricky generational transition.


Publisher A.G. Sulzberger says he’s not interested in cutting a deal like the Washington Post did with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.


Masayoshi Son finally spoke about the murder of a Saudi Arabian dissident.


Facebook user growth was weak last quarter, and earnings were a disaster. Will things be better on Tuesday?


Leaders in the tech community are being pulled into a debate about their corporate responsibility in San Francisco and beyond.


People talk about money from “the Saudis.” But it’s not that simple. Who exactly are “the Saudis,” anyway?


MJD tells Recode’s Kurt Wagner that the low success rate in tech investing scares him: “I grew up with no money, so it’s like, I got money, I’m gonna try to keep it as long as I can.”


Here’s what to watch for as Davos in the Desert begins.


Recode’s Kara Swisher and NYU’s Scott Galloway discuss the links between Jamal Khashoggi’s killers and the tech industry on this episode of Pivot.


Clegg is joining Facebook as global head of communications and public policy.


Thiel is giving $1 million to the Club for Growth, a hardline conservative advocacy group.


Garcetti isn’t committed to running for president yet — but he’s been thinking a lot about it.

Sean Parker crafted a little-known part of the tax code called Opportunity Zones. Now every one-percenter in Silicon Valley wants in.


“They’ll have a day or two of training,” he said.


Systrom has no idea what he wants to do next, but he knows he won’t just be sitting on a beach.


Sort them by tech talent, rent and commute times.


It’s likely to include Maryanna Saenko, an investor at Khosla Ventures.


Are you one of the 29 million people?


Venture capitalists should display some responsibility just like big corporations do.


Is there a big business here?


Friar was one of Square CEO Jack Dorsey’s most valuable deputies.


Here are some of the hazards that could trip up either side over the next few weeks.


The new and used market for Teslas is booming.


The social networking giant is on a hunt all over the globe for a new head of policy and communications.


About one quarter of the fund could depend on the success of one company.


Also, some thoughts from the CEO about Uber moving into the grocery business.

Everything was on the table — and after Facebook’s wildest year yet, that’s a really big table.


The proposed legislation offers new rules for data portability, net neutrality and more that Democrats might push for if they recapture Congress.