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Twitter comms VP Natalie Kerris is out after less than six months

By Kurt Wagner Aug 1, 2016, 9:47p

Another exec is leaving Twitter.

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Google's Alphabet is part of a $700 million effort to cure disease without meds

By Mark Bergen @mhbergen Aug 1, 2016, 9:15a

Verily and pharma giant GSK will pour the money into “bioelectronics.”

Yahoo’s $4.8 billion sale to Verizon, explained

By Eric Johnson @HeyHeyESJ Aug 1, 2016, 6:30a

Longtime activist investor Eric Jackson talks with Recode's Kara Swisher on the latest Recode Decode.

From The Verge

Virgin Galactic gets FAA license to start flight-testing its spaceplane

By Loren Grush @lorengrush Aug 1, 2016, 3:00p

Virgin Galactic now has a commercial operating license for its SpaceShipTwo vehicle. That’s the company’s spaceplane that’s designed to take passengers into sub-orbital space. The license, granted by the Federal Aviation Administration, allows...

The Uber-Didi deal is straight out of Peter Thiel's playbook

By Noah Kulwin @nkulw Aug 1, 2016, 12:36p

Here’s what the Gawker destroyer said in 2014.

Uber

You gotta know when to fold ‘em: Uber and Didi call a truce in China with a $35 billion deal

By Kara Swisher @karaswisher Aug 1, 2016, 12:33a

The U.S. ride-hailing phenom was engaged in a pricey battle with its Chinese rival.

Microsoft’s phone camera expert is headed back to Nokia to work on virtual reality

By Ina Fried Aug 1, 2016, 4:11p

Juha Alakarhu helped develop Nokia’s 41-megapixel PureView camera technology.

From The Verge

Washington state says Comcast sold 'near-worthless' service plans

By Jacob Kastrenakes @jake_k Aug 1, 2016, 2:29p

Comcast is being sued for more than $100 million by Washington state, which claims that the cable giant illegally deceived customers with various customer service guarantees. Most notably, the state alleges that Comcast deceived Washington...

From The Verge

New York governor bars sex offenders from playing Pokémon Go

By Adi Robertson @thedextriarchy Aug 1, 2016, 1:01p

At the direction of Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York’s correctional department has made playing online games a violation of parole for sex offenders — particularly Pokémon Go. In a statement, Cuomo said that people on the sex offender registry are...

Full transcript: Pokémon Go and GoPro on Too Embarrassed to Ask

By Eric Johnson @HeyHeyESJ Aug 1, 2016, 1:00p

Two go’s for the price of one.

A giant shopping mall company is turning to 10 startups to breathe new life into retail

By Jason Del Rey @DelRey Aug 1, 2016, 9:00a

Westfield Corporation and R/GA launch a three-month startup accelerator today.

Recode Daily

Why Uber teamed up with its main rival in China | Recode Daily: August 1, 2016

By Noah Kulwin @nkulw Aug 1, 2016, 7:44a

Uber and Didi Chuxing call a truce, and now everyone in the ride business owns everyone else.

Tesla is moving ahead with its plan to buy SolarCity, paving the way for Elon Musk’s master plan

By Johana Bhuiyan @JMBooyah Aug 1, 2016, 7:32a

Tesla will be acquiring SolarCity in an all-stock agreement valued at $2.6 billion.

The Tim and Marni Show hits Yahoo HQ as the real work begins on what will be a ‘thorny’ integration with AOL

By Kara Swisher @karaswisher Jul 31, 2016, 5:38p

AOL has also had some of the same integration struggles within Verizon.

Capital Gains

Capital Gains: Mobile gaming, robots for kids and former Apple execs landed cash for startups

By Noah Kulwin @nkulw Jul 31, 2016, 5:15p

Plus, a lending startup gears up for an IPO.

Politics

Here are 10 funny #TrumpSacrifices on Twitter right now

By Kara Swisher @karaswisher Jul 31, 2016, 1:13p

We all live in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the tweets.

Politics

Are voting machines the next target of Russian hacking? One security expert thinks so.

By Kara Swisher @karaswisher Jul 31, 2016, 8:30a

And sorry, Silicon Valley, internet voting isn’t the solution.

Politics

Hey Donald, you can find the Gold Star mother of the slain Muslim-American soldier speaking on YouTube

By Kara Swisher @karaswisher Jul 30, 2016, 5:52p

Also, there is a search engine called Google and you can use it to discover facts and other stuff!

Media

The internet gets ready to spew the latest ‘Harry Potter’ spoilers at midnight

By Kara Swisher @karaswisher Jul 30, 2016, 2:38p

The script for the new play “Cursed Child” is No. 1 on Amazon.

Politics

As though this election weren't weird enough, Russian hackers also hit the Clinton campaign computers

By Kara Swisher @karaswisher Jul 30, 2016, 10:35a

Meddling in the presidential campaign appears to be the aim of the cyber attack.

Full transcript: Slate Group Chairman Jacob Weisberg on Recode Media

By Eric Johnson @HeyHeyESJ Jul 30, 2016, 7:00a

“America looks like a very different place, even if Trump loses but gets 45 percent of the vote.”

Watch the launch party for Tesla's Gigafactory live online tonight

By Johana Bhuiyan @JMBooyah Jul 29, 2016, 5:09p

The huge plant in Nevada will crank out battery packs for vehicles and energy storage.

From The Verge

Tim Cook is hosting a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton

By Russell Brandom @russellbrandom Jul 29, 2016, 1:29p

Tim Cook is planning a fundraising event for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, according to an invitation obtained by BuzzFeed News. The fundraiser is scheduled for August 24th and will be undertaken by Cook as a private citizen, rather...

Amazon vows not to be blindsided again by the crush of the holiday shopping season

By Jason Del Rey @DelRey Jul 29, 2016, 10:47a

The company is adding 18 warehouses in the third quarter of this year.

Millennials prefer Microsoft Word for individual work, Google Docs for collaborative work

By Matt Richman Jul 29, 2016, 10:00a

It was shocking to discover that millennials are emotionally invested in a word processor.

Facebook

Sheryl Sandberg leans into her next book, ‘Option B,’ about grieving and healing

By Kara Swisher @karaswisher Jul 29, 2016, 8:54a

The death of her beloved husband spurred the deeply personal project, co-authored with Adam Grant.

What my daughters learned at summer coding camp

By Ebba Blitz Jul 29, 2016, 8:00a

They love collaboration and, above all, they are very fast learners when they see what technology can do for them.

Recode Daily

Amazon and Google made Wall Street really, really happy | Recode Daily: July 29, 2016

By Noah Kulwin @nkulw Jul 29, 2016, 7:35a

Google did fine, but Amazon hit it out of the park.

What the heck happens to Yahoo now that Verizon owns it?

By Eric Johnson @HeyHeyESJ Jul 29, 2016, 6:30a

And what will Kara Swisher do with all her new free time?

From The Verge

Sony’s mobile business is now small enough to not be losing money

By Vlad Savov @vladsavov Jul 29, 2016, 4:17a

After years of struggles from its phone division, Sony has finally figured out how to break even: by shrinking everything dramatically and benefiting from favorable exchange rates. The Japanese company today reports a slender quarterly profit of...

Surprise! Microsoft found 2,850 more jobs to cut as it continues its retreat from the phone business.

By Ina Fried Jul 28, 2016, 7:02p

The company has now shed nearly all of the Nokia mobile phone business that it acquired in April 2014.