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Recode

Recode

Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us.

Holiday scam email season is here. Don’t fall for it.

By Sara Morrison November 25

A leaked Amazon memo may help explain why the tech giant is pushing out so many recruiters

By Jason Del Rey November 23

Elon Musk has Twitter and Tesla problems

By Rebecca Heilweil November 23

Stop taking billionaires at their word

By Rebecca Jennings November 23

The White House’s plan to colonize the moon, briefly explained

By Rebecca Heilweil November 22

Elon Musk can’t get his story straight on Twitter

By Rani Molla and Shirin Ghaffary November 22

Trump’s return to Twitter prompts outrage and confusion

By Shirin Ghaffary November 21

Bob Iger’s Disney challenge: Solve the problem he helped create

By Peter Kafka November 21

16 Updates

The collapse of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried’s shocking downfall

By Vox Staff November 21

Amazon employees will be in layoff limbo into 2023

By Jason Del Rey November 17

It wasn’t an ordinary Red Cup Day at Starbucks this year

By Rani Molla November 17

“Stealing customers’ money is a tale as old as time.”

By Rebecca Heilweil November 17

Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t just a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset.

By Amanda Lewellyn November 17

Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself

By Kelsey Piper November 16

Welcome to the crypto ice age

By Miles Bryan November 16

NASA’s rules for astronaut posting: No TikTok, don’t embarrass us

By Rebecca Heilweil November 16

Elon Musk can’t take a joke

By Shirin Ghaffary November 16

The impact of Sam Bankman-Fried’s support for Democrats is massively overstated

By Nicole Narea November 15

“I think he’s battling with his own self”: Inside Elon Musk’s brain

By Peter Kafka November 15

What you need to know about Elon’s inner circle at Twitter

By Shirin Ghaffary November 12

The ridiculous but important Twitter check mark fiasco, explained

By Sara Morrison November 11

Twitter’s ad problem is Elon Musk

By Peter Kafka November 10

Silicon Valley layoffs are a reminder that your job won’t love you back

By Rani Molla November 10

Basically everything on Amazon has become an ad

By Jason Del Rey November 10

Billionaires are a dual-use technology

By Kelsey Piper November 10

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

How Americans voted for abortion rights, in one chart

By Rani Molla November 9

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

California voters said no to taxing the rich to make EVs more affordable

By Umair Irfan November 9

The secret to electric vehicle dominance is buying in bulk

By Rebecca Heilweil November 9

Twitter’s case study of how not to lay people off

By Rani Molla November 8

Biden’s hugely consequential high-tech export ban on China, explained by an expert

By Michael Bluhm November 5

The FCC wants to regulate space. Have fun!

By Rebecca Heilweil November 3

Elizabeth Warren wants to keep Big Tech from taking over your car

By Sara Morrison November 3

Who’s winning, and losing, in the Elon Twitter era

By Shirin Ghaffary November 1

Rich crypto executives really want voters to care about crypto. Good luck with that.

By Rebecca Heilweil October 31

How tech is helping us talk to animals

By Neel Dhanesha October 30

The Big Tech boom is over and Wall Street knows it

By Peter Kafka October 29

Quitting Elon

By Whizy Kim October 28

Adidas, Kanye, and the $4 billion sneakerhead industry

By Jason Del Rey October 28

What happens to your Twitter data now that Elon’s taken over

By Sara Morrison October 28

Where do restaurant “service fees” really go?

By Rani Molla October 28