Shirin Ghaffary
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California, United States
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Recode Daily: As Uber files its IPO, its history comes back to haunt it
Plus: Alexa is caught sharing conversations with an unexpected audience, Julian Assange is arrested, and Jeff Bezos is challenging his competitors on worker pay. → Read More
New York City wants to make sure the AI and algorithms it uses aren’t biased. That’s harder than it sounds.
Algorithms help the government decide who gets arrested, where people go to school, and how to distribute social services. New York City created a task force to make sure these algorithms aren’t discriminating against its residents. That’s proving harder than it sounds. → Read More
Recode Daily: Amazon employees take a stand on climate change
Plus: Facebook changes its news feed, Chinese tech giant JD makes cuts to its workforce, and Republicans host a Senate hearing on alleged anti-conservative bias in social media. → Read More
Recode Daily: China considers putting the brakes on crypto mining
Plus: Google’s cofounders are notably MIA at company meetings, Congress holds a committee about white nationalism on social media, and Facebook says it’s using AI to be more respectful of friends who’ve passed away → Read More
Recode Daily: Amazon has reportedly been falling behind on its plans to go green while it courts big oil
Plus: Millions of Netflix users aren’t paying, a private equity firm acquires Gizmodo Media Group, and Pinterest sets its IPO range below its initial filing. → Read More
Recode Daily: Lyft is threatening to sue Morgan Stanley, saying that it created a product to short sell its stocks
Plus: Westworld creators move to Amazon, Americans think social media is a waste of time, and Google’s internal ethics board raises questions for some → Read More
Recode Daily: MacKenzie Bezos is now the world’s third-wealthiest woman
Plus: Women at Microsoft detail accounts of sexual harassment at work, Snap is building an ad network, and Amazon pushes ahead on plans to go to space. → Read More
Recode Daily: Another day, another Facebook privacy scandal
Plus: Verizon pushes ahead in the international race for 5G, Amazon downplays its own ads on the website, and Singapore pushes for fake news legislation. → Read More
Recode Daily: Former YouTube employees say the company didn’t listen to warning signs about extremist content
Plus: Congress tries to crack down on spam calls, Google awards temps more benefits, and the DOJ wades into Oscar selection drama. → Read More
Recode Daily: Facebook floats the idea of paying publishers to put content in a dedicated news section
Plus: Ex-NSA employees hack media figures, researchers find flaws in Tesla’s autopilot system, and Apple attempts to woo publishers. → Read More
Google employees are calling for the removal of a conservative think-tank president from the company’s AI advisory council
Critics are alleging that Heritage Foundation President Kay Cole James has made anti-trans statements. → Read More
Recode Daily: Jeff Bezos’ security team thinks the Saudi government hacked his phone
Plus: Mark Zuckerberg wants to regulate the internet, media organizations fail to save their work online, and Care.com takes down thousands of poorly vetted daycares → Read More
Recode Daily: HUD is filing charges against Facebook for its ad targeting practices
Plus: Apple may be making it easier to do outside product repairs, what Lyft’s IPO means for everyday people, and how companies are using personal photos to train facial recognition algorithms. → Read More
Recode Daily: Facebook gets tougher on white nationalist content
Plus: The Nobel Prize of computing recipients, Grindr is reportedly up for sale, and another tech VC is caught up in the college admissions scandal. → Read More
Recode Daily: McDonald’s spent a reported $300 million to acquire an AI company
Plus: Google’s rebooted robotics plans, the FTC’s inquiry into internet service providers, and Qualcomm’s win over Apple in their patent-royalty dispute. → Read More
Recode Daily: Apple’s preview of its video service raises more questions than it answers
Plus: Uber and Lyft drivers protest for higher pay, Google rolls out public events, and Apple launches a credit card. → Read More
Recode Daily: Inside Apple’s push toward the services side of its business
Plus, Uber acquires a Dubai rival, Los Angeles seeks scooter company data, and Boeing updates its 737 Max-8. → Read More
Recode Daily: Facebook faces yet another privacy mishap
Plus: Jack Dorsey is hiring a crypto A-team, Rent the Runway becomes a unicorn, and Apple is planning for its new TV service. → Read More
Recode Daily: The EU is fining Google €1.5 billion for breaching antitrust rules
Plus: Instagram’s big opportunity in shopping, Uber expands its freight service to Europe, and Australian telecom companies ban 4chan and other sites for hosting Christchurch shooting videos. → Read More
Recode Daily: Instagram makes a push into commerce
Plus: Canada welcomes foreign tech workers, Facebook’s issue of scale, and Kickstarter’s CEO resigns. → Read More