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Bill Gates will never be the same May 19, 2021

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Bill and Melinda Gates shocked the world when they announced their divorce in early May. It left many people wondering about the future of their global philanthropic work through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has an endowment of nearly $50 billion. The couple pledged to continue working together, but the waterfall of scandalous reports that have emerged about Bill threatens to shatter the carefully constructed public persona the Microsoft cofounder has built for decades. Recode’s Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) explains.

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Read Teddy’s story for Recode here: https://bit.ly/2S21gHC

Here is the Wall Street Journal article Teddy mentioned: https://on.wsj.com/3wdxOgA

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Buy now, pay later...but read the fine print May 18, 2021

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Thanks to Afterpay and Klarna, it’s easier than ever to buy in installments. Now, the model is coming for necessities. The buy now pay later concept isn’t new, but as startups make it more popular, what might be the unforeseen consequences, and why might Americans be particularly susceptible to going into more and more debt?

Rebecca Jennings and Meredith Haggerty are co-hosts of the Vox Culture desk audio series, What’s the Story? Featuring reporter Terry Nguyen, who wrote about this topic for The Goods.

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https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2021/5/11/22429014/buy-now-pay-later-pandemic-expansion

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- Hosts: Rebecca Jennings (@rebexxxa) Meredith Haggerty (@manymanywords)
- Producer: Schuyler Swenson
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The FCC’s big bet on Elon Musk May 17, 2021

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It remains to be seen if the satellite internet service, Starlink, from Elon Musk’s Space X, can live up to its potential. But it certainly has a lot of potential. And some problems. Recode’s Sara Morrison (@saramorrison) explains.

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Host: Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer)
Producer: Taylor Maycan
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Young viewer discretion advised May 14, 2021

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Since 2015, YouTube Kids has dominated the world of video streaming content for kids online. But over the years, the app has been criticized for its moderation failures and other safety concerns for young people. Recently congress has focused in on the app’s autoplay feature calling for its removal. Recode’s Rebecca Heilweil explains how it works,why adults feel it’s so problematic for children and why designing content platforms for kids is more complicated than it may seem.

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How Alexa learned to talk May 13, 2021

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Bloomberg's Brad Stone and Recode's Jason Del Rey report on all things Amazon and Jeff Bezos. They discuss the company’s underrated tech and how Amazon made Alexa smart (a tale of Xboxes, decoys, and apartments-in-disguise), plus the company’s ambitions in Hollywood.

This is just a preview of a much longer conversation. You can hear the full thing on the Recode Media podcast.

Featuring: Brad Stone (@BradStone), tech writer for Bloomberg and author of ‘Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire.’

Guest Host: Jason Del Rey (@DelRey), senior correspondent at Recode

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The Colonial Pipeline, hacked May 12, 2021

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Last week, a major US oil pipeline was hacked and held for ransom. The Colonial Pipeline shut down in an effort to stop the hackers, causing a major disruption in the oil industry. The pipeline serves 14 states, and stretches from Texas to New Jersey. If shut down long enough, gas prices could rise amid fuel shortages. But why would hackers target an oil pipeline? Recode’s Sara Morrison (@saramorrison) explains.

References:

Read Sara’s story about the pipeline here.

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India's Covid censorship May 11, 2021

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If you remember how bad the coronavirus pandemic was in the US about a year ago, right now in India … it’s worse. In fact, it’s the worst outbreak the world has seen since the beginning of the pandemic. People are turning to Twitter and Facebook to ask for help, crowdsource medical supplies, and demand the government take better action. But then some of their posts disappeared ... at the request of the government. Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) explains.

References:

Listen to the Worldly episode about the Covid-19 crisis in India.

Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary also wrote about the social media censorship.

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The housing boom, but for renters May 10, 2021

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America’s high-flying housing market might mean you’ll be renting forever — or, at least, for quite some time. Housing prices have soared during the pandemic as people have rushed to buy homes to escape cities and secure space for themselves and their families. Big companies have scooped up houses as well, sometimes outcompeting would-be homebuyers. As a result, more people may be pushed toward rentals because they can’t find or afford houses to buy. Recode’s Rani Molla explains whether the housing boom is turning America into a nation of renters.

Learn more:

Read Rani’s story on how soaring home prices are pushing people into the rental market here.

Find Vox’s explainer about North America’s lumber mania here.

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Why you should be skeptical of Jeff Bezos’s worker satisfaction stat Apr 30, 2021

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Earlier this month, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos released his last annual letter to shareholders, it's his final farewell. Bezos mentioned a stat that said 94% of warehouse employees like working for Amazon so much that they'd recommend it to a friend as a place to work. But how did Amazon get to that number? Recode's Jason Del Rey did some digging.

References:

Jason’s full story here.
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iOS 14.5 lets you say no to data tracking Apr 28, 2021

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The long-awaited Apple iOS 14.5 update comes with a new privacy tool called App Tracking Transparency. This tool prompts users to opt out of tracking in apps that collect and share their data. So what does that mean for users and for companies that rely on that data? Recode’s Sara Morrison (@SaraMorrison) explains.

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