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In a muted rebuke to Trump, Elon Musk says Muslim ban is ‘not the best way”

by Ina Fried

But will the tech industry’s stern words by followed with actions?

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Trump’s Muslim ban: ‘Apple would not exist without immigration ... It is not a policy we support.’

by Kara Swisher and Ina Fried

The move comes as other tech leaders finally start speaking out against the new president’s policies.

Tech leaders finally find their voice, opposing Trump’s Muslim ban: ‘So un-American, it pains us all.’

by Kara Swisher

The silence from Silicon Valley had been deafening.

Mark Zuckerberg is ‘concerned’ by President Trump’s immigration proposals

by Kurt Wagner

Zuck speaks!

What would Steve (Jobs) do? He sure wouldn’t eat humble pie as the Trump era dawns.

by Kara Swisher

The pirate life worked pretty well for the Apple legend, but now Silicon Valley has sunk its own courage.

Barack Obama says Democrats need to get smarter about tech taking jobs

by Eric Johnson

“Automation is relentless and it’s going to accelerate,” Obama said in his last interview as president.

How to watch the Women’s March on Washington online

by Eric Johnson

You have a lot of options.

After a brief ban for anti-Trump retweets, the U.S. National Parks Service is back on Twitter

by Eric Johnson

The account says its retweets yesterday were “mistaken.”

Journalists should stop interviewing Kellyanne Conway

by Eric Johnson

Donald Trump's TV-friendly spokesperson just makes everything more confusing, journalism professor Jay Rosen says.

How the press can save itself in the age of Trump

by Eric Johnson

Journalism professor Jay Rosen offers some suggestions for journalists under siege on Recode Media.

Donald Trump is getting a second Twitter account and 13 million new followers Friday

by Kurt Wagner

@POTUS, the official Twitter account reserved for the sitting president, will change hands from Barack Obama’s team to Trump’s administration.

Robots want half of your jobs

by Peter Kafka

That’s $16 trillion in worldwide wages. Can’t blame China for that.

President Obama made another virtual reality video — this time to say good-bye to the White House

by Kurt Wagner

Oculus paid for the video in the hope that POTUS can help bring VR mainstream.

BuzzFeed just published ‘explosive’ documents alleging Trump’s ties to Russia

by Peter Kafka

So that “Americans can make up their own minds.”

Full Transcript: Juleanna Glover and Hilary Rosen on Recode Decode

by Recode Staff

Political consultants from both sides of the fence talked with Kara about Trump and tech.

Silicon Valley’s rank and file prepare to fight Trump

by Tess Townsend

“Do not cede an inch of your power to these people.”

Full transcript: New York Observer Editor in Chief Ken Kurson on Recode Media

by Recode Staff

“People think, ‘Working for Jared Kushner, you have to vote for Trump.’ That’s not true at all.”

Donald Trump’s continued questioning of Russian hacking will eventually work — unless tech pushes back

by Kara Swisher

If you sow enough doubt into an already complex and unclear situation, you can pull off a win.

Courier-loving Trump claims he knows ‘things that other people don’t know’ about hacking

by Kara Swisher

In yet another unproven claim, he said he will reveal all later this week.

Kevin Sessums’s reaction to Facebook’s temporary ban is, well, very pointed

by Kara Swisher

The social media site “fucked with the wrong faggot.”

Why is there no fake news on LinkedIn? Listen to its editor explain.

by Eric Johnson

The difference between LinkedIn and Facebook is the difference between your office and your home, Daniel Roth says.

Forgive me, techies, but here are the seven reasons why Silicon Valley likes Trump

by Kara Swisher

Deregulation and more favorable tax treatment of repatriated funds are high on the list.

Kara Swisher: In 2017, journalists ‘have to be tougher on everybody’

by Eric Johnson

“We allow them to lie, we allow them to say things that are false, we don’t question things as much as we should.”

Tim Cook is defending his meeting with Trump, telling Apple employees he doesn't want to sit on the sidelines

by Ina Fried

“Personally, I’ve never found being on the sideline a successful place to be,” Cook wrote on an employee website.

Obama’s former tech chief saw the hacked elections coming. He just expected more people to care.

by Ina Fried

Harper Reed told Recode that if this happened in another country, we’d be demanding a new election.

Hell is Silicon Valley people who won’t grow up

by Kara Swisher

Serious times call for serious people, people!

New York Times columnist Tom Friedman: Don’t stop globalization to appease Trumpists

by Eric Johnson

“Thank God for Amazon and Apple and Google and the opportunities they’ve created.”

Obama’s tech chief predicted foreign hacking of U.S. elections back in 2013

by Ina Fried

Harper Reed outlined the possibility in a TED Talk.

Apple, Facebook, Google and Uber say they won’t help Trump build a registry of Muslim-Americans

by April Glaser

Trump has promised to be heavy on surveillance, which has long required the cooperation of technology companies.

The UN has decided to tackle the issue of killer robots in 2017

by April Glaser

Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak called on the United Nations last year to ban lethal autonomous weapons.

Who said what inside the Trump tech meeting: Immigration, paid maternity leave and becoming the ‘software president’

by Kara Swisher

It’s almost like Recode was in the air duct at Trump Tower.

Trump will ‘throw a big hand grenade’ at political journalism, says the Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan

by Eric Johnson

The former New York Times public editor says the president-elect will lead to “a new kind of journalistic inquiry.”

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