Kara Swisher

Billionaire Elon Musk has made enemies with several billionaires over the years, including the likes of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Musk's acquisition of social media platform Twitter in 2022 may have escalated his rivalry with Zuckerberg. What Happened: Musk acquired Twitter for $...

Entrepreneur and NBA team owner Mark Cuban is no stranger to calling people out on social media or sharing political takes. Cuban’s latest X take was on 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has been rising in election polls. What Happened: Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy...

Many companies are pushing into the growing industries of non-fungible tokens and the metaverse. Former CEO and Chairman of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) Bob Iger shared thoughts about what the opportunity could be in the space for his former company. What Happened: Iger spoke with New York Times...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will introduce its new 5G iPhone on Tuesday and now is a good time to launch a next-generation device, Recode's Kara Swisher said on CNBC's "Squawk Alley." 5G Device: The 5G cycle is still in the very early stages of a buildout although it is...

Elon Musk may be irking his factory hosts with threats of legal action and corporate emigration, but he isn’t losing investors yet. The Context Last week, after Alameda County officials said Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) was not cleared to reopen its Fremont factory due to coronavirus concerns,...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) will now be led by Sundar Pichai, who will split his duties along with being CEO of Google. Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page took another step back from day-to-day management of the company, but Pichai's promotion is unlikely to result in...

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) lost its license to operate in London, and this represents another setback under the leadership of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, according to Recode co-founder Kara Swisher.  'Not A Great Time' For Khosrowshahi  Khosrowshahi...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares had lost more than 6% by Wednesday afternoon after the media and entertainment giant released a worse-than-expected third-quarter earnings report Tuesday. Morgan Stanley's Q3 Takeaways Disney's third-quarter showed a segment operating income miss of $3.96...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares took a little dip Thursday afternoon as the service became temporarily unavailable. The social media site started having issues around 2:40 p.m. ET. Twitter’s status page confirmed the company is investigating issues with accessing its service. The site...

Steve Case, chairman and CEO of Revolution and the former CEO of AOL, joined Mark Cuban in a panel at the SALT Conference covering the startup landscape. The businessmen shared their views on Silicon Valley and beyond in a conversation with Recode executive editor Kara Swisher. Opportunity In...

The SALT conference is a gathering of the most well-known executives in finance, policy, economics and beyond. As executive editor of Recode, the host of Recode Decode Podcast and co-executive producer of the Code Conference, SALT moderator Kara Swisher knows all about hosting content. On...

Electric scooter ridesharing leader Bird has announced it will be ramping up its services throughout Europe starting this spring. Bird began limited operations in Europe last year, offering scooters in cities like Paris, Brussels, Vienna and Zurich. However, Bird said last week that it will be...

Ridesharing giant Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) is going public this week at an estimated valuation of at least $20 billion. This is just weeks before the anticipated IPO of larger competitor Uber, which is valued at around $120 billion. Palantir ($41 billion valuation), Airbnb ($31 billion valuation) and...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) hit a new 52-week low of $142.08 Thursday after the company revised its December-ending quarter guidance to the downside. Here's how top technology experts and analysts were reacting to the announcement.  Zoe Financial CEO: Chinese Consumers Are Different ...

Elon Musk has little faith that the Big Three will emerge “big” or even “three” from the next economic downturn. By his calculations, a strong economic headwind could blow Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) right off track. “Ford and Tesla made it barely through the last...