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Recode Decode: New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo explains the 'Frightful Five'

Recode Decode: New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo explains the 'Frightful Five'

FromDecoder with Nilay Patel


Recode Decode: New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo explains the 'Frightful Five'

FromDecoder with Nilay Patel

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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Farhad Manjoo, a technology columnist for the New York Times, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at the University of California, Berkeley's journalism school. Manjoo explains why he refers to five of the world's largest tech companies as the "Frightful Five": Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet (which owns Google and YouTube). He diagnoses long-running issues at several of those companies, but argues that solving the problems they've created or at least enabled would necessitate giving them even more power. Plus: Why Twitter's toxicity problem may be beyond saving.
Released:
Apr 28, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Kara Swisher, Silicon Valley’s most revered journalist, hosts candid interviews with tech execs, politicians, celebrities and more about their big ideas and how they’re changing our world. Produced by Recode and the Vox Media Podcast Network.