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Kurt Wagner

Kurt Wagner

Senior Editor, Social Media at Recode

    Latest articles by Kurt Wagner

    Vine isn’t growing and most of its top executives have left
    Technology

    What’s Twitter doing with its six-second video app?

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    People are getting robbed and finding dead bodies while playing Pokémon GoPeople are getting robbed and finding dead bodies while playing Pokémon Go
    Technology

    What is even happening?

    By Kurt Wagner
    Twitter will livestream the Democratic and Republican National Conventions thanks to a new deal with CBS
    Technology

    Details on how it will work — and whether Twitter gets paid — are still being ironed out.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Killings, protests and #blacklivesmatter: A look back at a terrible week as seen on social media
    Technology

    Social media has changed the way we see the world.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Updated: ‘Mr. Robot’ returns this week — here’s how to get caught up
    Technology

    Season 2 debuts on Wednesday night (but you can watch the premiere on Twitter now).

    By Kurt Wagner
    Uber suspended its service for a moment of silence to ‘reflect on gun violence’
    Technology

    Tech companies are responding to a week of senseless killings.

    By Kurt Wagner
    YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki asks YouTube stars to speak out against racism and violence
    Technology

    “There’s no group of people on Earth that has more power to move people than you do.”

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    What is Pokémon Go and why is everybody talking about it?What is Pokémon Go and why is everybody talking about it?
    Technology

    This new Pokémon game is bringing augmented reality mainstream.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Facebook published its policies on graphic live videos, but questions still remain
    Technology

    The social network is responding to a pair of violent videos posted to its platform this week.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Most people don’t trust the news they get from social media
    Technology

    Just 4 percent of people trust social media “a lot” when it comes to information.

    By Kurt Wagner