Numbers that Lyft has provided to Re/code show that the ride-hailing service has grown its ridership sixfold and its driver pool by a factor of four since last May. One possible reason why: The company points to survey data that say drivers largely prefer Lyft over Uber.
[Johana Bhuiyan | Re/code]

This past weekend, tech leaders (Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Larry Page, Sean Parker) and Republican politicians (Mitch McConnell, Tom Cotton, Paul Ryan) gathered in Georgia for a forum put on by the American Enterprise Institute. Two things of significance happened: Cotton ripped into Cook over the FBI-Apple encryption fight, and a lot of wishful thinking about how they can deal with Donald Trump.
[Ryan Grim, Nick Baumann and Matt Fuller | The Huffington Post]

After a federal judge in New York handed Apple a victory over an iPhone unlocking request, the Justice Department appealed the decision, arguing the prosecutor's request was routine. While the case involved a low-level drug dealer, the issue could influence the outcome of a request involving the San Bernardino attackers.
[Eric Lichtblau & Joseph Goldstein | New York Times]

Billionaire and former NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg is not going to be running for president. After months of deliberation, he finally figured out that there was no realistic way for him to win as a third-party candidate.
[Arik Hesseldahl | Re/code]

An unreleased inspection report says that Theranos used its machines for critical types of blood tests for patients at risk of stroke or blood disorders, even though the company received "erratic results" from various quality control checks.
[John Carreyrou and Christopher Weaver | The Wall Street Journal]

Why did investors buy into Snapchat at a $16 billion valuation? Because they expect it to grow a lot. Snapchat itself expects to get to between $300 million and $350 million in revenue this year, which is six or seven times what it made last year.
[Peter Kafka and Kurt Wagner | Re/code]