Kara Swisher understands when to give up.


For the past 20 years, Kara Swisher has presided over the annual Code Conference.

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The event, which ended on Thursday in Los Angeles, was organised and handled by her for the last time, she just stated.

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Swisher began and closed the final major panel on Wednesday night with a discussion about Steve Jobs.

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Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs, and Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, joined her.

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Cook had flown to Los Angeles for Swisher hours after introducing the new iPhone 14 at Apple's Cupertino headquarters.

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The event's conclusion was far more moving than one might anticipate for a conference on politics and technology.

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They discussed her lengthy and complicated career, the conclusion of her leadership of the Code Conference, and the reasons behind it

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