Android mastermind Andy Rubin is back at the helm of Essential after his surprise personal leave… although you could argue that he never really left. Recode has learned that Rubin is back less than two weeks after the company announced that hed taken a break. Neither Essential nor Rubin was willing to comment, but insiders claimed that he technically didnt have to leave the building — he continued to work with his venture capital company Playground Global, which shares the same…<...Read more