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Why Trump TV will fail

Donald Trump can launch an online network, but that doesn’t mean he can keep one afloat.

Peter Thiel’s $1.25 million donation to Donald Trump is a lot more than ‘free speech’

Today, we struggle to rationalize Thiel’s power and influence as he moves further and further out there.

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Netflix says everyone loves ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Narcos,’ and investors love Netflix (again)

The Reed Hastings roller coaster is moving up again

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The Samsung Galaxy 7 fiasco may have begun with a tiny mistake on the assembly line

Imagine a factory building 100,000 units a day, and you can see how a small error can have huge consequences.

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Orbital ATK's Antares rocket returns to flight with successful launch to the space station

Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket is officially back in play after successfully launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia this evening. It marked the first flight of the Antares since October 2014, when a previous version of the...

Hillary Clinton gets a Snapchat interview, but Donald Trump doesn’t want one

Clinton is coming to you, millennials.

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Razer acquires THX, the audio company George Lucas founded in 1983

THX, the company responsible for the "Deep Note" that plays before movies at the cinema, has been acquired by Razer, the gaming peripherals and laptop maker. Razer revealed the news today, stressing that it intends to maintain all of THX’s...

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Fitbit admits to Charge 2 bugs, says software update fixes it

A few weeks after Fitbit's Charge 2 started shipping to customers, the wearable maker and digital health company has admitted that there were software bugs in the device that have resulted in inaccurate distance tracking, and says a fix has been...

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Google now notifies you of the best times to buy cheap flights

Google’s built-in flight-searching tool just got a big improvement with the addition of price notifications. Now, when looking up the cost of future travel plans using its search engine, you may see a card pop up telling you when the fare is...

Watch: SNL’s skit of a Honda humanoid robot demo is spot on

Humanoids require a lot of human attention.

These ‘soft robots’ demonstrate how lifelike robotic movement will become

Researchers are creating wearable devices that mimic human muscles.

You can now be fined or prosecuted for bringing a Samsung Note 7 on a plane

Samsung’s fire-prone phones are officially banned.

You can buy a robot to plow your driveway this winter

But it won’t dig out your parked car.

Amazon is putting veteran leaders in charge of its big grocery delivery plans

The company is accelerating the growth of its retail and delivery options.

Apple has hired a big brain in AI to make Siri less dumb

Carnegie Mellon researcher Russ Salakhutdinov will remain a professor in addition to his work at Apple.

VR is overhyped and Netflix is winning, Ashton Kutcher says

Kutcher, who’s also a tech investor, acts in the Netflix sitcom “The Ranch.”

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Cities spent millions on fast gigabit networks. No one is sure what they're good for.

After six years, we haven’t found a "killer app" for super-fast broadband networks.

President Obama explains the difference between Silicon Valley and the real world

“Democracy is messy.”

Recode Daily: Tesla and Panasonic will partner on solar panels if the SolarCity acquisition goes through

The components would work with Tesla’s home energy-storage products.

Why Ashton Kutcher passed on investing in Snapchat, twice

The actor-turned-investor couldn’t get over Snapchat’s design.

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Tesla and Panasonic agree to build solar panels in Buffalo, if SolarCity acquisition happens

Tesla and Panasonic have agreed to partner on the production of solar panels at a new facility in Buffalo, New York. The agreement, which is actually a non-binding letter of intent, is contingent on shareholder approval of Tesla’s acquisition of...

VR is overhyped and Netflix is winning, Ashton Kutcher says

Kutcher, who’s also a tech investor, acts in the Netflix sitcom “The Ranch.”

Why Ashton Kutcher passed on investing in Snapchat, twice

The actor-turned-investor couldn’t get over Snapchat’s design.

Full transcript: GQ commentator Keith Olbermann on Recode Media

On Donald Trump: “If you had a tsunami every day, how good would your coverage of the tsunami every day be?”

What happens to Samsung after the Note 7 disaster?

Recode’s Ina Fried answers your questions with Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Lauren Goode on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

Y Combinator boss Sam Altman says he’s not going to cut ties with Peter Thiel for supporting Donald Trump

“Cutting off opposing viewpoints leads to extremism and will not get us the country we want.”

Watch: SNL’s skit of a Honda humanoid robot demo is spot on

Humanoids require a lot of human attention.

Even with Peter Thiel’s $1.25 million, Hillary Clinton has overwhelmingly outraised Donald Trump in Silicon Valley

Thiel stands mostly alone.

The iPhone 7’s missing headphone jack has turned out just fine

Apple has finally shipped a new iPhone without a “-gate.”

Drones are playing a new role in the recovery efforts after Hurricane Matthew

Insurance and telecom companies are using drones to inspect where floodwater is too high to drive.

These ‘soft robots’ demonstrate how lifelike robotic movement will become

Researchers are creating wearable devices that mimic human muscles.

Full transcript: GQ commentator Keith Olbermann on Recode Media

On Donald Trump: “If you had a tsunami every day, how good would your coverage of the tsunami every day be?”

The world’s supposed first drone delivery program is bringing blood to remote Rwandan clinics

Zipline partnered with UPS and Gavi to launch the program.

You can now be fined or prosecuted for bringing a Samsung Note 7 on a plane

Samsung’s fire-prone phones are officially banned.

Hyperloop One raised $50 million and hired former Uber CFO Brent Callinicos

The new round, led by DP World Groups in Dubai, brings the company’s total funding to $160 million.

You can buy a robot to plow your driveway this winter

But it won’t dig out your parked car.

WeChat made a drone that flies around and streams video to your friends

The most popular social messaging platform in China now has its own foldable drone.

These industrial robots teach each other new skills while we sleep

It takes days to reprogram an industrial robot. With artificial intelligence, it could take only a few hours.

Salesforce says it won’t buy Twitter, either

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: “It wasn’t the right fit for us.”

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Orbital ATK to launch Antares rocket this weekend — two years after 2014 explosion

Sunday night, the employees of spaceflight company Orbital ATK will hold their breath as they watch their Antares rocket take flight from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. But their anxiety will stem from more than just pre-launch...

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Poll: Will you buy another Samsung phone?

Every year a company called Interbrand comes out with its Best Global Brands report. This year’s report came out on October 5th and ranked Samsung at 7th position, ahead of Amazon and Mercedes-Benz, and up 14 percent in “brand value” over last...

Discovery and the Lerer family are combining in a $550 million deal

The TV programmer takes its cash, adds sites run and backed by Ken, Ben and Izzie Lerer and makes a new company.