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Twitter has acquired startup Yes, Inc. and is making its CEO head of product

Keith Coleman will fill a job that has been vacant for six months.

Apple will need the FAA’s blessing if it wants to use drones to improve its Maps

It’s not yet legal to fly over busy roads.

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Recode Daily: Twitter bought a startup to get a new product chief

Keith Coleman fills a job that has seen lots of turnover.

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Is it possible to outsmart Amazon this holiday season?

The Verge’s Lauren Goode discusses with Recode’s Jason Del Rey and Kara Swisher on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

The company behind these pocket-sized military surveillance drones just got bought for $134 million

The Black Hornet is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Watch as we unbox Snapchat’s holiday gift to see if there is an IPO inside

There were a lot of ghosts.

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Moto pushes off smartwatches indefinitely

Lenovo Moto today confirmed that it will not be releasing a new smartwatch for the launch of Android Wear 2.0, due early next year. The company had earlier said it would not be releasing a new smartwatch in 2016, but it is now saying that it...

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CBS All Access will start streaming NFL games this Sunday

CBS and the National Football League have reached an agreement to let subscribers of the network's $6-per-month All Access service stream live NFL games that appear on CBS TV. The multiyear deal goes into effect on Sunday, so this week's games on...

What a Trump presidency means for the future of drone delivery in the U.S.

Privatizing air traffic control has implications for integrating drones into national airspace.

Starz is adding music, courtesy of Spotify, to its video app

Some songs to go with your shows.

Samsung is buying back shares, but can it buy back its reputation?

The company also plans to add an outside director as part of its efforts to restore trust among investors.

Hackers took down the computer system for San Francisco’s Muni metro line

Fares were free on Saturday.

A credit card hack at MSG gives Knicks fans another reason to despise owner Jim Dolan

First he let Jeremy Lin go. Now this.

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Russian supply ship headed for the Space Station burns up in the atmosphere

An uncrewed Russian spacecraft meant to resupply the International Space Station has been lost. Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, says that communication with the spacecraft ended 382 seconds into the flight. The third stage of the Soyuz rocket,...

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Why Delphi and Mobileye think they have the secret sauce for self-driving cars

Delphi and Mobileye, two leading auto-part suppliers, aren’t as well-known in the self-driving space as their much bigger rivals Google and Tesla. But Delphi, a GM spinoff now based in the UK, has been showing off its autonomous technology for...

Two years after buying Elite Daily, the Daily Mail says the Facebook publisher is worthless

It’s taking a $31 million loss.

More than 80 percent of tech founders still have no formal plans to promote diversity

And that’s a problem.

Facebook’s AI boss: Facebook could fix its filter bubble if it wanted to

The company could build the technology, but it’s just not that simple, he added.

AngelList has acquired Product Hunt for around $20 million

Product Hunt will continue to operate as a standalone site.

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You can now subscribe to stream HBO and Cinemax shows on Amazon

Amazon wants to be the one streaming service you’ll ever need, Netflix Originals be damned. Starting today, Amazon Prime members can subscribe to stream HBO and Cinemax series via Amazon Channels, the e-commerce giant’s cable-like TV offering. The...

Survey says: Elon Musk is still the most admired tech leader among founders

Twenty-three percent of founders surveyed said they admired the Tesla and SpaceX CEO more than any other executive.

Is it possible to outsmart Amazon this holiday season?

The Verge’s Lauren Goode discusses with Recode’s Jason Del Rey and Kara Swisher on Too Embarrassed to Ask.

Trump voters were motivated by economic worries, says 'Freakonomics' co-author Stephen Dubner

Racism and xenophobia are only the symptoms of that anxiety, he says.

Why the New York Times, so often dissed by Trump, could have huuuge influence over him

Republican consultant Juleanna Glover says old media will be “the most powerful in this next new world.”

Trump’s unlikely allies in tech policy could include Eric Schmidt and Nancy Pelosi

Republican and Democratic consultants Juleanna Glover and Hilary Rosen floated both those names and more on the latest Recode Decode.

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SpaceX eyes December 16th for first Falcon 9 launch since September explosion

SpaceX reportedly has a date for the first Falcon 9 rocket launch since September’s launchpad explosion. Iridium Communications Inc. announced today that SpaceX plans to launch 10 small satellites into orbit for the company at 3:36PM ET on...

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A way Apple could grow without abandoning its unique corporate structure

Spin off a joint venture or two.

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Inside Comma.ai’s garage: Warren G, Drake quotes, and a message to Elon Musk

Comma.ai is a startup company known in equal measures for the product it has made and the person who made it. Founder George Hotz, who goes by “geohot,” first gained notoriety for carrier-unlocking an early iPhone and exploiting Sony’s PlayStation...

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The White House’s new app builds 1600 Pennsylvania Ave on a real $1 bill

The White House wants kids to learn about the government with a tiny interactive version of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue built on a $1 bill. 1600, an iOS and Android app available today, is the White House’s first foray into augmented reality...

James Bond’s gadget maker just got $58 million to resurrect smart glasses

Ralph Osterhout has spent years making augmented reality tech for military and business customers.

Farewell to Obama, our first digital president

The Obama administration embraced a fresh approach to leveraging technology platforms, and improved the experience of interacting with government.

Recode Daily: Politico’s co-founder is betting that people will pay a lot for smart news summaries

Jim VandeHei sees an opportunity for his newsletter startup, Axios.

Trump voters were motivated by economic worries, says 'Freakonomics' co-author Stephen Dubner

Racism and xenophobia are only the symptoms of that anxiety, he says.

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Nokia's phones return with Android in early 2017

The first Nokia-branded handsets running Android are due to arrive early next year. After announcing its plans to return to tablets and phones back in May, Nokia is providing more details today as it formalizes a licensing agreement with HMD...

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Reuters built an algorithm to flag and verify breaking news on Twitter

Reuters has developed a tool capable of automatically detecting and verifying breaking news on Twitter, in an attempt to report on events more rapidly and accurately. The tool, known as Reuters News Tracer, has been developed over the past two...

A house-flipping startup raised $210 million

Opendoor has sold 3,750 homes so far. It wants (a lot) more.

John Martin, the guy in charge of CNN’s business, says a Trump presidency doesn’t change anything for CNN

CNN will book $1 billion in profit this year thanks to a crazy election.

Politico co-founder’s new media startup is eyeing $10,000 subscriptions — eventually

Advertising to start, then big-money subscriptions.

What happened to WikiLeaks? BuzzFeed UK Editor Janine Gibson has a theory.

“I think when he went to the embassy that WikiLeaks became Julian Assange,” Gibson said during An Evening with Code Media in New York on Wednesday.

Amazon is bringing Alexa’s brainpower to its cloud business

Amazon unveiled voice-enabled AI, image recognition and text-to-speech services for developers.

Sheryl Sandberg is donating more than $100 million in Facebook stock to charity

Sandberg is also naming her foundation to honor her late husband, Dave Goldberg.

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Reddit will punish hundreds of 'toxic users' and hide some posts from pro-Trump community

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in an announcement today that the site will take action against hundreds of its "most toxic users," and will make changes to prevent some posts from its popular pro-Donald Trump subreddit r/the_donald from appearing...