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Trump’s new telecom advisers are a good sign for the AT&T and Time Warner deal, despite his threats against the merger

Campaign promises don’t equal presidential policy.

Trump’s FCC transition team may spell the end of net neutrality

The president-elect’s new FCC advisers dislike net neutrality and broadband subsidies for low-income Americans.

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Apple doesn’t need to make routers. What it needs is a new way to stand out.

The shift to the cloud has hurt Apple’s “stickiness.”

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Facebook, Google and now Verizon are accelerating their tracking efforts despite consumers’ privacy concerns

They’re all pursuing the holy grail for digital advertising — syncing up personal information with browsing history and app usage.

Instagram is adding live video and Snapchat-style disappearing messages

Facebook + Snapchat = Instagram.

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Google will tell you how crowded your favorite bar is in real time

Google’s popular times feature gives you an idea of how crowded a place typically gets throughout the day. It’s not complex given that you can probably assume a restaurant is busy during peak dinner hours and is quieter around 4PM. That makes...

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OnePlus 3T review: rapid iteration

Inexpensive smartphones have always been about compromise. You may save a few hundred dollars over an iPhone, Galaxy S, or other high-end phones, but you have to give up something, whether that’s performance, build quality, camera quality,...

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Here’s what a Jony Ive and Marc Newson Christmas tree looks like

When Sir Jony Ive isn’t busy narrating Apple’s latest product design theories from inside of a white box, he spends his free time designing one-off products like a desk or a Leica camera. So when tasked with designing a Christmas tree for UK-based...

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Bitcoin was supposed to change the world. What happened?

Why investors are cooling on the once-hot technology.

Firefox created a private iPhone browser for quick searches you’d rather your spouse didn’t see

Focus is a free app that blocks ads and cookies and doesn’t store where you’ve been.

Salesforce cloud marketing veteran Brian Goldfarb is joining Splunk

The fast-growing enterprise company also named a new product chief.

GoPro is recalling its new Karma drones because they could fall out of the sky

Way to break news on Election Day.

Colorado’s voting database went down briefly for unknown reasons

It was a glitch with the swing state’s voter registration database.

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Apple wants you to give the monster a chance

This year’s holiday ad from Apple has everything: a monster from on high, terrified citizens, and a song about Dixie that harkens back to the simpler days of yore. Watch as the mostly white populace embraces the repulsive creature as one of their...

Recode Daily: Mark Zuckerberg explains how Facebook plans to fight fake news

He’s getting a lot of suggestions, too.

Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei has hired an editor to cover tech at his media startup

It’s Kim Hart, currently the press secretary at the FCC.

The marketing genius behind Snap’s new Spectacles

We all want a pair.

‘I wanted to hit a nerve’: How one entrepreneur exposed Silicon Valley’s anxieties

“Most CEOs I know are deeply depressed, often,” Sunil Rajaraman says on Recode Decode.

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Running Doom on the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar shows innovation isn't dead

The Touch Bar on Apple's new MacBook has been pretty controversial, but there's one thing fans and haters alike can agree on: this thing was definitely made to run Doom. Putting the classic shooter on any given piece of hardware has become...

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Apple offers free battery replacements for some iPhone 6S handsets that keep shutting down

Apple has launched its second new repair program in one week, this time for “a very small number” of iPhone 6S models that have been unexpectedly shutting down. Phones that display the issue — reportedly only devices that were manufactured between...

Self-driving car startup nuTonomy will begin testing its cars in Boston soon

NuTonomy is already running a commercial pilot program in Singapore.

‘I wanted to hit a nerve’: How one entrepreneur exposed Silicon Valley’s anxieties

“Most CEOs I know are deeply depressed, often,” Sunil Rajaraman says on Recode Decode.

Listen to the man who produces ‘Hamilton,’ Trump’s least favorite Broadway musical

Jeffrey Seller joined our Recode Decode podcast this summer. It’s a good time to give it a listen.

Full transcript: Smosh and ScreenJunkies boss Keith Richman on Recode Media

Defy Media’s president has made a bunch of people internet famous. Now he wants to make them just plain famous.

Full transcript: ‘Mr. Robot’ creator Sam Esmail on Recode Decode

“All the stuff that has our planes running and traffic lights going was designed by humans who, by their very nature, can make mistakes. And that’s what hackers are trying to exploit.”

Let’s get real. Facebook is not to blame for Trump.

Rather than blaming Facebook or other platforms for the trouble in which we find ourselves, let’s give credit where credit is due: The American people.

Listen to the man who produces ‘Hamilton,’ Trump’s least favorite Broadway musical

Jeffrey Seller joined our Recode Decode podcast this summer. It’s a good time to give it a listen.

‘SNL’ spoofs the very real San Francisco and New York City culture bubbles

“We’ll be fine — right here in the bubble.”

Here’s what it’s like to ride in a self-driving Tesla

The future, everybody.

Full transcript: Smosh and ScreenJunkies boss Keith Richman on Recode Media

Defy Media’s president has made a bunch of people internet famous. Now he wants to make them just plain famous.

Here’s why Twitter turned down a Donald Trump advertising campaign

Twitter didn’t want people to think it was sponsoring anti-Hillary ads.

Amazon appears to tweak Donald Trump with a new Prime ad promoting religious tolerance

It looks like a not-so-subtle dig at Trump and his not-so-open-minded cabinet appointees.

Trump demands the cast of ‘Hamilton’ apologize for ‘harassing’ Mike Pence

Pence was booed as he arrived in the theater.

Full transcript: ‘Mr. Robot’ creator Sam Esmail on Recode Decode

“All the stuff that has our planes running and traffic lights going was designed by humans who, by their very nature, can make mistakes. And that’s what hackers are trying to exploit.”

Here’s how Facebook plans to fix its fake-news problem

It’s a rough plan, but a plan nonetheless.

Yes, Apple is limiting some iPhone 7 download speeds. But you probably won't notice.

This isn’t another Antennagate.

Hyperloop One has settled the lawsuit with ousted co-founder Brogan BamBrogan and other executives

Hyperloop One CEO Rob Lloyd sent out a letter to staff Friday announcing the settlement.

Facebook plans to buy back $6 billion in stock

This is Facebook’s first stock buyback since going public.

Here’s what companies like Google, Facebook and Apple lost when Trump’s win killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership

The TPP would have prevented countries from blocking how companies share data across borders.

Here’s how we should deal with fake news online

Doing nothing can no longer be the default option.

Benchmark invested in another social network: Video app Marco Polo

Benchmark partner Bill Gurley is expected to join the startup’s board.