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Facebook laid out its plans to deal with fake news, counting on users to report dubious stories, which will then be referred to a consortium of journalists and fact-checkers for vetting. If that group thinks the story is bogus, Facebook will label it as “disputed” and discourage users from sharing it. — [Peter Kafka / Recode]
Nobody’s talking on the record, but we know some of what was discussed at Donald Trump’s tech summit Wednesday: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella brought up issues around immigration and H-1B visas; Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg advocated for STEM education; Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talked about doing business in China; and Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt recommended upgrading the government’s information technology. — [Kara Swisher / Recode]
Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz, one of the summit attendees, will join the Trump transition team’s executive committee. — [Martyn Williams / IDG News Service]
Russian hackers tried to get into the Republican National Committee’s computer network using the same tactics that worked at the DNC, but were less persistent and failed to get past its security defenses. — [Shane Harris, Devlin Barrett and Julian E. Barnes / Wall Street Journal]
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will resign on Jan. 20, clearing the way for a Trump appointee to lead a Republican-dominated commission that is expected to roll back net neutrality regulations. — [April Glaser / Recode]
Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first game for phones and an Apple exclusive for now, finally launched and immediately started racing up the iPhone charts for downloads and revenue. Here’s everything you need to know about the game. — [Ina Fried / Recode]
On the latest episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask, former Evernote CEO Phil Libin talks about what happens to your digital data when you die. — [Eric Johnson / Recode]
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Instagram is still growing quickly and now has 600 million users
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Flipagram is in serious acquisition talks with Chinese news aggregator Toutiao
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Here’s what we now know about Amazon’s secretive drone delivery program
Thousands of items on Amazon will be available for drone delivery.
Facebook Messenger built a new in-app camera for Snapchat-style selfies
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Full transcript: What fitness/running/activity/workout app is the best?
The Verge’s Lauren Goode and Recode’s Kara Swisher — with help from our readers — attempt to answer the question on the Too Embarrassed to Ask podcast.
Dear Donald Trump: Please sustain recent progress on 5G
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This Is Cool
Ring in the new year with Nick Offerman and a glass of whisky
In a sequel to last year’s Yule log video featuring Nick Offerman sitting silently by a fire sipping whisky (here’s the 10-hour loop), we now have a New Year’s Eve countdown video with the actor sitting silently outside the Lagavulin distillery sipping single malt. (You’ll need to be signed in for age verification because whisky.)
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
