Recode Daily: Apple will challenge the EU’s $14 billion tax clawback this week

Apple will appeal an EU order to pay Ireland almost $14 billion in back taxes. Apple contends EU regulators ignored tax experts and singled out the company to make headlines. Ireland, which is also contesting the ruling, says the regulators overstepped their authority. — [Foo Yun Chee / Reuters]

Donald Trump may still have doubts that Russia tried to interfere with the U.S. election, but a bipartisan group of senators is pushing for an investigation by a select committee. — [Nicholas Fandos / New York Times]

The Electoral College convenes today, and despite weeks of pressure and protests, the vote is expected to ratify Trump’s election. — [Kate O’Keeffe, Peter Nicholas and Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal]

The list of tech companies and individuals saying they will refuse to cooperate in any Trump administration attempt build a registry to track Muslim-Americans continues to grow: Twitter, Facebook, Apple, Google, IBM, Uber and Microsoft are on board. — [April Glaser / Recode]

On the latest episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, New York Times columnist and author Tom Friedman says globalization and rapid technological change are driving the economy, but “human-to-human” skills will be needed more than ever. — [Eric Johnson / Recode]

Top Stories From Recode

Starry Internet raises more money to beam broadband through the air

Former Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia raises $30 million more; he’s up to $63 million total.

Obama’s tech chief predicted foreign hacking of U.S. elections back in 2013

Harper Reed outlined the possibility in a TED Talk.

Here’s why Facebook’s massive drone crashed in the Arizona desert

“The aircraft was substantially damaged,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Here’s a robotic hand that handles objects as delicately as a human

Researchers at Cornell University say the technology could help restore sensation to amputees.

Pokémon Go for the Apple Watch is not canceled

Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. It’s coming soon.

Sharpen your pencils for the largest crossword puzzle in New York Times history — it’s print-only

The 225,000 digital subscribers to the NYT puzzle section will have to buy a copy of Sunday's paper to get their fix.

Watch: This drone can detect humans and follow you around

DJI’s Mavic Pro folds to the size of a water bottle.

Elon Musk’s latest plan is to dig underground tunnels to avoid traffic jams

It’s called The Boring Company.

This Is Cool

Watch a stolen phone spy on its thief

Dutch filmmaker Anthony van der Meer rigged an Android phone with some command-and-control software that could survive a wipe, allowed it to be stolen, then remotely recorded audio, photos and videos and made a 20-minute film about the thief.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

We're here to shed some clarity

One of our core beliefs here at Vox is that everyone needs and deserves access to the information that helps them understand the world, regardless of whether they can pay for a subscription. With the 2024 election on the horizon, more people are turning to us for clear and balanced explanations of the issues and policies at stake. We’re so grateful that we’re on track to hit 85,000 contributions to the Vox Contributions program before the end of the year, which in turn helps us keep this work free. We need to add 2,500 contributions this month to hit that goal. Will you make a contribution today to help us hit this goal and support our policy coverage? Any amount helps.

One-Time Monthly Annual

$5/month

$10/month

$25/month

$50/month

Other

$

Yes, I'll give $5/month

Yes, I'll give $5/month

We accept credit card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. You can also contribute via