Uber has extended its internal investigation into sexual harassment claims at the company. In a memo to employees, board director Arianna Huffington briefly outlined the investigation, which is being led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
[Kara Swisher / Recode]

Oracle will pay more than $850 million for Moat, a New York company that tracks digital ads for marketers. YouTube recently said it would work with Moat to ensure that advertisers’ messages aren’t running next to offensive videos.
[Peter Kafka / Recode]

The FCC just relaxed more regulations for AT&T, Verizon and other players in the broadcasting industry. Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai also met with Apple, Facebook and others to discuss net neutrality changes to come.
[Tony Romm / Recode]

Facebook is looking to hire a head of news products to combat fake news, but the company is having trouble finding someone with both the news and technology chops necessary to fill the role.
[Kurt Wagner / Recode]

Yahoo’s demise is a death knell for digital news organizations and other web-native sites that depend on ad revenue for survival. Meanwhile, Facebook and Google accounted for about 99 percent of all advertising growth in Q3 2016.
[Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic]

Bill O’Reilly may get a payout of up to $25 million for his exit from Fox News — the equivalent of one year of his salary. The expulsion of O’Reilly and Ailes means that Rupert Murdoch’s son James is now in charge.
[Emily Steel, Michael S. Schmidt /The New York Times]

Top stories from Recode

Google is seeing more requests for user data worldwide, but it’s responding to fewer. The company also has more users than before.

Europe’s competition cop says she’ll monitor Google’s ad-blocking efforts.
Margrethe Vestager tweeted her concern.

Google Home can now recognize different users by their voice.
As many as six people can have accounts on one Home device.

A messaging startup used by White House staff is being sued for allegedly not being as secure as it promises.
The suit says Confide has some holes that make it possible to screenshot “secure” messages.

What’s the best smartwatch for working out?
On the latest episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask, fitness-tech expert Ray Maker, a.k.a. D.C. Rainmaker, shares his picks for everyone from casual walkers to Olympic athletes.

This is cool

Icebreaker
One of those overhead-view cooking videos appeared on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube yesterday, instructing viewers on "How to Make Homemade Ice." It has had nearly 20 million views on Facebook in less than 24 hours. [Meh.]

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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