Recode Daily: Uber and SoftBank say ‘Let’s make a $10 billion deal’

Plus, Wish puts its logo on the Lakers, Vanity Fair may have a new editor, and you can actually have breakfast at Tiffany.

How to fight extremism online, the right way

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt says tech companies are out of excuses for not being part of the solution.

Uber’s ‘peace deal’ is ready for signing, allowing the SoftBank tender offer to proceed

Employees will be able to sell half their stock.

Amazon has already made changes to its new try-before-you-buy Prime Wardrobe service

The e-commerce giant has altered how discounts work and how many items can be ordered.

Why the CEO of Wish spent more than $30 million to sponsor the Los Angeles Lakers’ jerseys

"Basically a no-brainer."

Full transcript: Bridgewater Associates hedge fund co-founder and author Ray Dalio on Recode Decode

"Our goals are to have meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical truthfulness and radical transparency. That is a magic formula."

Vanity Fair’s next editor may be the New York Times’ Radhika Jones

Who?

• From The Verge

Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sale amassed $25.3 billion, doubling 2016 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales combined

Trump said he ‘didn’t make that decision’ to potentially force AT&T; and Time Warner to sell CNN

But he did highlight his objection to the deal.

One year after President Trump’s election, these 11 science and tech posts in government are still lacking leaders

Some of the jobs — like overseeing self-driving cars — have no nominees at all.

Full transcript: Recode Senior Editor Jason Del Rey tackles Amazon hardware questions on Too Embarrassed to Ask

Yeah, the Fire phone was a flop. And that’s okay.

Recode Daily: Trump may be behind the roadblocks to the AT&T;/Time Warner megamerger

Plus, Twitter is rethinking about verification after it blue-checked a white supremacist, and your connected holiday gift guide (privacy not included).

Can tech make my morning routine any easier?

What apps do (or don’t) make it easier to get going and be productive first thing in the morning?

Amazon faces fines following the death of a second warehouse worker in as many months

The state of Indiana found four potential violations.

Musical.ly, the lip-syncing video app, is going to sell for at least $800 million

The Chinese company is three years old, and it took off like a rocket. Now it may have slowed.

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey says he would have testified to Congress about Russia if he was invited. He was.

Lawmakers slammed him and other tech executives for failing to show up.

J.Crew approached Amazon about a sale, chairman Mickey Drexler says

"The thing that these big companies need is creativity."

Silicon Valley’s Russian ads problem, explained

Why Facebook, Google and Twitter find themselves in the middle of an investigation into the 2016 election.

Apple is hiring more diverse workers, but its total shares of women and minorities aren’t budging much

The company released its latest diversity report Thursday.

This is why everyone is upset about Twitter’s blue check mark verification policy

Verifying a white supremacist didn’t help.

The night the lights went out in Napa

Being trapped without power during the recent Northern California wildfires transformed my thinking about technology — we all need a backup plan.

Google asked the U.S. government to consider new rules of the road for online political ads

The FEC is weighing new rules in light of Russia’s 2016 election meddling.

AT&T; CEO Randall Stephenson says the Department of Justice hasn’t asked him to sell CNN

That contradicts reports from yesterday.

Full transcript: Former prosecutor Beth Wilkinson and Yelp VP of Public Policy Luther Lowe on Recode Decode

The group discusses the tech and political intersection with special guest co-host Hilary Rosen.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi: The SoftBank deal hasn’t happened yet but it will

"Making changes in governance is unquestionably good," Khosrowshahi said at the DealBook conference on Thursday.

Recode Daily: Trump’s meddling may be behind the roadblocks to the AT&T;/Time Warner megamerger

Plus, Roku scores and soars with its first-ever earnings report, Snapchat’s redesigned app is coming Dec. 4, and here’s how to hide your bitcoin and blockchain fortune.

Comedian Dana Gould explains how to make TV in 2017, when ‘all programs are niche programs’

Gould's horror-comedy show on IFC, "Stan Against Evil," just started its second season.

Verizon’s Tim Armstrong and analyst Michael Nathanson are coming to Code Media

We’ll see you in California in February.

Uber is asking drivers if they want to provide other on-demand services

The company sent out an email to drivers asking how much they would want to be paid for tasks like health care, moving or customer services tasks.

• From The Verge

Apple says it immediately contacted FBI about unlocking Texas shooter’s iPhone

Apple is refuting the FBI’s official account