| As the Trump administration considers "extreme vetting," visitors to the U.S. may have to hand over their phones and Facebook passwords before they get a visa. The White House is also weighing what to do about the spouses of high-skilled immigrants. [Tony Romm / Recode] Amazon is paying $50 million to stream Thursday night NFL games this year (sorry, Twitter). You'll need to be an Amazon Prime subscriber to watch for free. Amazon shares rose above $900 for the first time Tuesday, making the e-commerce giant worth more than $430 billion — nearly twice the market value of its rival, Walmart.
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Spotify finally locked in a long-term deal with the world's largest music company, Universal Music Group, paving the way for a Spotify IPO. The deal lets Spotify reduce its royalty payments if it hits certain targets, and gives Universal acts the ability to put new albums behind a paywall two weeks after release.
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eBay founder Pierre Omidyar will contribute $100 million to support investigative journalism, fight fake news and counteract hate speech around the world. Facebook, Mozilla and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark are helping out as well.
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Apple did a very un-Apple thing — the famously secretive company admitted that it needs to rethink its hard-to-upgrade high-end Mac Pro, which was last revised in late 2013. [Dan Frommer /Recode] When you're in charge of a company like Uber that's facing a public image crisis, how should you respond? On the latest episode of Recode Decode, Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia offered some advice for Uber CEO Travis Kalanick: Deal with your issues quickly, before they spiral out of your control.
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