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(FILES) This February 1, 2014 file photo shows a small remote-controlled drone as it hovers in the sky during a meet-up of the DC Area Drone User Group in Middletown, Maryland. Owners of drones weighing 250 grams or more should provide authorities with their name and address and put an ID number on the aircraft, experts hired by the US government recommended November 23, 2015. The tips came as the government rushes to make registration for the popular aircraft mandatory ahead of an expected onslaught of Christmas purchases of them. The recommendations were made by the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Registration Task Force, which was chartered by the Federation Aviation Administration. AFP PHOTO / ROBERT MACPHERSONRobert MacPherson/AFP/Getty Images

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PUBLISHED: December 24, 2015 at 3:24 a.m. | UPDATED: August 11, 2016 at 11:05 p.m.

Here s what s on the Thursday menu.

Hyatt Hotels says it discovered payment-card-stealing malware on its system.

Palantir Technologies raises $880 million in its latest funding round.

The FAA has already had to take its drone-registration site offline for maintenance because of all the action, and to prepare for the after-Christmas rush. It said Wednesday that more than 45,000 drones had been registered as of Tuesday night.

The NSA helped the British spy agency GCHQ find security holes in Juniper Networks firewalls, according to the Intercept.

Leading the newest $247.7 million funding round in Lyft is Saudi Arabia s Kingdom Holding, the investment company of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.

ICYMI: Nasdaq to delist South San Francisco-based KaloBios Pharmaceuticals because of Martin Shkreli s arrest, plus the company did not file its latest financial results with the SEC.

And holiday stuff just for fun: