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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
(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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Here s what s on the Tuesday menu.

It s the day you ve been waiting for: The website is up, you can start registering your drone today.

Apple is calling for changes in British plans to expand spying, saying the new measures would weaken tech security and paralyze tech companies that will have to deal with contradictory laws.

Samsung will reportedly start making chips for AMD.

ICYMI: Oracle settles with the FTC, must show warnings about security risks of older Java software.

Google is reportedly testing a feature that will let people use their phones to log in to their accounts instead of using a password.

Pew report: Home broadband use plateaus as more rely on their smartphones for Internet access; 15 percent of U.S. adults say they have cut the cord.

Flywheel, the Redwood City startup that makes an app for hailing cabs, gets approval for its TaxiOS to be used California-wide.

Is Alphabet losing $1.5 billion a year on its non-Google businesses? That s what research firm Pacific Crest is estimating.

 

Photo: A small remote-controlled drone in Middletown, Maryland, in 2014. The FAA s drone registration website is now up and running. (ROBERT MACPHERSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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