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Twitter Will Take Down Pictures of People Posted Without Their Permission

The company said the policy was consistent with privacy laws in the European Union and elsewhere. https://nyti.ms/31iOU2A

The head of Meta’s cryptocurrency efforts is leaving the company.

David Marcus had most recently spearheaded Meta’s push into a global digital currency. https://nyti.ms/3xHaGsF

Investors Snap Up Metaverse Real Estate in a Virtual Land Boom

Transactions for properties in digital realms are jumping, guided by the same principle in the physical world: location, location, location. https://nyti.ms/31fstuU

Elizabeth Holmes Says Former Boyfriend Abused Her

Ms. Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, blamed Ramesh Balwani, the former No. 2 at the company. https://nyti.ms/3d2Gxec

Who Is Parag Agrawal, Twitter’s New C.E.O.?

A longtime Twitter insider and a confidant of co-founder Jack Dorsey, Mr. Agrawal takes over as the social media company confronts various challenges. https://nyti.ms/3xAu9eG

Elizabeth Holmes Testimony: Updates From Day 4

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, took the stand for a fourth day on Monday. https://nyti.ms/3E7DixU

Amazon Union Vote in Alabama Is a Step Closer to Being Overturned

A regional office of the National Labor Relations Board said management’s victory in an earlier election should be overturned. The company can appeal. https://nyti.ms/3rp36ls

Jack Dorsey Expected to Step Down as C.E.O. of Twitter

The social media pioneer, whose name has become synonymous with the company, will be replaced by Twitter’s chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal. https://nyti.ms/3p3U1vG

Hunt for the ‘Blood Diamond of Batteries’ Impedes Green Energy Push

Dangerous mining conditions plague Congo, home to the world’s largest supply of cobalt, a key ingredient in electric cars. A leadership battle threatens reforms. https://nyti.ms/313TB0v

Could Roads Recharge Electric Cars? The Technology May Be Close.

But challenges await, including technical issues, regulatory barriers and many miles of highway. https://nyti.ms/313TeCB

Uber Survived the Spying Scandal. Their Careers Didn’t.

A former co-worker accused the men of wiretapping their colleagues, hacking foreign governments and stealing trade secrets. It wasn’t true, but the allegations still follow them. https://nyti.ms/3p5j7u1

YassifyBot and 'Yassification' Memes, Explained

A new Twitter account has amassed a following by sharing highly filtered versions of well-known images. https://nyti.ms/316YBRU

Adam Mosseri, Instagram's Head, Agrees to Testify Before Congress

This will be the first time Adam Mosseri, a trusted lieutenant to Mark Zuckerberg, will appear before lawmakers under oath. https://nyti.ms/3xuCAIj

A Fix-It Job for Government Tech

To build trust in the government, it would help if the website worked. https://nyti.ms/3nXAhKV

How the $4 Trillion Flood of Covid Relief Is Funding the Future

From broadband to transportation to high-tech medical manufacturing, benefits from America’s pandemic money infusion will linger. https://nyti.ms/3CYio2I

The Best Tech Gifts That Aren’t Gadgets

Supply-chain disruptions may make it tough to buy devices, but the most thoughtful presents were never tangible to begin with. https://nyti.ms/3E0zLRW

Elon Musk Sells $5 Billion in Tesla Stock

The sales so far were considerably short of the $20 billion worth he promised over the weekend that he would sell. https://nyti.ms/3wDzSQp

U.S. Sues Uber, Saying it Discriminated Against People With Disabilities

The Justice Department says Uber did not adjust its wait time fees for people with disabilities, even when Uber knew someone needed additional time. https://nyti.ms/3D4oTlj

How Do You See Inside a Volcano? Try a Storm of Cosmic Particles.

Muography, a technique used to peer inside nuclear reactors and Egyptian pyramids, could help map the innards of the world’s most hazardous volcanoes. https://nyti.ms/3H9roWa

Amazon on the High Seas

Amazon, racing to get products from factories to our homes, lures merchants with chartered cargo ships. https://nyti.ms/3ozd8O7

Facebook's Meta: How Designers View the New Logo and Brand

The emblem for Facebook’s new parent company is built for the metaverse, even if it disappoints in the real world. https://nyti.ms/30jVPID

Judge denies Apple’s request to delay App Store changes.

Apple may have to rewrite its policies to allow app developers to point users to alternative payment methods as soon as December. https://nyti.ms/31EC6Uc

Meta Plans to Remove Thousands of Sensitive Ad-Targeting Categories

Ad buyers will no longer be able to use topics such as health, race or sexual orientation to target people with unwanted ads on Facebook or other Meta apps. https://nyti.ms/31NwpU7

Satellite Hopes Meet Internet Reality

Satellite internet is exciting, but it needs to be part of a bigger effort to get more people online. https://nyti.ms/307rwV0

Satellite Hopes Meet Internet Reality

Satellite internet is exciting, but it needs to be part of a bigger effort to get more people online. https://nyti.ms/3kllxmU

Twitter Will Give Users Access to Ad-Free Articles With Twitter Blue

The company is pushing to find new sources of revenue. https://nyti.ms/3BXaWV3

How Data Is Reshaping Real Estate

Tech start-ups are offering new tools to help retailers and entertainment venues be more efficient by counting crowds, tracking foot traffic and following local shopping habits. https://nyti.ms/3cbl0j3

An 8-Year-Old Explains the Metaverse

“One minute you get scammed, another minute you’re having the best time of your life, making billions of dollars.” https://nyti.ms/3063F83

The Popularity of E-Bikes Isn’t Slowing Down

Motorized bicycles are outselling all-electric cars and have the potential to transform urban transit. https://nyti.ms/306M6oM

Behind Elon Musk’s Twitter Poll Is a Tax Bill Coming Due

He asked whether he should sell 10 percent of his stock, and Twitter voters said yes. Stock options he was granted in 2012 are “a ticking tax time bomb,” one expert said. https://nyti.ms/3mTHWt5

Chip Shortage Creates New Power Players

Low-profile chip makers with aging factories have become surprisingly powerful, leading to industry changes that may outlive the pandemic-fueled supply crunch. https://nyti.ms/3o7vqpp

Chip Shortage Creates New Power Players

Low-profile chip makers with aging factories have become surprisingly powerful, leading to industry changes that may outlive the pandemic-fueled supply crunch. https://nyti.ms/31zE08x

Crypto Is Cool. Now Get on the Yacht.

NFT.NYC, a gathering for nonfungible token enthusiasts, offered a taste of a crypto-filled future. https://nyti.ms/3mOlCBh

Google Temps Fought Loss of Pandemic Bonus. And Won.

When a Google staffing agency reneged on a promise to pay an attendance bonus, temps who are part of the company’s union organized and forced it to backtrack. https://nyti.ms/3CQmLh8

Facebook Faces New Antitrust Lawsuit

The suit, filed by the now defunct photo start-up Phhhoto, accused the social network of stalling on a deal and then putting it out of business. https://nyti.ms/3q6u3JY

Google Launches Company Dedicated to Drug Discovery

Isomorphic Labs is a spinoff of the London-based artificial intelligence lab DeepMind. https://nyti.ms/3COF71U

America Loves Choices. Not in Phones.

Why Apple and Samsung are the Coke and Pepsi of smartphones in the U.S. https://nyti.ms/3whpgq7

Blue Origin Loses Legal Fight Over SpaceX’s NASA Moon Contract

A federal judge rejected the argument by Jeff Bezos’ rocket company that NASA unfairly awarded a lunar lander contract to Elon Musk’s firm. https://nyti.ms/3o4wI4y

A New 10-Year Plan for the Cosmos

On astronomers’ wish list for the next decade: two giant telescopes and a space telescope to search for life and habitable worlds beyond Earth. https://nyti.ms/2YhFwuN

Google Wants to Work With the Pentagon Again, Despite Employee Concerns

Three years ago, the company walked away from a Defense Department project after employees objected to it. Now the company is working on a new proposal for the Pentagon. https://nyti.ms/3wc3Niy

How to Block Your Phone from Interrupting You

If the apps, alerts and action on your smartphone are taking up too much of your attention, turn on Focus mode to mute the distractions. https://nyti.ms/3CDGq3I

Researchers say a coordinated misinformation campaign on Twitter backed Kenya’s president.

The research underscores how online platforms based in the United States still struggle to police inauthentic behavior abroad. https://nyti.ms/3GMMhGt

Zillow, facing big losses, quits flipping houses and will lay off a quarter of its staff.

The real estate website had been relying on its algorithm that estimates home values to buy and resell homes. That part of its business lost about $420 million in three months. https://nyti.ms/3CFydw5

Another Apple Worker Says the Company Retaliated Against Her

One of the leaders of an activist movement at Apple took her complaint to a federal agency, marking an escalation of a conflict between Apple and some of its workers. https://nyti.ms/3mE0ZYr

Squid Cryptocurrency Crashes, and Investors Lose Money

The digital money, called Squid, began trading last week for a penny. It soared spectacularly, before the money vanished. https://nyti.ms/3bB4KY4

Funding for start-ups founded by women is surging.

Women raised almost twice as much venture capital funding in the first nine months of this year as they did in 2020 or 2019. https://nyti.ms/3wazGbm

Squid Cryptocurrency Crashes, and Investors Lose Money

The digital money, called Squid, began trading last week for a penny. It soared, spectacularly, before the money vanished. https://nyti.ms/3CRKTQF

Rivian Gets Closer to IPO, Seeking Over $50 Billion Evaluation

The company updated registration documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. https://nyti.ms/2ZKJ4WY

Regulators Ask Congress to Create New Rules for Cryptocurrencies

A Treasury Department report says stablecoin issuers should operate like banks to avoid destabilizing runs that could erode financial stability. https://nyti.ms/3nMSQQA

Amazon to Launch First Two Internet Satellites in 2022

Competing with SpaceX, OneWeb and others, the e-commerce titan will rely on small rockets to get prototypes of its satellite constellation into space. https://nyti.ms/3pY0FWu