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Spotify’s Joe Rogan Problem Isn’t Going Away

The controversy is different, in many ways, from the other conflicts between online stars and the companies that give them a platform. https://nyti.ms/3s2tyjv

Math That Helped Solve Fermat’s Theorem Now Safeguards the Digital World

The mathematicians who toiled on the famous enigma also devised powerful forms of end-to-end encryption. https://nyti.ms/3rbm2nk

How Facebook Is Morphing Into Meta

Shifting a 68,000-person social networking company toward the theoretical metaverse has caused internal disruption and uncertainty. https://nyti.ms/3s5Ouq0

Group Chats Are Falling Apart

Group texts became a social lifeline early in the pandemic. But all conversations must eventually come to an end. https://nyti.ms/3AL0fGm

No, athletes are not dying from Covid-19 vaccines.

Claims about professional athletes dying after getting vaccinated have been a recurring conspiracy theory since the shots were introduced. https://nyti.ms/3g7n8ds

F.A.A. Says It Has Reached a Deal Over 5G Service at Airports

The federal agency said an agreement with Verizon and AT&T would enable the wireless providers to expand their networks while allowing aircraft to land safely. https://nyti.ms/3g8r79M

How Trump Coins Became an Internet Sensation

Getting to the bottom of a modern mystery. https://nyti.ms/3G4qDvD

The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon

A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban. https://nyti.ms/3r8qbbD

F.C.C. revokes the ability of China Unicom to operate in the U.S.

The agency cited national security in revoking the license for the American subsidiary of a state-owned Chinese telecom operator. https://nyti.ms/3uauvsK

E.U. court throws out $1.2 billion antitrust fine against Intel.

Intel had been charged with paying illegal rebates to companies that used its semiconductors over rival Advanced Micro Devices. https://nyti.ms/3u6BcMG

Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for Nearly $70 Billion

With the deal, the largest in the software maker’s history, Microsoft will gain Activision’s nearly 400 million monthly users and access to some of the world’s most popular games. https://nyti.ms/3A98pbc

Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for Nearly $70 Billion

With the deal, the largest in the software maker’s history, Microsoft will gain Activision’s nearly 400 million monthly users and access to some of the world’s most popular games. https://nyti.ms/3nB2LcQ

Building Apps Help Make the Office Return a Touch-Free Experience

Mobile apps for office buildings have become popular as employers try to entice staff back on site by making work-related tasks convenient and safe. https://nyti.ms/33uY9Oz

Can Anyone Satisfy Amazon’s Craving for Electric Vans?

The company has big plans to turn its delivery fleet green. But very few of the vehicles are made right now. https://nyti.ms/3IggFJ4

Microsoft Warns of Cyber Attack on Ukrainian Computer Networks

The malware was revealed as Russian troops remained massed at the Ukrainian border, and after Ukrainian government agencies had their websites defaced. https://nyti.ms/3qvjEYe

Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts Meet Their Match: Angry Gamers

Game publishers are offering NFTs, but skeptical gamers smell a moneymaking scheme and are fighting back. https://nyti.ms/3FvsvNQ

Is Interning for an Influencer Worth It?

Young fans are messaging social media creators and entrepreneurs seeking experience. But the terms of the arrangements can vary widely. https://nyti.ms/3GvZdzL

States Appeal Decision to Throw Out Their Facebook Antitrust Case

The states’ central claim is that Facebook acquired competitors — particularly Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 — in a predatory manner, by crushing competition. https://nyti.ms/3tzLHYB

States Appeal Decision to Throw Out Their Facebook Antitrust Case

The states’ central claim is that Facebook acquired competitors — particularly Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 — in a predatory manner, by crushing competition. https://nyti.ms/34SxOua

For Coronavirus Testing, the Nose May Not Always Be Best

As Omicron spreads, some experts are calling for a switch to saliva-based tests, which may detect infections days earlier than nasal swabs do. https://nyti.ms/34Lxltz

Nigeria Lifts Twitter Ban

The social media site had been blocked after it deleted a post from President Muhammadu Buhari about secessionist groups that was widely seen as threatening. https://nyti.ms/3zUTi4Q

Microsoft opens a review of its sexual harassment policies.

Shareholders called for action after evidence emerged that Bill Gates had sought romantic relationships with employees. https://nyti.ms/3rkcuVZ

How I Quit Prime and Survived

It turns out, one can live in America and not have an Amazon Prime account. https://nyti.ms/3zWaMhc

Elizabeth Holmes is set to be sentenced on Sept. 26.

Ms. Holmes, the Theranos founder, faces up to 20 years in prison for each of four counts that led to a conviction in her federal fraud trial. https://nyti.ms/3rgNKh8

Amazon Prime: Loved at Almost Any Price

For many Americans, it has become hard to imagine online shopping without Prime. https://nyti.ms/3nhR3DS

How to Make Your Own Animated GIFs

You can easily transform photos and videos into GIF files to share with family, friends or the world at large. https://nyti.ms/3GqhQFi

How Big Can a TikTok Duet Get?

The singer-songwriter Sadie Jean performed a lovelorn track and left room for a response. Lil Yachty took the bait. But their duet isn’t the track available for streaming. https://nyti.ms/3tk0hmQ

Is Norway the Future of Cars?

The speed by which electric vehicles have taken over Norway has stunned even the cars’ enthusiasts. https://nyti.ms/3qfsCJ1

Economists Pin More Blame on Tech for Rising Inequality

Recent research underlines the central role that automation has played in widening disparities. https://nyti.ms/3HXf76y

Economists Pin More Blame on Tech for Rising Inequality

Recent research underlines the central role that automation has played in widening disparities. https://nyti.ms/3nepyuQ

What It Was Like on the Elizabeth Holmes Jury for 18 Weeks

Away from the media frenzy, jurors dealt with the trial’s disruption to their lives and had little idea of the case’s implications. https://nyti.ms/3K9qF95

Covid Test Misinformation Spikes Along With Spread of Omicron

The added demand for testing and the higher prevalence of breakthrough cases have created an “opportune moment” to exploit. https://nyti.ms/3G8iUh0

Why Tesla Soared as Other Automakers Struggled to Make Cars

The yawning disparity between the performance of the electric car company and established automakers last year reflects the technological change roiling the industry. https://nyti.ms/3zEvm5H

Biden Administration Warns Against Spyware Targeting Dissidents

The U.S. intelligence community offered steps that would mitigate — but not stop — spyware developed by firms like the NSO Group. https://nyti.ms/3q4YLml

Lawsuit says Meta shares blame in the killing of a federal guard.

A lawsuit argued that individuals who sought to harm law enforcement officers were able to connect with one another on Facebook. https://nyti.ms/3t5JO5G

Google Infringed on Speaker Technology Owned by Sonos, Trade Court Rules

The company will not be allowed to import products that infringe on Sonos patents, including smart speakers, video streaming devices and some computers and phones. https://nyti.ms/336k3af

Cable TV Is the New Landline

Old habits die hard. But technology can change entrenched ways of doing things slowly and then very quickly. https://nyti.ms/3JG7ZNI

F.B.I. Arrests Man Accused of Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts

Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked in publishing, was charged with wire fraud and identity theft for a scheme that prosecutors said affected hundreds of people over five or more years. https://nyti.ms/32X5CWa

What Does Apple's $3 Trillion Valuation Mean?

We aren’t buying more smartphones. So how is this smartphone company making crazy money? https://nyti.ms/3mYPRoI

As Beijing Takes Control, Chinese Tech Companies Lose Jobs and Hope

The crackdown is killing the entrepreneurial drive that made China a tech power and destroying jobs that used to attract the country’s brightest. https://nyti.ms/3eZTO7X

The Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2022

Here we go again: Virtual reality, now dubbed ‘the metaverse,’ will be a thing. So will the smart home. https://nyti.ms/3JIDRkV

Election Falsehoods Surged on Podcasts Before Capitol Riots, Researchers Find

A new study analyzed nearly 1,500 episodes, showing the extent to which podcasts pushed misinformation about voter fraud. https://nyti.ms/3qQrU44

What We Got Wrong About Tech

Looking back at tech misjudgments so we can better look ahead. https://nyti.ms/3qQPiy7

Tesla opens a dealership in Xinjiang, drawing accusations it’s helping China ‘cover up genocide.’

Senator Marco Rubio criticized the electric carmaker for opening the outlet in a region where China has been accused of targeting Muslims. https://nyti.ms/3Hy6HT9

Silicon Valley Can’t Escape Elizabeth Holmes

Ms. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, wasn’t a creature of Silicon Valley, or so the refrain went. But her fraud trial showed otherwise. https://nyti.ms/3EWYuWS

Verizon and AT&T Agree to Delay 5G Plans Over Airline Safety Concerns

The companies will wait two weeks and work with the government. https://nyti.ms/3qOcpcK

BlackBerry Ends Service; Devices Will Stop Working January 4

Android-powered devices carrying the BlackBerry name won’t be affected. For some, it’s a farewell to an era when BlackBerries dominated airport lounges and the West Wing. https://nyti.ms/3FS0fG1

He Made Wordle for His Partner. Now It’s an Online Hit.

The word game, created by a software engineer in Brooklyn, has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in recent months. https://nyti.ms/3pPmSW3

Founder of CrowdTangle Hopes to Bring Transparency to Social Media

The co-founder of CrowdTangle has been working with Congress on legislation to make tech companies disclose their inner workings. https://nyti.ms/3mTPLi1

Twitter Permanently Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

The social media service said the Republican congresswoman had violated its policy on coronavirus misinformation. https://nyti.ms/3JsG43I