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David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71

Thanks to the invention he helped create in the 1970s, people can send email over an office network or visit a website through a coffee shop hot spot. https://nyti.ms/3Iz89FH

Amazon Opens a Whole Foods With the Next Step in Automation

A newly revamped store in Washington shows how thoroughly Amazon has woven itself into the grocery shopping experience. https://nyti.ms/3M7qkV7

Facebook Will Make You Love Reels

Shoving these videos at us is a little bit sad, a little bit brilliant — and very much worth watching. https://nyti.ms/3hoH4sQ

Tech Companies Face a Fresh Crisis: Hiring

Recruiters in tech are desperate for workers. But candidates are the ones who hold all the power. https://nyti.ms/3BDH81r

Out With the Facebookers. In With the Metamates.

Now that Facebook has renamed itself Meta, that’s what employees will be known as, the company said. https://nyti.ms/3GSSn6T

This YouTube Star Is Also a Retail Empire

Linus Sebastian started out making wacky videos. Now he employs fashion designers and logistics experts. https://nyti.ms/3oQydo9

Office Lobbies Are Going Contactless Because of Covid

Subtle changes — like mobile apps that will replace ID badges for workers and visitors — are meant to ease the flow at the turnstile while minimizing contact. https://nyti.ms/353AJ3m

BlockFi, a crypto firm, reaches a $100 million settlement for failing to register loan products.

The threat of S.E.C. scrutiny already had scuttled plans by Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, to launch a loan product. https://nyti.ms/3uNpQxl

Microsoft tells workers to prepare to return to the office.

Starting Feb. 28, “employees will have 30 days to make adjustments to their routines and adopt the working preferences they’ve agreed upon with their managers.” https://nyti.ms/3uQ4r6K

Peter Thiel, the Right’s Would-Be Kingmaker

Peter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump’s biggest donors in 2016, has re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement. https://nyti.ms/3sXTBsT

Meta and Salesforce Talk Metaverse in Super Bowl Ads

Miller Lite joins in, too. https://nyti.ms/34WpmKb

Divorcing Couples Fight Over the Kids, the House and Now the Crypto

Dividing the family’s Bitcoin stash has become a major source of contention in divorce cases. https://nyti.ms/34UrEtf

Making ‘Dinobabies’ Extinct: IBM’s Push for a Younger Work Force

Documents released in an age-discrimination case appear to show high-level discussion about paring the ranks of older employees. https://nyti.ms/3uJzTTU

Cisco and Splunk Have Discussed Acquisition Deal

No deal is currently on the table, according to two people familiar with the talks, but Cisco could pay more than $20 billion, one said. https://nyti.ms/3GO88fk

I Used AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband’s Every Move

A vast location-tracking network is being built around us so we don’t lose our keys: One couple’s adventures in the consumer tech surveillance state. https://nyti.ms/3HID7e4

Hacker Who Sold Pirated Video Games Gets More Than 3 Years in Prison

Gary Bowser, 52, pleaded guilty for his role in a group that sold pirated video games for devices like the Nintendo Switch, costing companies more than $65 million, prosecutors said. https://nyti.ms/3gE1yxr

NASA-Funded Satellites Lost in Setback for Astra, a Small Rocket Launch Start-Up

The mission’s failure to reach orbit highlighted the challenges of breaking into the space business, especially for companies that are publicly traded on the stock market. https://nyti.ms/3LqpF0U

California Sues Tesla, Saying It Permitted Racial Discrimination at Factory

The suit comes months after a jury awarded a former Black employee at the electric car maker’s San Francisco-area factory $137 million. https://nyti.ms/3gBliSb

A Gene Sequencing Pioneer Battles Over What It Can Buy

Is Illumina, a gene-sequencing powerhouse, trying to speed innovation in the field of cancer blood tests or thwart it with an acquisition? https://nyti.ms/3BcrnOq

Twitter's Mixed Fourth-Quarter Earnings Show Challenges Ahead

The company has ambitious targets for growth in the next two years. https://nyti.ms/3GFEN6V

In Earnings Report, Uber Says It's Bouncing Back From Pandemic

https://nyti.ms/3GFmAqb

Microsoft Starts Charm Offensive to Push Through Activision Deal

Regulators are expected to give Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard — the largest in Microsoft’s history — a tough review. https://nyti.ms/33cJgQQ

Fine-Tune and Prune Your Phone’s Contacts List

Filling in more of the blanks and dumping duplicates opens up new ways to manage the people in your life. https://nyti.ms/3Gxy4Ml

Peloton’s future is uncertain after a swift fall from pandemic stardom.

The chief executive stepped down as a glut of unsold machines, negative TV portrayals, activist investors and a recall plagued the fitness company. https://nyti.ms/3uCIUOG

Justice Dept. Seizes $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin and Arrests Married Couple

The couple were accused of conspiring to launder Bitcoin that had been stolen in 2016 from Hong Kong-based Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest virtual currency exchanges. https://nyti.ms/3J4H6C6

Meta está en problemas: te decimos por qué

El valor de mercado de la empresa antes conocida como Facebook descendió en más de 230.000 millones de dólares, el peor revés de su historia sucedido en un solo día. https://nyti.ms/3rzIhU3

As Automakers Add Technology to Cars, Software Bugs Follow

Faulty computer systems are prompting class-action lawsuits by disgruntled car owners, a symptom of automakers’ bumpy transition to the digital age. https://nyti.ms/3364z6B

Why This Could Be a Critical Year for Electric Cars

Booming in a depressed market, battery-powered vehicles are a plus for the climate but pose a big threat to carmakers and parts suppliers that are slow to change. https://nyti.ms/3ux2ewC

Nvidia Deal to Buy Arm From SoftBank Is Off After Setbacks

The deal, which was initially valued at $40 billion, encountered regulatory scrutiny, including an F.T.C. lawsuit. https://nyti.ms/3B2sala

Peter Thiel to Exit Meta’s Board to Support Trump-Aligned Candidates

The tech billionaire, who has been on the board of the company formerly known as Facebook since 2005, is backing numerous politicians in the midterm elections. https://nyti.ms/3ozBU19

Is Confidence the Secret to Success? Not Exactly.

Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill discuss their book, “Confidence Culture,” which challenges the idea sold to women that self-esteem will set them free. https://nyti.ms/34GSyon

They Made Millions on Luna, Solana and Polygon: Crypto’s Boom Beyond Bitcoin

The ranks of cryptocurrency speculators have swelled, with even obscure tokens minting the newly wealthy: at least on the blockchain. https://nyti.ms/3HzPA3R

Helium Network Hints at Crypto's Practical Uses

Helium, a wireless network powered by cryptocurrency, hints at the practical promise of decentralized services. https://nyti.ms/3gnU0Pn

Lawmakers Press Amazon on Sales of Chemical Used in Suicides

Even as grieving families tried to warn Amazon and other e-commerce sites of the danger, there were more purchases and more deaths. https://nyti.ms/3J3tebb

6 Reasons Meta Is in Trouble

The company formerly known as Facebook has hit major turbulence as it suffered its biggest one-day wipeout ever. https://nyti.ms/3gocA9S

Un adolescente rastreaba el paradero del jet de Elon Musk y lo tuiteaba. Luego llegó un mensaje directo

Jack Sweeney, estudiante de 19 años, dijo que Musk le hizo saber los problemas de privacidad y seguridad que planteaba su popular cuenta @ElonJet. El muchacho le hizo una solicitud. https://nyti.ms/3gmIXG2

What Big Tech’s Riches Mean for Our Future

Five superpower companies — yes, even Facebook after recent news — are completely enmeshed in our world. https://nyti.ms/34wD6Lu

A Teenager Tracked Elon Musk’s Jet on Twitter. Then Came the Direct Message.

Jack Sweeney, a freshman at the University of Central Florida, said that Mr. Musk raised privacy and security concerns about his popular Twitter account, @ElonJet. https://nyti.ms/3sg0Mfy

Meta Spent $10 billion on the Metaverse in 2021, Dragging Down Profit

Quarterly profits decreased 8 percent, to $10.3 billion, from a year earlier. Shares of Meta’s stock plunged about 22 percent in after-hours trading. https://nyti.ms/3L55ULR

OMG, You’ll Never Believe What the Laser Vacuum Revealed

High-tech vacuums and robotic mops are having their moment in a pandemic that has contributed to never-ending messes at home. https://nyti.ms/35O6rSB

NYT Hits Goal of 10 Million Subscriptions, Closes on The Athletic

The deal for the sports site, which was finalized on Tuesday, helped the company reach that goal a couple of years early. https://nyti.ms/3HlNcNS

Why Is Matt Damon Shilling for Crypto?

Just buy it, he seems to suggest; what are you, a wimp? https://nyti.ms/35NaY7P

Alphabet’s profit increased 36 percent to $20.64 billion in fourth quarter.

The earnings by the parent company of Google were above analysts’ estimates. https://nyti.ms/3L0VXza

Tesla Recalls Cars With Full Self-Driving to Prevent Rolling Stops

Tesla told the federal regulator that rolling stops were allowed only at intersections when no cars, pedestrians or bicyclists were detected but agreed to disable the feature. https://nyti.ms/3426x8E