Digital Gems

As of Dec. 24, housing inventory fell from 437,000 during the prior week to 310,000, a decline of 29%. Inventory bottomed out in April 2021.

The US unemployment rate hit 4.2% in November, a remarkable drop from the 14.8% peak reached in April 2020. Some analysts say this is the best market for job seekers ever: There are more than 11 million job openings in the US, compared to only 6.9 million people who are unemployed and looking for work.

4 in 10 professionals are considering leaving their job in the first half of 2022, including around half of Gen Z, employees who have been with their company for 2-4 years and technology workers.

At least 2,400 more flights were canceled globally on Monday, including about 900 U.S. flights.

Founded in 2017 by an ex-wireless engineer from Qualcomm, Solana is a layer one blockchain like Bitcoin and Ethereum that has been built to process transactions as quickly and cheaply as possible. Where Bitcoin can process about ten transactions per second and Ethereum around 30, Solana can handle over 60,000 transactions per second, and it can do so at a fraction of the cost. Unsurprisingly, Solana’s network has attracted huge interest from developers, users, and investors alike over the last year.

Spotify generally pays between $.003 and $.005 per stream, but how much you'll be paid differs based on your distribution contract.

Nicholas Christakis is director of the Human Nature Lab at Yale University and author of the bestseller "Apollo’s Arrow." He speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about the next phase of the pandemic based on previous pandemics.

The Bonneville Salt Flats are perfect for speed. Every year, cars and motorcycles break land speed records on the flat expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats. It’s been a tradition for more than a century, and racers have built a thriving community around the salt races. But how did these salt flats form, and why are they disappearing now?

Aging carries a risk of losing our memory, focus, and ability to take care of ourselves and others. Working can increase the risk if you don't stay actively engaged in cognitive tasks that keep your mind sharp, especially if you're a man.

Rental prices for single-family homes rose 10.9% on average, a three-fold increase over October 2020. Rent increases were highest in Miami (29.7%), followed by Phoenix (19.3%) and Las Vegas (16.5%).

Around 10% of in-store and 18% of online purchases of retail items are returned after the holidays, which totaled to $48B last year. This holiday season, the National Retail Federation is projecting $860B in returns.

A report by Gallup showed that burnout in people managers increased from 27% in 2020 to 35% in 2021. A separate poll by Metlife found that millennial managers saw the biggest increase in burnout over the past year with 42% reporting workplace tiredness and stress compared to 34% of Gen Z, 27% of Gen X and 21% of Baby Boomers.

Learn more about the evolution and culture of orcas.

Learn about the sophisticated algorithms that produce the jpeg images that are everywhere on the internet.

Discover the incredible engineering behind 3-way and 4-way light switches.

Learn how Disney engineers the perfect experience for guests behind the scenes.

The Log4J and JNDI exploit can collect private data and secret infiltrate enterprise systems. Learn the details in this 27 minute explanation and demonstration.

Molnupiravir was associated with a decreased the risk of hospitalization from Covid-19 by only 30%, compared to a reduction of almost 90% with Pfizer's PAXLOVID. The FDA advisory committee also limited its use in non-pregnant adults because of their concerns about the potential risk of mutations in human DNA.

TikTok has been crowned the most popular domain of 2021 by web security and performance company Cloudflare.

Households around the world saved an excess $3 trillion in savings, bringing the total to $6 trillion globally.

In the first seven months of 2021, cargo volumes between Asia and North America were up by 27% compared with pre-pandemic levels.

Good Jobs First, a policy resource center, estimated that Amazon has received around $4.2B in US subsidies through property tax abatements, corporate income tax credits and sales tax exemptions to expand its corporate footprint in "opportunity zones" throughout the country.

An anthropologist asks what algorithms and astrology have in common in a digital era of predictive technologies. By putting faith in these predictions, whether they're based on AI, the supernatural, physical, or divination, we may be foreclosing other possibilities we haven’t yet imagined.

Around 30% of adults under age 35 said that mental health services are difficult to access near their home compared to just 12% of adults age 65 and older. Overall, only 1 in 2 adults said that mental health services were easy to access and 1 in 3 said it's easier to get mental health care today than it was five years ago.

A computational biologist thinks potentially half the globe may contract Omicron over the coming weeks and months.

Healthcare journalist Marshall Allen joins Chris to discuss why you should never pay the first medical bill you receive. He also shares hacks that can help you prevent big medical bills before you get care, remove unreasonable charges, appeal insurance decisions, and lower the amount you pay for prescription drugs.

The omicron wave appears to have peaked and is already subsiding in South Africa, with a relatively minor impact on their healthcare system. However, the positive rate is still around 29%, suggesting high circulation among their population. other fluctuations.

With the advent of the internet and blockchain technology, the list of valuables you can invest in is endless. In addition to gold, cryptocoins, and the usual stocks, people are now putting their money into everyday collectibles like antique cars and baseball cards.

A new study found that 10,000 Bitcoin accounts hold 5 million out of the 19 million coins in circulation, or the equivalent of about $232 billion.

Bain & Co. was the top place to work in 2021 according to Glassdoor.