Digital Gems

Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, has donated Ethereum and “meme coins” worth $1.5 billion in one of the largest-ever individual philanthropy efforts.

The Biden administration and Federal Reserve have waved off fears of out-of-control inflation, saying that bumps in prices will be temporary and won’t pulse through the whole economy.

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke told managers to help employees stay focused but "poor performance and divisiveness cannot be tolerated."

From all the ways a candidate might fail, to how a commonly-used framework might not be a good fit, to where a go-to-market strategy might fall apart, Rick Song shares the pre-mortem technique he relies on, as well as other company building lessons from Square and his startup, Persona.

Housing production rebounded in March as buyer demand remains solid due to low mortgage interest rates. Overall housing starts increased 19.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.74 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. This was the fastest pace for combined single-family and multifamily construction since June 2006.

The New York State Budget for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2021-22 totals an estimated $212 billion – the largest budget in State history, almost 10 percent greater than the prior year.

The huge number is a surprise, given the state was projected to see a budget deficit of up to $54 billion.

Somebody's got to do it.

The company made the offer after it announced a clarified mission and retreat from most political activism.

Readership is soaring, and advertisers are pouring into the space.

Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment, with half of this group citing politics as the reason they think they were targeted. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking

Male and female survey respondents share some similarities in their remote work experience, but there were also several differences. Learn more!

El médico Juan Luis Galán relaja a quienes van a vacunar contra el COVID-19 en la sala de espera de un centro de salud en San Salvador. "Se les ve cómo les baja el nivel de tensión que tienen", afirma.

The receipt of approval from the OSC was filed under a Multilateral Instrument passport system in multiple Canadian jurisdictions.

The report’s shipment reading—at 1.178—saw a 27.6% annual gain, which outpaced March’s 10% annual increase, and was down 3.1% compared to March on a seasonally-adjusted (SA) basis. On the spend side, Cass reported that April expenditures—at 3.452—headed up 45.1% annually, setting a new record and topping March’s 27.5% annual increase, and saw a 1.1% SA gain compared to March.

New data compiled by the E.P.A. shows how global warming is making life harder for Americans in myriad ways that threaten their health, safety and homes.

From the HAR: Houston Real Estate Tears Through April at a Record Pace Low interest rates inspired consumers to snap up high-end homes in ...

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Puzzling birth numbers draw criticism over Beijing's family planning policy

Today’s graduates are expected to arrive on the job with a range of in-demand skills they would have once developed in the early years of their career.

U.S. viewers’ interest in Japanese anime and live-action content has soared in past year, according to a report, as foreign shows find more demand from audiences amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Engineers are almost done building and testing the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — During the gloomiest stretches of the pandemic, Dr. Diona Krahn's veterinary clinic has been a puppy fest, overrun with new four-legged patients. Typically, she’d get three or four new puppies a week, but between

Passenger volumes hit pandemic records over the weekend, and with them are higher ticket prices, crowded planes, TSA lines. ‘Selfishly, I like an empty airplane.’

In the world’s two largest economies, plunging birthrates and aging populations are squeezing the labor supply.