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Last week, a work of digital art shattered records at storied auction house Christie’s, selling for a historic $60.25 million ($69.3 million with buyer’s fees). It’s the highest price commanded by a JPEG file thus far—paid for, in true 2021 style, with the cryptocurrency ether.

According to a new report from McKinsey, it’s not just about social change: Creating a more racially equitable industry could have a quantifiable impact in cold, hard cash—to the tune of $10 billion.

Popular game maker Roblox went live on the New York Stock Exchange. Roblox will trade under the symbol RBLX.

If you’re still waiting for a refund check to hit your bank account more than three weeks after you filed your 2020 taxes, the Internal Revenue Service wants you to hang tight.

The republicans are cheering about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s interview with Oprah Winfrey last night.

An international team of scientists from China, the Netherlands, the United States, and the UK are shaking things up in Science this week, lobbying for an extension on how many days scientists can study human embryos in a dish.

Can’t knock this hustle: Jack Dorsey‘s Square is acquiring what it calls a significant majority ownership stake in Tidal, the music streaming service owned by Jay-Z.

Generation X may have listened to Marc Cohn’s Grammy Award-nominated hit song “Walking in Memphis” a bit too much over the years, because homebuyers in that age group are gravitating toward the Bluff City more than any other large metro area in the United States.

Cord cutting accelerated at such a rapid pace last year that the penetration of U.S. households paying for traditional TV services is down to levels not seen since the mid-1990s, according to a new report from analyst firm MoffettNathanson.

Amazon is facing allegations of discrimination by one of its senior managers.