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Mastercard is making it easier for credit card holders to earn rewards in bitcoin. | Velishchuk/iStockMastercard credit card holders can soon be rewarded with bitcoin. Huh? Cryptocurrency was first created as an alternative to traditional financial…

American suburbs are undergoing a transition due to a higher number of remote workers. San Mateo, California, seen here, is a suburb in San Francisco’s Bay Area. | Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty ImagesHow working from home is changing the suburbs as we know…

New York state launched the Excelsior Pass in March 2021. Above, concertgoers use the pass to attend a show on April 22, 2021, at The Shed in New York City. | Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesA key feature of the Excelsior Pass app is rarely used. New York’s…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the European Commission in 2020. | Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty ImagesPolitical scrutiny isn’t stopping Mark Zuckerberg from building the metaverse.…

On Tuesday, the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy exchange-traded fund started trading on the New York Stock Exchange with ticker symbol BITO. | Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThis cryptocurrency fad isn’t going away. Cryptocurrency’s journey into the mainstream hit…

Earlier this week, Joe Biden announced a new effort to keep the Port of Los Angeles open 24/7. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesDespite what conservatives say, Joe Biden is not trying to ruin the holiday shopping season. President Biden announced this week that the…

An artificially intelligent robot inspects power lines in Chunzhou, China. | Song Weixing/Visual China Group via Getty ImagesA top Pentagon software official recently quit his job, claiming that the US is dragging its heels. The Pentagon’s first-ever chief…

Field Trip Health currently offers ketamine-based psychotherapy at its US-based clinics. | Cole Burston/AFP via Getty ImagesA startup called Field Trip is opening clinics where they administer ketamine treatments. Other psychedelics, like MDMA and psilocybin,…

Nicholas Thompson, seen speaking for Wired magazine, is now CEO for the Atlantic. | Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for WIREDHeads up, Substack. But also Twitter. And Facebook. And the New York Times ... Here’s a media trend: Journalists setting up their own…

Customers should expect shopping to be a little more difficult this Black Friday. | Paul Hennessy/Getty ImagesThe most popular holiday gifts might not arrive in time for the holidays, even if you order now. Best Buy has revealed a curious way to cash in on…