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Why a JPEG sold for $69 million Mar 15, 2021

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From Jack Dorsey's tweets and NBA highlight reels to Beeple and Nyan Cat, digital art powered by cryptocurrency has exploded in value. Is it an artistic revolution, or a speculative bubble?Read Terry’s piece on NFTs at Vox.com.

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Biden’s antitrust brain trust Mar 12, 2021

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Recode’s Jason Del Rey explains why President Biden’s early hires signal an administration serious about taking on Big Tech.

REFERENCES: Read Jason’s story on Lina Khan.

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Dr. B: the website to go to for extra vaccines Mar 11, 2021

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Covid vaccines have a short shelf life -- just six hours after getting thawed -- and some vaccine sites are reporting extras they have to throw away at the end of the day. How the founder of ZocDoc is now helping connect people with leftover vaccines with a new website called Dr. B.

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What is a SPAC? Mar 10, 2021

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S-P-A-C. It’s an acronym we’ve been seeing everywhere. But what is it? Don’t worry, we had the same question. The quick answer is SPACs are a new(ish) part of the stock market and investment ecosystem. But since we like to explain things here at Vox, we asked Recode reporter Rani Molla to help us catch up with the trend that’s taking Wall Street by storm.

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When the free streaming trials end Mar 09, 2021

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Paramount+ launched last week, becoming the latest platform to join the crowded pool of streaming services. But even with more options to choose from, users are paying for fewer of them: With streaming options at an all-time high, US consumers only pay for an average of 1.25 services. Today on Recode Daily, we dig into Paramount+ and what this new platform means for the streaming wars.

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Read Rani’s story about Paramount+ and the streaming wars

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Google quits cookies Mar 08, 2021

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Google is wading into the fight over privacy. It will no longer use third-party cookies to track users around the internet, but as Recode’s Sara Morrison explains, this change won’t impact the company's healthy supply of data from search.

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How the pandemic changed social media habits Mar 05, 2021

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We’re posting more. We’re posting less. And some of us aren’t posting at all anymore. Recode’s Rani Molla explains the past year in social media usage.

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Why Biden’s backing an Amazon warehouse union drive Mar 04, 2021

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President Joe Biden announced he’s supporting a union drive at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama -- which could be the first Amazon warehouse to unionize in the U.S.. Why is his pro-union message so surprising?

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Facebook bans Myanmar’s military Mar 03, 2021

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Nearly a month after a military coup in Myanmar, Facebook announced a ban on Facebook and Instagram accounts run by the Myanmarese military. The social media platform functions as the de facto internet in Myanmar, and has been used by the military for its propaganda campaigns and by pro-democracy activists to organize protests. Facebook took a pro-democracy side, but is the move too little too late? Joining today to discuss is Alex Ward, a White House reporter for Vox and co-host of the Worldly podcast.

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The Phone Wars Mar 02, 2021

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The latest season of Land of the Giants explains the rise of Google from a company with idealistic goals of creative experimentation and making useful products to a worldwide powerhouse with enormous impact on our lives. This is an excerpt from Episode 2: Chrome and the Android Wars. Listen here:

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