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Jasmine Lee says facing two layoffs in two years felt like a quarter-life crisis.
  • Jasmine Lee faced two layoffs in two years, leading to a year of long-term unemployment.
  • Support from her partner, therapy, and a women's network helped her regain confidence.
  • She pivoted to a digital marketing teaching role, finding fulfillment and stability.

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  • Wall Street is bracing for the impact of President Trump's H-1B application fee.
  • The $100,000 price tag could upend hiring for technologists and junior bankers.
  • Experts broke down which finance jobs are most at risk and why.

President Donald Trump's new H-1B visa policy may hit Big Tech the hardest, but Wall Street is well within the blast zone.

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Human experts are in strong demand for teaching AI chatbots.
  • Tech's latest gold rush is using humans to train AI chatbots.
  • Startups in the field are raising at soaring valuations and minting America's youngest billionaires.
  • Business Insider compiled a list of the key players, including Surge AI, Mercor, Micro1, and more.

Artificial intelligence was supposed to replace humans


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Abridge CEO Dr. Shiv Rao. Abridge partnered with Epic in 2023 in a watershed moment for the startup. Two years later, Epic has become its most formidable competitor.
  • $5.3 billion Abridge became a healthcare AI darling with the help of medical records giant Epic.
  • Now, Epic is releasing its own tech to compete with Abridge's AI scribe.
  • Abridge is the latest AI startup under

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I see you, annotators — the readers with color-coded highlighting systems and tabs sticking out of every book. Going digital with an e-reader might not seem like it's for you, but with all the advancements in the market, things are changing. I've seen it all in the Kindle line-up, from the most basic Kindle to a color e-reader and now the Kindle Scribe.

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Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that's before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each streamer!


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Samsung usually launches its next wave of flagship devices over the winter. The Galaxy S25 was released in early February, and the Galaxy S24 before it came in late January. Thus, it stands to reason that the Galaxy S26 will come around the same time in 2026. Despite being several months out for release, there are already a ton of rumors about Samsung’s upcoming flagship. Let’s take a look at them


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  • US employers hiring foreign skilled workers must now pay a $100,000 application fee.
  • The price hike adds pressure to consulting firms' already fragile talent strategies.
  • The changes will boost competition for expertise and accelerate offshoring, analysts told Business Insider.

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Qualcomm has unveiled its new Snapdragon X Series chips for laptops, in addition to its new system-on-a-chip for flagship phones. The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip meant for "ultra-premium" Windows 11 laptops are designed to handle "complex, expert-level workloads" and to enable fast AI processing, as well as a multi-day battery life. Meanwhile, the Snapdragon X2 Elite chips come in two



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  • Disney's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show after FCC threats sparked rare bipartisan backlash.
  • The suspension led to protests and calls to cancel Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions.
  • Americans cherish free speech — and they don't want the government pressuring companies to police it.

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