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• Halynne Shi is a product manager at Spotify. 
• But her first job after graduation was in aviation, working for Changi Airport Group.
• Shi said the transition from aviation into tech was like a rollercoaster ride.

This as-told-to essay is based on a

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 19, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

It’s the last Installer of the year, so we’re going to do something a little different! We’re going to talk

• Neal Manowitz is the president and chief operating officer of Sony Electronics North America.
• AI can help creators, but they also fear being replaced by the technology, Manowitz said.
• Manowitz's insights are part of Business Insider's year-end leadership series, "Looking Ahead 2024."

Most people are likely familiar with Sony Electronics products — they're used in music publishing, photography

• A criminal investigation is underway at an Oregon hospital after multiple deaths, NBC5 News reports
• The deaths were reportedly caused by infections from tap water injections substituted for fentanyl.
• Fentanyl is one of the most commonly "diverted" drugs.

An Oregon hospital is under investigation by police

• Matthew Slowik got his first investment property with a FHA loan in 2008.
• Since then, Slowik  has acquired 10 properties that make $21,000 a month in revenue.
• He said to be aware of a few caveats with FHA financing — occupancy fraud is a very real thing.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Matthew Slowik, a real-estate investor and the owner of Revival

• Yale is under criticism for grade inflation and giving most students A's.
• As a junior at Yale, I've experienced the grade inflation firsthand, but it helps us not stress.
• Since we don't focus on grades, we take classes out of curiosity and share knowledge with friends.

Yale University was a dream Mom, Dad, and I came up with over egg-drop

• A growing number of online daters are struggling with burnout from dating apps.
• Some are reeling from too many options; others have too few, Hinge CEO Justin McLeod says
• Hinge wants AI algorithms to help by facilitating more matches.

Dating app fatigue is

The post-pandemic boom in nostalgia-based purchases and activities extends to collectibles, which are memories you can hold in your hand. One of the most popular places to buy those mementos is on eBay, where more than 25 percent of users who bought something on the site in 2023 bought at least one collectible item.

On eBay, global listings for vintage toys were up about 10 percent this year

• Terry Day, a realtor from Phoenix, used an assumable mortgage to purchase a home in October. 
• He said the financing option is saving him $1,000 on his mortgage each month.
• Challenges can arise when originating these types of loans; many lenders are unfamiliar with them.

In today's high-interest rate

• Artificial intelligence could make us more productive and take away some of the drudgery at work.
• But if we all just interact with AI, we'll forget how to work with each other, one CEO told BI.
• AI could help if it gives us more time to work on challenging tasks with our coworkers.

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• Inflation is still hitting Americans hard at the grocery store.
• The high prices have many looking for new ways to save while shopping for food.
• One of the best ways is to change some expensive habits.

While Americans are still spending money, inflation has a lot of people rethinking what they do to get the best

• For years, Donald Trump has been condemned for fiery rhetoric that critics say sounds authoritarian.
• Lately, his speeches have had even more overtly fascist themes, an expert on extremism told BI.
• Peter Simi, who testified against Trump, explained why people seem numb to his increasingly violent remarks.

In recent weeks, Donald Trump has