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  • Trends from the 2000s and 2010s aren't just showing up in fashion.
  • Tech startups are also trying to resuscitate early internet vibes and aesthetics.
  • Founders, scholars, and tech insiders described the new wave of nostalgia.

Relics of the "old internet" are respawning in new social media startups.

Myspace's profiles, Tumblr's vibes, StumbleUpon's spontaneity, Twitter's status


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Duryea's sells a $97 lobster Cobb salad.
  • I visited Duryea's, a seafood restaurant that's been in Montauk for almost 100 years.
  • It's famous for lobster rolls, amazing views, and high prices.
  • Duryea's also offers a $97 lobster Cobb salad that goes viral every summer for its high cost.

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Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO.
  • Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said he'd "rather die" than give third parties access to messages on Telegram.
  • Durov was detained by French authorities last year and charged with six crimes related to illegal activity on his platform.
  • In a social media post on Sunday, Durov said the arrest is "legally and logically absurd."

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Jamie Allison Sanders with her mother at Santa Monica Pier.
  • After nearly 12 years in New York City, I felt like I needed a fresh start.
  • I got a job in Pittsburgh, excited to start my new life in the Midwest.
  • Pittsburgh wasn't what I'd hoped for, but it helped me realize where I truly belong: Los Angeles.

I was almost 33 years old, had $200 in my savings account, and


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Lightship's AE.1 electric RV uses an onboard propulsion system to avoid sapping an EV's range.
  • Towing a heavy RV or trailer can rapidly drain an EV's battery, increasing range anxiety.
  • Ben Parker and Toby Kraus found out the hard way when a cross-country road trip nearly left them stranded.
  • The two ex-Tesla staffers told BI the incident pushed them to found Lightship, an electric RV startup

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Kevin Wu got bored as a constant at BCG and left to found an AI startup.
  • Kevin Wu left his job at Boston Consulting Group to start Leaping AI, an AI voice agent startup.
  • Wu said consulting made him confident in business, but didn't fully prepare him to be a founder.
  • As a founder, he said he works as much or more now but that it's more enjoyable than consulting.

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Tesla changed its training strategy for Optimus in late June.
  • Tesla has shifted the training strategy for its Optimus robot, insiders told Business Insider.
  • Rather than motion capture suits and teleoperation, the automaker will rely primarily on video recordings.
  • The shift reflects Elon Musk's belief in using cameras to train AI, and mirrors the

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Luis Bautista, 82, is learning AI to help with a book he's writing while advising a startup he co-founded.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Luis Bautista, 82, who works as a personal life coach and tech startup cofounder. Bautista, who lives in Tucson, Arizona, said he self-studied AI, such as prompt engineering. He works because he has to


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Vibe coding is redefining who can build software. By enabling code generation through natural language prompts, it’s quickly gained traction among startups and indie developers. But the biggest opportunity lies ahead: the enterprise.   The rapid rise of Lovable — which recently raised a $200mn Series A at a $1.8bn valuation — illustrates the remarkable progress of vibe coding. Having backed the



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Summer's nearly over, and you know what that means: It's almost time to cozy up at home, wrap yourself in some blankets, and binge boatloads of fall TV.

And boy oh boy, is a lot of TV coming our way this fall and winter. Old favorites like Only Murders in the Building a


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