Soapy, low-cost micro dramas are exploding in the US, challenging Hollywood streamers like Peacock and HBO

Tech Insider : Business, Style
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Fox and others in Hollywood are moving to capitalize on low-cost verticals.

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It may be the toughest season ever for 'Shark Tank' contestants

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Photo collage featuring a confused man scratching his head, Shark Tank signature chairs,

Getty Images; Kristina Bumphrey/Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Three years ago, Noah Silverman and Yuki Kinoshita's Plufl — "the world's first dog bed for humans" — went viral on TikTok and landed them on "Shark Tank".

How to spend it: 10 finance up-and-comers share their first big purchases after their big paydays

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Collage showing a jar filled with money, a hand holding a boarding pass, a pair of skis, and upward-trending bar charts.

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Wall Street's rising stars share how they set boundaries and avoid burnout — even in one of the toughest industries

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
Photo collage featuring Wall Street's rising stars of 2024 (Jake Woodson, Mohini Chakravorty, and Joe Slevin).

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A Silicon Valley engineer cracked the code to find signs of colon cancer in your blood

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A photo collage featuring a guardant employee working on samples, doctor holding blood samples, and a transforming treatment pattern.

Guardant Health; Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Needle-phobes, rejoice — you can now draw blood without a poke

Tech Insider : Business
A photo collage featuring a close-up photo of a woman making a scared face, a nurse's hand with blood samples, and a transforming treatment pattern.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

China turned livestreaming into a 24-hour sleepless hydra of a selling machine. Now the US is catching up.

Tech Insider : Business
A hand holding a smartphone displaying a livestream with glowing neon text that reads

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I'm a wealth advisor, financial therapist, and end-of-life doula. Here are 6 talking points I use to help clients navigate tricky conversations about inheritance and legacy.

Tech Insider : Business, Sports, Style
Photo collage featuring Ashley Agnew, Money pattern, hand holding a wallet, hand on shoulder, and a stack of papers.

Courtesy of Centerpoint; Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

The ABCs of what's on the chopping block at the Department of Education

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Technology
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The Department of Education's cuts are raising uncertainty for teachers and students.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Wall Street's rising stars give their top tips for landing a job in finance — and standing out once you get there

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
Photo collage featuring Wall Street's rising stars of 2024 (Nikunj Jain, Sarah Naylor, Catherine Kress)
Sarah Naylor of Citadel Securities, Nikunj Jain of Bridgewater, and BlackRock's Catherine Kress.

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