Travis Kalanick's summer commute: a 5-minute jet ski ride

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Uber cofounder and Atoms CEO Travis Kalanick is pictured on the left. On the right is a screenshot from a video Kalanick posted with his jet ski.
Travis Kalanick travels to his new Austin office at Atoms by jet skiing across Lake Austin.

Theo Wargo/WireImage; Screenshot via @travisk

Ask your landlord to lower your rent — now

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
Apartment key on a keyring with three dollar signs; a hand crosses out two of the three signs.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

A few weeks ago, Marco Bario texted his landlord with an unusual request.

I lived in Austin for 6 years and loved it, but moving to New York City made me realize Texas isn't for me

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A composite image of a woman on streets in Austin and NYC.
The reporter moved from Austin to New York City in 2019.

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I've lived in San Francisco and Austin, and I want to move back to California. Here's what Texas is missing.

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Pavi Theva standing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge
Pavi Theva left San Francisco in 2019, but now she wants to move back

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I moved my family from Texas to Colombia. It cut down our expenses by two-thirds, and life feels richer.

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A woman and a young girl look out at a valley of homes, surrounded by trees.
Jenn Jamali and her daughter

Courtesy of Jenn Jamali

Austin's growth has skyrocketed in the last decade. See which other cities are booming.

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Aerial shot of Downtown Austin and Lady Bird Lake.
Austin outpaced the nation in household growth from 2014 to 2024.

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Pittsburgh's new mayor has cold-called dozens of tech CEOs to get them to relocate their startups to his city

Tech Insider : Business, Politics
Corey O'Connor is the mayor of Pittsburgh.
Corey O'Connor became mayor of Pittsburgh.

Mayor of Pittsburgh

I spent 60 hours traveling on Amtrak trains from New York to Texas. Here are 10 things that surprised me most.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel, Business
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I rode two Amtrak trains on a long-haul journey from New York to Texas.

Michael Rosenthal

David Sacks sees 2 cities replacing NYC and SF as finance and tech capitals

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White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks speaks with President Donald Trump.
White House AI and crypto czar David O. Sacks speaks with President Donald J Trump before he signs an executive order about pediatric cancer research and artificial intelligence, in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

I'm a senior partner at BCG. I fuel my days playing basketball in the morning and eating cookies.

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Amanda Luther
Amanda Luther is a managing director and senior partner at BCG.

Courtesy of Boston Consulting Group

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