Average homebuyers are beating out Wall Street landlords

Tech Insider : Economy
A homebuyer pulls the welcome mat from under a wall street investor.
Deep-pocketed investors bought lots of homes during the pandemic, drawing the ire of regular homebuyers and lawmakers. But the panic over corporate vultures obscures the real problems in the housing market.

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'The most taboo topic I've ever seen': Inside Microsoft's war over the war in Gaza

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A Microsoft logo is being shattered, with the Israel and Palestinian flags overlaid on top.
Internal Microsoft posts offer a window into the anger and vitriol that workplaces across America grapple with as the war has escalated.

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Americans ditched big cities during the pandemic. Now many are regretting it.

Tech Insider : Economy
A keychain containing a house, sad face and covid virus.
The dream of owning a home with a yard in the suburbs is turning out to be disappointing.

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Confessions of a startup founder's wife

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A man on the left writes ideas on post-it notes, while a woman on the right types on her computer.
Lately, I've been fixated on a nagging question: Would my marriage be happier if my husband's startup failed?

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Chatbots just showed scientists how to make social media less toxic

Tech Insider : Politics
A scientist experiments with AI.
Researchers built a fake Twitter and filled it with 500 bots. What happened next surprised them.

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We watched 1,000 TikToks in one sitting. The algorithm served up a shocking number of ads, rivaling network TV.

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A mandala effect of items that were advertised to the authors.

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A modern etiquette guide for group chats

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A bunch of people talk into a group chat.
The group chat has become the fulcrum of civilization and its discontents. In order to survive and thrive as humans, it's time for us to agree on group-chat etiquette.

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The fight over return-to-office is getting dirty

Tech Insider : Economy
Two watchful eyes over an employee.
Return-to-office mandates indicate a failure of imagination on the part of management and a refusal to do the work necessary to create a positive company culture.

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Real-estate agents may be forced to charge home buyers less, thanks to a new $1.8 billion verdict

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
A judge's gavel and a house.
Beyond the eye-popping damages, a recent verdict against the National Association of Realtors and the country's biggest brokerages could also fundamentally change how we buy and sell homes.

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On Tuesday afternoon at a courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri, the collective nightmare of the real-estate industry became reality.

13 of the biggest bombshells from Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX fraud trial

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Much has come out about Sam Bankman-Fried at his trial.

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