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

Tech Insider : Economy
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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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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

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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 modern etiquette guide for group chats

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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

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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

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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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Sam Bankman-Fried tried to pin his fraud scheme on his closest friends. Then they turned on him for it.

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Sam Bankman-Fried made his friends complicit in his crimes, and it came back to haunt him.

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America's cities are vying for a hot new title: best place to ride out the coming dystopia

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Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.
Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.

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