America has a serious ugly home problem

Tech Insider : Economy
Older man looking with disgust at a row of nearly identical houses
The nagging discontent with the aesthetic of new homes reveals big problems with how they're built — and even larger flaws in the American dream itself.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

It's suddenly a whole lot harder to get a promotion

Tech Insider : Economy
Man in suit looking up at a red ladder leaning against a bar chart that is too short to be practical

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

America's crisis of meaningless work

Tech Insider : Economy
Image of a statue thinking and a briefcase.
Americans are increasingly feeling like their jobs are meaningless. It could be why they aren't engaged at work.

Ricardo Tomás for BI

American workers are not all right.

How fertility clinics are scaring young women into freezing their eggs

Tech Insider : Economy
Fertility clinics are targeting Gen Z — and young women are paying the price.
Fertility clinics are taking to social media to tell young people the earlier they can freeze their eggs, the better. But that's not always the case.

Abanti Chowdhury/BI

The retirement Catch-22

Tech Insider : Economy
old worker worries about his job prospects
Age discrimination undermines Larry Fink's "solution" to the retirement crisis.

Getty Images; LinkedIn; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

From ALICEs to FIREs: Your complete guide to America's weird new tribes

Tech Insider : Economy
Toy versions of Geriatric Millenials, Peak Boomers, and FIRE

Jimmy Simpson for BI

Can you spot the difference between an ALICE and a HENRY? Are you too much of a dingus to know your DINKs? Would you ever consider joining the FIRE movement?

Apple is the first tech giant to get AI right

Tech Insider
AI robot hand holding a glowing light bulb shaped like the Apple logo
Apple's new iPhone features are the first time a Big Tech company has made AI useful for normal people.

Apple; Getty Images; Alyssa powell/BI

Praise be: Travel agents are back

Tech Insider : Travel, Economy, Travel
Photo illustration of a white glove holding up a vacation tray.
Travel agents are pitching overwhelmed millennials and Gen Zers a stress-free vacation.

Edmon de Haro for BI

Forget red and blue: America's real geographic divide is between bosses and their employees

Tech Insider : Economy
Flag map of the United States with a broken appearance, featuring money location pins roughly positioned over San Francisco, New York, and Miami

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Housing is a basic need. No matter how expensive it gets, people still need somewhere to live.

Silicon Valley needs a new kind of savior

Tech Insider : Economy
Four neckties and a hammer
The clear way to save Silicon Valley is to return the industry to the people who actually build tech to solve problems.

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