Every city in America looks exactly the same now

Tech Insider : Economy
A couple from the big city looks at a selection of small cities with notifications on them, vying for attention while all looking the same.
Remote work caused a flood of new arrivals to small and midsize cities. And now those cities all look the same.

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How every American city became exactly the same

Why Threads will never be the new Twitter

Tech Insider : Politics
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Threads doesn't have any of the magic that made Twitter popular in the first place.

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Meet Hollywood's hottest new movie star: corporate brands

Tech Insider : Economy
Barbie, Mario, and a beanie baby with paparazzi flashes surrounding them
Brand-centric films like Barbie have a dark side: They are a symptom of the precarity of today's job market.

Barbie/Mattel, Mario/Amazon, Tyler Le/Insider

It's official: Gen Z is the Hustle Generation

Tech Insider : Economy
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Gen Z doesn't believe in the promise of the 9-5 corporate job — so they are creating new side hustles and forging their own career paths.

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America is refusing to do the one simple thing that would solve the Great People Shortage

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
A US factory with immigrant employees multiplying
The US needs more workers or it will face serious economic chaos. There's a clear fix: more immigration.

Tyler Le/Insider

Two simple words: more immigrants

America needs more workers. 

Investors are making the wrong bet on a recession — and it's going to cost them big time

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Investors are betting that the US economy is going to suddenly fall into a recession and inflation is going to cool. But what happens if they're wrong?

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How betting on a recession could wreck the market

I've been working a four-day week for years, and science proves that everyone should get on board

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a Calendar with a Four Day work week
Shortening the workweek to four days gives employees the chance to rest and be even more productive when they are working.

Arif Qazi / Insider

Experts say it could be even shorter

My weekend was in dire need of rescue.

Inside the wild, drug-fueled world of celebrity keynote speakers

Tech Insider : Economy, Sports, Politics
A large mouth with legs on a stage giving a speech.
Despite its size and influence, the celebrity-speaker industry has long existed in the shadowy nexus of the entertainment industrial complex, its inner workings invisible to outsiders.

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The rise of a $2 billion industry, from Hunter S. Thompson to Playgirl centerfolds

The creepy secret behind online therapy

Tech Insider : Politics
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Online therapy apps like BetterHelp and Cerebral have shared their patients' data with advertisers and third-party companies.

Marianne Ayala/Insider

Mental-health apps are filling in a critical need — but they have a dark side

Why Reddit and TikTok are hating on MLM 'huns'

Tech Insider : Economy
An illustration of a woman drowning in a pile of products such as tupperware, leggings, makeup, etc. She is reaching up towards a group of partially blocked smiling feminine faces
People love to hate on MLM "huns," but they ignore the way companies target women looking for an economic leg up.

Robyn Phelps/Insider

The outrage misses the real scammers

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