The new first rule of home buying: fire your realtor

Tech Insider
A person handing themselves a house and keys
The best part of (briefly) having an agent was realizing just how much I had already figured out on my own.

Sebastian König for BI

Last summer, when I told my then-girlfriend that I had just hired a real-estate agent to help me buy an apartment, her response annoyed me: "Sounds like a scam."

AI bots are replacing Gen Z influencers. Maybe that's a good thing.

Tech Insider
Genz's fading dreams of fame because of AI
Gen Zers want to be influencers. But the industry is getting more competitive — and flooded with AI.

Abanti Chowdhury/BI

The biggest secret at work: your office crush

Tech Insider
Illustration of two office chairs.
All around the office, your managers, direct reports, and peers are spending some untold portion of company time daydreaming about or flirting with each other.

Mikel Jaso for BI

Our AI future is about to make one basic resource insanely valuable

Tech Insider : Economy
A nuclear explosion on a computer screen
The algorithms that undergird our digital lives are increasingly making questionable decisions that enrich the powerful and wreck the lives of average people.

Claire Merchlinsky for BI

The implosion of the 'typical American family'

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a family with houses in the back.
The typical American family — a happily married mother and father with two children who live under one roof — has slowly deteriorated over the last 50 years.

Mark Harris for BI

The Apple Vision Pro is the most consequential tech of the 21st century

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Social Isolation due to AI Devices

Abanti Chowdhury/BI

Gen Z is going to rule the business world sooner than you think

Tech Insider : Economy
A shopping cart full of the ingredients needed to start a business
With just an idea, a domain name, and a dream, Gen Z has everything it needs to take over the business marketplace.

Daniel Jurman for BI

'America's greatest gift to Israel'

Tech Insider : Politics
A collage of Al Schwimmer
Without Al Schwimmer's aid to Israel, there would be no Israeli Air Force — and maybe no Israel.

Klawe Rzeczy for BI

The surprising change that's supercharging American productivity

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a worker stacking bricks.
The recent uptick in worker productivity is great news for companies, consumers worried about inflation, the US economy, and even the stock market

Alex Nabaum for BI

Ambition was my friend. Then it turned on me.

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a person being overwhelmed by the phones.
My ambition helped me get into a great college, start a successful newsletter, and do a fellowship at Oxford. But it came with a cost.

Sophi Gullbrants for BI

One muggy night in the summer of 2021, I found myself livestreaming a panic attack on Instagram.

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