Why Taylor Swift keeps blasting fans with never-ending albums

Tech Insider
Two record players with drastically different sized vinyls
"It's a very momentum-driven market," said Ben Klein, a music marketing executive. "You want to really capitalize on that by putting out as much product as possible."

Tyler Le/BI

Online prescription providers are more interested in your hairline than your health

Tech Insider
Photo collage a man getting sucked in to a computer.

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America is on the brink of an unemployment fiasco

Tech Insider : Economy
Photo illustration of a desk on a cliff's ledge.
Unless the Federal Reserve starts to cut interest rates, the recent increase in unemployment is going to get worse.

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Prices keep changing from day to day, and it's driving Americans nuts

Tech Insider : Economy
Retail sign amidst a pile of clothes, displaying 'Special Prices' with a slot machine effect showing changing prices
Inflation and dynamic pricing are making it so that Americans don't know what anything costs anymore — and it's driving a growing sense of fatigue.

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The era of cookie-cutter homes is over

Tech Insider
A bird looking at a strange birdhouse
In a hot housing market, the social media account 'Zillow Gone Wild' has made unique homes easier to find.

Tyler Le/BI

The scary new ways you're about to get overcharged for everything

Tech Insider : Economy
A digital mouse/hook pulling a price tag out of someone's pocket
Personalized pricing not only bakes in bias and can drive inflation but creates a world where you never know when your apps are ripping you off.

Tyler Le/BI

It's official: McDonald's should stick to unhealthy food

Tech Insider
Mcdonalds' bag and a salad in a garbage can
McDonald's whole thing is that it is not some beacon of health.

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Gen Zers are relying on the Bank of Mom and Dad way past college

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of parents holding up a bridge for their child.
Parents are financially supporting their adult children well into their 20s. In a tough economy, Mom and Dad are the new safety net.

Rob Dobi for BI

One of the pandemic's biggest booms has finally gone bust

Tech Insider : Economy
Construction worker holding a lumber arrow on their shoulder; the lumber arrow is teetering up and down
Supply and demand were the culprits when lumber prices were soaring during the pandemic, and they've helped fuel the tumble, too.

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Where did all the lifeguards go?

Tech Insider : Economy, Sports
A lifeguard chair on the beach.
Lifeguard shortages have devastated America's pools and beaches since 2020. It's not clear when the lifeguards will be back.

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

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