The risky allure of WiFi Money: private jets, sports cars, and ruined investors

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A man whose face is swirling into a black hole. There's a car and a plane in the background and money flying everywhere.
Since its founding in 2020, WiFi Money has left a trail of lawsuits alleging fraud, bankruptcies, mental breakdowns, and financial devastation.

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The GameStop guy is back. But he seems to be having a midlife crisis.

Tech Insider : Economy
Photo of Keith “TheRoaringKitty” Gill in front of a spiraling trending line and a roaring cat
Roaring Kitty's return has caused meme-stock chaos. But the latest mania seems destined to crash.

Roaring Kitty; Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Jobseekers and recruiters are all using AI. It's chaos.

Tech Insider : Economy
AI Robots battling it out amidst a flurry of falling resumes
Jobseekers and recruiters are both using AI to get a leg up. It's a battle of the bots.

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When Josh Holbrook, a software engineer in Alaska, was laid off in January, he didn't expect to spend too much time looking for a new job. He certainly didn't think he'd need to relearn the job-hunt process.

Peloton's demise is another in a long line of failed fitness fads

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Photo illustration of a tombstone with a Peloton bike.

Tingting Ji/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

Blue-collar jobs are booming. White-collar jobs, not so much.

Tech Insider : Economy
Hot under the blue-collar.
Across America, it's getting hot under the blue collar.

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Apple desperately needs its Next Big Thing

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Tim Cook
Apple needs a revolutionary new product. But Tim Cook doesn't seem to have the goods.

Andrew Burton/For The Washington Post via Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Why America hasn't been able to put an end to sky-high prices

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
An American flag overlapped with a price tag
The persistence of inflation caught economists, analysts, and, most importantly, members of the Federal Reserve by surprise.

Tyler Le/BI

What a difference three months makes.

The ingenious way your credit card company is making your life easier

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
Golden credit card tapping a blue terminal with emojis (money bag, green heart, exclamation points, and floating money) rotating on screen
Banks and credit-card companies are getting better at discerning which payments are fraudulent and which are legit.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

A Trump voter proved the MyPillow Guy wrong. Now he wants his $5 million.

Tech Insider : Politics
He proved the My Pillow Guy wrong about election fraud and won $5 million.
"Some people believe the world's out to get them because they think they are doing everything rationally but the world is not acting rationally in response," says Bob Zeidman. "That's the way Lindell is."

Jared Bartman for BI

Corporate America got woke. Now it's having second thoughts.

Tech Insider : Economy
Businessman in suit gesturing 'shhh', with a background collage featuring action protests and the 'Woke' definition

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

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