Silicon Valley's Hail Mary moment

Tech Insider : Economy
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Silicon Valley is praying that AI tools like ChatGPT can keep customers and investors distracted until the stock market chaos is over and the global economy bounces back.

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AI is Silicon Valley's last-ditch attempt to avoid a stock market wipeout

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.

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Two simple words: more immigrants

America needs more workers. 

An explosion of hidden 'junk fees' is making every home more expensive

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Many brokerages are tacking on an extra fee that has divided the real-estate industry and stoked fury among consumer advocates, who call it a blatant cash grab.

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The real 'monster' behind soaring prices: corporate greed

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Anyone who has bought a carton of eggs or a tank of gas has felt the sting of inflation. The data is increasingly pointing to one culprit for all these price hikes: corporate greed.

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It's becoming clear that corporate greed is screwing over the US economy

Science has finally figured out how fast and loud you should talk on Zoom

Tech Insider
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Researchers just created the largest-ever database of how we interact on video-chat. Here's what they found.

Arif Qazi / Insider

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

ChatGPT spells the end of coding as we know it

Tech Insider : Economy
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Programming was long considered to be the one haven from the relentless advance of technology. If coders aren't safe, who is?

Arif Qazi / Insider

ChatGPT has come for software developers

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

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