Gen Z and millennials should be thanking boomers, not bashing them

Tech Insider : Economy
hands tossing coins into a piggy bank
For all the flak the older generation gets, baby boomers have left millennials and Gen Z with a better and richer America.

Daniel Jurman for BI

Chatbots came to conquer their community. The townsfolk fought back.

Tech Insider : Economy
Three cows in a field looking up at a large data center
For all of the fears about AI's brain — that chatbots will steal our jobs or somehow destroy humanity as we know it — it's AI's body that could claim us first.

Tyler Le/BI

The future of homebuying is here — and it's going to be a whole lot better

Tech Insider : Economy
Gave coming down on a house.
A wave of multibillion-dollar lawsuits poses a real threat to the old way of buying and selling homes. In the chaos that follows, regular buyers and sellers could come out on top.

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

Remote work stifles innovation, a massive new study finds

Tech Insider : Economy, Technology
Two people working in an office successfully waving to someone else by the door

Andrea Chronopoulos for BI

Before the pandemic, most managers assumed that working from home was a productivity killer. Without the discipline of an office, they thought, employees would lounge around in their pajamas, binge Netflix, and get nothing done.

Ukraine's real power broker

Tech Insider : Politics
Yermak and Zelensky are surrounded by war and excessive oligarchy wealth.
On a global corruption index, Ukraine ranks 116 out of 180 countries — not far in front of Russia, which clocks in at 137.

Klawe Rzeczy for BI

The long, brutal reign of Wall Street's private-equity kings is over

Tech Insider : Economy
A business man in a coffin with money floating away from him
Private equity saw a decade-long boom, but in recent years both the market and American society have turned on Wall Street's buyout kings.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Gen Z has discovered a whole new source for news

Tech Insider
A Tiktoker brings the latest news.
Young people on TikTok learn about what's happening from a hodgepodge of alternative sources, from news commentary influencers to purportedly on-the-ground "citizen journalists."

James Clapham for BI

Meet America's newest mega-landlords: Google, Facebook, and Elon Musk

Tech Insider : Economy
For rent signs featuring logos for Google, Meta, and Tesla pop up in front of a row of gray two-story houses.
After years of running up against housing shortages, companies like Google, Meta, and Disney are taking matters into their own hands.

Arantza Pena Popo/Business Insider

Giant food companies are quietly ruining your favorite snacks — and hoping you don't notice

Tech Insider : Economy
A large coin overshadowing a nutritional label.
As costs go up, companies are forced to either raise prices or cut costs on your favorite food items by skimping on ingredients.

Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

Gen Z is bringing a whole new vibe to the workplace: anxiety

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a woman stressed at an office.
Gen Z workers entered the workplace at an unprecedented time — and for many, it's causing a lot of anxiety.

Nathalie Lees for Business Insider

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