Self-centered boomers destroyed the economy — and now millennials and Gen Z are paying the price

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Boomers have created a bottleneck of workers and housing, crippling the economy for millennials and Gen Z.

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Their greed destroyed the economy — and now millennials and Gen Z are paying the price

The housing market's biggest shocker: Your rent may actually fall this year

Tech Insider : Economy
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The apartment market is "rapidly shifting in favor of renters," and that means tenants can expect lower rent and a lot of new perks.

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Tenants are finally gaining power in the housing market

Tesla lost its edge — and Elon Musk has no one but himself to blame

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Tesla spent the past two decades defying expectations and disrupting the automotive industry, but now it's starting to fall behind the rest of the auto industry.

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The new Bing is acting all weird and creepy — but the human response is way scarier

Tech Insider
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Everyone is freaking out because Microsoft's ChatGPT clone flirted with a journalist and said it wanted to be alive. But the hysteria is missing the real menace: humans.

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Wall Street's elite investors are privately warning that the stock market is headed for another scary plunge

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Wall Street was lulled into a false sense of security, according to the investing world's elite, and this complacency will make the coming stock market reversal even more excruciating.

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Florida's climate exodus has already begun — and it's only going to get worse

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Climate Crisis
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Climate change is making disasters like hurricanes more devastating and frequent, and Floridians are already being forced to flee.

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The state's climate exodus has already begun

How a grand attempt to improve airline travel backfired — and ended up turning flying into a total nightmare

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Travel
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Shortsighted decisions that prioritized efficiency and price cuts over quality and comfort have made air travel and airline customer service a total mess.

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It all started with one dumb law

ChatGPT is for suckers

Tech Insider
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The new Google and Microsoft chatbots get stuff wrong and lie. So why do we fall for their shtick?

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The tech meltdown comes for Gen Z

Tech Insider : Economy
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The class of 2023 can't find work in Silicon Valley — and that could cost Big Tech in the long run.

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Artificial intelligence's dirty secret

Tech Insider : Economy
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Behind the AI chatbots and delivery robots are human workers, hidden from sight, keeping everything running.

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Meet the hidden human workforce behind the boom in artificial intelligence

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