I got addicted to an app that helped me turn my most ambitious goals into daily routines

Tech Insider
Gameplay of a character moving along a level
Turning your habits into a game can help motivate you, but it also comes with some downsides.

Arif Qazi / Insider

Generation Precarious: How young people wound up trapped in a volatile cycle of saving, spending, and debt that will haunt them for decades

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Man holding onto a dollar-sign shaped pendulum for dear life as it swings quickly back and forth
Just as previous generations' view of the world was defined by cataclysmic events, experts say that the financial scars of the pandemic era will stick with Gen Z and millennials.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/Insider

The perilous fantasy of work-life balance

Tech Insider : Economy
A woman straddling 2 fracturing planes each representing home vs. office.
As workers return to the office, striking the right work-life balance is getting harder than ever.

Julie Tran/Insider

Too much will burn you out. Too little can leave you lonely.

Millennials are desperate to buy a home — but cash-flush boomers are standing in their way

Tech Insider : Economy
Houses being hooarded by boomers illustration
Sorry millennials, baby boomers are back on top of the generational housing heap.

Bill Oxford / Getty Images; Arif Qazi / Insider

Millennials are desperate to buy a home — but cash-flush boomers are standing in their way

America is addicted to parking lots — and it's killing the economy

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Climate Crisis
A blue car drives across the outside of the earth. Following the car, the surface of the earth incrementally is covered by a full parking lot.
The US is home to as many as 2 billion parking spots. All this wasted space is wrecking our economy and making it harder to building homes.

iStock; Robyn Phelps/Insider

It's official: Gen Z is now as sick and tired of their jobs as burned-out boomers

Tech Insider : Economy
A laptop sits on a desk in front of a window showing dark clouds outside. A bored-looking woman in a virtual meeting is seen reflected in the dark laptop screen.
A new survey shows that Gen Z and young millennials are fed up with work. What's behind the growing disenchantment — and how can employers fix it?

iStock; Robyn Phelps/Insider

Someone hacked my phone and stole my credit card. I set out to find them.

Tech Insider
Stolen Identity Illustration
After gaining control of my phone, a hacker ripped me off for $10,000. The scam turned out to be brilliant — and terrifying.

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Verizon, Chase, the police — they were all useless when my identity got hacked. Then Psycho Bunny came to the rescue.

Miami spent years partying on a crypto-fueled high. I went to check out the brutal comedown.

Tech Insider : Economy, Travel, Crypto
Crypto bro popping a bubble with images from Miami (buildings, palm trees, boats and interstate sign)
Miami was the center of the stock and crypto markets' pandemic boom. But now the party is over and the city is facing the fallout.

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/Insider

The years of wild partying have ended. I went in search of survivors.

America is being hit by a huge surge in blackouts — and it's only going to get worse

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Climate Crisis
A GIF of a city fading into darkness
Major blackouts are happening more often thanks to extreme weather from climate change and a fragmented electric grid.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/Insider

The 'Airbnbust' proves the Wild West days of online vacation rentals are over

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Travel
Airbnb illustration
Short-term rentals like those listed on Airbnb and Vrbo have never been in higher demand — or in greater supply. As the industry grows up, cities can no longer afford to take a hands-off approach.

Arif Qazi / Insider

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