Read the pitch decks of 17 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Money in the shape of a heart

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Gen Z is turning to gig apps like Uber and GoPuff for summer jobs

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
A bike courier wears an all-black outfit and headphones along with a light-green Uber Eats backpack as he rides through the center of a city.
Ahead of summer vacation, Gen Z users signed up to work for gig apps faster than older generations,

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AI is changing entry-level work. Here's how to ace your first job after college.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Technology
Young person on a computer

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Gen Z's AI backlash is getting louder

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Attorney William Savitt, representing OpenAI, speaks during a news conference outside federal court in Oakland, California, with a sign reading
A protester holds up an anti-AI sign as William Savitt, the attorney representing OpenAI, speaks during a news conference outside federal court.

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Bad news, 30-somethings: You'll likely never be truly AI native

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Employees at the Manycore Tech Inc. offices in Hangzhou, China, in April 2026.
Former OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski says the most AI-native workers are in their early 20s.

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Gen Z are paying strangers around the world to send them handmade mail

Tech Insider : Business, Style
A woman holds huge piles of green envelopes
Snail mail clubs that cost around $10 a month are giving subscribers respite from doomscrolling.

Hannah Gustafson

A $175 hoodie that says 'Fear of God' across the chest could make your tween the coolest kid in school

Tech Insider : Style, Business
Ja Rule wears an Essentials Fear of God hoodie.
A Fear of God Essentials hoodie in white.

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How a Gen Z power couple's breakup became a trial by internet

Tech Insider : Business, Crypto
Screenshots of Ben Pasternak and Evelyn Ha on social media surrounded by hearts and likes symbols.
The breakup between Evelyn Ha and Ben Pasternak is the subject of an all-out online information war.

Photographs via TikTok; YouTube; BI

I quit my corporate job and moved back in with my parents. It didn't feel like a step back — it made me more confident.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
A woman in a pink pancho sits under a tall bush.
Keara Callahan.

Courtesy of Keara Callahan

This '90s stoner trend is now the latest Gen Z obsession: the hacky sack

Tech Insider : Business, Sports, Style
group playing hacky sack
Hacky sack, the Gen X campus staple, is making a comeback with Gen Z.

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