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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A study says moving back in with your parents can hurt your homebuying odds. This 24-year-old is ready to defy them.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Moving boxes.

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The $16 billion startup factory betting on 20-somethings with no ideas yet

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
Group of people who work at Peripheral labs
Mustafah Khan and Kelvin Cui (in the center, front row) founded Peripheral Labs in 2024 and incubated within Entrepreneurs First.

Courtesy of Peripheral Labs

Americans say they are dating less as the average cost of a night out exceeds $200

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
picnic
Picnics are a low-cost date option.

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WNBA star Angel Reese, 23, says she learned the hard way to stop engaging with social media

Tech Insider : Sports, Business
Angel Reese.
Angel Reese says she is protecting her peace in the age of social media.

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