From 6 figures to minimum wage: America's oldest workers are taking pay cuts

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Patricia Wheatley
Patricia Wheatley, 82, works full-time answering the phone and doing administrative work at her friend's boat store.

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When Vince Scidone showed up for work on his 90th birthday, the top brass was waiting for him.

Silicon Valley's 'youthquake': In the age of AI, founders aren't waiting to grow up

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Rahul Sonwalkar
Young founders in Silicon Valley's 'Youthquake' aren't waiting to grow up.

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It's the golden age of AI, and there's a new gospel in Silicon Valley: Building a startup isn't just for the chosen few. It's the new rite of passage into adulthood.

Inside the lucrative, surreal, and disturbing world of AI trainers

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Krista Pawolski
Krista Pawloski, 55, has been a data annotator since 2006.

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I'm 90 and work at a convenience store. I make $14.90 an hour and money is tight, but I hope to retire.

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Vince
Vince Scidone, 90, works at a convenience store chain in Oklahoma.

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Inside Hawaii's rent-free, incredibly strict 'Forbidden Island'

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A view of Niihau from Waimea, Kauai.

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They fled cities in the pandemic exodus, seeking a cheaper cost of living, safety, and more. Here's how it's panned out.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Environment
Joscelyn Moen

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It's been roughly five years since America's big-city dwellers were suddenly faced with the opportunity for a major life change: a move to the country.

They're in their 80s, still working, and living paycheck to paycheck

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Sandy McConnell and June Boyd
Sandy McConnell (left) and June Boyd (right) both work out of financial necessity.

Bridget Bennett and Brittany Greeson for BI

After a tedious week of squinting at spreadsheets, Sandy McConnell, 80, makes her way to a restaurant in Nevada for a monthly lunch with former colleagues.

I'm a career coach with 3 kids in school. Here are my 6 efficiency hacks for the back-to-school season.

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Lauren Gordon and her children.
Lauren Gordon with her children and their back-to-school supplies.

Rachel Wisniewski for Business Insider

The PLRA was meant to end frivolous prisoner lawsuits. It's stymied most legitimate Eighth Amendment cases too.

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Juanita Ornelas wearing a white prison uniform in the yard at the William G. McConnell Unit.
Juanita Ornelas, a Texas prisoner, filed a lawsuit in 2018 claiming the state had failed to protect her from repeated sexual assaults; she presents as masculine in prison for safety reasons. A federal judge dismissed the case.

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For God, for country, for rain

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Augustus Doricko sits in a desk with a huge American flag on the back wall.

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