Meta's AI search is weird and uncanny — and I'm not sure who it's for

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The demise of Red Lobster is a perfect case study in how to kill a business

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Sure, Endless Shrimp turned out to be a horrible idea, but the problems at Red Lobster are much deeper than one bad promotion.

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Everything you shouldn't do during a home renovation

Tech Insider : Economy
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Our yearlong cottage renovation stretched out more than three years. The work still isn't done.

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Young guys literally only want one thing and it's this $7,000 chair

Tech Insider : Economy
A man sitting in a Herman Miller Eames lounge chair and ottoman with money in the background
For a certain type of newly rich, young American man, the Herman Miller Eames lounge chair and ottoman is the pinnacle of status.

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What happens if TikTok is sold without the algorithm that drives the 'For You' page? It might not be so bad.

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One of the best parts of TikTok could be erased if it gets sold. But maybe that wouldn't be so bad.

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America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled

Tech Insider : Economy
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Americans produce 40 million tons of plastic waste each year. And it has to go somewhere.

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How America stopped caring about quality and learned to embrace 'customer satisfaction'

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All I can really say about the appointment at my kid's allergist is that it occurred. We waited weeks to get in, got some tests, received a diagnosis and a treatment plan, had a weird insurance thing that wasted our time. American healthcare took place.

Then I got a survey. 

Trump's stock bust came even quicker than I expected

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
A phone with Trump's face in a garbage can
If you own stock in Trump Media, you should hurry up and sell before he can.

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The meteoric rise — and spectacular fall — of the Queen of Airbnb

Tech Insider : Economy
An illustration of Dani Widell
Amid Tulsa's booming Airbnb market, Dani Widell claimed to have more listings than anyone.

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On a mild Tuesday evening in early 2022, some 150 people packed into the VFW hall in Tulsa to hear the Queen of Airbnb make her pitch.

The new first rule of home buying: fire your realtor

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The best part of (briefly) having an agent was realizing just how much I had already figured out on my own.

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Last summer, when I told my then-girlfriend that I had just hired a real-estate agent to help me buy an apartment, her response annoyed me: "Sounds like a scam."

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