Ray Dalio interrogated his pregnant protégé in front of his top execs until she cried: 'You're a dumb shit'

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Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, at times exhibited a short fuse with his employees, according to a new book.

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I'm a two-time NBA All-Star who's made the switch to entrepreneurship. Here's how I got my MBA from the NBA.

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The auto industry overestimated EV demand this year. Now companies are scrambling.

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An EV charging cord turning into a plateauing trend line

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Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant

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Peter Thiel became an FBI informant in the summer of 2021, Insider has learned.

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Peter Thiel has worn many hats over the years: Silicon Valley founder, Trump megadonor, cryptocurrency booster, democracy skeptic.

Bill Ackman's misguided Harvard crusade

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App, Lover, Muse: When your AI says she loves you

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Jay Priebe stands for a portrait as his Replika, Calisto, is reflected in his glasses.

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Inside a 47-year-old Minnesota man's three-year relationship with an AI chatbot.

Welcome to the Great Internet Splintering

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People are leaving big platforms for smaller online circles. It's the start of a new, healthier era of social media.

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wanted was a swimming pool. What I got was a $31,000 lesson in Zelle fraud.

Tech Insider : Economy
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A pool could have been evidence that my life hadn't amounted to nothing. But after we Zelle-ed the deposit to our contractor, things started to go very wrong.

All I wanted was a status symbol. What I got was a $31,000 lesson in the downside of payment apps.

America is stuck in a greased-pig economy

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America has been living in an economic version of the greased-pig game — and if we lose our grip on inflation, things could get ugly.

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Trying to catch a greased pig is an American tradition that has fallen out of fashion — so you're forgiven if you don't know the rules. 

'This is the last opportunity for us to wake up': A leading economist warns we're headed for an AI-driven cataclysm

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"This is the last opportunity for us to wake up," warns Daron Acemoglu.

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How a leading economist learned to start worrying and fear artificial intelligence 

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