A boomer moved from Silicon Valley to a small city in Texas' Hill Country. He said the people are friendlier and his community is much more peaceful.

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Bill Ross and his wife moved to Boerne, TX.

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The tech world's quiet connector

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Ruzwana Bashir wears a Danz dress, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, and her own bracelet and ring.

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Tech execs are reportedly 'scrambling' to score a ticket to a dinner with China's president in San Francisco

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with business execs and President Joe Biden to discuss AI and more.

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Billionaire group behind mystery Silicon Valley city says it's done buying up land. The company now owns a property the size of Beaumont, Texas.

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An illustration of Flannery Associates's proposed city from a distance surrounded by farmland

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A mystery company backed by Silicon Valley elites is buying up land to build a new city. Farmers say they've been pressured to sell up.

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Expensify launched a glitzy lounge where employees could pay $9 a month for coffee and cocktails. The company is shutting it down just 6 months later.

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David Barrett is the founder and CEO of Expensify.

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I moved from California to Tennessee for my husband's job. We can finally save money, but it's been a major culture shock.

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DeLeeuw and her husband at a favorite local restaurant, Ecco on Overton Park in Memphis.

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A Silicon Valley billionaire is leasing a 2-acre plot of private land for $1 a year to help address the Bay Area's housing crisis

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San Jose, California.

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‘A scary situation’: As Wall Street assails Harvard, students worry about their futures

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There's a growing generational rift between elite schools like Harvard and the banks and law firms that employ their graduates.

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There's an old joke that goes: The hardest thing about Harvard is getting in. But simply being on campus this week has put that idea to the test. 

Tech workers trying to live longer are turning to buzzy peptide treatments

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Peptide therapies have taken off since the onset of the pandemic and the rise of weight loss drugs like Ozempic.

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