Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to test Starlink and T-Mobile's cell phone service this year in an attempt to eliminate dead zones worldwide, exec says

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SpaceX founder Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert on stage during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The two companies announced plans to work together to provide T-Mobile cellular service using Starlink satellites.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert on stage during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event in August.

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The unintended consequences of remote work

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It's Tuesday, readers. I'm Paayal Zaveri, a senior reporter for Insider's tech analysis team, filling in for my colleague Diamond Naga Siu. 

Yesterday marked three years since the US government declared a national emergency around the COVID-19 outbreak. To say time flies is an understatement — our lives have changed so much over the last three years.

Take, for example, remote work.

While remote work offers flexibility, it often comes at the cost of maintaining a work-life balance. Don't fret, though. There are solutions underway. 

Facebook and Twitter scrambled our brains and poisoned our politics. AI poses an even bigger threat.

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As AI tools like ChatGPT, Bing, and Bard take over the internet, experts warn that the new tech could fundamentally reshape our economy and lives.

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Is it a handy tool — or a ticking time bomb?

America's immigration system is a nightmare, and it's forcing tech companies to move jobs outside of the country

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Companies are increasingly offshoring jobs that would have previously been based in the US, as US immigration gets harder and remote work gets easier.

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I'm an Amazon employee who likes working in person. I think our return-to-office plan falls short, so I'm quitting to work somewhere with a stronger office presence.

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"It's crazy because Amazon will probably think I'm quitting because I want to work from home, but it's actually the opposite," an employee told Insider.

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Former Domino's CEO bought nearly $4,000 worth of pizza in a year

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Former Domino's CEO Ritch Allison spent nearly $4,000 on the fast food chain's pizza

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I'm a high school math and science teacher who uses ChatGPT, and it's made my job much easier

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Shannon Ahern teaching a ChatGPT-generated slide to her class.

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Surge pricing is increasingly being used in restaurants and movie theaters, making everyday activities much more expensive

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SVB is the first social media bank run in history. The crisis will change the banking industry forever.

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A Brinks armored truck sits parked in front of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.
A Brinks armored truck sits parked in front of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.

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Venture capitalists 'almost took the whole system down' by having startups stow all their cash at Silicon Valley Bank, says one tech billionaire CEO

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Billionaire tech CEO Thomas Siebel said venture capital investors should have prepared startups for the possibility of a collapse like SVB.

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