I tried to kill my smartphone addiction with a dumbphone. Here's how it went.

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Some screen junkies are ditching their smartphones for dumbphones that cut out the juicy apps that keep users' eyes locked on the screen. Our tech reporter Jordan Hart tried out one of these dumbphones in the wild streets of New York City to see if it could really curb her screen addiction.

In an oversaturated market for AI companies, these startups have the best shot at surviving

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My home insurer is spying on me

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Read the memo Dell sent to staff about 'getting leaner' as more jobs get cut

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Dell has announced changes aimed at "modernization."

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85 of the most promising startups of 2024, according to top VCs

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Henri Pierre-Jacques, Corinne Riley, Ed Sim, and Aileen Lee.

Harlem Capital; Greylock; Boldstart Ventures; Cowboy Ventures

People are still piling into at least one social media network

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Reddit is one of the only social media platforms seeing double-digit user growth in 2024.

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Airbnb just dropped more bad news about the US consumer

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Airbnb shared expectations of a slowdown next quarter in its second quarter report released Tuesday.

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Yup, AI is basically just a homework-cheating machine

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is quite the cool guy among students using his ChatGPT for help with their homework.

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AI was supposed to revolutionize customer service. Morgan Stanley's interns aren't buying it.

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Big Tech reform is coming from the courts, not Congress. Is that good?

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai testifies in Congress in 2018
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been on Capitol Hill defending Google to lawmakers — but Big Tech regulation is happening in the courts.

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