The era of cookie-cutter homes is over

Tech Insider
A bird looking at a strange birdhouse
In a hot housing market, the social media account 'Zillow Gone Wild' has made unique homes easier to find.

Tyler Le/BI

The scary new ways you're about to get overcharged for everything

Tech Insider : Economy
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Personalized pricing not only bakes in bias and can drive inflation but creates a world where you never know when your apps are ripping you off.

Tyler Le/BI

Gen Zers are relying on the Bank of Mom and Dad way past college

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of parents holding up a bridge for their child.
Parents are financially supporting their adult children well into their 20s. In a tough economy, Mom and Dad are the new safety net.

Rob Dobi for BI

Where did all the lifeguards go?

Tech Insider : Economy, Sports
A lifeguard chair on the beach.
Lifeguard shortages have devastated America's pools and beaches since 2020. It's not clear when the lifeguards will be back.

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

The long, strange decline of one of America's most influential brands

Tech Insider
A bowl of Chicken soup overflowing into smaller bowls

Tyler Le/BI

Editor's note: Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday. This story was first published on March 31.

Job interviews are about to get a whole lot more stressful

Tech Insider : Sports, Sports
A computer screen displaying analytics of a football player and a business man
Taking the S2, which measures cognitive capacities like your reaction time and ability to control distractions, feels like a cross between playing Pong and taking an eye exam.

Alberto Miranda for BI

America's crisis of meaningless work

Tech Insider : Economy
Image of a statue thinking and a briefcase.
Americans are increasingly feeling like their jobs are meaningless. It could be why they aren't engaged at work.

Ricardo Tomás for BI

American workers are not all right.

How fertility clinics are scaring young women into freezing their eggs

Tech Insider : Economy
Fertility clinics are targeting Gen Z — and young women are paying the price.
Fertility clinics are taking to social media to tell young people the earlier they can freeze their eggs, the better. But that's not always the case.

Abanti Chowdhury/BI

The retirement Catch-22

Tech Insider : Economy
old worker worries about his job prospects
Age discrimination undermines Larry Fink's "solution" to the retirement crisis.

Getty Images; LinkedIn; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

The chancellor, his porn films, and the battle for America's soul

Tech Insider
Jow Gow and wife
Joe Gow and Carmen Wilson pursued porn as a hobby. Now they're fighting a battle over academic freedom.

Simone Lueck for BI

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