I've been working a four-day week for years, and science proves that everyone should get on board

Tech Insider : Economy
Illustration of a Calendar with a Four Day work week
Shortening the workweek to four days gives employees the chance to rest and be even more productive when they are working.

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Experts say it could be even shorter

My weekend was in dire need of rescue.

Inside the wild, drug-fueled world of celebrity keynote speakers

Tech Insider : Economy, Sports, Politics
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Despite its size and influence, the celebrity-speaker industry has long existed in the shadowy nexus of the entertainment industrial complex, its inner workings invisible to outsiders.

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The rise of a $2 billion industry, from Hunter S. Thompson to Playgirl centerfolds

The creepy secret behind online therapy

Tech Insider : Politics
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Online therapy apps like BetterHelp and Cerebral have shared their patients' data with advertisers and third-party companies.

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Mental-health apps are filling in a critical need — but they have a dark side

Why Reddit and TikTok are hating on MLM 'huns'

Tech Insider : Economy
An illustration of a woman drowning in a pile of products such as tupperware, leggings, makeup, etc. She is reaching up towards a group of partially blocked smiling feminine faces
People love to hate on MLM "huns," but they ignore the way companies target women looking for an economic leg up.

Robyn Phelps/Insider

The outrage misses the real scammers

I got addicted to an app that helped me turn my most ambitious goals into daily routines

Tech Insider
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Turning your habits into a game can help motivate you, but it also comes with some downsides.

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The perilous fantasy of work-life balance

Tech Insider : Economy
A woman straddling 2 fracturing planes each representing home vs. office.
As workers return to the office, striking the right work-life balance is getting harder than ever.

Julie Tran/Insider

Too much will burn you out. Too little can leave you lonely.

America is addicted to parking lots — and it's killing the economy

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Climate Crisis
A blue car drives across the outside of the earth. Following the car, the surface of the earth incrementally is covered by a full parking lot.
The US is home to as many as 2 billion parking spots. All this wasted space is wrecking our economy and making it harder to building homes.

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America is being hit by a huge surge in blackouts — and it's only going to get worse

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Climate Crisis
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Major blackouts are happening more often thanks to extreme weather from climate change and a fragmented electric grid.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/Insider

Romance scammers are bilking Americans out of $1.3 billion a year

Tech Insider : Economy
A friend request from 'John Doe' is shown with two large, looming eyes behind it.
Romance scams are booming and costing Americans billions, and they often start on Facebook or Instagram.

iStock; Robyn Phelps/Insider

How digital grifters are bilking the lonely out of $1.3 billion a year

Criminals are stealing hundreds of thousands of Kias and Hyundais — and TikTok is to blame

Tech Insider : Economy
A Kia Sportage is shown with three phones blocking it. Inside the phone screens, the car has disappeared, and its outline is shown by a dotted line.
Car thefts are booming thanks to a viral TikTok that exposed a vulnerability in certain Kia and Hyundai models.

iStock; Robyn Phelps/Insider

How a viral video sparked the theft of hundreds of thousands of cars

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