Women are turning to Facebook for a DIY approach to getting pregnant

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A woman holds a phone with the Facebook logo on the screen. Tiny white sperm cells swim towards the phone.

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The best evidence yet that banning Airbnbs will make rent go down

Tech Insider : Economy
The Airbnb logo transforms into simple line drawing of a house with two windows and a front door
A new study found that an Airbnb ban in Irvine, California lead to rent price decreases.

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Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure for some.

Tech Insider : Economy
A lonely Gen Z employing looks languidly at their computer screen in the dark recess of their apartment. Their white silhouettes fades into numerous web window screens, tabs, Slack messages and Zoom calls.

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Ben Fitchett didn't realize how difficult it would be to work from the confines of his bedroom.

‘Super commuting’ is on the rise — and that spells big trouble for mid-size cities

Tech Insider : Economy
A businessman in a tan suit with a green rolling suit case stands in front of the silhouette of tall buildings with yellow illuminated windows. There is a red car on his left and a subway train on his right. A white and orange plane soars over his head.
Thank to the flexibility of hybrid work, some Americans are commuting 7.5 hours to work — one way.

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Buying a home has become way too complicated

Tech Insider : Economy
Among a tangle of jungle plants and vines, a lane of houses appears, with eager real estate agents stand in front of the doorways. And the lane narrows, the horizons depicts the houses fragmenting, a lone orange house surviving in the large expanse of a starry night sky.
Two decades after companies like Zillow and Trulia revolutionized home search, the rest of the process remains pretty much the same.

Planet Fitness CEO Chris Rondeau's firing is still a mystery, but some ex-staff say kegs and cash-fueled weekend trips were common

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Disgraced Planet Fitness CEO gestures upward with his right hand, his eyes jubilant. A falling white arrow crosses his chest. Next to him are two yellow starbursts. One shows a stack of one hundred dollar bills. The other is a keg with red solo cups faced on top.
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People are grieving the 'death' of their AI companions after a chatbot app abruptly shut down

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A digitized face is encased in the shape of a coffin, surrounded by red roses. The casket lid slowly closes, obscuring the hazy figure with it's brown wooden door emblazoned with a cross

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Mike Hepp was shocked when he learned that Sam had only one week left to live.

The marketing failure that's going to kill us all

Tech Insider : Economy
Amid the rising tide of the ocean's waves are floating ephemera of environmental marketing: A large orange billboard that says
Campaigns to help the environment aren't working. We need better messaging.

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I entered a bidding war to land an apartment. It was way more brutal than I expected.

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
A auction gavel hits the top of a New York apartment, sending yellow sparks from its perimeter. Anonymous hands raise numerous prices as they bid on this apartment amid a light blue background
At every step of my apartment hunt, the message was clear: Being first in line may not be enough.

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Big Tech made America lonely. Now it needs to fix the crisis it helped create.

Tech Insider : Economy
In a black glitchy abyss of floating glowing boxes full of lonely people on some form of technological device, two boxes float near each other towards connection.
Big Tech's obsession with feeding customers exactly what they want made Americans lonely. Now the industry has a chance to redeem itself.

Dadu Shin for Insider

Now the industry needs to help bring us back together

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