Meta's reckoning has arrived
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White-collar baby boomers are facing a dilemma: Embrace AI or retire early
They worked through Y2K, the Great Recession, and COVID. Then came AI.
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America is stuck in a never-ending rush hour
Americans are using newfound flexibility to commute at weird hours, which means we're stuck in a never-ending rush hour.
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Welcome to the age of AI sprawl
Employees are having to learn to use dozens of AI tools — it's driving them crazy.
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They bought World Cup tickets months ago. Now they're out of luck.
Over a dozen fans said that they bought tickets to attend the World Cup on sites like Stubhub. But the day of the game the sellers didn't deliver.
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The sneaky luxury tax hiding in your wallet
Premium rewards cards offer points, lounge access, and luxury perks — but those rewards are also changing how consumers think about spending.
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Booze, betting, boobs, beatdowns: My nine hours at Trump's wild 80th birthday bash
I spent 9 unhinged hours among the fans at the UFC White House spectacle.
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The quiet, galactic ambitions of Cursor CEO Michael Truell
How the hottest AI coding company navigated its situationship with Anthropic and hitched its fate to Elon Musk's chaotic rocket.
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Forget the golf course, older Americans are spending their retirements online
If Gen Z is the first generation to grow up on the internet, boomers are the first to retire on it. Over a dozen told me how they're navigating it.
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Sports are pricing out the fans who made them rich
Sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, and FIFA may be locking out fans and undermining their own business with high prices and too many streaming deals.
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We tried to buy the exact same tickets on StubHub. We got six different prices.
Sports and concert tickets show huge price differences on StubHub, as varying fees confuse buyers and make costs impossible to know.
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The heartbreaking loyalty of Scott Pelley
The "60 Minutes" correspondent's tell-all interview is a stark lesson about corporate loyalty.
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He lives with 3 identical sex dolls. He dreams of one perfect sex robot.
A decade ago, experts predicted a sex-robot boom. Instead, AI companions took off while sex robots struggled to improve.
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We should all know less about our bodies
Americans are spending $100 billion on wellness apps and health trackers — but the rise in self-data may end up just stressing people out.
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San Francisco homebuyers have officially lost their minds
Overnight AI fortunes, multimillion-dollar bidding wars, and looming IPOs are rocking San Francisco real estate and sending home prices soaring.
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In the new Gilded Age, everything is a private club
In an age of heightened loneliness and uncertainty, private clubs are selling camaraderie and controlled environments — if you can afford it.
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Tech execs are hoping you forget all that 'AI is going to kill jobs' stuff
Silicon Valley's new message: AI may not be the job apocalypse we said it'd be
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Congrats, you never have to write another cover letter again. But good luck getting hired.
AI is killing one of the most annoying parts of getting hired. But how do you stand out now?
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Finally, an AI use that — I swear — can actually simplify your life
Vibe coders aren't using AI to take over the world. They're just normal people trying to solve daily problems that annoy them.
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Fear and self-doping in Las Vegas: My trip to the first-ever Enhanced Games
Inside the juiced-up, techno-billionaire-invented steroid Olympics fever dream.
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TikTok scared me about my cortisol levels. Doctors say most people shouldn't panic.
Cortisol is the wellness industry's latest villain, blamed for stress, weight gain, and poor sleep. Doctors say most people shouldn't panic.
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The most miserable big-money job in the C-suite
CISOs say nonstop pressure, growing cybersecurity threats, and AI-related risks are making the role unbearable. Most want to leave their jobs.
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The anti-social workplace
Workers are increasingly turning to ChatGPT and Claude instead of their colleagues. It's making the workplace more productive — and more isolating.
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World Cup sickos are planning to call out sick to watch the World Cup
Employees are planning to call in sick or take time off to watch the 2026 World Cup. It could cost companies billions in lost productivity.
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AI just hit its COVID shutdown moment
From SpaceX's IPO to Anthropic's massive revenue number, it looks like AI just had the day when the hype became real.
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Beef prices are going to the moooooooon
Sky-high beef prices are colliding with America's newfound protein obsession, while ranchers say a crippling cattle shortage will take years to fix.
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'No crying in the casino': A viral startup spat exposes tech's crazed state
A feud between two founders over $31 million in startup funding went viral, revealing how AI and the attention economy are reshaping Silicon Valley.
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Chinese brands coming for Starbucks, Nike, and your wallet
From Luckin to Pop Mart, China's hottest companies are trying to become cool, build stores in the US, and sell directly to Americans.
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Quiet luxury is out. Loud, in-your-face wealth is booming.
From Lauren Sánchez to the gold-plated Oval Office to "Mar-a-Lago face," America's elite are embracing louder, flashier displays of wealth.
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Tech's hottest job: Documentary filmmaker
Why Silicon Valley is suddenly obsessed with filming itself
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Ask your landlord to lower your rent — now
Savvy tenants are scoring cheaper rent as landlords hustle to fill a heap of new apartment units. Renters' leverage won't last for long, though.
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The guy with a 'killer idea for an app' can finally build it. So can everyone else.
AI and vibe coding have made it easier than ever for founders to finally build their "killer idea for an app." But they're in for a rude awakening.
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The rise of shadow AI
Shh, don't tell IT I'm using Claude!
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Young tech founders are dumping their girlfriends and going 'monk mode'
'Founder mode' is ending relationships — including mine
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Help, I think I'm building an AI tool to lay off my coworkers
Employees are worried that they're becoming accidental job executioners: By developing AI tools, their bosses can ax their coworkers — or themselves.
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Marc Andreessen launched a news network where 21-year-olds host and VCs bloviate. It broke my brain.
My week binge-watching Andreessen Horowitz's 9-5 news network, Monitoring the Situation, tech's latest attempt to control the narrative.
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The CEO behind 'Grand Theft Auto' doesn't drink, smoke, or play video games
Strauss Zelnick is embracing AI as he guides the final stretch of a 13-year effort to deliver the next installment of the blockbuster "GTA" franchise.
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A huge loser of Trump 2.0: Trump Media
Trump Media stock is down nearly 90% since its peak. Here's why the company behind Truth Social hasn't lived up to expectations.
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How Google made peace with war
Inside Google's war on employee anti-war demands
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I let an agent do my job for a week. It thinks my boss is an idiot.
Rather than wait to find out if AI will replace me, I built my replacement to report and write this story.
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OpenAI's Amazon-level ambitions have one big problem
Sam Altman wants OpenAI to be the Google or Amazon of AI. But a recent report of missed revenue targets points to dangers ahead.
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America's real estate market is facing another cruel summer
America's real estate market was set for a hot summer homebuying season. Then rising mortgage rates and the Iran war dashed everyone's hopes.
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The $300,000 millennial daughter tax
Unpaid caregiving costs the average American woman $295,000 in lost wages and retirement savings over a lifetime, jeopardizing her financial future.
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Young founders are going viral mode
The promises and perils of becoming a startup founder-influencer
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Brené Brown has no patience for tech's bad-boss era
The author and researcher has no patience for tech's bad-boss era.
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This year's college grads are AI-savvy — and a little brain-rotted
This year's college grads have adapted to AI. That makes them prime job-market candidates — even if they have a little bit of brain rot.
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Uncle Sam wants YOU to get jacked — but at what cost?
Americans are t-maxxing to optimise their testosterone levels. Doctors are alarmed.
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Workplace fairness laws are making work less fair
The #MeToo movement ushered in a wave of workplace reforms like NDA bans and pay transparency mandates. They may have made things worse for women.
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The gospel according to Palantir
Three new books distill Palantir's true vision: an unapologetically nationalistic attitude that sees constant, world-rending conflict in our future.
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