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With inflation at a 40-year high and fears of a recession mounting, many expected consumers to start cutting non-essentials like take-out meals or rides across town.
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Uber shares are surging in pre-market trading after the company announced its Q2 2022 results before the bell. At the time of this writing, UBER stock is up to $27.15 a share, or over 10.36% higher than yesterday’s closing price. Here’s what you need to know about Uber’s Q2 2022 financials
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SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellite constellation has followed a steep growth trajectory. Barely 3 years after the launch of its first set of 60 satellites, Elon Musk’s space
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The tech sector’s massive cost-cutting mission doesn’t appear to be slowing anytime soon.
Once high-flying companies, with unprecedented valuations and growth-at-all-costs strategies, have started to scale back, as the economy appears to be heading for a slowdown. The efforts, which started in May, have resulted in massive layoffs at several firms, from startups to publicly traded companies worth billions of dollars.
The layoffs in the sector are happening for a va
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The metaverse is not yet upon us, but companies are already cutting back on hiring in the sector. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg, which highlights a study by Revelio Labs, which showed that postings for jobs relating to the “metaverse” declined by a whopping 81% between April and
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Antisemitic incidents have shown a sharp rise in the United States. The Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based Jewish civil rights group that has been tracking cases since 1979, found that there were 2,717 incidents in 2021. This represents an increase of 34% over 2020. In Europe, the European Commission
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Sometimes the simplest tool is the right one. Trello is like a digital bulletin board. It’s easy to use and it’s free. If you’re jugg
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When Spencer Dinwiddie was drafted into the National Basketball Association in 2014, he says the players’ locker room conversations were typically on the breezier side. “Maybe it was girls, cars, and stuff eight years ago,” he says on a Zoom call. But about five years ago, as players became more financially savvy, that started to change; suddenly people were giving tips on their stock portfolios and chatting about VC funds.
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Dr. Carl Marci is a board-certified psychiatrist and Harvard neuroscientist. He spends time as a health technology entrepreneur and executive through his role as Chief Psychiatrist and Managing Director at OM1, a health data company.
Below, Marci shares five key insights from his new book, Rewired: Protecting Your Brain in the Digital Age. Listen to the audio version—read b