Nvidians, Metamates, Amazonians: These are the nicknames that tech workers call themselves
Tech workers have some interesting nicknames. The tech industry is no stranger to corporate jargon and word salad. Comedian John Mulaney, in his set on the closing night of Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco earlier this month, skewered the industry for it, among other things. “Some of the vaguest language ever devised has…
A record number of apartments are getting built this year. That’s great news for real estate affordability.
In Sun Belt cities like Dallas, an influx of new apartment supply is coming to meet a surge in population. 2024 is the year of the apartment. The US will see construction on a record number of apartments completed this year. The tally will be 518,108 rental units, up 9% from last year and 30%…
Medical bills are more negotiable than you think
Some people are saving money by negotiating their medical bills. For the last two years, Erin Duffy has studied a little-known strategy some people use to save money: negotiating their medical bills. Initially, she just had anecdotal evidence of this strategy in action, Duffy, a research scientist at the University of Southern California who specializes…
A world-champion quant trader with a 491% annual return shares an easy pattern that’s profitable in 72% of test samples and can be manually executed
Ivan Scherman is a certified chartered market technician and a hedge fund manager out of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He trades the spot, futures, and options markets across stocks, indexes, commodities, and currencies — basically, anything that can be accessed through the New York Stock Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and other major US exchanges. And…
Indie movies are having a surprising comeback in a bleak time for Hollywood
“Longlegs.” Despite all the doom and gloom in Hollywood, there’s optimism coming from a surprising place: indie films. A strong box office this year has buoyed films like Neon’s “Longlegs” and “Cuckoo” in the horror genre, which is particularly popular with young people (and best watched in a communal setting). There’s also A24’s thriller “Civil…
A notorious market bear who called the 2000 and 2008 crashes warns stocks are in their ‘third great speculative bubble’ in the last 100 years
A trader blows a chewing gum bubble as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell, in New York, June 15, 2015. John Hussman, the president of the Hussman Investment Trust who called the 2000 and 2008 market crashes, isn’t shy about his characterization of the current…
Florida homeowners still face an insurance crisis in the wake of Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene caused flooding in Tarpon Springs, Florida, near Tampa. Hurricane Helene, which the National Hurricane Center called “extremely dangerous,” made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane Thursday night but has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, NBC News reported. According to USA Today, there have been at least 30 deaths reported…
I’m a former FBI agent and cybersecurity expert. Here are 5 things everyone should do to outsmart online criminals.
Some safety measures are so simple we sometimes forget to take them at all, says former FBI agent Jason Hogg. I can’t talk too much about it, but I was a special agent with the FBI. As a member of Special Operations Group 13, I was exposed to a wide range of humanity’s worst —…
New York City taxpayers aren’t footing the bill for Eric Adams’ criminal corruption case
Mayor Eric Adams leaves Manhattan Federal Court with his lawyer Alex Spiro after pleading not guilty on multiple corruption charges. New York City taxpayers aren’t on the hook for the legal bill in Eric Adams’ federal bribery case, a spokesperson for the mayor confirmed to B-17. Adams is represented in the criminal case by Alex…
