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Gen Z’s yearning for a world before tech ruined everything fuels retro design boom: ‘Nostalgia-driven design choices become comforts that help us cope’

It’s a deliberate swing away from millennials’ chilly gray-on-white-on-gray look that farmhouse modern décor gave us for the past couple of decades.

By Kim Cook and The Associated Press

October 17, 2025

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As Wall Street banks crush records, America’s regional banks spook investors—but there’s a key difference from when SVB went bust

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Dating chatbot expert: ChatGPT subscriptions aren’t ‘really earning much so having erotic content will bring them quick money’

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With half of teens regularly turning to AI companions, Meta moves to add parental controls starting early next year

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Billionaire boss of South Korean construction giant is encouraging his workers to have children with a $75,000 bonus

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Like Bill Gates, this sports billionaire says a 3-day work week is on the horizon thanks to AI—but you won’t be bored doing nothing at home

Mark Cuban called for workers to get a slice of their employers’ $33 trillion success—now, Samsung is awarding shares to staff for the first time

Verizon exec tells unemployed Gen Z they can always volunteer to stand out in the current bleak job market

Trust is the missing—and essential link—in putting gen AI to work

Upgrade avoided the neobank meltdown—and just raised $165 million en route to an IPO

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As America pulls back, global families step in

Gen X Pinterest exec was raised in the Bronx: Now, he lives in the center of LA, eats out 50% of the week, and tracks his brainwaves while meditating

MacKenzie Scott triples down on DEI with $40 million donation to African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund

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MacKenzie Scott has sold nearly half of her stake in Amazon, as the billionaire philanthropist casually donates over $110 million to DEI causes

Self-made billionaire Selena Gomez says people didn’t take her seriously in the beauty business at first: People had ‘preconceived ideas of what I’m good at’

Billionaire bosses like Jeff Bezos and Reid Hoffman denounce work-life balance—and some think working nonstop is key to success

This entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says ‘millions of people’ will be living in space by 2045—and robots will commute on our behalf to the moon

JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon gives 100% every single day, even after years on the job—just like football great Tom Brady

Top psychologist says all elite achievers have one thing in common—and it’s not an innate ability like brains or talent

Kamala Harris doesn’t believe her presidential run was her finale: A glass cliff ‘suggests finality, and I’m not into that’

Ulta Beauty CEO says when you get passed up for opportunities ‘you can either choose to be bitter or you can be better’

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on how her ‘complicated relationship’ with social media shaped her business strategy

Even workers earning more than $500,000 annually are living paycheck to paycheck—thanks to ‘lifestyle inflation,’ they’re continuing to splurge money they don’t have

As billionaire wealth soars $33 trillion, Mark Cuban says it’s time for workers to receive a cut of their employers’ success in the form of stocks

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos warns Gen Z to think twice before dropping out of college to become the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg: ‘These people are the exception’

Northern California EV engineer has a hobby growing massive pumpkins and his 2,300-plus-pound gourd just won the big prize

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