Plus: Amazon's second Prime Day starts and Compass is in a precarious position.
Nicholas Carlson October 11, 2022 |
Good morning! Welcome to Insider Today. I'm your host, Nicholas Carlson, the global editor in chief of Insider. Let me kick off the inaugural edition of this newsletter by telling you a bit about what we're trying to do. At Insider, our goal is to produce fascinating stories for enterprising people — and this newsletter is our way to get those stories directly to you, from our must-read scoops to breaking news coverage, daily podcast episodes to jaw-dropping videos. So with that, let's get started.
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- Donald Trump and his son Eric are hiding from a massive fraud lawsuit by dodging formal service, NY AG says. Here's what to know.
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- We're going to get another major reading on inflation later this week — and if it's bad news, watch out.
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Global disasters often bring people together, but researchers found the pandemic made us all meaner. Have you noticed it yourself? People have gotten more argumentative, less diligent in their work and home lives, and are now less likely to strike up a conversation. Well, scientists have found a reason for it, Insider's senior tech correspondent Adam Rogers reports.
Researchers looked at the "Big Five" personality traits: agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness. Those traits are typically fairly stable, but since the pandemic began, our personalities have changed drastically. Unlike other disasters — like a hurricane or a flood — the pandemic didn't come and go in a few days or weeks. The longer it dragged on, the more of a toll it took on us. Read why the pandemic turned us into jerks. |
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Credit: Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company | - Compass is in a precarious position. The real-estate brokerage is worth a fraction of its IPO valuation, it's never turned a profit, and employees say the former centerpiece of the business — its vaunted tech tools for agents — is falling apart. A look at the struggling company.
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- People in Kyiv describe how Russia shattered the hope of life returning to normal. Even as brutal fighting continued in eastern Ukraine, in Kyiv people went to bars, restaurants and beaches in a relatively peaceful summer. Here's what four people told us about losing that sense of security.
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- We have an inside look at Amazon's deal machine. The e-commerce giant has been on a shopping spree this year, snapping up companies from One Medical to iRobot. We spoke with more than a dozen insiders to get a better understanding of Amazon's acquisition strategy — here's what we found.
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- A psychiatry researcher says SSRIs are not doing what you think. Mark Horowitz believes "the public has been misled" about the drugs, and his research has stirred up political and medical controversies. Check out our report here.
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- For the first time, Jerry Garcia's widow tells her own story — and it's even wilder than we knew. Carolyn Adams, better known as Mountain Girl, opens up about the Merry Pranksters, the Grateful Dead, and what the age of free love was really like. Read the full story here.
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"[Netflix] went from being really nimble and entrepreneurial…to [a business] where the creative decision making is more fear based." |
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Russia launched a fresh volley of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine on Monday, including on the country's capital, Kyiv. One military expert said Putin is purposely using these to spread "terror and chaos" among Ukrainians. |
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