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When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn moreSifting through a sea of gift ideas when none seem ideal is an experience everyone is familiar with. If you're wanting to avoid that headache this year, one of the best remedies can be to utilize the convenient, fast, and reliable perks of shopping on Amazon and its mountain of gifting options. To make your last-minute shopping easier, we found 35 gifts for him that won't cost more than $100, but that he's still sure to like. Shop the 31 best Amazon gifts for him:

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☆ The Brooklinen Down Comforter has held up for 1,000+ nights. Here's why it's the most comfortable duvet we've tested
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Mara Leighton | Lisa Sabatini | Senior Digital Culture Reporter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Brooklinen All-Season Down Comforter (Queen) The Brooklinen All-Season Down Comforter is a soft, light, and comfortable choice that's airy and warm but remains breathable so you can use it any time of the year. Check price at Brooklinen Check price at Amazon What we like Check mark icon A check mark. Light and airy feelCheck mark icon A check mark. Smooth sateen shellCheck mark icon A check mark. The Brooklinen All-Season Down is the best all-year comforter I've found, but it's not magical.

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☆ Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz breaks down her Substack plans and why she's leaving legacy media for the creator economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Amanda Perelli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

The tech journalist Taylor Lorenz is going solo and launching her own Substack publication. AdvertisementThe tech journalist Taylor Lorenz is going full creator mode, launching her own Substack publication called User Mag. "We are grateful for the work Taylor has produced at The Washington Post," a Post spokesperson said in a statement. I think Substack is doing a lot more in terms of multimedia. So there's people like that, that I'm really going to miss having access to their minds on a daily basis.

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Learn moreI'm on a perpetual hunt for the perfect office-appropriate gym bag. Ever been stuck in an elevator with your company's higher-ups while carrying a banged-up gym bag? UPDATE: It's been over a year-and-a-half since I started using the Dagne Dover Landon Carryall, and I've tested many more gym bags in the meantime. Below you can see the interior of the size small carryall, which has less space, but a similar organizational structure. The bottom line:If you need a gym-to-office bag, the Landon Carryall is the one you should be looking at.

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A popular influencer apologized this week for her past racist posts on social media, prompting outrage from some Black creators who say they are tired of white creators constantly having their previous racist behavior unearthed without significant repercussions. Who is changing if this same thing happens like clockwork?” said creator Cameron Kira in a TikTok video, which stitched footage from her own 2023 video in which she addressed a different creator’s racist tweets. Some Black creators also said that they feel white creators who previously posted racist remarks emphasize that they have changed with little evidence to suggest they have. She said it wasn’t until after college that she began to “shift her way of thinking.”In a follow-up video, Schofield said she “missed the mark” in her first attempt and directed her second apology to Black viewers. We get treated like adults.”People online have become desensitized to racism from white creators, according to Barry.

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☆ Millennial Internet Is Dead; RIP Neopets, Club Penguin, and Webkinz
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Aimee Pearcy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

At Club Penguin, I adopted colorful pets called puffles and purchased kitsch furniture for my virtual igloo. "I was big on Club Penguin, Wizard101, Moshi Monsters, and this obscure one called Ourworld," he told me. Club Penguin, which ran from 2005 to 2017, stands out as one of the era's most beloved virtual worlds. "That same generation logged into Club Penguin to play with friends." In 2017 it shut down Club Penguin and replaced it with a mobile version, Club Penguin Island.

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☆ Australia drops legal fight against X over church stabbing video
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Brisbane, Australia CNN —Australia’s eSafety commissioner has dropped her legal bid to force Elon Musk’s social media site X to hide a violent video of a church stabbing in Sydney from global users. The eSafety commissioner had wanted X to hide the video for users beyond Australian borders. The incident set off a riot outside the church that authorities said was stoked by the rapid distribution of the video online. “The Video is, and at all material times has been, widely accessible to persons in Australia other than on the X platform, including in its full form on other social media services and various websites,” court documents said. The Assyrian Orthodox cleric was quoted in court filings as supporting the distribution of the video as an exercise in free speech.

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☆ A new Netflix docuseries unravels what it calls a ‘cult’ for TikTok dancers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Over two years ago, a 40-minute-long public plea made on Instagram Live rippled across social media. Melanie and Miranda had performed together as the Wilking Sisters, but the family said Derrick had disappeared from their lives. Until then, it’s unlikely that Derrick’s millions of followers would have noticed anything amiss, based on her social media accounts. Melanie Wilking and Miranda Derrick (formerly Wilking) built up a following together on social media platforms including YouTube and TikTok as the Wilking Sisters. They have maintained through social media posts that Miranda's issues with her family are a personal dispute.

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☆ TikTok Is About to Become Even More Powerful Thanks to Millennials
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Emilie Friedlander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

"I have friends that say that TikTok Shop has ruined the app," Casey Lewis, a trends researcher, said. "It can be good — especially as TikTok moves to TikTok Shop — if they're able to capitalize on this shift and sell products more effectively to older users." Just because something is going viral on TikTok doesn't necessarily mean Gen Z is behind it. The same could be said of Gen Z, which would explain the generations' shared fascination with a time before smartphones and round-the-clock news. The Gen Z users I spoke with didn't seem particularly concerned about an influx of olds.

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☆ Elon Musk vs Australia: Fight heats up over Sydney church stabbing video on X
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The country’s e-safety commissioner ordered social media giants to take it down. Australia wants X to remove the video completely, not just hide it from Australian users who could circumvent a local ban by using virtual private networks. With her message to Musk, Australian Senator Jacqui Lambie posted an image of herself in army fatigues taken at a Veteran Mentors' Junior Leadership camp in January. President David Adler told CNN he hadn’t been asked to take it down, either by X or Australia’s e-safety commissioner. In a statement Wednesday, Australia’s eSafety commissioner said the takedown request wasn’t designed to stifle discussion about the church attack.

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☆ I unfollowed all momfluencers on social media. They were making me feel like a bad mom.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Katharine Reid | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm a mom of three kids and I've decided to unfollow momfluencers. When someone only shares the picture-perfect moments I feel like I'm not doing enough. And when I follow any parent who only shows the best parts, I start to feel like I'm not doing enough. I even feel this way when seeing certain posts from friends or acquaintances on social media. On social media, there are too many versions of the lives we could lead and the parenting choices we could make.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Ever-present on the lips of Taylor Swift and the uniforms of both Super Bowl teams. The color red has gone boom as loud as TNT. The phenom that is Taylor Swift at boyfriend Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs games was a red-hued wonder of a lead-up to Super Bowl LVIII. You can wear red accessories to add color to a more neutral look or throw on a red lip or red nail polish. THE RED VS. RED SUPER BOWLThe 49ers have some skin in the red fashion game, too, in running back Christian McCaffrey's fiancee, Olivia Culpo, and in Kristin Juszczyk, fullback Justin Juszczyk's wife.

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☆ Facebook is still thriving 20 years later. Here’s how
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Twenty years after its launch, social media giant Facebook continues to show unprecedented staying power after burying early competitors like MySpace and Friendster and establishing a distinct foothold in the burgeoning social media landscape. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesStrong social connection was the linchpin of Facebook, differentiating it from other primordial social media sites. MySpace’s monthly active users had trickled down to an estimated 35 million in mid-2011, according to a Comscore report at the time. In contrast, by September of that year, Facebook was seeing almost 800 million monthly active users. In April 2012, the company acquired photo-centric social media platform Instagram for about $1 billion.

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When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn moreThe idea of women's workwear used to be limited to pencil skirts, sensible slacks, and smart stacked heels. But with more and more workplaces loosening their definition of "work-appropriate attire," the term workwear has grown to encompass a wide range of styles from myriad brands. At Insider Reviews, we've tested hundreds of items from dozens of retailers, and have a handful of favorites that we toss on whenever we're headed to our offices. For more workwear staples, check out our coverage on the best suits for women, the best white button-down shirts, the best work bags for women, and the best flats.

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☆ A teacher said she could barely afford to pay rent on her salary, embodying the worries many are facing over the cost of living
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Charissa Cheong | Digital Culture Reporter At Insider | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A teacher shared a TikTok video saying she is "going to go into debt" if she keeps teaching. She shared some of her expenses and said she can "barely afford to pay rent." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA teacher explained that she can "barely afford to pay rent" on her salary, causing many to lament over the current cost of living. (In a subsequent TikTok video, Firment said her rent costs $2,000.)

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In a TikTok video, different generations revealed the rent prices for their first apartments. Viewers were left shocked after one baby boomer said he paid $98 per month for his first apartment. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile a growing economy allowed the typical baby boomer to generate wealth, many millennials and Gen Zers have been weighed down by rising inflation and high rental costs. Several people argued that these prices do not account for inflation, but others pointed out that rent prices are still much higher today, even with inflation considered. Most recently, Gen Zers have been speaking out against work culture, arguing 9-to-5 schedules and in-office mandates are flawed.

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☆ Can anyone save the internet? Neal Agarwal is trying, one Hampster Dance at a time.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Brian Barrett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Internet Artifacts is the latest project from Neal Agarwal, the creative 25-year-old coder who launched neal.fun six years ago today. "I grew up at the tail end of that era of the internet," Agarwal said. Internet Artifacts has taken closer to three months. Internet Artifacts takes several touchstones of the anteplatformian internet and places them on literal digital pedestals. As delightful as Internet Artifacts is to click through, it also provides valuable context for Agarwal's larger ambition.

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Learn moreWhat you wear to work — much like what you wear on an eight-hour flight — can make all the difference in your day. Now, Spanx's Perfect Pant is a clear contender for the best black pants — the backbone of many a workplace wardrobe. The Perfect Black Pant borrows from the trademarks Spanx is renowned for, such as a smoothing, elongating effect. In other words, it's a really well-made iteration of the black work pant. Here's our review of Spanx's Perfect Pants.

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☆ Video Games at MoMA: Do They Belong There?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Zachary Small | More About Zachary Small | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the Museum of Modern Art began collecting video games a decade ago, curators boldly asserted that games were an artistic medium. The MoMA exhibition “Never Alone: Video Games and Other Interactive Design,” which runs through Sunday, represents the museum’s cautious advance into the gaming world at a time when digital culture has overtaken its galleries. However, the museum could do more to break the firewall between art lovers and game designers. Curators need to unleash that same passion for games, which struggle in the current exhibition to convey the profundity, and complexity, of their designers’ thinking. On the first floor, old computer monitors cantilevered above visitors are drawn from the museum’s collection of video games.

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☆ AI drive-thrus may be good for business. But not for the rest of us
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New AI technology at the drive-thru at a Carl's Jr. location. In real-world situations, reactions to AI drive-thrus are still mixed. “We expect AI to augment the competitive advantages of restaurants with digital culture.”Short-staffed restaurants may see AI as a way to fill in the gaps. “There aren’t enough at-scale examples of voice AI in action, especially in this use case,” to say that people would prefer AI to an employee, said McAllister. By the time those examples exist, AI in drive-thrus may already be the norm.

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☆ On ‘The Blog Era,’ Resurrecting Rap Media History
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Reggie Ugwu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In all, the Rosenthals conducted more than 150 interviews spanning more than 500 hours of raw tape. In a recent video interview, Jeff, 38, and Eric, 42, discussed corralling their subjects, memorializing digital culture and what caused the blog era’s demise. JEFF ROSENTHAL We’d been doing this weekly interview podcast, “A Waste of Time,” for five years, but when the pandemic happened we stopped pretty much immediately. It didn’t really make sense to have people coming over to our apartment to record. We think all of these places deserve monuments, so we wanted to make sure they were remembered in the right way.

When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Our moms deserve everything in the world, but if you're on a budget — or your mom balks at expensive gifts — you might be on the hunt for Mother's Day gift ideas that makes every dollar count. We know that finding affordable Mother's Day gifts that don't look and feel cheap can be tough, so we rounded up a great array of ideas. These under $25 gifts are thoughtful yet friendly on the wallet. For more ideas and inspiration, check out our guides on the overall best gifts for mom, the best Mother's Day gifts under $50, and the best Amazon Prime Mother's Day gifts.

When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Our moms deserve everything in the world, but if you're on a budget — or your mom balks at expensive gifts — you might be on the hunt for something that makes every dollar count. We know that finding affordable Mother's Day gifts that don't look and feel cheap can be tough, so we rounded up a great array of ideas. From the fun and light-hearted gifts to ones that could just make her cry, these under $25 gifts are thoughtful yet friendly on the wallet. 21 of the best Mother's Day gifts under $25 in 2023:

☆ Robo-advisor Betterment settles tax charges with SEC for $9 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington. Robo-advisor firm Betterment agreed on Tuesday to settle charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for $9 million over alleged failures related to an automated tax service. The sum will be distributed among roughly 25,000 client accounts, which lost about $4 million in potential tax benefits from 2016 to 2019, the SEC alleged. The median payout for investors will be less than $100, Betterment estimated. Impacted customers will be notified of their compensation later this year when the SEC approves a distribution plan, the company said.

☆ Why MLM Sales 'Huns' Get so Much Hate on Reddit, TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Aimee Pearcy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Over the past few years, MLM companies have been under increased scrutiny. MLM companies largely appeal to those who are disconnected and looking for a way to get on solid financial footingAt first, Stimson felt optimistic. And a 2018 AARP survey found that just 25% of MLM participants made a profit. US direct-sales companies, which include MLM companies, earned $42.7 billion in retail sales in 2021, according to the Direct Selling Association — a 21% increase from 2019. And two-thirds of MLM participants said that "knowing what they know now, they would not join the same MLM company again."

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