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The billionaire island you’ve (probably) never heard of Jan 06, 2025

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Billionaires love this one island off the coast of Miami. Indian Creek Village has homes owned by celebrities, sports stars and tech founders. But what happens when you try to visit them? Today, we dive into why the wealthy love this place, home prices and the almost military-like security of it.

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Netflix Qwikster: The idea that cost Netflix 800k subscribers Jan 03, 2025

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Netflix is now the streaming giant of giants, but once upon a time they had a rough go of it while they were slinging mailed DVDs in the 2000s. Netflix Qwikster stands as one of the company’s biggest blunders resulting in a loss of 800k subscribers, but what was Qwikster and why was it such a problem?

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Shared GF: The rental sex doll that irked the Chinese government Jan 02, 2025

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Chinese company Taqu developed the concept of a shared girlfriend doll in China in 2017. Yes, it’s a silicone doll that rents by the day. A rental sex doll business idea was never going to work here, but it may have failed for reasons besides what you’d think.

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Nokia N-Gage: The taco phone that tried gaming Dec 30, 2024

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This taco-shaped device is the latest on our list of failed products. An idea that would be revolutionary at the time, a phone that you can game on, didn’t gain the traction it could have. Was it just before its time? Or were there other issues plaguing Nokia?

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Bold predictions for 2025 Dec 27, 2024

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As 2024 comes to an end, we look to 2025 and make some bold predictions about what’ll happen in the next year. We saw some catastrophic shake ups in business and tech this year, so what can we expect in 2025?

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The stats that best define 2024 Dec 26, 2024

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Our 2024 roundup continues with a look at the statistics that best told the story of this wild year.

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2024’s best under-the-radar stories Dec 23, 2024

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We’ve once again this year assembled a roundtable of our journalist avengers this week to break down 2024 in all the stories covered here at The Hustle. Today’s topic is the best ‘under-the-radar’ stories of the year.

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Does America have a gambling problem? Dec 20, 2024

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2024 gave Americans even more options to gamble. Sports betting continues to rise across the country and the presidential election had tens of millions of dollars riding on its result. So is the widespread betting epidemic a big problem? Plus: Amazon workers go on strike and KFC tries a new youth-forward concept.

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Where’d all the Guinness go? Dec 19, 2024

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Sales of liquor, wine, and beer have been trending down over the past year. But Guinness is one notable exception, as it has rode TikTok virality and a recent fascination with Irish culture to new heights.

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Airbnb’s world domination plot, explained Dec 18, 2024

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The US is cracking down on Airbnb. The pressure is so hard that CEO Brian Chesky now wants to try his hand at expanding the short-term rental business globally. So how will the company better expand into international markets and what are the challenges they face? Plus: Waymo is coming to Japan and Amazon’s RTO policy isn’t going to plan.

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