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Brian Turner Contributor Share on Twitter Brian Turner, LEED-AP BD&C, leads strategic planning for product development and project work at Buildings IOT. Throughout his career, Brian has provided hands-on expertise to architects, engineers and building owners to design and implement integrated building systems. Everyone from investors to casual LinkedIn observers has more reasons than ever to look at buildings and wonder what’s going on inside. The property industry is known for moving slowly when it comes to adopting new technologies, but novel concepts and products are now entering this market at a dizzying pace. However, this ever-growing array of smart-building products has made it confusing for professionals who seek to implement digital building platform (DBP) technologies in their spaces, let alone across their entire enterprise. The waters get even murkier when it comes to cloud platforms and their impact on ROI with regard to energy usage and day-to-day opera...

Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images US stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday with weakness in tech stocks weighing on the Nasdaq. One of busiest weeks for initial public offerings this year is underway. The S&P 500 is up 14% year-to-date, the second-highest first-half gain since 1998. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell . US stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday with weakness in tech stocks weighing on the Nasdaq. Wednesday marked the end of one of best first six months of the year for the S&P 500 since 1998, up 14% year-to-date. Investors are now mulling how strong economic data will influence the Federal Reserve's accommodative policy stance. Wednesday morning the ADP Employment report showed the US added 692,000 private payrolls in June, higher than the 600,000 expected. All eyes will be on to the Labor Department's non-farm payrolls data for June set to be released on Friday. Here's where US indexes stood at the...

If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more. The best science fiction books. Amazon; Shayanne Gal/Insider Science fiction books are set in realities twisted by science and technology. We rounded up the best sci-fi novels, from fantasy to dystopian fiction. Want more books? Check out our best fantasy , thriller , horror , and true crime books . Science fiction books are set in worlds reminiscent of our own, each with their own speculative realities twisted by science and technology. The sci-fi genre has evolved to include an array of sub-genres that feature dystopias, aliens, time travel, apocalypses, and more. Many science fiction novels also use imaginative elements reminiscent of fantasy , but differ as sci-fi explores the consequences of conceivable technological, social, and intergalactic futures. From classic stories criticizing technology to inspiring superhero tales, science fiction books have brought some of the greatest litera...

Prospective buyers visit an open house in West Hempstead, New York. Raychel Brightman/Newsday RM via Getty Images After months of surging prices, Americans seem to have had enough with the housing boom. With inventory near record lows and prices climbing at the fastest rate ever, buyers aren't biting. There are many signals that buyers are cooling the market on their own, by saying no. See more stories on Insider's business page . One question is plaguing prospective homebuyers in this red-hot housing market : when will prices start coming down? But the cure for high prices is high prices, to paraphrase a famous saying from the commodities world. There's evidence that buyers are providing the cure, staying away from the high prices and cooling the market by collective action - or inaction. Here are the three signs that American buyers are slowing the housing market's roll on their own. (1) Sales down from their peak The start of the pandemic - and unpreced...

What's Next for Crypto featuring Mrinalini "Ria" Bhutoria of Castle Island Ventures, Yasshine Elmandjra of Ark Invest, and David Grider or Fundstat Global Advisors. Castle Island Ventures; Ark Invest; Fundstrat Global Advisors; Shayanne Gal/Insider Sign up for our event on July 15 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PST. No asset class has evoked shock and awe across financial markets this year in the way that cryptocurrencies have. The relatively nascent market pushed the boundaries of what investors had thought was possible. From the record $69 million sale of a non-fungible token to the explosive gains of memecoins, investors have had to quickly smarten up on the space. To help you get even smarter and distinguish the real opportunities from the noise, Business Insider will host 'What's next for crypto?" a webinar on Thursday, July 15 at 2 p.m. ET. Join Insider's senior investing reporter Vicky Huang, and senior investing editor Akin Oyedele, in conversa...