How to Prepare for Moving Up (or Down) a Tax Bracket
Tax season would be easier if we could set it and forget it—if our tax liability was consistent year over year and our withholding perfectly balanced to minimize surprises when it’s time to file returns. However, there are a number of situations, such as a change in employment (losing your job, changing jobs, or getting […]
The Best Coffee Subscriptions Based on What You Get
When it comes to getting your morning coffee, there’s a hierarchy of convenience. Arguably the most inconvenient method is going out into the world to fetch a cup for takeout (though that can have its rewards, for sure). Making your own coffee is convenient, but less so when you have to pick up all the […]
How to Play Strands, the New York Times’ New Word Search Game
A new word game just dropped, and this one looks pretty fun. Strands is a new game from the New York Times, the same people who brought you Connections and Spelling Bee. (The NYT is also the current home of Wordle, and all of these games follow in the tradition of their iconic crossword, which […]
How to Choose Between NordVPN vs ExpressVPN
Check just about every list of the best VPNs (including ours), and you’re likely to see NordVPN, ExpressVPN, or both names mentioned. These two packages have been providing top-tier VPN services for years at this point, so I wanted to take a closer look at what each one had to offer. Choosing the right VPN […]
The Best Smart Locks to Secure Your Smart Home
About a year ago, I traveled home to see my mother and was met with a strange new addition to my childhood home: All of the doors now had smart locks on them (she quickly registered my fingerprint to them so I wouldn’t get locked out of my own bedroom). She said she got them […]
What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: ‘Disease X’ Conspiracies
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and so it is with Disease X, the ominous sounding illness that doesn’t actually exist. Earlier this year, the World Health Organization published its annual list of “priority diseases,” or illnesses that “pose the greatest public health risk due to their epidemic potential and/or whether there […]
Reddit Wants to Be a Meme Stock, Too
Reddit users have long joked about how worthless karma is. Now, almost 20 years after the site was founded, the people with the most karma are being invited to participate in the company’s IPO at the same price as institutional investors. Reddit is framing this as a way to reward loyal users, but it’s hard […]
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads Are All Down
It’s not just you: No one can get their Meta accounts working this morning. Instagram says it can’t refresh your feed, Facebook logged you out, and Threads will load endlessly. What are we supposed to do this cold Tuesday morning, Meta? Our jobs? I first noticed the problem with Facebook: When I went to facebook.com, […]
The Corsair Scuf Instinct Pro Xbox Controller Is $60 Off Right Now
Best Buy Drops is Best Buy’s in-app feature that gets you access to popular products for low prices—but only for a limited time or until the supply runs out. Today, Best Buy Drop has the Scuf Instinct Pro available for $179.99 (originally $239.99), the lowest price it’s been over the last four months (according to […]
How to Raise a Healthy Gamer, According to a Psychiatrist
There’s so much parenting guilt and anxiety around the subject of screen time. If you let your kids play video games as much as they want to, they may disappear into a virtual world, never to be seen again. If you set limits, you get to listen to endless negotiations for more screen time. You […]
Here’s How a Home Equity Loan Works
If you’re a homeowner with equity built up in your house, you may be able to tap into that equity through a home equity loan. A home equity loan allows you to borrow money by using your home’s value as collateral for the loan. Here’s a step-by-step look at how these loans work. How does […]
Budgeting Tips for Families Living on ONE Income
Can you really be a one-income family in 2024? Not if you don’t know how to budget! To achieve her money goals while living on a single middle-class income, Emy […]
Microsoft Advertising Performance Max Globally Available Today
Microsoft announced that Performance Max campaigns are available globally on Microsoft Advertising today, March 5th. So now any advertiser can start using PMax campaigns.
3 green flags of exceptional real estate leadership
The mark of a great leader, Victoria Kennedy writes, is that they don’t hoard power for themselves but empower others to build and grow their sphere of influence.
Real estate the Australian way? It won’t solve US commission woes
Don’t buy into the commission rhetoric saying the U.S. should do things more like they do in Australia, Cara Ameer writes. Each country has its own dynamics, customs and economics.
