Early Prime Day deals keep popping up as we get close to the two-day shopping event, and this time they discount the Chromecast with Google TV by $10. You can pick up the streaming device for $40 right now, which is a return to its record low. Not only does this gadget give you access…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Surprise! Valve has pushed out another update for its beleaguered bot-ladened shooter, Team Fortress 2. Whilst not quite as impactful as the last patch, the game’s Steam page explains how the update hopes to address “exploits and stability issues”. The long bulletpointed list includes mostly quality of life (QoL) fixes, but some new game server…
Sony’s PlayStation 3 first launched in November 2006 and right from the get-go, the platform holder faced a stiff challenge in the form of Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Here we were looking at two machines of the same generation, Sony’s fiercest rival launching a full year ahead of the competition – and packing a hardware advantage…
Image: Nothing Nothing, the new consumer tech startup led by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, is poised to announce its debut smartphone on July 12th at an event it’s calling (brace yourselves): Nothing (event): Return to Instinct. The company hasn’t been shy about pre-announcing the Nothing Phone 1’s features ahead of its “official” launch, so we…
President Joe Biden. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The Education Department unveiled a list of proposals to reform the student-loan industry. Preventing interest capitalization, which grows on a borrower’s principal balance, is one of them. The goal is to remove capitalization that isn’t required under the Higher Education Act. Daniel Tapia, 41, got…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Oppenheimer said the S&P 500 will underperform earlier expectations but still eke out a gain in 2022. The revision came after the S&P 500’s worst first half since 1970. “We believe US economic…
Real estate investor Ryan Chaw. Ryan Chaw Real estate investor Ryan Chaw nets $6,000 a month from his rental properties. He uses the acronym ALLIES to manage his side gig so he can work full-time as a pharmacist. It stands for: Agent, Lender, Licensed Contractor, Inhabitants, Tax Expert, and Supervisor. Though Ryan Chaw spends most…
Getty Images Natural gas has the power to break world economies and it’s getting more expensive High power costs are already forcing companies and industry to re-think future moves It isn’t likely to get better, experts say, in light of the turmoil from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine The natural gas market is still in a…
Security guards employed by Protection Plus Inc. were paid $370,000 in damages. Kylie Cooper/Getty Images Protection Plus Inc. was ordered to pay a total of $440,000 after failing to pay overtime properly. The Department of Labor said it violated several clauses in Fair Labor Standards Act. The company was forced to pay nearly $100,000 in…
Economist Dean Baker Kevin G. Hall/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Economists have said a recession looks increasingly likely next year as consumer prices have continued to rise in recent months. But the decreasing costs of gas and other goods means we may be able to avoid one, according to famed economist Dean Baker. Lower…