Don’t hold off on paying your student loans because you’re banking on additional loan forgiveness. shapecharge/Getty The Biden administration has extended the student loan repayment pause through Dec. 31, 2022. During this time, you don’t have to make payments on your loans, but doing so will save you money. You shouldn’t bank on more forgiveness….
Monthly Archives: August 2022
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness at the White House on August 24, 2022. AP Photo/Evan Vucci On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced $10,000 in student loan forgiveness for some borrowers. Some Republicans have said that the forgiveness is unfair and burdens other taxpayers. Biden pointed to the tax breaks that billion-dollar…
Beleaguered fitness company Peloton has struck a deal with Amazon to sell a selection of fitness equipment and merchandise on the e-commerce platform, reportedCNBC. The maker of connected bikes and other exercise machines has struggled with declining sales as many people return to gyms and office life. The Amazon partnership marks the first time Peloton…
District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is making a video game! I knew that. But what I didn’t know is it’s one of those blockchain / NFT games. Sigh. This evening’s The Future Games Show ended with a fancy CGI trailer showing off the world of Off the Grid, a free-to-play third-person shooter battle royale from…
Supermassive Games has announced a release date for its latest Dark Pictures Anthology entry The Devil in Me, which is coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC on 18th November. The Devil in Me will be the fourth instalment in Supermassive’s Dark Pictures series – following on from Man of Medan, Little Hope, and House of…
It’s not easy going from one ecosystem to another; a big part of it comes down to using an unfamiliar user interface. That is also true for smartphone users wanting to switch from an iPhone to an Android. Millions of users have selected Launcher iOS 16 (50M downloads as of late), an Android “launcher” app that…
Samsung has revealed new Odyssey gaming monitors complete with the Gaming Hub app that’s already a feature of the company’s latest smart TVs. Effectively, these PC gaming monitors don’t really need a PC. The app has all of the top cloud gaming services, including Nvidia’s GeForce Now, which offers remote access to a high-end gaming…
Sonos is planning to launch a new high-end speaker it will bill as its ‘best-sounding ever’ according to a report on Wednesday. The device is codenamed Optimo 2, according to a report from The Verge, and will feature a unique design with a series of drivers that can push sound in almost all directions, while…
A 3D product rendering of the upcoming Sonos speaker codenamed Optimo 2, as created by The Verge | Product render by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge After spending 2022 focused on midrange products like the Ray and the rollout of its own voice service, Sonos is about to shift its attention back to upscale devices. Aside…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you live in the US, chances are you’ve at least heard of WhatsApp, the messaging app that Meta acquired in 2014. But if you live in other parts of the world, like India, the service is more than just an app for communicating with friends and family….