Kjerstin Laine. Courtesy of Kjerstin Laine Kjerstin Laine, 30, owes over $110,000 in student debt from undergraduate and graduate programs. Laine’s career in the nonprofit sector, in theory, offers a path to forgiveness. But interest means she’s barely paid it off, and Biden’s forgiveness is just a drop in the bucket. Like millions of student-loan…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Elon Musk now owns Twitter. Patrick Pleul/AP Elon Musk now owns Twitter after sealing his $44 billion takeover on Thursday. He was sent an email from the company telling him to start a “managing @Twitter 101” training course. Musk tweeted that he has idea who the CEO is yet, despite calling himself “Chief Twit.” Even…
Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. The author, Rob Phelan. Rob Phelan My wife and I had about…
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward has disabled attachment tuning following reports of a crash that occurs when players have five attachments tuned. In a tweet, IW said it was disabling the feature “until further notice” and advised anyone with a tuned attachment to unequip and reequip to continue playing the newly-launched…
OPINION: It’s taken a while but UE (or Ultimate Ears as they’re also known as) have released the Fits true wireless in the UK and Europe, and it’s a pretty cool piece of technology. Ultimate Ears are best known for its colourful wireless speakers, like the award-winning Wonderboom 3, and the Fits initially launched in…
Enlarge (credit: Andrew Burton/Getty) The Arctic—that remote, largely undisturbed, 5.5 million square miles of frozen terrain—is heating up fast. In fact, it’s warming nearly four times quicker than the rest of the world, with disastrous consequences for the region and its inhabitants. Many of these impacts you probably know from nature documentaries: ice caps melting,…
Walker’s organization, the Judeo-Christian Outreach Center, pairs people experiencing homelessness with landlords, roommates, and case workers, in addition to subsidizing their rent for up to two years. Todd Walker A small church organization in Virginia is helping unhoused people get back into permanent homes. They help them pay rent, pair up with roommates, and receive…
The McRib. Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images McDonald’s is bringing back the McRib nationally for a farewell tour. The McRib has had at least three other farewell tours, and its been on and off menus since 1981. The McRib drives traffic and sales for McDonald’s whenever it returns, and the CEO called it the…
Airbnb Airbnb awarded 100 recipients $100,000 each to design out-of-this-world properties. The properties are located around the world and have unique thematic concepts. See 25 of the designs that won the coveted grant. There’s an Airbnb for anyone, these days. Tiny homes, A-frames, Moroccan riads, and properties purposely stocked with a grand piano. But for…
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert gained more than 18,000 followers in the 24 hours before Elon Musk took over Twitter. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Far-right figures gained thousands of new Twitter followers in the 24 hours before Musk took over. Among these new followers, thousands were new to the platform, researchers told The New York Times. Colorado…