Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Handing over your phone — full of photos, texts, and other personal private info — to a repair person can feel dicey. After all, the horrifying reality of having your data leaked during the repair process has actually happened to some people. SamMobile found a press release from…
Enlarge / The Sega Genesis Mini 2 will not be sold at traditional brick-and-mortar stores, so this is instead an artistic approximation of the system’s apparent scarcity. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The miniature console fad has abated since its NES Classic and SNES Classic peak, with fewer companies giving the concept a shot….
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A day after Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Kenya’s monetary authority, said that Chipper Cash and Flutterwave were not licensed to operate in the East African country, the regulator has directed all financial institutions to cease doing business with the two fintechs. The CBK’s bank supervision deputy director, Matu Mugo, directed all regulated banks, microfinance…
Amazon has revealed it is closing its cloud storage platform in another consolidation push from the tech giant. The company has emailed Amazon Drive customers to confirm that the service will be closing at the end of next year. The move comes as part of Amazon’s push towards its Amazon Photos service, which will now…
A US Marines C-130 comes in to land at the air force base in Tainan, in southern Taiwan. SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is traveling to Asia and could make a controversial visit to Taiwan. Experts say that such a visit could raise the risk of an “accident” that leads to…
Spirit Airlines old and new aircraft Michael Carter/Airliners.net, Felipe | Santiago/Shutterstock Spirit Airlines has agreed to merge with JetBlue Airways instead of Frontier Airlines. The merger is worth $3.8 billion and could provide more comfort to customers while maintaining low fares. Spirit’s history dates back to 1964, when it started as a trucking company in…
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Once you have the bond, you decide how long you’ll hold onto it, anywhere between one and 30 years. DRAKULA IMAGES/Getty Images A savings bond is a debt security that’s distributed and backed by the US government. The federal government issues two types of savings bonds: Series EE and I bonds. Series EE bonds double…
Naked options can involve risk and should be used only by experienced traders and investors, if at all considered. Tetra Images/Getty Images A naked option is one sold if you don’t own the underlying security the contract’s based on. Naked options potentially let traders pocket the option fee without ever having to invest any money….