My last experience with a foldable phone was the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, and I quite enjoyed it, albeit its oddly long shape. Of course, that was so that it could be both foldable and functional. While I never had the chance to review Samsung’s earlier attempts at foldable phones, …
Read More »7 Times It Makes Sense to Pay Off Your Mortgage Early
Rocketclips, Inc. / Shutterstock.com Most people need a home loan to get the dwelling of their dreams. It is the one form of debt that financial experts typically do not frown upon. However, there are times when it makes sense to pay off your home loan early. Reducing the time …
Read More »How This S’porean Makes Money From Playing Games For Others – Records Biggest Sales At US$88K
When Hero Boosting first started in 2016, it was a “complete flop,” said 29-year-old founder Nicholas (*he refused to disclose his full name). “The site looked like hot garbage (and) had zero functionality,” he added. With no business or marketing experience, he barely made any money off it so it …
Read More »Here’s How This M’sian Space Camp Makes Boring STEM Subjects Fun For Kids
Author’s Blurb: When I stepped foot into my first day in science stream back in Form 4, I just couldn’t pick up or find subjects like physics and chemistry interesting. That made me drop it altogether and go into the arts instead. Syukran realised that only 19% of students were …
Read More »Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19: What Makes It Harder for Some and Easier for Others?
The way it’s reported, you’d think that susceptibility to COVID-19 severity is equally distributed across the world’s population. But when you compare case and mortality rates between countries, differences emerge. There are even differences within countries and states and cities. It’s clear that other variables besides simple exposure to the …
Read More »This S’pore Events Tech Firm Created A Wristband That Tracks Temperature And Makes Payment
PouchNATION launched PouchPASS — a temperature-taking device — on June 24, marking its first foray into the health industry. This Singaporean-based company is an event solutions provider that develops solutions for the events industry, such as NFC-based systems, RFID enabled cashless payments, geolocation, ticketing, POS development and more. PouchPASS: How …
Read More »IRS Makes It Easier to Undo This Type of Retirement Withdrawal
Photo by sirtravelalot / Shutterstock.com The IRS has good news for those who already took a required minimum distribution, or RMD, this year but now are having second thoughts. Earlier this year, passage of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, better known as the CARES Act, gave …
Read More »Ahead of Trump Visit, Church Makes Unproven Claim of Virus-Killing Technology
PHOENIX — President Trump is visiting one of the nation’s biggest megachurches on Tuesday to speak to thousands of Arizona college students gathering to support his re-election. With coronavirus cases sharply increasing in the state, some public health experts say the gathering is a potential disaster. But the church hosting …
Read More »Tinted Lip Balms Are The Only Makeup That Makes Sense To Me Anymore
I wouldn’t have considered myself a particularly selfless person before all this quarantining went down, but in the past two months I’ve had lots of time to reflect on old behaviors. What I’ve noticed, formally crystallized by the fact that I’m wearing a merch sweatshirt I got for free and …
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