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Photo by Dmytro Zinkevych / Shutterstock.com Retirees depend mightily on Social Security payments These stipends make up 50% or more of income for about half of seniors, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says. About one-quarter of seniors depend on Social Security for at least 90% of their income. …

When Apple announced its Security Bounty Program last year, researchers lined up to locate potentially dangerous bugs in the company’s platforms, keeping them secret in exchange for potentially large payouts. But after developer Jeff Johnson told Apple about a zero-day exploit that gives malicious actors access to a Safari user’s private …

SUPERMAO / Shutterstock.com You’ve worked hard for Social Security retirement benefits, and you probably want every dollar you’re entitled to receive. Unfortunately, the sad reality is that there are reasons why your Social Security payments could decrease. Many are in your control, but some are not. Keep reading to find …

Photo by rayjunk / Shutterstock.com Having Social Security taxes taken from your paycheck is bad enough. But for millions of Americans, the obligations don’t end there. Half of retirees say they paid income taxes on their Social Security benefit income during the 2019 tax year, according to a survey by …

Google is rolling out a new subscription pricing structure for its suite of Nest security products, more than six months after first revealing its plans. While the move is partly designed to simplify the pricing, it also goes some way toward enticing customers to purchase more Nest devices by removing …

Photo by T.Den_Team / Shutterstock.com In uncertain times, you can still count on Social Security to provide the foundation for your retirement. Through thick and thin, our national retirement safety net is always there. But that does not make Social Security immune to the ravages of the novel coronavirus. Following …

(Reuters) — Video conferencing company Zoom has been responsive to concerns over its software, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a memo recently distributed to top government cybersecurity officials and seen by Reuters. The memo — drafted by DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal …

Photo by wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock.com Businesses, retail and restaurant establishments, and other institutions are shuttering their doors in an attempt to arrest the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Now, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has joined them. As of Tuesday, all local offices across the …