Photo by Aaron Freeman / Money Talks News The world is a different place today than it was for my parents. During their working years, they made less money than I make. Yet they retired at an earlier age, their retirement income was higher, their retirement expenses were lower and …
Read More »15 Great Amazon Finds You Can Buy for Less Than $5
Photo by Irina Timokhina / Shutterstock.com Many times in life, you get exactly what you pay for. But not always — in fact, you can often get huge value and spend almost nothing at all. Believe it or not, some of the best, most useful products at Amazon don’t have …
Read More »Coronavirus Epidemics Began Later Than Believed, Study Concludes
The first confirmed coronavirus infections in Europe and the United States, discovered in January, did not ignite the epidemics that followed, according to a close analysis of hundreds of viral genomes. Instead, the outbreaks plaguing much of the West began weeks later, the study concluded. The revised timeline may clarify …
Read More »For work from home, technology’s convenience matters more than its power
Over the years I’ve worked as a technology journalist, I’ve been lucky enough to watch multiple product categories evolve from their earliest days to maturity and sometimes sunsetting — a cyclical process that is rarely identical between different types of products, but often has similarities from category to category. One …
Read More »Behind the Wheel, Women Are Safer Drivers Than Men
Women tend to be better drivers than men — much better, judging by the number of deaths they cause on the road. British researchers used a government database of 14,425 road fatalities from 2005 to 2015 that involved more than one vehicle. Without assigning blame for the accidents, they calculated …
Read More »These slide templates will make your next presentation pop for less than $30
Presentations are an inevitability in life. Although the act of presenting a given topic may not be the same for a while due to COVID-19, everyone must present something at one point or another. Whether it be for a business proposal or a class project, many presentations end up looking …
Read More »Intellivision takes more than 10,000 VIP edition preorders for Amico console in a few days
Intellivision Entertainment‘s Amico retro video game console is proving popular with gamers who are anticipating its October launch in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. In a presale, Intellivision has received more than 10,000 preorders for the VIP version of the Amico, which is available for presales until Tuesday. Tommy Tallarico, …
Read More »Some U.S. Cities Could Have Coronavirus Outbreaks Worse Than Wuhan’s
If its rate of growth in coronavirus cases continues, the New York City metropolitan area will suffer a more severe outbreak than those experienced in Wuhan, China, or the Lombardy region of Italy. There is no guarantee, of course, that current trends will continue. What has happened to this point …
Read More »We need to do more than flatten the curve; we need to demand action
VentureBeat published an opinion piece yesterday titled, “Don’t like dystopian surveillance? Flatten the coronavirus curve.” The author, Khari Johnson, rightly points out that, with the current pandemic, it’s more than our health on the line — it’s also our privacy. Johnson argues, “If you value privacy and due process or …
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