With interest rate cuts delayed, experts offer tips on how to maximize your 401(k) Though Europe’s economy is anemic compared to the U.S., those rate cuts could ignite more stock market growth that would benefit investors, advisers say. On the flip side, high U.S. rates could make U ... 04/23/2024 - 6:25 am | View Link
20 Worst Places to Retire in Canada “While the anticipated headwinds in 2023 will understandably prompt concerns about how inflation and interest rates ... healthcare, good quality of life, and diverse culture, retirees are ... 04/15/2024 - 10:36 am | View Link
Bad News: More American Workers Worry They Can't Afford to Retire Additional Survey Findings Of the workers and retirees who don’t feel confident, four in 10 workers and a quarter of retirees state it’s because they have little to no savings. 40% of workers ... 04/12/2024 - 5:11 am | View Link
Interest Rates Have Investors Worried. Profits Give Them Comfort. The future is bright, investors and analysts think, even though it’s extremely rare for reality to come in better than originally hoped. On a quarterly basis, of course, companies tend to talk down ... 04/11/2024 - 5:03 pm | View Link
Will I Earn Enough Interest on $2 Million to Retire Off Of? The bad news about an index fund is the variability. Over time major indices like the S&P 500 return to their averages. In any given year, though, returns will vary. 04/4/2024 - 11:09 pm | View Link
The "Laugh it Up" emote is one of four that can now be blocked using a setting in Fortnite. [credit:
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For online players tired of being harassed by randos over voice chat, animated emotes have long served as a "safe" way to communicate in-game via simple, pre-approved non-verbal messages.
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Apple is going to announce some new things on Tuesday, May 7, at 10 am Eastern, according to an invitation the company sent out to members of the press (and posted to its website) this morning.
The name Apple has given the event (“Let Loose”) doesn’t tell us much about what the company might announce, but the art does: It’s a hand holding an Apple Pencil, which almost certainly means the event will be iPad-focused.
Apple has reportedly been on the cusp of releasing new iPads since late March, and the rumor mill has already delivered most of the key details.
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There's a new Linux distro on the scene today, and it's a bit specialized. Its development was led by the automotive electronics supplier Elektrobit, and it's the first open source OS that complies with the automotive industry's functional safety requirements.
One of the more interesting paradigm shifts underway in the automotive industry is the move to software-defined vehicles.
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For almost a decade, Nick Roy has been scanning North Korea’s tiny Internet presence, spotting new websites coming online and providing a glimpse of the Hermit Kingdoms’ digital life. However, at the end of last year, the cybersecurity researcher and DPRK blogger stumbled across something new: signs North Koreans are working on major international TV shows.
In December, Roy discovered a misconfigured cloud server on a North Korean IP address containing thousands of animation files.
Enlarge / The third-generation Porsche Macan drops the internal combustion engine—this one is only available as a battery-electric vehicle. (credit: Porsche)
Porsche provided flights from London to Nice and accommodation so Ars could drive the Macan. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
Porsche's Taycan has been a nice electric vehicle for the German brand, and the recently updated model is supposed to offer more of the good stuff and less of the bad.
Enlarge / This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features NGC 3783, a bright barred spiral galaxy about 130 million light-years from Earth. (credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. C. Bentz, D. J. V. Rosario)
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