Five easy ways you can save yourself $1,000 in three months
You’ve got this. In the next three months, a handful of simple strategies can net you a cool $1,000. Everyone talks about lattes, as if high-end espresso drinks are responsible for all your financial woes. In fact, there are so many small ways to derail your finances, and lattes only come in for the loudest […]
3 Reasons Your Best Employees Might Quit This Year
In today’s relatively healthy job market, many companies are struggling to retain their top employees. For some workers, leaving a job boils down to getting a better opportunity or perhaps more money elsewhere. But for others, it’s a matter of personal dissatisfaction with their current employers. If you want to hang onto your most valued players […]
Android Q might include an equivalent to Apple’s Face ID
Phone makers wouldn’t have to develop their own secure face recognition. To date, Android phone makers who’ve wanted to include face recognition have had to craft their own secure solutions or else use basic face detection that you can fool with a photo. Soon, however, it might be relatively commonplace. Sleuthers at XDA and 9to5Google […]
Chromebook instant tethering comes to non-Google phones
You’ll likely need a pre-release version of Chrome OS to hop online. Chrome OS’ Instant Tethering is very handy if you need to keep your Chromebook online, but there’s still a major gotcha involved: you need a Nexus or Pixel phone for that automatic hotspot to work. Things appear to be loosening up, however. Numerous […]
AI-tuned robotic knee helps amputees walk within minutes
You wouldn’t need to spend hours adjusting prosthetics. Amputees who receive robotic limbs can’t usually start using them right away. It typically requires hours of manual tweaks to adapt to their particular movement styles, and they may need to come back for more if anything changes. Soon, however, they might only need the briefest tweaks […]
‘Whisper’ laser tech sends audible messages to specific people
It can beam tones, music and speech to someone’s ear from a distance. Researchers from MIT have discovered a way to send highly targeted audio signals directly to someone’s ear at a distance using laser beams. The system works using the “photoacoustic” effect, where water vapor in the air absorbs light, forming sound waves. The research may […]
Weekly Market Preview: Shutdown Delayed, Five Stocks To Watch For the Coming Week
The United States is now open for business — albeit temporarily. And the stock market gave a collective shrug. And for good reason. On Friday the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 184 points Friday, or 0.75%, to close at 24,737.20, while the S&P 500 added 22.43 points, or 0.85%, to 2,664.76. The Nasdaq Composite was […]
Oil falls as U.S. adds rigs; still set for best January in 14 years
LONDON – Oil fell 1 percent on Monday after U.S. companies added rigs for the first time this year, a signal that crude output may rise further, but the price is still on course for its strongest gain in the month of January for 14 years. The ongoing trade dispute between the United States and […]
JPMorgan Says Stocks, Credit Still Haven’t Priced Fed Pivot
While U.S. stocks and corporate debt have rallied from their December lows, there’s scope for further gains from an official Federal Reserve confirmation that it’s pivoting away from monetary tightening for now, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. “While we share almost every reservation about limited upside when the Fed pauses late-cycle, we still think […]
3 Stocks To Watch In The Coming Week: Apple, Facebook, Amazon
It wouldn’t be an overexaggeration to say that, for markets, this coming week could be make or break. Some of the U.S.’s most powerful megacap companies report quarterly earnings. On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average delivered its fifth straight week of gains. Fueling the price action: strong earnings momentum, hopes that the longest government shutdown in […]