Elon Musk’s Neuralink hopes to put sensors in human brains next year
A ‘sewing machine-like’ robot implants threads directly into the brain. While we wait for Neuralink to present the progress it’s made over the last couple of years in brain-computer interface technology, the New York Times has already published information from an early briefing and it’s stuff that’s straight out of science fiction. The Elon Musk-backed company claims its “sewing […]
Microsoft starts testing Internet Explorer mode for Edge
It’s giving enterprise users the go-ahead to test the Chromium browser. Microsoft’s ever-expanding tests for its Chromium-based Edge browser have reached the corporate crowd. The software firm has started enabling enterprise features in Edge’s Dev builds, most notably the vaunted Internet Explorer mode. If a company absolutely needs IE 11 to visit a legacy site, […]
Tiny vibration-powered robots could repair your body from the inside
The ‘bristle-bots’ don’t need batteries to move quickly. There are many challenges to developing robots that could operate within your body, not the least of which is finding a power source — you can’t exactly strap a big battery on them. That might not be an issue thanks to Georgia Tech researchers. They’ve developed minuscule […]
You’d Be Better Off Just Blowing Your Money: Why Retirement Planning Is Doomed
I know this is a bold, and possibly controversial title, but retirement planning is broken and leaving people broke. The destructive narrative is, “work hard, save money in a retirement plan, wait and it will all work out in the long run.” The reality is, without the ingredients of responsibility and accountability, there is no […]
Hackers broke into Sprint accounts through Samsung’s website
It’s unclear how many people were affected. Sprint’s security team is having a very, very lousy 2019. On top of the earlier Boost Mobile breach, the carrier has revealed that hackers obtained “unauthorized access” to an unspecified number of Sprint accounts through Samsung’s “add a line” website. The provider said that the data didn’t pose […]
Why seniors should avoid the temptation to sell their investment property — even if it’s soared in value
Prices in many real estate markets have regained their pre-financial-crisis levels. Prices in some areas have surpassed those levels and are still going up. That means many real estate investors now own properties that are worth way more than their tax basis. That’s especially likely with a rental property for which you’ve claimed depreciation deductions […]
What the IRS doesn’t tell you about self-employment taxes
Do you owe the dreaded 15.3% self-employment (SE) tax on random non-employee income that you only collect occasionally or in a one-off circumstance? Good question. This column explains why you probably don’t owe SE tax, after first covering some necessary background information. Here goes. The dreaded self-employment tax The SE tax is the way the […]
All the ways Gen X is financially wrecked
Reality bites. While millennials garner much of the negative press around financial issues — they live with their parents because they can’t get jobs! They spend all their money on avocado toast! — Gen Xers may be the ones who are really in trouble. “Gen Xers now have the highest average debt burden of any […]
Stocks to Watch: Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) Up +3.25%
At close of market on Monday, Finning International Inc. (TSX:FTT) stock finished trading at +3.25%, bringing the stock price to $23.81 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $23.28 and a high of $23.83. The company’s stock was traded 1,731 times with a total of 293,680 shares traded. Finning International […]
Stocks to Watch: BlackBerry Limited (TSX:BB) Up +1.08%
At close of market on Monday, BlackBerry Limited (TSX:BB) stock finished trading at +1.08%, bringing the stock price to $9.40 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $9.30 and a high of $9.46. The company’s stock was traded 3,113 times with a total of 1,236,316 shares traded. BlackBerry Limited has […]