Doing This Simple Thing Once a Year Can Help You Save More for Retirement
When you’re trying to balance multiple financial responsibilities at the same time, saving for retirement may seem like a lesser priority than your other tasks. In fact, 42% of workers say they don’t want to think about retirement planning until they get closer to retirement age, a survey from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies […]
You’ll only get a small increase in Social Security benefits in 2020. What should you do?
As cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) go, it’s paltry. Some 68 million Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 1.6% increase in their monthly check starting in 2020. That means the average Social Security beneficiary will see their benefit increase by just $23.40 a month to $1,460. What’s more, some of the increase will be used to offset […]
How Much Money Do I Need to Retire?
This would seem to be a reasonably straightforward question to answer. On the surface, it would appear a federal employee could add up his assets (TSP, IRA’s, savings, etc.) then subtract his debts (mortgage, credit cards, car loans, etc.), and voilà…he would have the result. Not exactly! This will tell you your current net worth, […]
Planning to live on Social Security alone? Consider doing this
It’s possible to live on Social Security if you scale your expenses accordingly. That means you have to find a way to keep your housing costs as low as possible since, for most people, that’s the biggest expense they pay each month. Possible, it should be noted, does not mean it’s a good idea. Social […]
Google discontinues Clips, the AI-powered camera you forgot about
It pulled the first-gen Pixel Buds and Daydream View from the Google Store, too. While Google was busy showcasing its latest devices yesterday, it was also, more quietly, pulling the plug on a few others. Today, it confirmed that it has removed its Clips camera from the Google Store. Google Clips was a short-lived camera […]
BILL-E is a cute robot that builds structures block by block
The MIT team behind BILL-E describes it as a ‘relative robot.’ A new robotics breakthrough could revolutionalize how we build everything from airplanes to bridges and even massive superstructures. A team of researchers at the Massachusettes Institute of Technology’s Center for Bits and Atoms have created a new type of robot. The team calls their […]
Yahoo is shutting down its Groups website and deleting all content
Your ancient posts will disappear on December 14th. Yahoo (owned by Engadget’s parent company Verizon) is phasing out one its longest-standing features. The internet pioneer is closing the Yahoo Groups website in a two-phase process that will effectively see it disappear. You’ll lose the ability to post new content on October 21st, and Yahoo will […]
Skydio’s station lets self-flying drones work around the clock
The dock could enable security and mapping drones — if it’s legal to use. Skydio wants to make its self-flying drone useful to companies who want drones in the air at all times. It just revealed a Skydio 2 Dock system that lets the drone charge itself and, ideally, run with virtually no human intervention. […]
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (INO) Soars 12.05%
Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (INO) had a good day on the market for Wednesday October 16 as shares jumped 12.05% to close at $2.51. About 998,395 shares traded hands on 3,306 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of n/a shares out of a total float of 99.03 million. After opening the trading […]
Coeur Mining Inc. (CDE) Soars 5.54%
Coeur Mining Inc. (CDE) had a good day on the market for Wednesday October 16 as shares jumped 5.54% to close at $4.57. About 5.99 million shares traded hands on 18,015 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of n/a shares out of a total float of 236.38 million. After opening the […]