As I’ve said before, passwords suck. Microsoft agrees—last year, it announced a goal of getting one billion users to embrace passkeys instead. As part of that effort, setting up a passkey for a ...

Maybe you’ve heard of “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning.” It’s a guide to proactively downsizing your stuff while you’re still alive. Doing so spares your heirs the mess of doing it themselves ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its first interest rate cut of 2025, and the central bank hinted at two more coming before the year's end. While this is welcome news for borrowers, it's not ...

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I am highly alarmed by the proposed changes to retirement accounts. How do I keep my retirement out of harm’s way? Historically, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 holds plan ...

Contributing to a retirement account steadily can help you avoid financial stress during your senior years. There may be other accounts you should prioritize contributions to. There also is such a ...

YouTube is cracking down on Premium Family accounts that do not live in the same household as the account owner. This has been the policy since 2023, but YouTube is only now enforcing its rules. If ...

My checking account used to be the center of my financial universe. Every dollar I earned landed there, and at one point I had over $30,000 just sitting in checking doing absolutely nothing. Then I ...

Passkeys are more secure than passwords since they're tied to a device, but what if you lose your phone? The trick lies in how you generate passkeys in the first place. Imagine you’ve created a host ...

If you’ve suddenly noticed that your Amazon account is showing up as an Amazon Business account, you might be confused about how it happened and what it means. Many users don’t even realize they’ve ...

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