Older Americans Stockpiled a Record $35 Trillion. The Time Has Come to Give It Away. Transfers to heirs and others are unleashing a torrent of economic activity, including buying homes, starting businesses and giving to charity By Ben Eisen and Anne TergesenJuly 2, 2021 10:00 am ET Listen to Article 13 minutes00:00 / 12:311xQueueThis article is in your queue.Open … Continue reading Baby boomers beginning to distribute wealth to others
Month: July 2021
Cost of these 11 items has been going up
The reasons why these items cost more isn't always what you think. https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/inflation-driving-prices-up-2021 These 11 Things Cost A Lot More All Of A Sudden Thanks To Inflation Don't let inflation blow up your budget.by Megan LiscombPersonal Finance Editor Consumer prices have been going up, and people are talking about the dreaded i-word: inflation. In a nutshell, inflation is a … Continue reading Cost of these 11 items has been going up
Time to retire those Time Capsules
I grieved when my Time Capsule finally bit the dust. It was so handy to have a painless router combined with a flawless scheduled backup of my Apple iMac. That combo allowed me to simply restore all of my programs and data seamlessly to new computers multiple times over the years. Unfortunately, a design failure … Continue reading Time to retire those Time Capsules
Delta variant truly dangerous for everyone, even the vaccinated
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/07/08/1013794996/why-the-delta-variant-is-so-contagious-a-new-study-sheds-light The Delta Variant Isn't Just Hyper-Contagious. It Also Grows More Rapidly Inside You July 8, 20211:45 PM ET MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFFTwitter The numerals in this illustration show the main mutation sites of the delta variant of the coronavirus, which is likely the most contagious version. Here, the virus's spike protein (red) binds to a receptor … Continue reading Delta variant truly dangerous for everyone, even the vaccinated
Pacific Northwest heat wave — caused by climate change — a mass casualty event
https://gizmodo.com/the-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-is-now-a-mass-casualty-1847252012 The Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Is Now a 'Mass Casualty Event' A new analysis also sheds light on the climate crisis' role, showing the heat was made 150 times more likely. Dharna NoorThursday 12:50PM45 The Pacific Northwest is still reeling from the mind boggling heat wave that gripped it late last month. The past two days have … Continue reading Pacific Northwest heat wave — caused by climate change — a mass casualty event
Turn off automatic updates for HomePods connected to Apple TV
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/07/07/users-report-some-original-homepods-bricking-with-software-version-146-update? Users report some original HomePods 'bricking' with software version 14.6 update By Wesley Hilliard | Jul 07, 2021 32 CommentsFacebook Twitter Reddit The release version 14.6 of HomePod's operating system is reportedly "bricking" some devices in certain configurations — especially when paired with an Apple TV. The user reports follow similar issues being caused by the beta version 15.0 software. Only the original … Continue reading Turn off automatic updates for HomePods connected to Apple TV
99.2% of recent U.S. COVID deaths unvaccinated
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/08/fears-of-new-us-covid-surge-as-delta-spreads-and-many-remain-unvaccinated? 99.2% of US Covid deaths in June were unvaccinated, says Fauci Cases rise in nearly half of states as low vaccination rates met with more transmissible and severe Delta variant A woman receives a vaccine in Aberdeen, Maryland. The state reported that all of those who died of Covid there in June had not … Continue reading 99.2% of recent U.S. COVID deaths unvaccinated
Uninsured don’t get a break from hospitals
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hospitals-often-charge-uninsured-people-the-highest-prices-new-data-show-11625584448? Hospitals Often Charge Uninsured People the Highest Prices, New Data Show Cash payers are often charged more than insurance companies for the same service by the same hospital, according to a WSJ analysis of previously confidential data By Melanie Evans, Anna Wilde Mathews and Tom McGinty July 6, 2021 11:14 am ET Raul Macias was rushed to an … Continue reading Uninsured don’t get a break from hospitals
20 sexy summer movies on Netflix
http://www.self.com/story/netflix-movies-sex-scenes? June 23, 2021 20 Sexy Movies on Netflix to Gear Up for Hot Girl Summer Grab your popcorn and buckle up. By Zahra Barnes and Hannah Dylan Pasternak Desire / Netflix Netflix is a trove of films and TV shows that span subject, genre, and time, making the sexiest movies on Netflix somewhat hard to find. But its … Continue reading 20 sexy summer movies on Netflix
Amazon pushing its weight around big-time
Amazon Demands One More Thing From Some Vendors: A Piece of Their Company Certain suppliers are asked to give Amazon the right to buy shares at potentially lower-than-market rates as part of their contract By Dana MattioliJune 29, 2021 8:01 am ET Suppliers that want to land Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -0.23% as a client for their goods and services can find … Continue reading Amazon pushing its weight around big-time
Double feature for this week from the NYT
Your weekly double feature: Jim Thompson Annette Bening in a scene from “The Grifters.”Miramax ‘The Grifters’ and ‘After Dark, My Sweet’ There’s an edge of psychosis and nihilism to the work of the crime novelist Jim Thompson, but his characters often break down more simply into two types of people: The con artist and the … Continue reading Double feature for this week from the NYT
Two paths allow those with older iPhones to update only security
https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/16/ios-15-update-choice/ JUNE 16 iOS 15 update choice could mean big changes in iOS 16 – Macworld Ben Lovejoy - Jun. 16th 2021 4:12 am PT @benlovejoy One of the benefits of an iPhone is that you get iOS updates for five or more years. But when it comes to the iOS 15 update, Apple is for the first … Continue reading Two paths allow those with older iPhones to update only security
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