Tips for buyers and sellers in a competitive market
Lots of buyers, but not enough homes are on the market! That’s the common refrain in today’s real estate market, and while it is not true in all areas, it…
Month: May 2018
Ask the Expert: No closing costs?
My husband is being transferred to another city for five years. We are going to sell our house and we are excited to buy in the new city. However, we will…
Girls tend to make different career choices than boys, study finds
Silicon Valley’s public hand-wringing over the lack of women in science and technology has focused on the workforce, which is 80 percent male. Perhaps the…
Travel versus vacationing: Best not to mistake the two
We don’t travel 2,000 miles or more just to eat at a new restaurant. Or do we? Well, yes. Vacationing involves pleasant sights, new food, excitement, and…
Fighting for the right to repair your own electronics
California is becoming the 18th state to propose ‘right to repair’ legislation that will allow owners of broken technology better access to parts and…
Cryptocurrency miner doubles as a space heater
A company named Qarnot is taking advantage of the fact that mining cryptocurrency is often a heated and electricity-intensive process by producing a miner…
This house is for sale: beep beep
At the next open house you attend, Rex the Real Estate Robot might be the one answering your questions. Robotics are just beginning to enter the real…
Supercomputers power governments, industry
Many different industries, governments, and the military all rely on the massive computational power that a supercomputer provides and the definition of…
How to correct paying too much into a 401k
The limit on contributions to an individual’s 401k was $18,000 in 2017, and if a person accidentally pays too much into the account, it is crucial to…
Scientists struggle to bring back the White Rhino
There were once tens of thousands of the northern white rhinoceros roaming across Africa. The story of how humans hunted this species for its horn,…