Ask the Expert: Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Our adjustable rate mortgage will soon be up for renewal. We are wondering if taking a new, 15-year mortgage is a good idea. What do you think? If you…
Month: March 2025
It’s spring! The home market is heating up
The big day is March 20, the first day of spring, and as almost everyone knows, it begins one of the most active seasons for home searches. For good…
Find your true self in your own expectations
Be true to yourself and don’t live a lie. These are the aphorisms we often hear repeated in our travel through life’s challenges. But, what is true of…
Is it time to cut back on TikTok?
On January 18 at about 10:30 p.m., TikTok officially died in the United States, and 170 million Americans suddenly had to find something else to do with…
Cautionary tale: The sound of existential crisis
Sonos isn’t the first company to damage its reputation with a single big mistake, but it’s certainly one of the more notable examples in recent years. The…
DeepSeek emerges as AI dark horse
Most Americans had probably never heard of the Chinese tech startup DeepSeek at the start of 2025, but that changed in dramatic fashion within just a few…
Chinese scientists get creative with AI-powered robot cat
They call it a “robot dog,” but researchers at China’s University of Harbin took their inspiration from felines with an exploration robot that they hope…
What happens to wild animals in a wildfire?
A wildfire takes a serious toll on wild animals, leaving them with scare food, habitat loss and injuries. In the California wildfires, affected areas were…
Emergencies: Plan ahead for your pets
One heroic vet in Los Angeles opened up her home and an old, vacant pet hospital to take in 41 animals as the wildfire in the Palisades incinerated a…
The world’s oldest companies
According to the U.S. Bureau of Employment Statistics, about half of businesses close within their first five years, and only a fifth will last 20 years….