Ask the Expert: Mortgage points
I don’t understand mortgage points. Do I have to pay them? There are two types of points: Discount points and origination points, or fees. Discount points…
Month: November 2025
Interest rate carnival game: What the experts are guessing
No one really knows where mortgage rates go from here, but all the experts are making their best guesses — and they are guessing lower rates. Whether you…
Get your resume past AI screening tools and in front of a real human
The traditional professional resume just isn’t what it used to be. These days, the first person to review your application when you hunt for a new job…
To keep the bedroom healthy, keep on dusting
The dust that accumulates on your furniture, floors and knickknacks has nothing to do with poor housekeeping. It’s a natural and continual collection of…
See another hobby picture on page 25 Miscellaneous.
Turn a hobby into a business Do you want to turn your hobby into a source of income? With the right product or service and some thoughtful planning, it…
Apple unveils updated products
Apple held its “awe-dropping” product launch event in September, and this year it introduced several new products to the Apple ecosystem, including new…
New AI headset allows talking without speaking
Telepathy — the science fiction skill of silent communication through thought alone — is not real (yet) but a new device come close. A company named…
Critics take a dim view of Meta’s newest smart glasses
After months of teasing, Meta officially unveiled its newest smart glasses, the $800 Meta Ray-Ban Display, during a software development conference in…
Proposed joint venture may keep TikTok alive
The tech giant Oracle and investment funds Silver Lake and the Abu Dhabi-based MGX plan to form a joint venture company to oversee the video sharing app…
Popular call-recording app exposes user phone numbers
Just a week after its launch, the viral app Neon has gone dark amid reports of a security flaw that allowed open access to user phone numbers, call…