“Damned if you do, dial-up if you don’t.” That was the quote at the beginning of the Gotcha Capitalism Internet chapter in 2008. Ha! Below is an excerpt from the Internet fees chapter of the new edition of Gotcha, published this week. How does your Internet access — and your [Keep reading]
I wasn’t going to start this until next week, but this story is so important I’m jumping the gun. Today I begin 30 days of Gotchas, to show just how widespread and menacing this problem is. The series corresponds to the launch of the new edition of my book Gotcha [Keep reading]
“THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” Nor was it a false alarm. We have a real problem with emergency management systems in America and if we don’t fix it soon, we’re not going to need an enemy to inflict major damage to our society. We’re going to do it ourselves. Saturday’s [Keep reading]
How do you compare with an average credit consumer? Experian’s annual “State of Credit” report has a lot of interesting data to digest. Watch to video above for a discussion, or read on. You might already know that credit accounts, credit cards, and credit limits are already up — way [Keep reading]
While Americans continue to bicker over Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election, America’s next big election is also being hacked, right now, a U.S. information security company claims. Trend Micro says the same hacker group that targeted the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential campaign has already laid [Keep reading]
Call it Bitcoin blowback if you will. And that didn’t take long. Bitcoin’s meteoric valuation rise late last year had the usual impact of such a speculative bubble — during the holidays, everyone from your barista to your grandfather to your taxi driver was asking questions about blockchain and also [Keep reading]
January is a natural time to take stock of your financial life, and to dream big dreams about 2018. Could this be the year you make the leap to homeownership? Or, will you make a big change and trade in your mortgage payment for a landlord? In the complex calculus [Keep reading]
We’re all getting quite the lesson in “speculative execution” today, and why faster isn’t always better. It’s the oldest story in technology — and perhaps in human existence. In a race to make things faster and better and stronger, we’ve once again stumbled into danger, or flown too close to [Keep reading]
As you stroll by the packed windows of January-effect health clubs, consider this: the first month of the year is a time of good intentions that pave the way to…well, despair, anyway. I’d be willing to bet more than half of those health-seeking treadmill joggers in the window will get [Keep reading]
International travelers returning to the U.S. on New Year’s Day faced massive frustration nationwide as the computer systems operated by Customs and Border Protection failed. Long lines and delays were report from New York To Denver to Miami. The New Year’s Day disruption is oddly similar to one that occurred [Keep reading]
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