Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Personal Finance

Eliminated a Regret and Fulfilled a Childhood Dream for Free

As I watched my kids tear through their Christmas presents, I felt an unexpected twinge of melancholy. I knew the thrill over that one...

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Is Your Spending a Leaky Furnace?

This post is an adaptation of YNAB's fan-favorite newsletter, Loose Change. Sign up for more where this came from.There’s a huge inefficiency at work...

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FinAi’s ‘The Buzz’: Bank and fintech CEOs talk AI Strategy, fraud defense and lending growth

FinAi leadership took to “The Buzz” podcast in 2025 to discuss approaches to AI.  Chief executives from banks and fintechs shared insights on AI strategy, how to combat fraud and opportunities for AI-driven...

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Technology

Samsung’s $200 Galaxy A17 Brings Google’s Circle to Search to Its Lower-Priced Phone

Samsung's $200 Galaxy A17 5G, announced Tuesday, appears to be a smaller hardware refresh for the company's lower-cost phone -- bearing many similarities to...

IEEE Spectrum’s Top Semiconductor Stories of 2025

This year’s top semiconductor stories were mostly about the long and twisting trips a technology takes from idea (or even raw material) to commercial...

Commodore 64 Ultimate Review: An Astonishing Remake

Photograph: Matt KamenBoot up the C64U, and you’re greeted by a re-creation of the C64’s menu. Here, you can type in operation commands just...

What will Zohran Mamdani do as NYC mayor?

If one elected official had a breakout year in 2025, it’s New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. The 34-year-old former state assembly member came...

Ankeny contractor sentenced to prison after gambling away customers’ money

An Ankeny contractor who admitted to blowing customer money on “gambling” and “irresponsible spending” was sentenced on December 18, 2025, to three years in...

Cyber Security

New ErrTraffic service enables ClickFix attacks via fake browser glitches

A new cybercrime tool called ErrTraffic allows threat actors to automate ClickFix attacks by generating 'fake glitches' on compromised websites to lure...

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