Social Security provides benefits to over 71 million Americans, including retirees, veterans, and dependents. Benefits are initially calculated based on a worker’s earnings history. However, to prevent these payments from losing value over time, annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) were created by law in 1973 and took effect in 1975. The COLA varies each year. For […]
Apple’s latest iPhone software update, iOS 18, comes out today and includes a new app: Passwords. For the first time, Apple is taking your phone’s ability to store login credentials and integrating it into a standalone app. This could help improve the terrible passwords of millions of people. After years of being told to create […]
Social Security COLA rises with increasing inflation pressure A look at Social Security’s adjustments for inflation, including the increase in the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to 3% for 2025 and the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). A cooling of inflation is likely to lead to a modest adjustment in the cost of living for […]
CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — Bishop England and Philip Simmons will play their rival football game on Friday without fans in the stands, Bishop England Principal Mary Anne Tucker announced in a statement on the school’s athletic website. The decision to play the game behind closed doors was due to concerns about social media posts across […]
Members of the opposition CDU attended a summit with coalition leaders on Tuesday whose stated aim was to reach a cross-party agreement on stricter border measures. But CDU politicians broke off talks when it became clear that the coalition government was not prepared to go far enough, as they put it. “The federal government is […]
Personal data of millions of Americans hacked in data theft Millions of social security numbers were hacked after a massive data theft. Here’s how you can protect yourself. This year, nearly 68 million American retirees, veterans and dependents rely on Social Security benefits each month to make ends meet. For nearly 30% of Americans, these […]
The social media accounts of two of Canada’s most vocal far-right pundits have gone unusually quiet after U.S. authorities accused them of participating in a covert Russian propaganda campaign. On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice has published an indictment against two Russian citizens who are accused of having founded a conservative media company as […]
Personal data of millions of Americans hacked in data theft Millions of social security numbers were hacked after a massive data theft. Here’s how you can protect yourself. Some Social Security recipients may have noticed something unusual in this monthly schedule: There is no SSI payment scheduled for the month of September. The slight change […]
Social Security COLA rises with increasing inflation pressure A look at Social Security’s adjustments for inflation, including the increase in the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to 3% for 2025 and the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Every year, millions of Americans who rely on Social Security benefits wait for news about the annual cost-of-living […]
(WO) – OPITO has introduced a new standard to ensure greater competence and safety around helipads, benefiting offshore workers worldwide who rely on safe transfers to energy facilities on the open sea. The new Helicopter Administrator Workplace Competency Assessment Standard is consistent with the best practices and requirements for helicopter administrators as set […]
