Here’s how to can avoid land mines in fixed income

Reuters/Enrique Marcarian In  the  same  way  that  minefields  carry  the  hidden  dangers  of  landmines,  portfolios  that  use  a  passive  approach can expose investors to hidden dangers and costs. This is especially true when it comes to investing in global bonds. There are four important considerations to bear in mind when evaluating passive strategies: 1. Hugging […]

Google says it’s already fixed many exploits from WikiLeaks’ CIA document dump

Google has fixed many of the vulnerabilities in its Chrome and Android platforms identified in yesterday’s WikiLeaks dump of CIA documents, the company said today. In a statement provided to Recode by Heather Adkins —Google’s Director of Information Security and Privacy — Google said that it was “confident that security updates and protections in both […]

After 10 years, this significant Team Fortress 2 bug has been fixed

This video shows the now-patched bug that caused character hitboxes to sometimes go significantly out of sync with character models in Team Fortress 2 These days, we’re all used to games getting important post-launch patches that fix bugs and change gameplay balance issues that were present in the initial release. Usually, though, it doesn’t take […]

There are more than 63 million recalled vehicles in America that haven't been fixed

According to Carfax, there are more than 63 million vehicles currently on American roads that are subject to a recall but have not yet been fixed. That’s 34 percent more potentially dangerous vehicles than last year, and it means one out of every four vehicles has an open recall. Nearly a third of registered vehicles […]