"The rideshare giant sent an email to users late Thursday announcing its new “Preferred Currency Pricing,” a feature set to launch on Feb. 27 that will automatically convert the local price to U.S. dollars (or your home currency). But this is Uber, so it's not free: The company will add an automatic 1.5% “currency conversion fee”... Continue Reading →
Back Up Everything
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/business/personal-data-backup-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.kCgC.PqauR-a8U2Dz "But don’t just download your history of paying into Social Security or freeze access to your credit files because of the politics of now. Back up everything important, everywhere you can. Do this at least once a year or so. It’s just good hygiene. Having multiple copies of all of the things that help... Continue Reading →
CA Fair Plan gets 1B bailout; insurance and climate discussion “misleading” (not)
Insurers continue to "not renew" (drop) customers. Homeowners increasingly choose self insurance (no insurance) over paying huge premiums, which are set to increase even more as California Fair Plan will receive $1B from California insurers, half of which can by law be passed onto customers. Warnings of housing price impacts due to rising insurance costs... Continue Reading →
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