What to Know About Biden's Student Loan Relief Plan Now That Interest Has Resumed

Like REPAYE, the SAVE plan is an income-driven repayment plan, based on salary and family size. If you aren’t already enrolled,a beta applicationfor the SAVE plan is available. Unlike the HEROES Act, the HEA isn’t dependent on a national emergency. But it’ll be a longer process, as it requires public hearings and a feedback period. And it’ll likely face a new set of legal challenges that could even come before the Supreme Court....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 88 words · Karen Silva

What You Need to Know Before 'Invincible' Season 3 Premiers on Thursday

“We can be the good guys, or we can be the guys that save the world. We can’t be both.” So says Cecil to his team in theseason 3 trailerfor Invincible. What does the season 3 trailer hint will happen next? Sinclair – a sign that the tension between Mark and Cecil is about to reach a breaking point. ThePrime Videoshow is an adaptation of the Invincible comic series by Robert Kirkman....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Ryan Clark

What's a Good Credit Card APR?

Yourcredit scoreand credit history ultimately determine where your specific APR falls within a credit card’s set range. Regardless of your specific interest rate, carrying a balance will cost you. We break it all down below. What is a good credit card APR? Theaverage APR on a credit cardis over 20%. The purchase APR applies to your balance that’s carried into the next billing cycle. Penalty APR:Penalty APRs typically apply tolate payments....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 127 words · Theresa Norris

What's Happening to the Department of Education? How It Can and Can't be Abolished

What does the Department of Education do? Those decisions happen at state and local levels. The closest it comes to influencing what’s taught at schools is advocating for some reforms or practices. Can Trump abolish the Department of Education? As far as most legal and political experts are concerned right now: No, he definitely can’t. What happens if the Department of Education is abolished? In the past, closed federal departments usually had their authority given to other entities....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Lisa Johnson

WhatsApp Adds Message Filters to Make Itself More Usable

The free update should be available to all users “in the coming weeks,” the company added. The app, which counts more than2 billion users worldwide, started as an SMS alternative for many people. Facebookpurchased WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion. Metasued surveillance firm NSO Groupin 2019 over alleged WhatsApp hacks. Less than a year later, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’phone was hackedthrough a WhatsApp message. WhatsApp has been criticized over the years for being hard to use, particularly whenadding contactsorswitching phones....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Tara Steele

WhatsApp launches View Once photos and videos that disappear

WhatsApp wants in on ephemeral content. Like personal messages, View Once media is protected by end-to-end encryption, WhatsApp says. Photos and videos sent using this feature will have a “one-time” icon to signify they’ll disappear. And if a recipient reports View Once media, it’ll be given to the company. You’ll be able to see if recipients opened photos or videos only if their read receipts are on. If media isn’t opened within 14 days, it’ll expire....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Dr. Phillip Banks

When to Expect Your T-Mobile Data Breach Settlement Check

It’s been years sinceT-Mobile customersfiled for a part of thewireless carrier’s 2022 class-action settlement. But this month, those who qualify should start receiving their payouts. It remains the second-largest data breach settlement in US history, following Equifax’s$700 million settlementin 2019. How much will you get? It’s all over except for the distribution of the checks. Those who lived in California at the time of the data breach are eligible for $100....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 99 words · Sarah Hampton

When Will 'Ant-Man: Quantumania' Stream on Disney Plus? Not Soon, Sorry

After social distancing pushed a wave of big-budget movies straight to streaming, theatrical exclusives are the norm again. Now, though, streaming release dates are all over the map. And for the biggest films, like Marvel’s, the waits are stretching out longer. When isAnt-Man: Quantumania’s streaming release date on Disney Plus? It’s anybody’s guess, but it probably won’t be quick. Doctor Strange took 47 days to reach Disney Plus. Thor hit Disney Plus 62 days after its theatrical release....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Megan Smith

Where Are the Qi2 Android Phones?

Samsung’s newZ Flip 6andZ Fold 6are seemingly by all accounts impressive pieces of hardware. They are the South Korean giant’s most refined foldable phones to date. The next version of wireless charging,Qi2 was first publicly announced in early 2023. The new standard supports faster charging speeds and can utilize the “Magnetic Power Profile.” But the bigger benefit of the new standard is in the magnets. Qi2 accessories have been on the market since last year’s holiday season....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 101 words · Erin Kirby

Where to Stream Midnights: Taylor Swift's New Album and 7 Surprise Songs Out Now

Have you been keeping a close eye on the time? It’s experimental, sophisticated and unlike anything she’s put out before, while still being indubitably Swiftian. Midnights by Taylor Swift Stream and buy the new album now. Midnights 3 a.m. before the album dropped. This isn’t the case with Midnights. The first of these videos is for track three, Anti-Hero, and it’s available to watch now. Lyric videos for all tracks will follow later today at 8 p....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · William Cabrera

Which States Can See the Northern Lights Tonight?

Those states include: Residents of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire might get lucky tonight as well. The solar flare that launched it was measured as an M3-class flare, which is on the weaker side. You mayeven see a meteor from a meteor shower. That flare caused some radio frequency issues but didn’t result in a more active aurora borealis. If that flare had hit the Earth right, it would’ve driven the aurora borealis much farther south....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Peter Santos PhD

White House outlines plan to protect Americans against omicron variant this winter

The plan includes expanding free at-home COVID testing and providing more vaccines for kids to keep schools open. It also includes more access to COVID-19 boosters for all adults, including at pharmacies through December. All travelers arriving to the US from overseas must test within one day of their departure, Biden added. Read more The new omicron variant wasconfirmed in the USon Wednesday. Multiple studies demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective inpreventing severe illness and deathfrom the virus....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Melissa Thomas

Who Knew the Northern Lights Had a Season? We're In It Right Now

Aurora borealis is one of the coolest astronomical events that we can see with the naked eye. It makes the sky glow beautiful colors, and auroras are just random enough to be exciting occurrences. The spring equinox is one of those times, and we’re just entered into it. Hathaway’s data is the latest, but it’s not the first. Why does aurora borealis have seasons? The key to the whole thing seems to be how equinoxes work....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 106 words · Dakota Stephens