Dear Quentin, I would like your advice on giving a hard-money loan to the man I’ve been dating for five years. He pressed me on this issue three years ago. I didn’t do the loan then, and it was a serious issue between us. The term of the loan that he secured with a third… Read More »
Yesterday brought two important pieces of good news on cybersecurity. First is the hire of a White House cybersecurity czar, Chris Inglis. The Washington Post has this to say about his position: Inglis has rejected the idea that his office should be fully in charge of cybersecurity—a responsibility that’s mostly split among his office, U.S.… Read More »
I am a California resident. My husband and I own a 1,800-square-foot home that we bought in 2019 for $1.5 million. We have between 40% and 50% equity in the property due to a large down payment. We live five minutes from our in-laws who have a larger home (around 2,250 square feet) that they… Read More »
Personal loans can be used to pay for anything from unexpected expenses to wedding expenses, with funding as fast as the next business day. (iStock) Personal loans offer fast, lump-sum funding that you repay in fixed monthly installments over a set period of time. If you’re considering borrowing a personal loan to pay off high-interest… Read More »
Manhattan. Photo by Jason Krieger on Unsplash With the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium in late August and New York State’s eviction moratorium on Jan. 15, housing advocates seeking to protect residents’ rights are pushing for the New York State Legislature to pass a law that would stop evictions without “good cause,” prohibit steep… Read More »
The U.S. government is altering how vigorously it enforces a central cybercrime law that security researchers, civil liberty advocates and others have long-argued is overly broad. Under the change to enforcement of the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) — announced Thursday and first reported by Bloomberg — the Department of Justice will amend… Read More »