3 ways to switch Linux distros without losing all your data

Migrating from one distribution to another isn't all that hard… Unless you want to retain all of the data within your home directory (or any directory, for that matter). If you don't do something to ...

How one genome creates two distinct fungal bodies

Creatures that can change from one form to another are a staple of science fiction: Think werewolves and Transformers. Nature, too, has its shapeshifters, such as dimorphic fungi. While scientists ...
This is Money

Families rush to set up trusts to cut inheritance tax: How they work and why the wealthy use them

The number of people using trusts to manage their money is rising, analysis shows. According to a Freedom of Information request by RBC Wealth Management, the Trust Registration Service received a ...
Yahoo Finance

Do siblings need to give their mother their inheritance from their grandparents?

Marcia's mother found the will of her deceased father’s parents and is claiming her and her brother's portion. (Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto) FP Answers: Dear Marcia, these are strange ...
Wall Street Journal

CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story.

Note: Totals might not equal 100 because of rounding. Source: Section survey of 5,000 white-collar workers from companies with 1,000 or more people in the U.S., U.K. and Canada conducted Sept. 26-Nov.
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Asking Eric: I’m ready to use inheritance to make a point about stepson’s attitude; is it worth it?

Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married 31 years. We each have two children of our own. They are all grown. His boys have different mothers; I raised one and helped with the younger one. As soon ...
MoneyWeek

What is a trust – and should you use it to avoid inheritance tax?

Government plans to make inheritance tax due on pensions, plus other changes to IHT rules, have seen a leap in people enquiring about the use of trusts to protect their wealth. So what are trusts, and ...
MarketWatch

We’re 74, retired and have $100K saved. We get $3.4K per month in income, but we still owe $250K on our house. Should we use a $150K inheritance to pay that off?

Question: “We are 74 years old and retired. We have an income of $3,400 a month and we still owe $250,000 on our home with a mortgage rate of 2.5%. We have no credit card debt or car payments and we ...
TechSpot

Windows 11's updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...
AppleInsider

Inside Files - How to manage files like a pro on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro

The Files app has grown a lot since its introduction in iOS 11. While it's not quite Finder on Mac, it's more than enough to get work done. When the Files app first debuted with iOS 11 in 2017, it was ...
MarketWatch

Using ChatGPT for stock-market advice? Here’s how Wall Street pros do it.

People are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence chatbots for financial advice — but getting valuable information out of them depends on how you ask for it. In chatbot parlance, this process ...
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Massachusetts man says he wants to keep his family inheritance from going to his drug-addict brother. Dave Ramsey says he needs to do this 1 thing

David in Massachusetts wrote into The Ramsey Show to get advice on a difficult situation. (1) “My father passed away recently and did not make the will he always planned to create. He owned five ...