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Owen Poole covers today's biggest tech stories, including Google's AI Overview lawsuit. Plus, a touchscreen MacBook is said to be on the way, and Canada's new push to ban social media for teens.
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Broken wearables don't need to be cast off as e-waste. Repairability is here, although it's not yet as widespread as it should be.
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Surfshark, one of the best VPNs around today, recently launched Dausos -- a proprietary, quantum-resistant connection protocol. These protocols are essentially the set of rules that determine how your information is encrypted while you’re online.
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Do you know what a spudger is? I didn't until I was already fingertips deep into performing open-heart surgery on the Google Pixel Watch 4 and realized that the implement — a plastic stick with one pointy end and one flat end — was already in my hand.
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June 17, 2026
Household growth has slowed sharply as economic uncertainty, weak labor markets, and reduced immigration dampen housing demand.
Housing affordability continues to worsen, with nearly half of renters burdened by housing costs and homeowners facing steep increases in taxes and insurance.
Researchers say federal housing assistance remains far short of need, while states and local governments struggle to fill the gap.
For more than a decade, the housing market has been marked by a housing shortage that has increased home prices and created affordability challenges for buyers. But a new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies suggests a shift may be occurring that helps neither buyers nor sellers.
Persistent affordability challenges, economic uncertainty, and weakening demographic trends are putting increasing pressure on the U.S. housing market, the report found.
The center's annual State of the Nation's Housing 2026 report paints a picture of a housing sector facing multiple headwinds, including slower household formation, declining mobility, softening construction activity, and growing financial strain on both renters and homeowners.
Household growth has slowed
Household growth, one of the key drivers of housing demand, slowed for the third consecutive year in 2025, falling to 1.1 million households from an average of two million annually in 2021.
Researchers say many younger Americans are delaying the transition to independent living because of financial pressures.
"Many young adults simply cannot afford to form their own households and are instead doubling up or living with family," said Daniel McCue, senior research associate at the Joint Center for Housing Studies. "For others, deep uncertainty about their financial futures and about the broader economy are causing them to delay major life decisions."
The report also found Americans are moving less frequently than ever. The residential mobility rate fell to a record low 11.2% in 2024, largely because homeowners remain reluctant to give up low mortgage rates secured in recent years. Interstate migration has slowed as well, reducing population growth in traditionally fast-growing states such as Texas and Florida.
At the same time, sharply reduced immigration is expected to further weaken housing demand.
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June 17, 2026
Experian is part of a growing field of subscription-management services that promise to help consumers identify and cancel unwanted recurring charges.
Competitors, including Rocket Money, Hiatus, and Trim, offer similar tools, often pairing subscription cancellation with bill-negotiation services.
Experts say the biggest savings may come from negotiating monthly bills rather than simply canceling forgotten subscriptions.
Its easy to sign up for a subscription and then not use it very much. After a while, those monthly fees start to add up.
To help consumers weed out and eliminate these forgotten subscriptions, a growing number of companies are offering tools designed to help consumers find and cancel recurring charges. Experian is one of the latest major financial services companies to enter the market, adding subscription-management features to its suite of consumer financial products.
The premise is simple: connect a bank account or credit card, identify recurring charges, and make it easier to cancel services consumers no longer want. For households juggling multiple streaming services, software subscriptions, fitness memberships, and other recurring expenses, the appeal is obvious.
But while these tools can save consumers money, experts say the value often depends on what consumers are already paying for and whether they need help managing those expenses.
A crowded marketplace
Experian faces competition from a number of established players in the subscription-management space.
Rocket Money, one of the best-known services, offers subscription tracking, cancellation assistance, budgeting tools and bill negotiation. Hiatus and Trim provide similar services, helping consumers identify recurring charges and negotiate lower rates on services such as internet, cable, and mobile-phone plans.
Other apps, including PocketGuard, focus more heavily on budgeting while still offering subscription-monitoring features. Manual tracking apps such as Bobby and Subby help consumers keep tabs on recurring payments without requiring access to financial accounts.
Where the savings come from
The biggest misconception about subscription-cancellation services may be that they somehow create savings on their own.
In reality, these platforms primarily help consumers stop paying for services they no longer use.
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