The Social Security Administration is switching financial providers from Comerica Bank to Fifth Third Bank. That change affects 3.6 million people who use Direct Express cards for benefit payments.

Direct Express cards are issued by the government to recipients of federal benefits. They are primarily used by people receiving Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Veterans ...

Criminals are inserting screws in gas pump nozzle holders to keep transactions open after customers drive off, allowing the criminals to get free fuel. In May 2026, social media users, news media ...

Whenever you use AI as a research assistant, subject-matter expert, or souped-up search engine, you need to grapple with the risk of hallucination—AI’s tendency to make up its own facts. Your first ...

If you regularly share your iPhone's data connection with your laptop or iPad, or let family members piggyback on your device's data, you'll be glad to learn that Apple recently made it a lot easier ...

Still waiting for your 2025 income tax refund from the Internal Revenue Service? The IRS processed roughly 78 million income tax returns as of mid-March, and if you are among the millions whom filed ...

President Donald Trump is pushing for new restrictions on mail-in voting. To sell his proposal, he is telling lies. Trump has been making false claims about mail-in voting since the 2020 campaign that ...

With the iOS 26.4 RC released earlier today, Apple solved one of the longest-standing limitations of Family Sharing. Here’s what’s new. Family Sharing gets a long-needed billing fix in iOS 26.4 One of ...

Last month, Discord quickly backpedaled after it announced that an age-verification system would roll out globally. Discord’s reversal followed a widespread user backlash, which also intensified ...

AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets. AI chatbot ‘Patty’ is going to live inside employees’ headsets. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, ...

Melissa Sarnowski has been a game writer for over two years. While she's willing to dig into any game for an article, she heavily focuses on The Legend of Zelda, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, and The ...

Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...