Money & Wealth 4 min read
2 Builds, 1 Vault: The License Trap
Bitwarden's next release ships two builds of the same vault, and the version you install from an app store is no longer the free one.
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15 dispatches most recent Oct 31, 2026
Major Purchases & Assets 6 min read
Your Screen Gap: $999 vs $99
Apple charges $999 to fix the inner screen on the iPhone Duo, because that display is a glued stack of layers rather than a part a shop can lift out and swap.
Money & Wealth 6 min read
Your Buyback Gap: $39.8B to $0
Alphabet spent $51.4 billion on equipment last quarter, mostly to buy computing power for artificial intelligence.
Career & AI Resilience 6 min read
Why One Share Outvotes 5,300 Staff
Anthropic filed papers on 26 October for its initial public offering (IPO). Those papers build a separate share class for its 5,300 staff that holds no claim…
Money & Wealth 6 min read
Your LLC Bill: 75% Until 2028
A UK resident who owns a US limited liability company (LLC) can be taxed twice on the same profits, and the government's own papers put the effective rate as…
Money & Wealth 5 min read
Your Home Server's 45-Day Patch Gap
Plex told home server owners to update on 2026-09-01. Public attack code for the same flaws landed 45 days later, on 2026-10-16.
Major Purchases & Assets 5 min read
Your Cheap Part, a $599 Bill
Apple asks $99 to swap a dead Watch battery, but bills $599 for any other service on a cellular Series 12. A new aluminum watch costs $399, so one…
Money & Wealth 5 min read
Why Your Swap Died at 25%
The tax-free swap died on September 28, when the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled that moving low-basis stock into a new fund and passing it to a broker…
Career & AI Resilience 6 min read
Your 26-Week Cliff Kills 4 Years
Oracle added $700 million to a layoff plan on 11 September 2026, and 19 days later ElevenLabs closed a $300 million employee tender that let staff sell…
Money & Wealth 5 min read
Your $350,000 Passport Isn't Europe
Argentina will now sell you a passport for $350,000. That cash buys a new nationality, but it does not buy you a home in Europe.
Money & Wealth 5 min read
Pi 5 Jumps $12.50: Older Kit Is Your Cheap Upgrade
The 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 jumps to $77.50 today, a $12.50 rise that breaks the cheap math of running an always-on box at home.
Career & AI Resilience 7 min read
Your IPO Payday: A 47.7% Tax Bill
Your equity payday at an initial public offering (IPO) is mostly a tax bill. One filing this month put a 47.7% number on it.
Money & Wealth 4 min read
Why Home Assistant Renamed Its Cloud
The maker of Home Assistant announced a rename of its paid remote service, effective December 2. Home Assistant Cloud becomes Home Assistant Link.
Career & AI Resilience 5 min read
SpaceX's Staggered Lockup: Six Windows, Not One
SpaceX workers get their next chance to sell today as 328.4 million shares — about 7% of the locked stock — open for trading.
Money & Wealth 5 min read
Disney+ and Hulu Just Raised Prices 13% — Right After Doubling Profits
On Sept. 23, Disney+ and Hulu pushed their ad-free streaming plans up 13 percent to $21.49 a month. This marks the fourth price hike in four years.