February SSDI Payment 2024: More Checks Are Arriving Today

The Social Security Administration is sending out the second round of February Social Security Disability Insurance checks today. Whether your payment comes with today’s round depends on when you started receiving SSDI, as well as your birth date. If you don’t get your payment today, it’ll likely arrive within the next two weeks. Below, we’ve listed the … Read more

Withings’ new multiscope device checks vitals for telehealth visits

Aside from a brief on-again-off-again thing with Nokia, Withings has been quietly establishing itself as a home health powerhouse in recent years. The French company might not have the big-name pull of an Apple or Samsung, but it has been making some expertly crafted devices designed to make vital readings accessible outside the doctor’s office. … Read more

Apple is sending out checks for ‘batterygate’ class action claims

Checks are apparently hitting the bank accounts of people affected by Apple’s decision to slow down iPhones with older batteries back in 2017. MacRumors reported that readers of its site said they’d seen checks deposited to their accounts amounting to $92.17, later updating the story with an embedded post from one of the readers. Indeed, … Read more

T.J. Holmes Reveals He ‘Checks Out’ During Arguments With Amy Robach

T.J. Holmes has opened up about how he deals with arguments in his relationship with Amy Robach, revealing that he tends to “check out” as a way to “work through it.” The former “Good Morning America” anchors were confirmed to have been dating since late last year. They have continued to showcase their love for … Read more

Social Security 2024 COLA Increase: Your Checks Are Getting Bigger Next Year

As a Social Security recipient, you’ll be getting a higher payment starting in 2024. Beneficiaries are getting a 3.2% cost-of-living adjustment increase due to high inflation levels. Also, those who receive SSI will get their first boosted COLA payment this month. Each year, the Social Security Administration determines the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security payments. The COLA is based on the … Read more

Retirees Are Getting a Social Security Raise. Here’s When the Bigger Checks Will Come

If you are currently receiving Social Security benefits, you may be aware that the amount of your benefits check is going to increase next year. A cost-of-living adjustment will be going into effect, which will result in retirees and other Social Security recipients getting more money. But, exactly when will you start to get those … Read more

‘Mob Wives’ Star Renee Graziano Checks into Rehab

“Mob Wives” star Renee Graziano has checked in to a Texas rehab facility following a drug relapse. Renee’s manager, Chris Giovanni, tells TMZ … she called him Monday from the treatment center, where she was accompanied by a counselor and only had 10 minutes to talk. He says Renee told him she overdosed back in … Read more

Blue checks aren’t protecting sex workers from X’s porn crackdown

When X (formerly Twitter) launched paid subscription verification, Mistress Rouge, a professional dominatrix, hoped that it would help her advertise to new clients. But paying for the service didn’t protect her from X’s crackdown on explicit content, which is a particularly hard blow for sex workers on the platform who have few options to promote … Read more

Meta says it’s prioritizing livestreaming checks during Israel-Hamas war

Following a content moderation warning from European Union regulators earlier this week, Meta has published an overview of how its responding to risks on its social media platforms stemming from the Israel-Hamas war. Its blog post covers what it frames as “ongoing efforts”, with some existing policies and tools for users rehashed. But the company … Read more