Insurance
Your auto insurance may not protect you as well as you think
Auto insurers failed to pay 45% of the liability and medical claims they resolved last year, up from about 35% a decade ago, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
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Insurance
7 ways to keep your car insurer from denying your claim
You car insurance may not cover everything you think it does. This can cause big problems if you have an accident.
Consumer Protection
Warning: Gold bar scam targeting seniors
Pop-up messages claim victims' computers or financial accounts have been compromised.
Money
Is gold a wise investment for smaller investors?
Consumers are constantly bombarded with come-ons for gold investment "opportunities." Some of these are downright fraudulent and the rest are a big, shall we say, optimistic. Here's what the experts tell us.
Consumer Protection
CFPB examiners warned against being 'too aggressive' with the firms they're supposed to regulate
An internal CFPB email obtained by Reuters warned examiners that there could be "most unpleasant" consequences if they were overly aggressive in their dealings with financial institutions.
Consumer Protection
Homeowners got cash with ‘no interest.’ Lawsuit says the real cost was their home equity
A new class-action lawsuit accuses Unison of disguising high-cost mortgage loans as “home equity investments” with no interest or monthly payments.
Consumer Protection
Before you sign a home-equity sharing agreement: 7 numbers to calculate
What does "home equity sharing" really mean? Is it just like a loan?
Recalls
National Safety Recall - August 7
A busy week for recalls, including ladders, compounded injections and scuba regulators.
Health
Could Ozempic-like drugs curb alcohol addiction? VA launches major trial
The Department of Veterans Affairs is launching a large Phase 3 trial of semaglutide as a treatment for alcohol use disorder.
AI/Privacy
Meta ordered to pay $567 million — and change Facebook and Instagram to protect children
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million into programs addressing harms to young people, bringing the company’s liability in the state case to $942 million.
AI/Privacy
Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ are being shown the door over privacy fears
Restaurants, pubs and theaters are beginning to ban Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses
How to spot — and respond to — smart-glasses recording
Camera-equipped glasses can look almost identical to ordinary eyewear, making it difficult to know when someone is taking photographs, recording video or using an AI service to analyze what they see. Look for the recording light Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses display a small white light on the front