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YNAB is a personal finance and budgeting platform designed to help you manage your money by giving every dollar a job. The acronym stands for "You Need a Budget", and it works like a digital envelope system: You put funds into different categories based on your spending priorities. If you're newer to this type of budgeting, there can be a learning curve, but there are plenty of useful tips and tricks to get the most out of YNAB's philosophy and features. Assign a small amount into future month to view underfunded categories By default, YNAB shows your budget only one month ahead of the current month. But as soon as you assign money into the next month, it'll unlock the month after that. This allows you to see targets and any underfunded amounts going into the future, so you can better plan...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Amazon's October Prime Day is nearly here, and with it comes a surge of discounts and savings. While Amazon wants you to think each and every deal you come across is worth your time and attention, the truth is that few of these deals are actually that great.All the chaos overwhelms even the most seasoned online shopper, making it hard to know if you’re really saving money at all. But there’s one category that will undoubtedly stand out on October Prime Day by design: tech made by Amazon itself. That means items like Fire tablets, Fire TV Cubes, and anything else specifically made by Amazon.For typical tech sales, most retailers want you to buy whatever they can convince you to plunk down money for, be it an iPhone or a...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Spotlight is the gateway to everything on my iPhone. From looking up contacts to toggling obscure features, I use Spotlight every day to get things done. But while many of us use it, I don't think most use Spotlight to its fullest potential. Yes, it's a way to search for things on your iPhone, but it's also a "launcher" for automations, a calculator, a currency converter, and a way to run tasks inside your favorite apps. If you have an iPhone, these are 10 Spotlight search hacks you should know. Bypass the Clock app to set timers, alarms, or to use the stopwatchThe Clock app lets you set timers, alarms, and set a stopwatch, too. Normally, you'd launch the Clock app to access all those features on your iPhone, but Spotl...

For Lioness, TV superproducer Taylor Sheridan teamed up Oscar winner Zoe Saldaña for an action spy thriller—and it's not at all surprising that the show's a hit. Saldaña stars as Joe McNamara, a CIA senior case officer in charge of a program that deals almost exclusively in recruiting women as undercover operatives. Having just completed season three, the show is on track for a renewal...if the producers can lock down Saldaña and company. While we eagerly await word, enjoy these other thrillers with distinctive takes on crime and spycraft. Some with men!Black Doves (2024– ) Keira Knightley stars as Helen Webb in this genre-bender, wife of the Secretary of State for Defense of the UK—and also a secret spy in the employ of the Black Doves mercenary spy organization of the title. She learns...