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30-Year TIPS Reopening Yields 2.973% Real Return, Highest Since 2001
investing3 days ago

30-Year TIPS Reopening Yields 2.973% Real Return, Highest Since 2001

The Treasury reopened a 30-year TIPS, delivering a real yield to maturity of 2.973%—the highest for the term since 2001—after Treasury buybacks of long-term Treasuries briefly pushed yields lower before rebounding. The issue priced at 88.317, implying a $9,101.51 cost for a $10,000 par with an inflation index around 1.0306 and a 2.375% coupon; the 30-year inflation breakeven rate sits near 2.26%, suggesting long-run inflation protection. Investors see a near-zero real-risk return if held to maturity, though concerns about market manipulation and reinvestment risk temper the allure.

via https://tipswatch.com/|
#inflation#investing#real-yield
Master Mortal Shell 2: 12 Practical Tips to Start Strong
tips-and-guides6 days ago

Master Mortal Shell 2: 12 Practical Tips to Start Strong

This Kotaku guide bundles 12 practical tips for Mortal Shell 2, from enabling auto-pickup for coins and choosing shells early (Tiel and Proxima) to managing finite Glimpses, using consumables as passives, and leveraging beacons, Sheephead Totem, Slayer Seal for easy mode, and Night mode for tougher play; it also highlights Tarstones, weapon drops, and a strong early grinding spot to level up.

via Kotaku|
#gameplay#guides#mortal-shell-2
Unlocking YouTube Music: Five Hidden Tricks to Level Up Your Listening
technology7 days ago

Unlocking YouTube Music: Five Hidden Tricks to Level Up Your Listening

The article reveals five lesser-known YouTube Music features to enhance use: sharing songs with exact timestamps, sharing lyric snippets (note: lyrics view is paywalled for free accounts), using Sound Search to hum or sing a tune to identify songs, transferring Spotify playlists to YouTube Music via TuneMyMusic (Premium users) and other services, and searching with emojis to find songs.

via bgr.com|
#hidden-features#playlist-transfer#sound-search
Kickstart Your Fields of Mistria Life: Essential Early-Game Tips
games14 days ago

Kickstart Your Fields of Mistria Life: Essential Early-Game Tips

Essential starter tips for Fields of Mistria: upgrade your bag with a Basic Pouch to gain 10 extra slots, avoid pointless selling by saving crafting materials and using the Lost & Found later, talk to every NPC to quickly raise affection, remember you can jump (and swim) to reach hidden areas, enjoy a free bowl of soup at the Inn each day for small health/stamina boosts, check item descriptions for possible museum donations, focus on raising town rank via daily quests, craft storage chests and keep crafting materials for seasonal needs, upgrade your starting sword early, and explore fishing and ranching when ready—most importantly, take your time and enjoy the game’s relaxed pace.

via Kotaku|
#farming#fields-of-mistria#games
Beast of Reincarnation: Early Survival Tips for the Soulslike
tips-and-guides20 days ago

Beast of Reincarnation: Early Survival Tips for the Soulslike

Beast of Reincarnation is a tough Soulslike from Game Freak, and this guide covers essential early tips: enable English voice in the main menu for clearer dialogue, don’t rely on Koo to carry you (he can handle himself), Emma can’t swim so plan routes over land, unlock the Dodge Roll upgrade to escape tight hit windows, scout campsites before major bosses to save and upgrade, don’t look up at the crescent moon, rest at walkers to resupply and hear companion conversations, watch wild fights to avoid being overwhelmed, use Emma’s hair to reach high ground and reposition for attacks, and if you’re still struggling you can drop to Story difficulty (lower damage, but you still need parry/dodge and to exploit enemy weaknesses).

via Kotaku|
#beast-of-reincarnation#boss-fights#gamefreak
Sea-Leg Mastery: Essential Splatoon Raiders Tips
games1 month ago

Sea-Leg Mastery: Essential Splatoon Raiders Tips

Splatoon Raiders has launched on Nintendo Switch 2; this guide recommends embracing gyro aiming, ink the ground around you to move faster and refill, use gadgets constantly, seek out hidden spots with Bot Hop to reach high or distant areas, enable Color Lock for easier ink distinction, replay missions for new rewards and upgrades, experiment with different weapons and ink tanks, and team up in co-op to share rewards and scale loot.

via Kotaku|
#co-op#games#nintendo-switch-2
Sneak Past Hunters in Pokémon Pokopia: Zorua’s Hide-and-Sneak Contest Comes to Play
gaming1 month ago

Sneak Past Hunters in Pokémon Pokopia: Zorua’s Hide-and-Sneak Contest Comes to Play

Eurogamer’s guide explains Zorua’s Hide-and-Sneak Contest in Pokémon Pokopia from July 19–27. To start, speak to Zorua outside a rebuilt Pokémon Center and ensure you have at least one complete habitat. You have three minutes to reach the Center PC without being spotted by Zorua or other hunting Pokémon; use camouflage, stay in cover, and enable rumble to hear sightings. If spotted, you’ll get a second chance from a new route. Faster runs unlock better rewards, including items and a trophy.

via Eurogamer.net|
#event#gaming#guide
Level Up Your ChatGPT Prompts with 28 Practical Tweaks
technology2 months ago

Level Up Your ChatGPT Prompts with 28 Practical Tweaks

WIRED’s guide outlines 28 practical ways to get better results from ChatGPT, ranging from asking the bot to critique ideas like a curious 10-year-old, using your phone’s camera in prompts, and applying the 80-20 rule, to personalizing the assistant, producing playlists, requesting outputs in tables or ASCII art, prompting for role-plays or different audiences, and even crafting prompts for other AI engines. The piece emphasizes prompt engineering as a skill that can yield more precise, creative, and useful responses by adding context, constraints, and step-by-step guidance.

via WIRED|
#ai#chatgpt#productivity
Practical Starter Tips for The Adventures of Elliot: Millennium Tales
games2 months ago

Practical Starter Tips for The Adventures of Elliot: Millennium Tales

Kotaku’s spoiler-light tips guide for The Adventures of Elliot: Millennium Tales covers practical early-game advice: turn down chatter in partner dialogue, upgrade and optimally use Magicite, try different weapons (not just the sword), you don’t have to fight every enemy, complete sidequests early for valuable rewards, revisit towns and NPCs if you’re stuck, tackle the Water Temple in the Age of Reconstruction for key items, and remember there are multiple endings—don’t stress about missing them as you explore the adventure.

via Kotaku|
#action-rpg#adventures-of-elliot#games
Mind-Blowing iPhone Tricks You Probably Didn’t Know
technology2 months ago

Mind-Blowing iPhone Tricks You Probably Didn’t Know

BuzzFeed’s roundup of 22 hidden iPhone tricks covers a wide range of practical hacks—from enabling Ultra Dark Mode via Accessibility Shortcuts (Reduce White Point) and using Calculator’s conversion tool, to autofill by scanning text with the camera, metal-detect via the magnetometer, AirPods Live Listen, Guided Access to lock apps, and more. Other tips include using Back Tap for quick actions, Translate with the camera for real-time text translation, turning your phone into a hotspot, Motion Cues to ease motion sickness, batch-editing photos by applying edits across multiple shots, searching photos by phrases, remote control capabilities for TVs, and printing to PDF or saving recipes as PDFs. The list showcases how everyday functions can become noticeably more convenient or even “magical” with a few tucked-away settings.

via BuzzFeed|
#accessibility#gadgets#hidden-features
Master Lego Batman’s Gotham with 16 Essential Tips
games3 months ago

Master Lego Batman’s Gotham with 16 Essential Tips

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is an open-world, largely chill title. Start with story missions to unlock characters, tools, and gold bricks to upgrade your skills, then explore freely. Use Detective Mode often to highlight puzzles and interactables, unlock Batman’s grapple slam to deal with shielded foes, and improve Jim Gordon’s bouncing projectile for AR combat. Check the map for activities you can complete before you’ve unlocked all characters, use Batgirl to reveal map icons, and drive the Batmobile to rack up studs. Revisit the Batcave/Batcomputer to replay missions and claim rewards, and don’t miss purple studs (which multiply) for big boosts. You can also upgrade gadgets at Batmite shops and turn off stud loss on death in accessibility settings for a smoother ride.

via Kotaku|
#games#guides#lego-batman