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News – Kaspersky official blog The Official Blog from Kaspersky covers information to help protect you against viruses, spyware, hackers, spam & other forms of malware. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:24:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 News – Kaspersky official blog 32 32 How to protect your data after a breakup | Kaspersky official blog /breakup-digital-hygiene/56149/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:45:21 +0000 /?p=56149 A breakup is a major upheaval — the kind that turns life upside down. The familiar order of things, where two people shared the same interests, moments, and often even the same physical space, collapses in an instant, leaving each of you in a world of your own. Besides that, couples are connected not just in real life, but digitally too. Shared subscriptions, saved addresses and passwords, access to joint cloud storage — all of that used to be woven into your day-to-day life. Moving on emotionally can take a long time, sure, but there are steps you can take right now that will tighten up your security — even if they won’t help you get over your ex. Here’s what you need to check after a breakup, which services to disconnect, and why you should do it even if the split was amicable. Digital hygiene: your insurance policy Cutting off your ex’s access to your online accounts isn’t paranoia — it’s looking out for your own security. A breakup doesn’t automatically sever your digital ties: any access you granted each other during the relationship stays active until someone manually shuts it down. Most of the time, nobody’s plotting to actually exploit it, yet it can still lead to anything from awkward moments to a genuine risk of being tracked. Take Aleta Dignard-Fung, of Las Vegas, who told NPR that after breaking up with her boyfriend, it didn’t immediately occur to her that he still knew her Spotify password. One day, in the shower with music playing, she noticed her playlist suddenly switch. Her ex had logged in from another device and started playing his own chosen tracks. “It was just kind of like the Spotify wars, and we’d just spend like 10 minutes trying to override each other’s songs,” she admitted. But the fallout isn’t always this lighthearted. Relationship coach Susan Winter shared a case from her own practice in that same interview. One of her clients simply couldn’t let go of his ex-girlfriend after their breakup. The two had shared an OpenTable account — the restaurant reservation service — and she’d never revoked his access. He started tracking her bookings: where she was going, what time, how many people. That’s how he kept tabs on whether someone new had entered her life. These two stories, while showing very different behavior from the exes involved, both trace back to the same root cause: accounts that were never properly locked down. In the former case, it led to an awkward moment. In the latter, it led to anxiety and a real sense of being watched. To make sure neither scenario happens to you, it’s worth running through a quick checklist. Terminate your partner’s sessions In the settings for your social media, messaging apps, email, and other key services, pull up the list of active sessions and log out everything except your current devices. Change your passwords Update the passwords to any key accounts your partner might have known — say, if you used a meaningful date as your password. If you reused the same password across multiple services, change it everywhere. While you’re at it, review your security questions and your backup email or phone number for account recovery — neither should still be tied to your ex. To skip the hassle of memorizing new credentials while still leveling up your security, we recommend using a password manager — it’ll generate a unique, strong password for every account, and save and sync it across all your devices; the only thing you need to remember is a single main password. Check two-factor authentication and trusted devices Make sure verification codes only go to your own device. Remove your partner’s devices from your trusted list — you can do this in your Apple and Google account settings. Split up your shared Apple/Google accounts If you shared an Apple or Google account, sign out of that. Turn off Family Sharing, iCloud, and backups. Check your shared photo albums too — anything that lands there automatically is visible to your ex as well. Review your subscriptions If you shared subscriptions — streaming services, family plans, that kind of thing — cancel them or set up new ones and link your own card. Check your bank cards If your ex’s card is linked to a marketplace, delivery app, or rideshare service account you own, remove it from your saved payment methods. If your card is linked to their account and you no longer have access to it, the safest move is to just get your card reissued. Revoke smart home access Cut off your ex’s access to cameras, video doorbells, GPS trackers, and smart speakers. If the devices were on a shared account, change the password or move them over to your own personal account. Review your privacy settings Check the privacy settings across your accounts on various services and social media using our free online tool, Privacy Checker. It walks you through a privacy configuration tailored to your operating system, platform, and even your browser. If you notice signs of stalking Reach out to advocacy or legal aid organizations — they can help you map out the best course of action. It’s also worth leaning on family and close friends who can support you through a tough situation. On Android devices, you can use our security suite with the Who’s Spying on Me feature. It’s designed to help you detect tracking and stalking so you can take the right steps to protect yourself. The feature includes: Stalkerware Detection. Flags apps designed to secretly monitor your life and collect data you’d never want shared with anyone else. Device Scanner. Finds planted trackers that let someone follow your movements and always know where you are. Permissions Control. Shows which apps have access to permissions that could make it easier for someone to spy on you or compromise your privacy. What can actually help — and what might make things worse — during this difficult time? Check out our other posts: Love, AI & robots What happens in the bedroom stays in the bedroom How chatting with a bot can lead to tragedy AI and the new reality of sextortion Digital detox: How to take a safe break from screens Subscription security: how to protect your account, your wallet… and your sanity ]]> full large medium thumbnail How to protect yourself from Google Forms scams | Kaspersky official blog /google-forms-scam/53909/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:59:31 +0000 /?p=53909 You’ve probably filled out a Google Forms survey at least once — likely signing up for an event, taking a poll, or gathering someone else’s contacts. No wonder you did — this is a convenient and easy-to-use service backed by a tech giant. This simplicity and trust have become the perfect cover for a new wave of online scams. Fraudsters have figured out how to use Google Forms to hide their schemes, luring victims with promises of free cryptocurrency. And all the victim has to do to fall into the trap is click a link. Free crypto is only in a scammer’s trap Just like parents tell their kids not to take candy from strangers, we recommend being cautious about offers that seem too good to be true. Today’s story is exactly about that. Our researchers have uncovered a new wave of scam attacks exploiting Google Forms. Scammers use this Google service to send potential victims emails offering free cryptocurrency. “The transaction for the transfer has been verified” As is often the case, the scam is wrapped in a flashy, tempting package: victims are lured with promises of cashing out a large sum of cryptocurrency. But before you can get your payout, the scammers ask you to pay a fee — though not right away. First, you have to click a link in the email, land on a fake website, and enter your crypto wallet details and your email address (a nice bonus for the scammers). And just like that, you wave goodbye to your money. The scammers are counting on victims finding an offer of 1.275 BTC too hard to resist If we take a closer look at these emails, we’ll see that they don’t exactly win any awards for looking legit. That’s because, while Google Forms is a free tool that allows anyone, including scammers, to create professional-looking emails, these emails have a very specific look that’s pretty hard to pass off as a real crypto platform notification. So why do scammers use Google Forms? Because this allows the message to slip through email filters, and there’s a good reason for that. Email messages like these are sent from Google’s own mail servers and include links to the domain forms.gle. The links look legit to spam filters, so there’s a good chance these messages will make it into your inbox. This is how scammers exploit the good reputation of this online service. Google Forms scams are on the rise. According to some experts, the number of these scams increased by 63% in 2024 and likely continues to grow in 2025. That means one thing: you need to share this post right now with your loved ones who are just starting to explore the internet. Tell them about the most common types of scams today and how to protect themselves. Protecting yourself from Google Forms scams The easiest and most effective approach is to rely on a trusted security tool that alerts you whenever you try to visit a phishing website. What are some other things you can do? Avoid following links in emails you weren’t expecting. Chances are, there’s nothing good behind them. Avoid entering your personal information on suspicious websites. If your curiosity gets the better of you and you do click a link in an email, be absolutely sure not to enter any payment or personal information. Remember the free lunch. Alert: there is no such thing. Watch out for offers promising payments or prizes — especially if they ask you to pay a commission upfront. Learn how other types of scams operate and share the news of the latest threats with your loved ones. If you’ve grown tired of all the Google Forms scams, you can set up a filter for the phrase “Create your own Google Form” in your email client. Every single Google Forms email contains that phrase, so the filter will move any messages with the text right to the spam folder. The problem with this approach is that you might miss legitimate emails from Google Forms. Here’s how to block these emails in Gmail and Outlook. Read about other tricks that scammers have up their sleeves: Turnkey phishing You’re in for a big payout again Lessons from the Bybit hack: how to store crypto safely You found a seed phrase from someone else’s cryptowallet: what could go wrong? You’ve been sent a “gift” — a Telegram Premium subscription ]]> full large medium thumbnail SparkKitty: a new stealer in the App Store and Google Play | Kaspersky official blog /ios-android-stealer-sparkkitty/53675/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:02:43 +0000 /?p=53675 Your snapshots are, quite literally, the keys to your private life. Your gallery holds your future plans, financial secrets, cat pictures, and sometimes even things you’d never share with anyone. But how often do you truly think about protecting those images? We hope that ever since you heard about the SparkCat cross-platform stealer, you’ve been pondering it more often than usual. Now we’ve discovered that Trojan’s little sibling, which we’ve affectionately named SparkKitty. But don’t let the cute name fool you — behind it lies a spy that, like its older brother, aims to steal photos from its victims’ smartphones. What makes this threat unique, and why should both Android and iPhone users prick up their ears? How SparkKitty makes its way onto devices The stealer spreads in two ways: (i) in the wild — that is, across the untamed parts of the internet; and (ii) through official app stores like the App Store and Google Play. Let’s break this down. Official app stores In Apple’s App Store, the malware was lurking inside the 币coin app — designed for tracking cryptocurrency rates and trading signals. We’re not sure exactly how this suspicious spy activity ended up in the app. It’s possible there was a supply-chain compromise, and the developers themselves weren’t aware of SparkKitty until we notified them. But there’s also a second possibility: the developers deliberately embedded the stealer into the app. Regardless, this is the second time we’ve seen a Trojan sneak into the App Store, and we’ve alerted Apple about it. SparkCat was the first instance. Infected application in the App Store It’s a different story with Google Play: malicious apps pop up on a regular basis, and we frequently cover these threats on Kaspersky Daily. This time, we detected malicious activity in a messaging app that includes crypto-exchange features. This is a popular app that’s been installed more than 10 000 times, and was removed from Google Play at the time of the study. Suspicious links in the wild That said, the attackers have been much more creative this time in spreading the malware out in the wild. Once, during a routine review of suspicious links (we click them so you don’t have to!) our experts uncovered several similar pages distributing a TikTok mod for Android. One of the main things this mod did was call additional code. “That looks suspicious”, we thought. And we were right. The code contained links displayed as buttons within the app, all directing users to an online store called TikToki Mall, which sold a variety of items. Unfortunately, we couldn’t determine if the store was legitimate or just a big trap — but one interesting fact stood out: TikToki Mall accepts cryptocurrency payments, and you need an invitation code to sign up and pay for any item. We didn’t find any further suspicious activity at this stage, and no traces of SparkKitty or other malware. So we decided to take a different approach and see what happened when we tapped these same suspicious links from an iPhone. This led us to a page that vaguely resembled the App Store, which immediately prompted us to download the “TikTok app”. iOS doesn’t allow users to download and run applications from third-party sources. However, Apple provides so-called provisioning profiles to every member of the Apple Developer Program. These allow installing custom applications not available in the App Store on user devices, such as beta versions or apps developed for internal corporate use. Attackers exploit these profiles to distribute apps that contain malware. The installation process differed slightly from the usual procedure. Typically, in the App Store, you only need to tap Install once, but in this case, installing the fake TikTok required additional steps: downloading and installing a developer provisioning profile. Installing an app from an unknown source on an iPhone Naturally, this version of TikTok didn’t have any funny videos; it was just another store, similar to the Android version. While seemingly harmless, the iOS version requested access to the user’s gallery every time it launched — and that was the catch. This led us to discover a malicious module that sent images from the infected phone’s gallery, along with device information, to the attackers. We also found its traces in other Android applications. For the technical details of the story, check out our full report on Securelist. Who’s at risk? Our data shows that this campaign primarily targets users in Southeast Asia and China. That doesn’t mean, however, that other countries are beyond the reach of SparkKitty’s claws. The malware has been spreading since at least early 2024, and over the past year and a half attackers have likely considered upscaling their operation to other countries and continents. There’s nothing stopping them. What’s more, it’s not just the TikTok mod you should worry about; we’ve also found malicious activity inside various gambling and adult games, and even crypto-related apps. If you think these attackers are just interested in admiring your vacation photos, think again. SparkKitty uploads each and every one of your snapshots to its command-and-control server. Those images could easily include screenshots of sensitive information like crypto wallet seed phrases, allowing these bad actors to steal your cryptocurrency. How to protect yourself from SparkKitty This Trojan spreads in many ways, and protecting yourself from every single one is a tough challenge. While the golden rule of “download apps from official sources only” still applies, we’ve found traces of this stealer in both Google Play and the App Store — places where apps are supposedly vetted and 100% safe. So what can you do about that? We recommend focusing on securing your smartphone’s gallery. Naturally, the most foolproof method would be to never take photos or screenshots of sensitive information, but that’s virtually impossible nowadays. There’s a solution: store valuable photos in a secure vault. With Kaspersky Password Manager, you can only view and send protected, important photos after entering the main password, which only you know. Note that the protected content is not confined to just one device. The password manager can sync information between smartphones and computers. This includes bank-card data, two-factor authentication tokens, and anything else you choose to store in Kaspersky Password Manager – including your photos. It’s also crucial to check your smartphone right now for any of the infected apps we’ve discovered; the extended list is available on Securelist. For Android, Kaspersky for Android can help with this — it’ll find and remove malware for you. On iPhone, due to the closed architecture of iOS, our security solution can’t scan for and delete previously installed infected apps, but it will prevent any attempts to send data to the attackers’ servers and warn you about them. And if you opt for a Kaspersky Premium or Kaspersky Plus subscription, you get Kaspersky Password Manager along with your security solution. Follow our Telegram channel to stay up to date on the latest cyberthreats, and make sure you’re storing your photos safely. Learn about other malware you need to watch out for to keep your smartphone safe: How the Necro Trojan attacked 11 million Android users Beware of stealers disguised as… wedding invitations Trojan embedded in fake Android smartphones SparkCat trojan stealer infiltrates App Store and Google Play, steals data from photos LianSpy: new mobile spyware for Android ]]> full large medium thumbnail Vulnerability in the Rubetek Home smart-home app | Kaspersky official blog /vulnerability-in-smart-home-control-app/53471/ Fri, 23 May 2025 10:01:41 +0000 /?p=53471 Smart homes today are nothing like the science fiction in late-90s movies. They’re a reality for almost everyone living in a major city. You’d be hard-pressed to find a modern apartment without smart electricity outlets, speaker, or TV. In new construction, you’ll sometimes see homes built smart right from the get-go, which results in entire smart residential complexes. Residents can manage not just their in-apartment devices, but also external systems like intercoms, cameras, gates, utility meters, and fire alarms – all through a single app. But what happens if there’s a security hole in an app like that? Our experts in the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) know the answer. They’ve uncovered a vulnerability in the Rubetek Home app and explored the potential security risks for smart-home owners, which, thankfully, didn’t materialize. What the vulnerability was all about This vulnerability stemmed from the app sending sensitive data during its logging process. The developers used the Telegram Bot API to collect analytics and send debug information files from users to a private development-team chat via a Telegram bot. The problem was that these files, in addition to system information, contained users’ personal data and, more critically, refresh tokens needed to authorize access to the user’s account. Potential attackers could have forwarded all these files to themselves using the same Telegram bot. To do this, they could obtain its Telegram token and the chat ID from the app code, and then iterate through the sequential numbers of messages containing the files. Recently, logging events via Telegram has become increasingly popular. It’s convenient and fast to receive important notifications in messenger. However, this approach requires caution: we recommend not to forward sensitive data in the application logs, and, in addition, to prohibit copying and forwarding content from the group in Telegram settings or use the protect_content parameter when sending a message through a Telegram bot. Important note: we contacted Rubetek immediately upon discovering the vulnerability. At the time of this post, the issue had been fixed. Potential attackers could have gained access to data that all of the user’s apps were sending to the developer. The list of this data is mind-boggling: Full name, email address or cellphone number, and address of the property linked to the app List of devices linked to the smart-home system Information about events logged by smart devices, like whether the home was armed or disarmed, or whether any suspicious sounds were picked up by cameras System information about devices within the local home network: MAC address, IP address, and device type IP addresses for connecting to cameras over the WebRTC protocol Snapshots from smart cameras and intercoms The user’s chats with form of assistance Tokens allowing to initiate a new session with the user’s account Users of both Android and iOS apps were at risk. What happens if bad actors actually gain control of your smart home? This wide range of data could have allowed for comprehensive surveillance – permitting knowing who lives where and on which days they aren’t home. Criminals could have learned someone’s schedule and, during those empty hours, enter any apartment after remotely disabling cameras and other security systems through the app. While such a blatant break-in would certainly have been noticed, there are other, more subtle possibilities. For example, by exploiting the vulnerability, attackers could have remotely changed the colors of smart lightbulbs and floor temperatures, endlessly turning lights on and off, causing the homeowners a noticeable financial loss. What’s even more unsettling was the potential for an attacker to target not just one apartment or house, but thousands of residents in an entire complex. Of course, simultaneously disabling access-control systems wouldn’t have gone unnoticed by the building management, but how quickly would they work out what was happening, and what damage could residents suffer in the meantime? How to secure your smart home Keep in mind that the type of vulnerabilities we’re discussing could be present in other smart-home apps as well. Being one of millions of customers, you have virtually no way of knowing if an app has been compromised. Therefore, if you notice even the slightest kinds of suspicious activity, such as new people on your guest list, unauthorized opening and closing of gates and doors, and so on, we recommend contacting the app administrator and vendor as soon as possible. Back in a more common scenario, like using smart devices within your own apartment with no network administrator to turn to, we recommend following these rules: Secure your Wi-Fi router by changing the default password to a stronger one, disable WPS, and enable WPA2 encryption. Create a dedicated Wi-Fi network for your smart-home devices, and set a different password for it. Modern routers support guest networks, so if, say, a smart cradle is hacked, criminals won’t gain access to your computers or smartphones. Use the Kaspersky Premium app to regularly check your network for unauthorized devices. If everything is fine, Smart Home Monitor will only show information about your devices. Set strong passwords for each device. You don’t have to memorize them: Kaspersky Password Manager can handle that. Regularly update the firmware of all your smart devices – including your router. Check out these links to explore other potential risks of a hacked smart home and ways to protect your property. How to secure your smart home IP camera security: the bad, the ugly, and the evil Home smart home Are your TV, smartphone, and smart speakers eavesdropping on you? Hole in the bowl: smart pet feeder springs a leak ]]> full large medium thumbnail AirBorne: attacks on devices via Apple AirPlay | Kaspersky official blog /airborne-wormable-zero-click-vulnerability-in-apple-airplay/53443/ Mon, 19 May 2025 10:57:21 +0000 /?p=53443 Researchers have discovered a series of major security flaws in Apple AirPlay. They’ve dubbed this family of vulnerabilities – and the potential exploits based on them – “AirBorne”. The bugs can be leveraged individually or in combinations to carry out wireless attacks on a wide range of AirPlay-enabled hardware. We’re mainly talking about Apple devices here, but there are also a number of gadgets from other vendors that have this tech built in – from smart speakers to cars. Let’s dive into what makes these vulnerabilities dangerous, and how to protect your AirPlay-enabled devices from potential attacks. What is Apple AirPlay? First, a little background. AirPlay is an Apple-developed suite of protocols used for streaming audio and, increasingly, video between consumer devices. For example, you can use AirPlay to stream music from your smartphone to a smart speaker, or mirror your laptop screen on a TV. All this happens wirelessly: streaming typically uses Wi-Fi, or, as a fallback, a wired local network. It’s worth noting that AirPlay can also operate without a centralized network – be it wired or wireless – by relying on Wi-Fi Direct, which establishes a direct connection between devices. AirPlay logos for video streaming (left) and audio streaming (right). These should look familiar if you own any devices made by the Cupertino company. Source Initially, only certain specialized devices could act as AirPlay receivers. These were AirPort Express routers, which could stream music from iTunes through the built-in audio output. Later, Apple TV set-top boxes, HomePod smart speakers, and similar devices from third-party manufacturers joined the party. However, in 2021, Apple decided to take things a step further – integrating an AirPlay receiver into macOS. This gave users the ability to mirror their iPhone or iPad screens on their Macs. iOS and iPadOS were next to get AirPlay receiver functionality – this time to display the image from Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headsets. AirPlay lets you stream content either over your regular network (wired or wireless), or by setting up a Wi-Fi Direct connection between devices. Source CarPlay, too, deserves a mention, being essentially a version of AirPlay that’s been adapted for use in motor vehicles. As you might guess, the vehicle’s infotainment system is what receives the stream in the case of CarPlay. So, over two decades, AirPlay has gone from a niche iTunes feature to one of Apple’s core technologies that underpins a whole bunch of features in the ecosystem. And, most importantly, AirPlay is currently supported by hundreds of millions, if not billions, of devices, and many of them can act as receivers. What’s AirBorne, and why are these vulnerabilities a big deal? AirBorne is a whole family of security flaws in the AirPlay protocol and the associated developer toolkit – the AirPlay SDK. Researchers have found a total of 23 vulnerabilities, which, after review, resulted in 17 CVE entries being registered. Here’s the list, just to give you a sense of the scale of the problem: CVE-2025-24126 CVE-2025-24129 CVE-2025-24131 CVE-2025-24132 CVE-2025-24137 CVE-2025-24177 CVE-2025-24179 CVE-2025-24206 CVE-2025-24251 CVE-2025-24252 CVE-2025-24270 CVE-2025-24271 CVE-2025-30422 CVE-2025-30445 CVE-2025-31197 CVE-2025-31202 CVE-2025-31203 You know how any serious vulnerability with a modicum of self-respect needs its own logo? Yeah, AirBorne’s got one too. Source These vulnerabilities are quite diverse: from remote code execution (RCE) to authentication bypass. They can be exploited individually or chained together. So, by exploiting AirBorne, attackers can carry out the following types of attacks: RCE – even without user interaction (zero-click attacks) Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks Denial of service (DoS) attacks Sensitive information disclosure Example of an attack that exploits the AirBorne vulnerabilities The most dangerous of the AirBorne security flaws is the combination of CVE-2025-24252 with CVE-2025-24206. In concert, these two can be used to successfully attack macOS devices and enable RCE without any user interaction. To pull off the attack, the adversary needs to be on the same network as the victim, which is realistic if, for example, the victim is connected to public Wi-Fi. In addition, the AirPlay receiver has to be enabled in macOS settings, with Allow AirPlay for set to either Anyone on the Same Network or Everyone. The researchers carried out a zero-click attack on macOS, which resulted in swapping out the pre-installed Apple Music app with a malicious payload. In this case, it was an image with the AirBorne logo. Source What’s most troubling is that this attack can spawn a network worm. In other words, the attackers can execute malicious code on an infected system, which will then automatically spread to other vulnerable Macs on any network patient zero connects to. So, someone connecting to free Wi-Fi could inadvertently bring the infection into their work or home network. The researchers also looked into and were able to execute other attacks that leveraged AirBorne. These include another attack on macOS allowing RCE, which requires a single user action but works even if Allow AirPlay for is set to the more restrictive Current User option. The researchers also managed to attack a smart speaker through AirPlay, achieving RCE without any user interaction and regardless of any settings. This attack could also turn into a network worm, where the malicious code spreads from one device to another on its own. Hacking an AirPlay-enabled smart speaker by exploiting AirBorne vulnerabilities. Source Finally, the researchers explored and tested out several attack scenarios on car infotainment units through CarPlay. Again, they were able to achieve arbitrary code execution without the car owner doing anything. This type of attack could be used to track someone’s movements or eavesdrop on conversations inside the car. Then again, you might remember that there are simpler ways to track and hack cars. Hacking a CarPlay-enabled car infotainment system by exploiting AirBorne vulnerabilities. Source Staying safe from AirBorne attacks The most important thing you can do to protect yourself from AirBorne attacks is to update all your AirPlay-enabled devices. In particular, do this: Update iOS to version 18.4 or later. Update macOS to Sequoia 15.4, Sonoma 14.7.5, Ventura 13.7.5, or later. Update iPadOS to version 17.7.6 (for older iPads), 18.4, or later. Update tvOS to version 18.4 or later. Update visionOS to version 2.4 or later. As an extra precaution, or if you can’t update for some reason, it’s also a good idea to do the following: Disable the AirPlay receiver on your devices when you’re not using it. You can find the required setting by searching for “AirPlay”. How to configure AirPlay in iOS to protect against attacks that exploit the AirBorne family of vulnerabilities Restrict who can stream to your Apple devices in the AirPlay settings on each of them. To do this, set Allow AirPlay for to Current User. This won’t rule out AirBorne attacks completely, but it’ll make them harder to pull off. How to configure AirPlay in macOS to protect against attacks that exploit the AirBorne family of vulnerabilities Install a reliable security solution on all your devices. Despite the popular myth, Apple devices aren’t cyber-bulletproof and need protection too. What other vulnerabilities can Apple users run into? These are just a few examples: SparkCat trojan stealer infiltrates App Store and Google Play, steals data from photos Banshee: A stealer targeting macOS users How to snoop on Apple Vision Pro user passwords Are Macs safe? Threats to macOS users A matter of triangulation ]]> full large


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lindgren-packendorff.com Monica Lindgren and Johann Packendorff, Stockholm, Sweden. Professors of management. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:49:22 +0000 sv-SE hourly 1 Distribuerat ledarskap och relationell infrastruktur /?p=1700 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:49:22 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> Varför blir vissa satsningar på delat ledarskap bestående – medan andra rinner ut i sanden så fort trycket ökar? Tillsammans seniorprofessor Marianne Ekman Rising har Johann Packendorff precis publicerat en artikel i Educational Management, Administration & Leadership som bygger på tre års FoU-arbete i en svensk kommuns skolsystem, inom ramen för IFOUS-programmet Leda för skolutveckling. Vår huvudpoäng: det som avgör om distribuerat ledarskap håller i sig är sällan strukturerna – vem som har vilken roll, vilka möten som finns inlagda. Det är det vi kallar relationell infrastruktur: de förtroendenätverk, dialogpraktiker och gemensamma meningsskapande processer som gör att kollegialt ledarskap kan uppstå och hålla i sig över tid. Vi identifierar fyra faser – från att pröva sitt eget handlingsutrymme, via experimenterande, till att distribuerat ledarskap blir inbyggt i ordinarie processer och till sist en självklar del av kulturen. Ett tydligt exempel: när pandemin slog till 2020 föll formella strukturer bort på många håll – men där den relationella infrastrukturen var tillräckligt djup höll den ändå, ”inbyggd i väggarna” som en av rektorerna uttryckte det. Länk till artikeln ]]> Från ord till handling – konkreta steg mot tillitsbaserad styrning /?p=1689 Fri, 08 May 2026 12:50:22 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> I en föreläsning vid konferensen Nya Perspektiv i Sunne den 8 maj beskrev Johann Packendorff hur många organisationer under lång tid har “krånglat till” sin styrning. Insikten om problemen har funnits länge men lösningarna har saknats. Nu växer en rörelse fram som försöker ta nästa steg och prata om vad det egentligen innebär att arbeta tillitsbaserat. – När struktur och kultur pekar åt olika håll vinner strukturen i längden, inte för att den är starkare utan för att människor är rationella och följer det som strukturen signalerar. Styrstrukturer som mätetal, rutiner och uppföljningssystem formar vad som uppfattas som viktigt och professionellt i organisationen, säger Johann. ”Om kulturen säger ’vi litar på professionen’ men strukturen säger ”vi kontrollerar dig”, då är det strukturen som formar beteendena. Resultatet blir en organisation där människor gör det systemen belönar och kanske inte det som uppdraget egentligen kräver. Läs mer här! ]]> Homosocial and heterosocial academics in masculinity contest cultures /?p=1646 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:46:05 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> In a new article in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, Monica Lindgren and Johann Packendorff examine how masculinities are reproduced in academic workplace cultures through homosocial and heterosocial relations in the context of neoliberal university reforms. This study contributes to understanding gender dynamics in higher education by developing a nuanced conceptual framework for understanding masculinity contests in academic settings and demonstrating how seemingly similar neoliberal transformations produce different gendered outcomes across institutions through the interplay of homosocial and heterosocial relations. Findings suggest that performance management systems can reinforce gender hierarchies when implemented without attention to homosocial and heterosocial dynamics. Universities need to provide better institutional support for middle managers, particularly women, who face contradictory expectations from multiple directions. The article is available open access here, ]]> Mätning, tillit och ledarskap /?p=1634 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:40:00 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> Den 17/10 fick Johann Packendorff möjlighet att föreläsa inför över 300 personer från offentlig sektor och näringsliv om något som engagerar mig starkt: hur styrning och kultur hänger ihop, och vad som händer när de pekar åt olika håll. Webinariet arrangerades av Effektiv Styrning tillsammans med Lennart Wittberg, Siv Liedholm och Helene Ersson. Föreläsningen utgick ifrån ”strukturreflexen” – vårt nästan automatiska sätt att reagera när något går fel: ”Vi behöver se över våra rutiner!” ”Vi måste reglera detta!” ”Vi behöver öka kontrollen!” Vi lägger till STRUKTUR. Mer regler, mer processer, mer mått. Men så ofta är problemet KULTURELLT: värderingar som inte styr rätt, bristande tillit, fokus på fel saker, rädsla för att ta ansvar. Det verkliga problemet är tre felaktiga antaganden: Vi blundar för de kulturella effekterna av strukturella förändringar Vi behandlar allt som enhetligt – trots att olika verksamheter har helt olika logik Vi tänker inte på oönskade effekter – hur systemet kan manipuleras, vilka gränser vi skapar Åhörar ]]> Academic projectified selves /?p=1588 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:49:04 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> In a new article in the Scandinavian Journal of Management, Monica Lindgren, Johann Packendorff and Karin Berglund explore the multiple facets of academic projectified selves, i.e. how academics relate to the culture of projectification in neoliberal society, crafting themselves and their careers. We focus our inquiry on the highly gendered character of projectified selves and uncover differences in how the subject position of the projectified self is invoked in academic work, as well as the tensions inherent in such identity work. Through a qualitative interview study involving senior lecturers, both women and men, in a social science discipline across five Swedish universities, we identify three variations of the academic projectified self. We find that they navigate tensions between individual liberties and organisational limitations; that they experience recognition as transitory and unreliable; and that attachment to work is often located in ‘micro-spaces’ rather than in work as a whole. The analysis emphasises the vulnerability of the academic projectified self – in constant need of achievements, projects, and reputation-building initiatives – and how projectification perpetuates gendered inequalities. The article concludes with a discussion on how the notion of the projectified self can be employed in future emancipatory project studies. It can be downloaded here. ]]> Mot ökad självorganisering /?p=1564 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:47:00 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> Johann Packendorf var inbjuden till Stockholms Universitetsbibliotek för att på höstens kick-off berätta om hur man kan arbeta mot en ökad grad av självorganisering i det dagliga arbetet. Byggstenar som togs upp var tillitsbaserat ledarskap, mer av med-ledarskap/distribuerat ledarskap, samt behovet av psykologisk trygghet i arbetsmiljön. ]]> Modererade boksläppet av ”Tillitsprincipen” /?p=1549 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:34:00 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> Johann Packendorff hade förmånen att få moderera boksläppet av Louise Bringselius nya bok Tillitsprincipen på Handelshögskolan i Stockholm. Inbjudna gäster på scen var företagsledarna Carl Bennet och Hélène Barnekow, som båda gav intressanta perspektiv på och erfarenheter av tillit som förhållningssätt i ledningsarbete i näringslivet. Louise inledde med att berätta varför tilliten är särskilt viktig i vår tid och den tunga forskningen bakom. Talade om hur det ställer krav på styrning, organisering och beteenden när vi vill stärka experterna på golvet samt ge dem förutsättningar handlingsutrymme. Särskilt viktigt är det i offentlig sektor med närhetsprincipen och demokratin som ska ge människor inflytande. Berättade förstås även om de tolv vägval som boken fokuserar på. Carl Bennet talade därefter om varför tilliten är grundläggande från framgång i näringslivet och vad den har betytt för honom. Hur man i en styrelse behöver ge utrymme åt VD att leda företaget och hur alla behöver undvika att belasta varandra i onödan. Om hur uppföljning skiljer sig från kontroll och är mer konstruktivt och om att acceptera fel och misstag så att de kan användas för lärande. Hélène Barnekow talade om hur man behöver vara en god förebild som ledare och t ex vara beredd att t ex själv ta pass i kundtjänst för att visa att det är viktigt. Om att värna om sin tid så att den inte äta upp av styrningsfrågor och att vara tillgänglig för kontakter från verksamheten. Hon berättade också hur hon personligen har erfarit att det svenska ledarskapet är väldigt annorlunda mot ledarskapet i många andra länder. ]]> On the soul of temporary organizations /?p=1536 Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:53:00 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> At the 2024 IRNOP conference in Stockholm, Johann Packendorff participated in a plenary panel discussion together with Joana Geraldi and Anders Söderholm. The panel was organized by Mattias Jacobsson and Sofia Pemsel, in order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the IRNOP conferences and the upcoming 30th anniversary of the 1995 special issue of Scandinavian Journal of Management that marked the start of what has been widely known as the ”Scandinavian school of project studies”. Photo credits to Beata Jałocha. ]]> Negotiating meritocracy and gender equality across organisational spaces /?p=1544 Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:35:00 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> In a new article published in Higher Education, Anders Broström, Marianne Ekman, Lars Geschwind, Monica Lindgren and Johann Packendorff study how meritocratic systems and gender equality concerns are negotiated across different organisational spaces in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Based on a case study of the organising of a tenure track system in a Swedish university, the article suggests that the intersection of meritocratic processes and gender equality work can be analysed as a set of negotiated orders in these spaces. This fragmentation may imply problems for advancing gender equality agendas in relation to established notions of meritocracy but may also imply opportunities for change as existing organisational spaces can be reconstructed or new ones created. The authors’ notions of fragmentation and negotiated orders thereby suggest that the current situation is both stable and legitimate and that re-negotiations need to involve reconstructions of the various spaces and not only interventions into them. The article can be accessed here. ]]> The Art of Collaborating Podcast /?p=1518 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:23:27 +0000 Fortsätt läsa →]]> Fick en intressant pratstund med Karoline Bottheim och Anna Zingmark om frågor som till stor del handlar om mätning och styrning i våra samhällsfrågor – och vad mätningen exempelvis kan få för konsekvenser. Vi kom bland annat in på: Hur kultur och struktur, styrning och mätsystem samspelar ”Organisatoriska rum” för att få nya saker att hända Vikten av helhetssyn kring samhällsfrågor Hur mäter vi i samverkansprocesser? Taylorismen 2.1 Vikten av tvärvetenskapligt samarbete och förmågor som krävs The Art of Collaborating Podcast produceras av Länka Consulting och finns på soundcloud, itunes och spotify. ]]>


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Mageia Blog (Português) A nova distribuição linux Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:46:45 +0000 pt-PT hourly 1 27437311 Poções no Mageia. 02 – Instalador gráfico de aplicativos flatpak “Discover” /2026/09/22/pocoes-no-mageia-02-instalador-grafico-de-aplicativos-flatpak-discover/ /2026/09/22/pocoes-no-mageia-02-instalador-grafico-de-aplicativos-flatpak-discover/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:44:55 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> Você precisa de algum programa que não aparece na lista de repositórios do Mageia (MCC -> Gerenciamento de software -> Instalar e remover software), como o Google Chrome, Zoom, Spotify, etc.? O projeto KDE/Plasma oferece uma solução para isso com o seu instalador gráfico de aplicativos flatpak “Discover”. Este aplicativo está disponível para instalação nos repositórios do MCC (Centro de Controle Mageia). Tutorial Para instalar e configurar o aplicativo Discover, faça o seguinte: Vá para a seção MCC (Centro de Controle do Mageia) -> Gerenciamento de software -> Instalar e remover software. No campo de busca, digite “discover”. O MCC retornará uma lista de aplicativos que contêm essa palavra. Escolha “discover” (Interface gráfica de gerenciamento de recursos do KDE e Plasma). Clique no botão “Aplicar” na parte inferior da janela do MCC. Clique em “OK” para concluir a instalação do “Discover”. Assim que a instalação for concluída, feche a janela do MCC, pois você não precisará mais dela para os próximos passos. Clique no botão Iniciar no canto inferior esquerdo da barra de tarefas e vá em Ferramentas -> Ferramentas do Sistema -> Discover. O Discover será iniciado pela primeira vez. Agora você precisará concluir a configuração do Discover: Clique no item de menu “Configurações” do lado esquerdo. Escolha a opção que diz “Instalar Flathub – dl.flathub.org”. Em seguida, CONCLUA ESTA ETAPA IMPORTANTE — Na coluna “Mageia 10”, DESMARQUE todas as outras categorias dos itens restantes da lista. Isso deve deixar marcada na lista inteira apenas a categoria “Flathub – dl.flathub.org” (além de vendor-directory – Vendor (Automatic) e lvfs – Linux Vendor Firmware Service). Agora você precisará definir a frequência da rotina de atualizações do Discover: No canto superior direito da janela do Discover, clique nos três pontos. Escolha “Configurar atualizações”. Isso levará você à página “Configurações do Sistema KDE -> Atualização de Aplicativos”. Escolha as configurações que melhor se adaptam às suas necessidades. Você concluiu a instalação e a configuração do Flatpak no Discover. Para instalar aplicativos Flatpak via Discover: No aplicativo Discover, clique no item “Início” (Home) no menu do lado esquerdo. No campo de busca (no topo da janela), digite o nome do aplicativo que você gostaria de instalar. Para fins deste tutorial, usaremos o aplicativo “Google Chrome”. Digite “Chrome” no campo de busca e pressione Enter no teclado. Você verá o aplicativo Google Chrome (que não é encontrado/suportado nos repositórios padrão do CCM). Clique em “Instalar” na opção do Google Chrome. O Discover fará a instalação do aplicativo Chrome em formato Flatpak. Em algum momento, o Discover poderá solicitar a senha de root para concluir o processo. Assim que o Chrome estiver instalado, o botão “Instalar” mudará para “Remover” (o qual você poderá usar no futuro caso queira desinstalá-lo). Você encontrará o navegador Chrome no menu Iniciar do Mageia (no canto inferior esquerdo) em: Internet -> Mais. O procedimento para instalar outros aplicativos Flatpak é exatamente o mesmo. Uma nota sobre os repositórios do Discover e manutenção/atualizações Os desenvolvedores do projeto KDE/Plasma mantêm as atualizações do Discover e, por experiência, fazem um excelente trabalho em manter as versões oficiais dos aplicativos suportados atualizadas. De tempos em tempos, o Discover notificará você sobre atualizações pendentes através de um ícone de notificação no canto inferior direito da barra de tarefas. Certifique-se de realizar as atualizações do Discover o quanto antes para manter esses aplicativos sempre em dia. Lembre-se de que você também deve aplicar o mais rápido possível as notificações de atualização do próprio MCC quando elas aparecerem na barra de tarefas. O autor deste artigo sugere continuar utilizando o MCC como seu gerenciador principal de pacotes e atualizações, usando o Discover apenas para instalar pacotes que não forem encontrados nas listas do MCC. Os mantenedores do Mageia fazem um trabalho exemplar mantendo os repositórios do MCC atualizados, e as ferramentas do URPMI são amplamente reconhecidas por sua confiabilidade e eficiência. Avisos e notas importantes Uso conjunto do MCC e Discover: Se quiser usar o Discover junto com o MCC, certifique-se de concluir a configuração conforme detalhado acima, deixando marcadas apenas as categorias indicadas (Flathub – dl.flathub.org, vendor-directory e lvfs). CASO CONTRÁRIO, tanto o MCC quanto o Discover sugerirão atualizações para o sistema que podem entrar em conflito entre si. Outras distribuições: Este tutorial foi feito especificamente para o Mageia. Embora o Discover possa ser instalado em outras distribuições Linux, o autor não se responsabiliza pela instalação do Discover em outras distros. Backup e atualização: Como de costume, a instalação do Discover deve ser feita apenas em um sistema Mageia com backup atualizado e com todas as atualizações prévias aplicadas pelo MCC. Interface Gráfica: Este tutorial foi apresentado intencionalmente usando apenas a interface gráfica (GUI) do MCC e do Discover, sem a necessidade do uso de terminal/console. Você também pode consultar este tutorial na wiki do Mageia: “Configure Discover as a Flatpak package manager”. (escrito em inglês por joselp e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> /2026/09/22/pocoes-no-mageia-02-instalador-grafico-de-aplicativos-flatpak-discover/feed/ 0 2971 Poções no Mageia. 01 – Pidgin e seus acessórios /2026/08/22/pocoes-no-mageia-01-pidgin-e-seus-acessorios/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:23:22 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> Iniciamos uma série de posts no blog. Ideias, aplicações, processos, personalizações e contribuições sobre nossa distribuição que sejam relevantes para nossos usuários, aproximando o uso do Mageia para todos. Esperamos que essas novas publicações sejam do seu interesse. Compartilhe-as nas redes sociais, em seu blog pessoal, site, portais de notícias ou em qualquer outro lugar que sirva para mostrar as qualidades do Mageia! Prólogo Hoje vamos falar sobre este aplicativo que, embora um tanto esquecido por muitos, é uma ótima alternativa de baixo consumo de recursos para gerenciar múltiplos protocolos de mensagens simultaneamente. No Mageia, ele vem muito bem empacotado com diversos plugins que você não encontrará em outras distribuições e que complementam o Pidgin muito bem, permitindo que você o utilize como os aplicativos de mensagens modernos. O Pidgin é multiplataforma e multiprotocolo, o que significa que, se você adicionar o que precisar, terá uma infinidade de aplicativos de mensagens em um só. Por outro lado, a otimização de recursos é feita de forma que o impacto no sistema seja realmente mínimo. Basta observar alguns dados de dois dos aplicativos mais solicitados pelo usuário médio: WhatsApp e Telegram, por exemplo. Abrir o Telegram consumirá de 300 a 400 MB da memória RAM do seu computador. Abrir o WhatsApp consumirá de 700 a 900 MB da RAM do seu computador — uma quantidade realmente absurda para um aplicativo de mensagens… Claro, a maioria dessas versões é baseada em Electron, e sua otimização é tão boa quanto a do Mageia para Windows… Abrir o Pidgin com ambas as contas configuradas consome, no máximo, de 90 a 150 MB da memória RAM do seu computador. Portanto, como você pode ver, em termos de desempenho e otimização de recursos, é altamente recomendável. Depois disso, o Pidgin oferece seus plugins. É altamente recomendável manter o plugin “Histórico” ativado, que permite salvar as conversas no registro. Observe que é aconselhável não excluir conversas da janela de conversa, que pode ser acessada na opção “Ver histórico” no menu de cada conversa. Instalação A instalação no Mageia é muito simples, embora algumas contas possam exigir a instalação de alguns pacotes extras. Existem duas maneiras de fazer isso: através do gerenciador de software ou pelo terminal. Vamos começar: Terminal: Recomenda-se habilitar os repositórios da comunidade Blogdrake para alguns pacotes. Abra o terminal como root e digite: urpmi pidgin pidgin-telegram-tdlib purple-gowhatsapp purple-telegram-tdlib pidgin-libnotify pidgin-indicator pidgin-window_merge pidgin-wemoji-theme. Com este comando, o Pidgin e os plugins para Telegram, WhatsApp e um tema completo de emojis serão instalados. Gerenciador de Software: Vá ao menu Iniciar e pesquise por “Instalar e remover software”. Em seguida, certifique-se de que ambos os filtros de pesquisa estejam definidos como “Todos”. Depois, instale os seguintes pacotes: pidgin pidgin-telegram-tdlib pidgin-wemoji-theme purple-gowhatsapp purple-telegram-tdlib pidgin-libnotify pidgin-indicator pidgin-window_merge. Como antes, isso instalará os plugins e o tema de emojis. Configurar o Pidgin para gerenciar essas duas mensagens é relativamente simples. Assim que você iniciar o aplicativo, uma mensagem de boas-vindas e uma janela para começar a configurar as contas aparecerão. Observe que o Pidgin suporta muitos outros protocolos de comunicação, como Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, IRC, XMPP, etc. Para obter mais informações sobre eles e como instalá-los, você pode visitar o site oficial do Pidgin . Vamos começar: Telegram Na seção de contas, toque em “Adicionar”. Na janela seguinte, escolha o protocolo “Telegram (tdlib)”. Em seguida, no campo “Nome de usuário”, insira seu número de telefone com o código internacional. Por exemplo, no meu caso, da Espanha, seria 34669543111, e toque em “Aceitar” ou “Adicionar”. Depois disso, uma janela pop-up aparecerá para adicionar o código que o Telegram envia ao aplicativo móvel. A conta do Telegram agora está configurada. WhatsApp Na seção de contas, toque em “Adicionar” e, na janela seguinte, escolha o protocolo “WhatsApp”. Em seguida, no campo “Nome de usuário”, insira seu número de telefone com o código internacional e, agora, a parte importante: “@s.whatsapp.net”, por exemplo, 34669543111@s.whatsapp.net. Depois disso, uma janela aparecerá com um código QR para adicionar a sessão pelo aplicativo móvel. Configuração adicional para temas GTK, modo escuro no Pidgin. Para ambientes de desktop diferentes do Plasma, se o Pidgin não detectar o tema escuro padrão das preferências do ambiente de desktop, você pode tentar fechar o Pidgin após configurar as contas e instalar os pacotes: “gtk-chtheme”. Este é um aplicativo que permite alterar os temas de aplicativos GTK. “gtk2-theme-engines”. Instala diversos temas GTK para aplicativos GTK. Abra o aplicativo de temas GTK e selecione o tema “Nodoka-Midnight”. Este parece ser o tema que melhor integra o modo escuro ao Pidgin. Acesse sua pasta pessoal e encontre o arquivo “.gtkrc-2.0” (você precisará exibir arquivos ocultos para encontrá-lo). Lembre-se de remover o ponto do nome após copiá-lo para que o tema seja aplicado corretamente ao Pidgin, deixando o nome como “gtkrc-2.0”. Copie esse arquivo para a pasta “.purple”, onde está localizado tudo relacionado ao Pidgin. Reinicie o computador e abra o Pidgin normalmente. Agora ele deverá exibir o tema escuro. Algumas capturas de tela: Instalamos anteriormente um tema expandido de emojis. Para ativá-lo, acesse Preferências, depois “Temas > Tema de Emojis” e selecione o tema. Ele aparecerá como Emojis do WhatsApp/iOS. Acesso extra, atalhos e outros recursos. Na janela principal, você pode pesquisar uma conversa usando “Ctrl+F”. Se, por exemplo, tivermos o mesmo nome em duas contas diferentes (WhatsApp e Telegram), o Pidgin nos dirá de qual conta queremos a conversa. Em uma janela de bate-papo, use “Ctrl+F” para pesquisar no bate-papo atual. Na janela de bate-papo, use “Ctrl+M” para abrir um novo bate-papo ou pesquise um para iniciar uma conversa.No menu “Conversa > Ver histórico”, você pode visualizar o histórico do chat atual (lembre-se de ativar o plugin “Histórico” na seção de plugins primeiro). Na janela principal da “Lista de Amigos”, pressione “Ctrl+P” para abrir as preferências. Plugins Histórico: Exibe as conversas anteriores do chat. Digite a última conversa antes de iniciar uma nova. Libnotify Popus (não confundir com Libnotify+): Exibe notificações usando libnotify Notificação de mensagens: Permite a notificação de mensagens não lidas. Nova linha: Adiciona uma linha horizontal para separar conversas antigas de novas. Fusão de janelas: Este plugin permite mesclar as janelas de “amigos” e “bate-papos”. Você pode configurar esses plugins através da opção “Configurar plugin”, localizada logo abaixo da janela. Esperamos que tenha achado este tutorial interessante. Ele mostra como configurar e usar um aplicativo que, embora não seja muito conhecido, é uma joia para gerenciar mensagens do seu PC com recursos mínimos. E o melhor de tudo: está disponível no Mageia e no BlogDrake!!! (escrito em inglês por joselp e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> 2965 O poder do 10 /2026/07/03/o-poder-do-10/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:52:15 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> O Mageia 10, nossa nova versão, está pronto para dar mais poder a você. Baixe-o aqui agora ou continue lendo para saber mais detalhes. O poder do Mageia 10 está em tudo o que você pode fazer com ele: use-o como desktop ou servidor, para educação, desenvolvimento, trabalho de escritório, arte, música, jogos, ciência e muito mais. O poder do Mageia 10 reside, em parte, na ampla variedade de escolhas que você tem entre ambientes de desktop completos e gerenciadores de janelas. O poder do Mageia 10 também se apoia nos melhores softwares para realizar uma série de atividades, desde as criativas até as de lazer, do âmbito pessoal ao profissional. O poder do Mageia 10 vem da sua capacidade de extrair todo o potencial de hardwares novos (com suporte a rocm, por exemplo) e antigos, além de sua capacidade de rodar até mesmo em hardwares de 32 bits bem antigos. Você não precisa atualizar as peças do seu computador para se beneficiar dele. O poder do Mageia 10 se apoia em sua tradição de altos padrões de empacotamento, baseados em políticas rigorosas, mentoria e testes de controle de qualidade (QA). O poder do Mageia 10 é garantido pelo monitoramento de ameaças de segurança e pela resolução rápida delas. No fim das contas, o poder do Mageia 10 — o segredo de sua verdadeira força — vem de você, nossa comunidade dedicada de usuários e colaboradores: de desenvolvedores a artistas, daqueles que doam dinheiro àqueles que doam seu tempo, seja diretamente ou simplesmente enviando relatórios de bugs. É você, nossa comunidade, quem molda e guia a evolução do Mageia para garantir que ele atenda às suas reais necessidades e fluxos de trabalho. Agora, é hora de dar uma espiada no que há por dentro… O Mageia 10 vem com versões mais novas de milhares de pacotes, atualizações que geralmente trazem novos recursos além das tradicionais correções de bugs. Você pode encontrar alguns dos destaques nas Notas de Lançamento (Release Notes). Também é possível conferir os pacotes disponíveis no Banco de Dados de Aplicativos do Mageia (MADb), organizados por grupos, onde você pode alternar entre ver todos os aplicativos ou apenas os que possuem interface gráfica. Clique em um aplicativo para obter mais informações e ver uma captura de tela. Para dar uma ideia da vasta quantidade de novos recursos e melhorias no Mageia 10, apresentamos abaixo alguns do grupo de Desktop Gráfico: Embora o Mageia 10 ainda “vista” orgulhosamente suas cores tradicionais, você encontrará melhorias visuais aqui e ali. Por exemplo, a nova tela de login do SDDM dá uma amostra da atenção aos detalhes nesta versão. Este novo lançamento mantém a tradição do Mageia de oferecer múltiplas opções de instalação: o DVD clássico, imagens Live (apenas para novas instalações) e instalações via rede (netinstalls). Usando as imagens Live como exemplo, aqui estão algumas das muitas melhorias que o Mageia 10 oferece: Atualizações para todos os ambientes de desktop que podem ser instalados com o Mageia (escolha o que preferir ou instale todos no mesmo computador!). O Mageia oferece uma grande variedade de desktops populares e leves, que você pode instalar a qualquer momento pela nossa central de software ou pelo terminal (se você for um usuário mais avançado). Sendo assim, você pode escolher entre o Plasma KDE 6.5.5, GNOME 49.0, XFCE 4.21, LXDE, LXQT (agora com opção para Wayland), Enlightenment, IceWM, MATE, Fluxbox, Cinnamon, Sugar ou os compositores Wayland mais recentes, como labwc, niri, sway e hyprland. Quando instalados junto com um ambiente de desktop, os gerenciadores de janelas aparecem como sessões alternativas no menu de login do seu gerenciador de exibição — são mais de 20 ambientes de desktop e gerenciadores de janelas disponíveis para instalar com o clique de um botão. Mais informações podem ser encontradas aqui. Atualizações para as principais suítes de escritório (como o LibreOffice 26.2.3.2), navegadores web (por exemplo, Firefox 140.11.0esr), ferramentas multimídia, softwares de edição de foto e vídeo, ferramentas de desenvolvimento (como gcc 15.2.0, rust 1.95.0, python 3.13.13 ou perl 5.42.0, git 2.52), daemons de servidor (por exemplo, postfix 3.9.10, apache 2.4.67, docker 28.5.2, postgresql 18.4) e muito mais, tudo baseado no nosso Kernel Linux LTS 6.18.35. Atualizações e otimizações em nossas ferramentas Mageia. Sinta-se como um verdadeiro especialista com o Centro de Controle do Mageia (MCC), urpmi, atualizações gráficas e suporte ao dnf para gerenciar e configurar várias partes do sistema, além de suporte ao ambiente de desktop de sua escolha! Você pode visualizar facilmente todo o hardware detectado em uma interface gráfica, verificar drivers, definir configurações de drivers (se for um usuário avançado), instalar impressoras e muito mais! Você também tem acesso a uma enorme variedade de softwares graças à nossa compatibilidade com DNF, Flatpak e AppImage. Mais informações sobre os aplicativos disponíveis podem ser encontradas aqui na nossa wiki. Sem esquecer a melhor parte do Mageia: ele é uma distribuição comunitária, feita por seus usuários. Este lançamento não teria sido possível sem todos os nossos voluntários: os empacotadores, desenvolvedores, administradores de sistema, testadores de QA, tradutores, artistas, especialistas jurídicos, as equipes da web, dos fóruns e da documentação, e todos os outros que ajudaram a construir isso juntos. Venha participar de nossas comunidades globais, fóruns, grupos do Matrix, Telegram ou IRC para melhorar a sua querida distribuição. Você é parte de nós, participe. Se precisar de mais informações sobre como instalar o Mageia ou sobre o Centro de Controle do Mageia (MCC), consulte nossa documentação oficial. Você também encontrará instruções para atualizar a partir do Mageia 9 nas Notas de Lançamento. Há, é claro, ainda mais documentação em nossa wiki e no nosso Bugzilla, onde acompanhamos os problemas reportados. Explore o poder do Mageia 10. Baixe-o. Aproveite! O Mageia 9 terá suporte até 30 de setembro de 2026. (escrito em inglês por marja e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> 2950 Socorro… Meu navegador não consegue acessar o site do Mageia. /2026/06/20/socorro-meu-navegador-nao-consegue-acessar-o-site-do-mageia/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:12:09 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> Conforme mencionado em Medidas para proteger nossos serviços web , as medidas que tivemos que tomar para reduzir o impacto de bots em nossos serviços podem afetar algumas funcionalidades. Um usuário relatou ter recebido uma mensagem informando que a parte do mageia.org que ele desejava acessar estava inacessível. No caso dele, isso foi causado por um leitor de RSS que rastreia as alterações na wiki. É possível que alguns usuários se deparem com esse problema. Se essa situação incômoda acontecer com você, gostaríamos de começar pedindo desculpas… precisamos proteger nossos servidores, caso contrário, nossos sites e serviços ficariam indisponíveis, e continuaremos aprimorando o sistema para minimizar esses efeitos colaterais. Se você ainda estiver bloqueado, faremos todo o possível para restabelecer seu acesso aos nossos servidores. Os colaboradores (empacotadores, equipe de garantia de qualidade, Bugsquad – a equipe de caça a bugs) agora podem evitar o problema fazendo login no Bugzilla (se você já estiver conectado e quiser garantir, desconecte-se e entre novamente). Você deverá então obter a lista de permissões dinâmica completa por vários dias. Se você já estiver bloqueado, pode fechar o aplicativo/ferramenta em questão e aguardar 24 horas; o bloqueio desaparecerá automaticamente. Se não puder esperar 24 horas, ou se quiser solicitar uma exceção específica por um motivo que considere legítimo, acesse ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/#mageia-sysadm (em um cliente IRC) ou #mageia-sysadm no Libera.Chat (em um navegador) e descreva seu problema com todos os detalhes relevantes. Pode ser que você não receba uma resposta imediatamente — somos todos voluntários com empregos e/ou outras obrigações que consomem muito tempo. Se não puder ficar tempo suficiente no IRC, nos informe como podemos entrar em contato com você antes de sair. Você também pode enviar um e-mail para: sysadmin@group.mageia.org (escrito em inglês por marja e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> 2945 Medidas para proteger nossos serviços web. /2026/06/11/medidas-para-proteger-nossos-servicos-web/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:18:10 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> Como muitos serviços no mundo do software, os nossos serviços estão sujeitos a solicitações automatizadas disruptivas que sobrecarregam nossos servidores. Você pode ter notado isso na forma de atrasos significativos no carregamento ou até mesmo na indisponibilidade dos serviços. Por isso, implementamos nos últimos dias um sistema de segurança que nos permite rejeitar solicitações que consideramos inadequadas. Este sistema requer especificamente a execução de um programa JavaScript, que impede um número significativo de bots. Você poderá ver a seguinte tela aparecer brevemente. A infraestrutura que implementamos nos permite restabelecer um nível muito alto de disponibilidade do serviço. Ela também nos permitirá fazer ajustes com facilidade. No entanto, se você notar que determinadas funcionalidades estão sendo afetadas por essas medidas, por favor, nos avise, pois isso nos permitirá fazer ajustes mais precisos. (escrito em inglês por papoteur e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> 2942 Mageia 10 RC1 /2026/05/27/mageia-10-rc1/ Wed, 27 May 2026 23:52:24 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> Você deve ter notado que o Mageia 10 RC1 foi lançado há alguns dias. Ele contém a nova arte do Mageia 10, como o papel de parede que foi publicado aqui, além de protetores de tela muito bonitos. Além disso, contém centenas de novos pacotes com correções de segurança e outras melhorias adicionadas desde o 10beta1. Alguns deles estão listados abaixo: firefox-140.10.1 gtk+3.0-3.24.52 kernel-6.18.26 libreoffice-26.2.3.2 mesa-26.0.6 nss-3.123.1 postgresql18-18.3 rootcerts-20260412.00 samba-4.23.7 systemd-258.7 thunderbird-140.10.0 urpmi-8.136 As listas completas de pacotes incluídos podem ser encontradas nos arquivos .idx da mídia de instalação clássica ou nos arquivos .lst das imagens ISO live. No entanto, nossos mantenedores de pacotes já lançaram mais correções de segurança e outros bugs após a criação das ISOs do 10RC1. Algumas delas são mencionadas abaixo: kernel-6.18.30-2.mga10 firefox-140.10.2-1.mga10 gtk4.0-4.20.4-1.mga10 glib2.0-2.86.5-1.mga10 java-*-openjdk mariadb-12.2.2-2.mga10 mutter-49.5-1.mga10 python3-3.13.13-7.mga10 sddm-0.21.0-17.mga10 thunderbird-140.10.2-1.mga10 Teste uma ou mais ISOs e relate quaisquer problemas em nosso Bugzilla. Observe que estamos recebendo muitos bots de IA; pedimos paciência caso esteja com dificuldades para se conectar ao Bugzilla. Não encontramos problemas graves durante os testes dessas ISOs antes do lançamento, mas precisamos que vocês as testem para identificar possíveis problemas que possamos ter deixado passar. Alguns dos problemas menos graves que vocês podem encontrar estão listados na Errata do Mageia 10. Bons testes! (escrito em inglês por marja e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> 2936 Outra Assembleia Geral extraordinária, 7 de maio de 2026 /2026/04/30/outra-assembleia-geral-extraordinaria-7-de-maio-de-2026/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:05:00 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> Como mencionado em uma postagem anterior no blog, realizamos nossa Assembleia Geral e uma Assembleia Geral extraordinária em 22 de abril. Você pode ler o relatório dessa reunião aqui. Infelizmente, poucos membros da Associação estiveram presentes para atingir o quórum necessário, por isso não pudemos realizar uma votação válida sobre as mudanças precisas em nosso estatuto. Portanto, realizaremos outra Assembleia Geral extraordinária na quinta-feira, 7 de maio de 2026. Para esta segunda chamada, não é necessário quórum. (escrito em inglês por marja e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> 2932 Apresentamos o vencedor do nosso concurso de arte! /2026/04/09/apresentamos-o-vencedor-do-nosso-concurso-de-arte/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:45:17 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> Agora que a votação para o concurso de arte do Mageia 10 foi encerrada, temos o prazer de apresentar o que será o papel de parede oficial da nossa nova versão. Agradecemos imensamente ao nosso colaborador Davide Dallara por este excelente trabalho. Em suas palavras, nosso novo papel de parede retrata “nosso querido Mageia, fruto do trabalho de toda a equipe que torna esta incrível distribuição possível, ao lado de Tux, o mascote do Linux, e o caldeirão borbulhante que representa a ramificação de desenvolvimento do Mageia”. Como mencionado no anúncio do Concurso de Arte, daremos ao vencedor uma menção especial na tela de boas-vindas do Mageia 10. Gostaríamos também de aproveitar esta oportunidade para agradecer aos demais colaboradores que contribuíram com seu trabalho para tornar o Mageia 10 tão único! Também temos alguns protetores de tela incríveis que vocês poderão conferir quando a nova versão for lançada! Todas essas imagens e nosso novo papel de parede agora fazem parte do design exclusivo do Mageia 10, para que todos os nossos usuários possam desfrutar! Saudações, comunidade! (escrito em inglês por joselp e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> 2928 A próxima Assembleia Geral do Mageia será em 22 de abril de 2026. /2026/03/30/a-proxima-assembleia-geral-do-mageia-sera-em-22-de-abril-de-2026/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:37:30 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> A próxima Assembleia Geral do Mageia será realizada online na quarta-feira, 22 de abril de 2026, às 14h. Trata-se também de uma Assembleia Geral Extraordinária, desde que pelo menos um terço dos membros da Associação esteja presente ou representado. Pauta: Prefácio do presidente Relatório financeiro do tesoureiro e aprovações Relatório da gestão do comitê executivo Votação da alocação orçamentária Como parte da Assembleia Extraordinária, vote para: a redefinição de membros na constituição, com aplicação direta a correção de um erro ortográfico na constituição a numeração dos parágrafos na constituição a atualização de um endereço na constituição Apenas os membros da Associação têm direito a voto. Caso o número de membros presentes ou representados seja insuficiente, a Assembleia Geral Extraordinária será adiada por pelo menos duas semanas. Mais informações podem ser encontradas em uma cópia do convite original enviado aos membros da Associação. Se você é um colaborador do Mageia, também pode participar da reunião. Basta enviar um e-mail para a lista de discussão da sua equipe e informaremos o local do encontro. (escrito em inglês por marja e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> 2926 Votação de Arte do Mageia 10 /2026/03/27/votacao-de-arte-do-mageia-10/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:31:32 +0000 Continuar a ler →]]> Com o lançamento da primeira versão candidata planejada para as próximas semanas, é hora de finalizar a arte para o Mageia 10. Antes de escolhermos as imagens, estamos ansiosos para ver todas as submissões e a criatividade dos participantes. Elas, sem dúvida, contribuirão para tornar o Mageia 10 fantástico. Agradecemos a todos que dedicaram seu tempo a isso. Haverão duas votações: uma para planos de fundo e outra para protetores de tela. O plano de fundo principal será escolhido entre os 5 melhores, e os segundos colocados serão incluídos como planos de fundo adicionais. Os protetores de tela serão selecionados entre as 20 imagens mais adequadas. O Conselho do Mageia e a Equipe Atelier escolherão as 5 melhores imagens para planos de fundo e as 20 melhores para protetores de tela, classificando-as do 1º ao 5º lugar para planos de fundo e do 1º ao 20º para protetores de tela. As diretrizes de design e cores do Mageia serão levadas em consideração para os planos de fundo. Para os protetores de tela, imagens bem recortadas e que criem um bom reflexo serão priorizadas. O vencedor do primeiro lugar na categoria de papel de parede para desktop receberá uma menção especial na tela de boas-vindas do Mageia 10. As imagens selecionadas para protetores de tela terão o nome do autor em marca d’água no canto inferior direito. Mais uma vez, agradecemos a todos que participaram e contribuíram para o brilho do Mageia! (escrito em inglês por joselp e traduzido por xgrind) ]]> 2924


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Mesh Blog » brooklyn dates The better guide to modern love, sex, dating and all the data in between Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:00:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Image: Date Night #156: The Best Things to do This Week /image-date-night-156-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/ /image-date-night-156-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:53:32 +0000 I hope you all enjoyed our one day of glorious sunshine (I went outside!), because we’re back in the winter doldrums and we all know March is going to come in like a lion and go out like another lion. But never fear! We’ve got Continue reading →]]> I hope you all enjoyed our one day of glorious sunshine (I went outside!), because we’re back in the winter doldrums and we all know March is going to come in like a lion and go out like another lion. But never fear! We’ve got some upbeat activities to chase those blues away. Fri 23: 2018 NYC Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit 186 Jay street, Brooklyn, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM, Free Enjoy the futuristic sounds of musical improvisation being matched with the latest computer technology! Fri 23: Adult Game Night East Orange, New Jersey, Location TBA, $5 online, $10 door I’ve recently been ~talking~ to a handsome young man from New Jersey, who is shaming me for only crossing the Hudson to fly out of Newark. Well, here ya go, Alireza, a night of fun meant to introduce kinksters to other kinksters (without any actually kinky activity – get a room!) Sat 24: Dancify That Caveat, 21A Clinton Street, 9:30 PM – 11:00 PM, $20 The hilarious Keisha Zollar and Andrew Kimler judge amazing contemporary dancers taking their inspiration from strange YouTube videos. What’s not to love? Sat 24: Tequila Cocktail Class at the Park Central Park Central Hotel, New York 870 7th Ave, 3:00 – 4:30, $45 Experience a masterclass in rummery with mixologist Jason Bodoy. Sun 25: Kombucha 101 Earth Arts Center, 936 Madison St, Brooklyn, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, $18 After you’re done with all that rum mixology, you may want to tend to your health with a little kombucha. Learn all about fermentation, and leave with your own SCOBY (if you don’t know what that is, you’ll learn.) Sun 25: Phantom of the Paradise – Screening and Dance Party Secret Loft, 14th Street and 6th Ave, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM, $10 (tickets must be purchased online) For only $10, you get a drink and a screening of this amazing comedy horror rock opera. Your money goes toward supporting the live concert performance, coming in March! Weds 28: Bring-A-Hack NYC with Hackaday, Ultimaker, & New Lab New Lab Buildingm 128, Navy Yard, 63 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM, Free Are you one of those people who always clicks on a “life hack” article? I always find them interesting, even if I don’t end up using any of them. Grab a snack, snag a drink, and listen to artists/makers/doers explain how it is they live life to the fullest. ]]> /image-date-night-156-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/feed/ 0 Mesh Blog Image: Date Night #155: The Best Things to do This Week /image-date-night-155-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/ /image-date-night-155-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/#comments Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:04:54 +0000 We made it through Valentine’s Day! I spent the holiday eating piles of unhealthy food and drinking with a dear friend in from out of town, so basically it was perfect. We hope yours was full of calories and friendship, as well. We’re onto a Continue reading →]]> We made it through Valentine’s Day! I spent the holiday eating piles of unhealthy food and drinking with a dear friend in from out of town, so basically it was perfect. We hope yours was full of calories and friendship, as well. We’re onto a new holiday: Lunar New Year! We’ve got a couple of fun events for you to celebrate the Year of the Dog, plus of course lots of other amusing goings-on for your NYC life. Fri 16: The Chinese New Year in NYC 2018 Chinatown, 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Free Woof Woof! We’re out of the Year of the Rooster, and it’s time to let the dogs have the command. Eat dumplings, watch a dragon dance, and enjoy the unseasonably warm weather in one of the country’s most vibrant Chinatowns. Fri 16: BKLYN Skates  110 Kosciuszko St, Brooklyn, 8:00 PM, $10 Admission/$5 Skate rental Slap on those skates- it’s time to get movin! Enjoy the smooth DJ sounds in your ears and a smooth wooden skate floor beneath your feet as you glide along with Brooklyn’s finest. Sat 17: The Odd Rock Comedy Hour Q.E.D., 27-16 23rd Avenue, Queens, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, $10 Comedy! Music! Sketch! Video! Basically, if you’ve got a date and you don’t want to spend more than 20% of it talking to your= companion, come let the pros entertain while you sit back and drink whatever tasty beer they’ve got on tap. (If you like conversation, you can always grab some tasty Greek food from across the street beforehand.) Sat 17: MOFAD@Night: Chinese New Year Celebration MOFAD – Museum of Food and Drink, 62 Bayard St, Brooklyn, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM, $25 Alright! You’ve seen the parade, now it’s time to chow down on delicious traditional New Year dishes, along with some tasty local brew. This also happens to be the perfect introduction to the Museum of Food and Drink, if you’ve never been. Sun 18: Crunch to Brunch Dance Class with On Running New York Running Company by JackRabbit, 10 Columbus Cir, Ste 210, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM, Free Get moving and earn that brunch with this hip hop workout class! It’s currently wait list-only, but get your act together and follow New York Running Company for more fun, active programs! Sun 18: Solo Dolo Catland, 987 Flushing Ave, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM, $20 Get your body and mind right with the incomparable Alessandra Calderín as she guides you through the tarot and a meditation designed to bring you on a clearer path to self-love and discovery. Weds 21: Modern Jewish Baker: Food Event Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, 36 Battery Pl, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Free Jewish food forms the backbone of many New York classics, and you get the chance to partake in an interactive cooking demonstration with author Shannon Sarna, as she guides you through her new cookbook.   ]]> /image-date-night-155-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/feed/ 0 Mesh Blog Image: Date Night #153: The Best Things to do This Week /image-date-night-153-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/ /image-date-night-153-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:25:24 +0000 What a fun week’s we’ve got coming up! From a hilarious and moving one man show featuring hoarders and Chinglish to bootcamp to blue crabs, we’ve got you covered. Fri 2: Asian Gracefully 254 W 29th St, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $10 Check out the Continue reading →]]> What a fun week’s we’ve got coming up! From a hilarious and moving one man show featuring hoarders and Chinglish to bootcamp to blue crabs, we’ve got you covered. Fri 2: Asian Gracefully 254 W 29th St, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $10 Check out the hilarious Woody Fu in this occasionally touching, always funny reflection on growing up Chinese. I’ve seen it before and and I’ll be back again this Friday, so take my word for it. Fri 2: Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St., 1:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $15 ($20 at door) Freshen up your closet by going old-school, at this one stop vintage clothing show featuring gorgeous clothes from decades past. Sat 3: Free Community Boot Camp Bed Stuy CrossFit Outbreak, 492 Throop Ave, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Free Want to look like your neighbor Steve who was suddenly jacked (…wow, Steve…) but you don’t want to break the bank? Check out this free community class and GET SWOLE! Sat 3: 6 Nations Live The Wolfhound, 3814 30th Avenue, All Day, Free Happy hour specials are on all day at this lovely new Astoria pub. Watch your favorite teams kick it out over cheap drinks. Free live music and snacks to follow! Sun 4: Judy Blumesday with Samantha Bee, Molly Ringwald and More Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, $26 Whose lives weren’t formed by the amazing books of Judy Blume? Are you there, God? It’s me, wanting to go to this amazing show featuring fabulous women honoring the queen of YA fiction (YOU HEAR ME, STEPHANIE MEYER? JUDY BLUME IS THE QUEEN.) Sun 4: Living History: Meet Harriet Tubman New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park W, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Free with Museum Admission Who doesn’t love a reenactment? Spend some time learning all about the eternally amazing Harriet Tubman at the fabulous New York Historical Society. Mon 5: Blue Crab Monday Loui Loui Broadway, 3147 Broadway, 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM, $12.99 Over the past month I have been to both New Orleans and Charleston (family stuff – don’t be TOO jelly) and boy, do I have a hankering for crab. At an absurdly reasonable $13, I bet you do too! ]]> /image-date-night-153-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/feed/ 0 © 2017 Alex Schaefer Date Night #150: The Best Things to do This Week /date-night-150-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/ /date-night-150-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:05:46 +0000 Fri 12: NYC Winter Jazz Fest at The Django The Django, 2 Avenue of the Americas, 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $50 (reduced weekend price available) Enjoy top-quality jazz performed by the best professionals on earth, right here in NYC. A weekend pass gets you access Continue reading →]]> Fri 12: NYC Winter Jazz Fest at The Django The Django, 2 Avenue of the Americas, 5:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $50 (reduced weekend price available) Enjoy top-quality jazz performed by the best professionals on earth, right here in NYC. A weekend pass gets you access to 15 hours of pure, unadulterated jazz. Fri 12: Sunshine at Midnight: The Room with Tommy Wiseau Live Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema, 143 E Houston, Midnight – 11:55 PM – 2:00 AM, $12 Fresh off the success of The Disaster Artist, this classic best-worst-movie is best enjoyed in the presence of its inimitable (though Franco tried) Tommy Wiseau. Sat 13: Art & Yoga with adidas Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM, $10 (free for members) Start the day off right with yoga in one of the most beautiful rooms in Brooklyn, nestled right in the museum. Just think of how limber you’ll be afterwards as you enjoy the art! Sat 13: Adults-Only Holiday Train Show The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM, $29 Enjoy the majesty that is the Bronx Botanical Garden train show, without all those pesky, disease-carrying children. Enjoy signature cocktails as you follow that choo-choo around. Sun 14: Medicine Making with Herban Cura Earth Arts Center, 936 Madison St, Brooklyn, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $20 online / $30 door I just talked about disease-ridden children coughing directly into your face above… at this workshop, learn how to make an herbal balm that may just be your first step and protecting yourself against the germs and ails that surround us. Sun 14: Network N’ Chill Barcade, 163 Newark Ave, Jersey City, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Free Barcade! What a fun place! Grab a beer, trade some dollars for some coins, and play old-school arcade games. But what’s this? It’s also time to network? Oh hell, yeah, I want to meet other creative processionals! Jersey City has never looked so entrepreneurial! Mon 15: Back Room Speakeasy – Special APAP Presentation The Back Room, 102 Norfolk St, 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM, Free Grab a dance partner and dance it up with the amazing folks at APAP! No cover… tips and good vibes highly recommended! Thurs 18: Night at the Pier 2018 Kick-Off Party Address sent after RSVP is received, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Free Support LGBTQ families in this fun, free event, replete with food and drink and shmoozing. ]]> /date-night-150-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/feed/ 0 Mesh Blog Date Night #148: The Best Things to do This Week /date-night-148-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/ /date-night-148-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/#comments Fri, 29 Dec 2017 12:43:02 +0000 Wahoo, it’s New Year’s Eve! Whether you’re the type to dance the night away, or watch fireworks, or play shuffleboard, we’ve got plenty of events for you, along with the rest of your weekend fun, of course. Fri 29: Brooklyn High Tea The Williamsburg Hotel, 96 Continue reading →]]> Wahoo, it’s New Year’s Eve! Whether you’re the type to dance the night away, or watch fireworks, or play shuffleboard, we’ve got plenty of events for you, along with the rest of your weekend fun, of course. Fri 29: Brooklyn High Tea The Williamsburg Hotel, 96 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM, See Menu for Price Want to feel fancy in one of the fanciest neighborhoods in one of the fanciest boroughs, etc? Head on over to the beautiful Williamsburg Hotel, and don’t forget to lift your pinky when you sip your tea. Fri 29: Moulin Rouge Sing-Along Videology Bar & Cinema, 308 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, 6:30 PM – 8:40, $18 When I watch movies with my brother, he pulls his hoodie up over his ears so he can’t hear me chatter at him through movies. Yep, I’m that person. Well, can’t nobody shush me now! Nor you, if you’re the singalong type. Sat 30: GingerBread Lane Workshops New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St, Queens, 1:00 or 3:00, $15 with admission Just because Christmas is over doesn’t mean the ginger bread has to all go away. This is a special ginger bread event- you’ll be making vehicles! Remember back to those old LEGO monster truck-building days? It’s like that, only edible! Sat 30: Lady Luck 2017 Prime Produce 424 West 54th St, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM, $77 Have a fabulous evening playing Monte Carlo-style games, all of which support some of NYC’s most vital women-led and women-focused initiatives at the freshly renovated Guild for Good! Sun 31: Free NYE Fireworks in Prospect Park Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 11:00 PM – 1:00 AM, Free Bundle up, snuggle up, and wonder at the glory of New Year’s fireworks. Just don’t get caught with that flask… I think that’s still illegal? Sun 31: New Year’s Eve Mariachi Maya Restaurant, 1191 1st Ave, 8:00 PM – 4:00 AM, Free Dance the New Year away with live mariachi, drink specials, and “surprises all night!” Sun 31: New Year’s Eve Flamingo Formal at The Royal Palms The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club, 514 Union St, Brooklyn, 6:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Free Look, personally, I’m getting the heck out of NYC for New Year’s. It’s a stressful damn time. If you’re looking for a low-key night that is still awesome and fun, you couldn’t do much better than a night of drinking, shuffleboard, and friends. Also, it’s free. Yesssssss. Sun 31: 10th Annual New Years Eve Black & White Masquerade Ball Soho Grand Hotel, 310 W Broadway, 9:00 PM – 1:00 AM, $199 Now, here’s your classic NYE party… and when I say classic, I mean REALLY classic. I’m talking black tie, fancy drinks, open bar, and masks all night. Don’t say I never give you the fancy stuff, baby. ]]> /date-night-148-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/feed/ 0 Mesh Blog Date Night #143: The Best Things to do This Week /date-night-143-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/ /date-night-143-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/#comments Fri, 24 Nov 2017 15:56:52 +0000 The turkey has been consumed! If you don’t eat turkeys, then the tofurkey has been consumed! Either way, I bet you ate a bunch of food. We can now gentle into the holiday season. I haven’t neglected many people’s favorite after-holiday tradition (massive shopping) though, Continue reading →]]> The turkey has been consumed! If you don’t eat turkeys, then the tofurkey has been consumed! Either way, I bet you ate a bunch of food. We can now gentle into the holiday season. I haven’t neglected many people’s favorite after-holiday tradition (massive shopping) though, of course, I’ve kept it local. Have fun and happy (beginning of the) holidays! Fri 24: Visit Annie Draws Stuff at the Union Square Market  Union Square, 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM, Free Alright, Thanksgiving is over, which means you are all officially allowed to think about holiday stuff. I know- many of you couldn’t wait to put on Spotify Christmas, but I certainly could (I’m a grinch.) What better holiday spot than Annie Draws Stuff, a whimsical sticker/tattoo/hand-drawn mecca? Let this one be your first stop on your holiday spree and you won’t be disappointed! Fri 24: Evacuation Day Commemoration Federal Hall National Memorial, 26 Wall St, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Free This event wins the award for being something I had no idea existed until I wrote the blog this week. This year marks the 234th Anniversary of Evacuation Day, that is, the day we kicked those GULLDURN BRITS out of our glorious nation, with a day of special programming at Federal Hall. Fifes! Drums! Reenactments! NO TEA! Sat 25: Celebrate Small Business Saturday at Lucky  Lucky, 168 Avenue B, 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Free Shop local and be rewarded with a tasty drink! If you buy from any of the stores in the East Village, be prepared to be rewarded with a delicious special drink. Sat 25: City Harvest Union Square Greenmarket Rescue Union Square Greenmarket, E 17TH St, 5:15 – 7:30, Free (volunteering) If you’re reading this, you probably stuffed your gourd this Thanksgiving. That doesn’t mean that everyone got to enjoy a feast, though. Take a moment to volunteer your time to save leftover bread and produce from local markets, which will find its way to hungry mouths. Sun 26: Lower East Side Radical History Tour Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – MORUS, 155 Avenue C, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, $20 This tour group will lead you on an unsung tour of Alphabet City, filling you in on all the tidbits of knowledge your history teacher probably left out. The Facebook event gives a couple of hints as to what you’ll learn. For example, you’ll hear about “the radical politics of the songwriter who penned the “Wizard of Oz” soundtrack” and “what building in the East Village links the Gershwin brothers, the Black Panthers and Iggy Pop.” Sun 26: Turkey Burn and Fund Raiser for our Latino Community JKD NYC, 35 W 43rd St, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Donations Welcome I am currently comprised of 45% mashed potatoes, and I bet you are too. If you’re up to the challenge (I’m not yet, but I… will be…) you should head over to take this intense 2-hour mixed martial arts class, with 100% of the proceeds going to support Hurricane Maria relief. Mon 27: Sadness: A Sad Show – Kathleen Armenti The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, 61 Christopher Street, 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM, $10 (advance) / $15 (door) + 2 drinks Kathleen Armenti is a hilarious little cup of joy, but in this show she’s playing the embodiment of sadness. I promise it’ll also also be funny, so you won’t have to bring TOO many tissues. From her description: “Songs and stories, performed and told by Sadness from Disney’s Inside Out.” Who didn’t want to spend more time with that delightful character? Tues 28: Hot N Juicy Happy Hour Hot N Juicy Crawfish, New York City 243 West 14th St, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Cheap dranks! I have a real hankerin’ for Cajun food when the weather get chilly, and the image above just send me swirling on a magical journey into the realms of dancing crustaceans. Head on in for various $5 and $10 drink specials, and stay for the crawfish. ]]> /date-night-143-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/feed/ 0 Mesh Blog Date Night #139: The Best Things to do This Week /date-night-139-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/ /date-night-139-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:32:04 +0000 Halloween’s my favorite holiday, so I may have gone a bit overboard on this one- here’s the first and probably only “Best Things: 100% Spooky Edition!” (With one non-spooky activity, because c’mon, give it a rest after October 31st, Jessica.) Fri 27: Puppet Macbeth The Continue reading →]]> Halloween’s my favorite holiday, so I may have gone a bit overboard on this one- here’s the first and probably only “Best Things: 100% Spooky Edition!” (With one non-spooky activity, because c’mon, give it a rest after October 31st, Jessica.) Fri 27: Puppet Macbeth The Players Theatre115 MacDougal St, 10:00 PM, $20 (regular) / $35 (premium) What’s spookier and more Halloween-appropriate than The Scottish Play, ripe with blood and insanity? Watch ~puppets~ perform this haunting classic that will surely ring in your most ghoulish nightmares of usurping kings and sinister wives! Fri 27: Rick and Morty Halloween Party 411 Troutman St, Brooklyn, NY, 10:00 PM – 4:00 AM, $27 Morty! It’s a (burp) Halloween party, Morty! And there are prizes, and beer, and drinking, and costumes, Morty! And that’s not all, Morty. There’s trivia. Trivia that goes waaaaay Morty, and TV episodes, Morty. I’ll see you there, Morty. Just be there. Sat 28: 17th Annual Fort Greene Park Halloween Festival Fort Greene Park, 85 S Oxford St, Brooklyn, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Free It’s a good old fashioned Halloween party! We’re talkin’ pumpkins! Food truck (I assume haunted)! Face paint! If you’re not having fun, you’re not paying attention! Sat 28: Haunted Beer Garden  Party Loreley Beer Garden, 7 Rivington St, 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM, Free Step on in to the heated outdoor beer garden, where the top winning costume wins a $250 beer tab! Grab a mini pumpkin keg (adorable), a special friend, and get to spookin’. I mean drinkin’. Sun 29: Halloween Pumpkin Flotilla Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Free I’m so darn enchanted just by looking at pictures of the flotilla that I barely feel the need to describe it. But I will! It’s an afternoon of crafts, spooky stories, costumes, and finally – a flotilla of jack o’lanterns bright enough to make the ghosts stop their ceaseless wailing! Tues 31: Village Halloween Parade 2017 6th Ave. from Spring to 16th Street, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Free You can keep your St. Patrick’s Day Parade- the Halloween Parade is the best gatdam parade in this city. Get there early enough to do the walk up on the parade route (wear a costume, ya knucklehead) so you don’t have to stand shivering in the chill while you’re gawking at all the amazing costumes. Tues 31: Soviet 80’s Halloween Party 2017 DROM 85 Avenue A, 10:00 PM – 2:00 AM, $10 Dance tunes from the 80’s? I know what to expect! What, it’s dance tunes popular in the Soviet Union? Now that’s something new! I have no idea what you’ll hear on the dance floor, but I bet it’ll be dance-worthy and the costumes will be out of sight. повеселись! Thurs 2: “Mad About You” [“La Folia”] Marc A. Scorca Hall at The National Opera Center, 330 7th ave, 8:00 PM, 8:00 – 9:00 PM, $15 (student and senior)/$20(all others) At this multimedia event, you’ll enjoy a visual anthology of 24 short stories featured in a 12-minute film that draws its inspiration from an ancient melody. Then enjoy a concert featuring members of Ensemble Leonarda as they interpret the works of the various composers who were inspired by this tune. How is this Halloween-related? Well, Halloween’s over, kids! Give it a rest!   ]]> /date-night-139-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/feed/ 0 Mesh Blog Date Night #137: The Best Things to do This Week /date-night-137-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/ /date-night-137-the-best-things-to-do-this-week/#comments Fri, 13 Oct 2017 07:11:25 +0000 Alright, alright, this summer girl is finally leaning into the fact that it’s actually autumn. I grabbed some fabulous ~autumnal~ events from you, like a spooky Friday 13th punk show, a pumpkin patch, and even pumpkin kegs (?) There are also some fund-raising events, because sometimes it feels Continue reading →]]> Alright, alright, this summer girl is finally leaning into the fact that it’s actually autumn. I grabbed some fabulous ~autumnal~ events from you, like a spooky Friday 13th punk show, a pumpkin patch, and even pumpkin kegs (?) There are also some fund-raising events, because sometimes it feels like the world is collapsing underneath us and we need to support each other, y’all. Fri 13: Relaxation with Cats Party Koneko, 26 Clinton St, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM, $20 Do you love cats? Do you love relaxing? Do you love Puerto Rico? It’s time to combine all three! Enjoy spending some time with some wonderful kitties (available to adopt!) while you bring items to send to Puerto Rico. Fri 13: Friday The 13th Rock/Punk Show at The Nest! Bluebird Brooklyn, 504 Flatbush Ave, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM, $5 (21+) It’s the perfect Friday the 13th combo: the aggressive joy of punk music along with the joyous weirdness that is the contortionist Amazing Amy. I’ve seen Amy perform before. It’s a total trip, and you’ll be glad you made the journey. Everything is $2 off, so get wild! Sat 14: 


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Insights News, Investments & Planning Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:06:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 wp-content/uploads/2026/03/moneyfarm-logo-avatar-512-160x160.png Insights 32 32 Central banks rates and yields: what changes markets-and-economy/central-banks-rates-and-yields-what-changes/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:36:01 +0000 ?p=27415 ⏳ Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s been a busy couple of weeks for Central bankers. Last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) hiked its policy rate for the second time this year. This week, the US Federal Reserve raised its policy rate for the first time since 2023. The Bank of England failed to follow suit, with policy makers electing […] The post Central banks rates and yields: what changes appeared first on MoneyFarm Insights. ]]> ⏳ Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Central bankers. Last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) hiked its policy rate for the second time this year. This week, the US Federal Reserve raised its policy rate for the first time since 2023. The Bank of England failed to follow suit, with policy makers electing to leave rates unchanged. We wanted to dig into all this in a bit more detail.  Let’s start with inflation. Central banks typically target 2% annual inflation. There’s lots of debate about why that number. But, when the dust settles, for now at least, the target is consumer price increases of 2%. And, as the chart below shows, inflation is running about that number and has been accelerating. All else equal, that normally means higher policy rates.  Inevitably there are nuances. The major nuance, as we’ve noted before, is that oil prices can have a significant impact on inflation and that’s something that central bankers can’t do much about. The chart below shows the relationship between oil and US consumer prices.  Usually, central bankers try to look past a supply shock like the one we’ve experienced, but if that shock (i.e. higher oil prices) persists for long enough, they usually feel obliged to act.  So, let’s come back to the recent decisions. Starting with the Eurozone, the ECBs decision was perhaps the simplest. The ECBs primary job is to keep inflation at target, and it has an institutional history focused on that mandate. The US Federal Reserve, in contrast, has a dual mandate of full employment and stable prices. Headline inflation is above target and looks set to stay there, so the ECB hikes rate. Investors expect to see more hikes in the future.  The decision of the US Federal Reserves was a bit more complicated for a couple of reasons. First, the US administration has been more open about expressing its preference for lower interest rates. Second, some analysts have noted that if you exclude more volatile items like food and energy, US inflation (so-called core inflation) has been comparatively well-behaved – still above 2% but heading in the right direction. From that perspective, you could make the case that a rate hike now is unnecessary. Finally, there’s the UK. Policy makers in the UK took a different stance this time around. They acknowledged the risks from higher oil prices but chose to keep rates unchanged at this point, even if three of the nine committee members voted to hike rates. Investors are expecting the Bank of England to hike rates in the coming months. The chart below shows core and headline inflation in the UK. There’s very little to choose between them at this point, unlike in the US. You’d think that the relatively weak UK growth outlook and decelerating wage growth also played a role in the Bank’s thinking. In some ways, the more interesting part of the Bank of England’s statement was around their holdings of UK government bonds. After the Global Financial Crisis, and again during Covid, a number of central banks bought their government debt in order to stimulate the economy (so-called Quantitative Easing). The ECB, Bank of England and the US central bank have been unwinding those positions in recent years. The Bank of England has taken a more aggressive approach in actually selling UK government bonds in the market, rather than just letting them mature. The chart below shows their holdings over time. These sales have pushed up UK government bond yields (more bonds for sale means lower prices and higher cost of debt). This week, the Bank announced that it would pause its auctions of this debt until April 2027 and then re-start at a slower pace than in the past. On the margin, that should help UK government bond yields. So where does all this leave us? Central bankers are reacting to higher inflation, regardless of the source, and investors are expecting higher policy rates in the future. On the margin, that should mean tighter monetary policy conditions and possibly slower growth.  One interesting point is on the relationship between policy rates and the yield on longer-dated bonds. We’ve seen longer-dated bond yields rise quite sharply over the past couple of months. We think that partly reflects concern over inflation. You could argue that higher policy rates will give investors comfort that central bankers are focused on inflation. In that case, we could see long-dated yields remain relatively stable even if policy rates rise.  For now, central banks are erring on the side of caution – not willing to bet on a swift resolution to the energy shock of the past few months. We continue to have a bias towards shorter-dated bonds within most of our portfolios. That said, with long-dated bond yields rising and inflation above target, we think investors will view central bank prudence positively, even if it means that rates remain higher for longer.  The post Central banks rates and yields: what changes appeared first on MoneyFarm Insights. ]]> 8 ways to make more of your pension consultants-corner/8-ways-to-make-more-of-your-pension/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:17:04 +0000 ?p=27354 ⏳ Reading Time: 6 minutesEvery September, Pension Awareness Week arrives with a simple and clear objective: to remind us about the importance of planning for our financial future. It is an opportunity for pension providers, employers and professionals to collectively raise awareness, spread education, and encourage people to take ownership of their pensions. For individuals approaching retirement, this week […] The post When did you last think about retirement? appeared first on MoneyFarm Insights. ]]> ⏳ Reading Time: 6 minutes Every September, Pension Awareness Week arrives with a simple and clear objective: to remind us about the importance of planning for our financial future. It is an opportunity for pension providers, employers and professionals to collectively raise awareness, spread education, and encourage people to take ownership of their pensions.For individuals approaching retirement, this week carries even greater relevance. What was once a distant, abstract concept is gradually becoming a more tangible milestone, measured in years rather than decades. The period leading up to retirement also tends to coincide with peak earning potential: Office for National Statistics data (2025) shows that UK full-time employees’ median pay reaches its apex in the 40-49 age band.Consequently, it could be argued that this stage of life might represent the point of greatest financial capacity and the point of greatest urgency – making it the window in which any decisions made can have a major impact on the lifestyle one can aim for in retirement. This is precisely why, at Moneyfarm, we aim to keep regular contact with our clients, thereby ensuring that investments and overall objectives are monitored, reviewed and adjusted periodically, allowing your portfolio to evolve as you near retirement.Unfortunately, pensions have long attracted a specific connotation underpinned by complexity and possibly confusion. Part of this might be attributed to sheer terminology – terms like “crystallisation” and “drawdown”, alongside acronyms such as PCLS, UFPLS, LSA and LSDBA – which could understandably leave people wondering where to even begin taking control of their pension provisions.A survey by the Financial Conduct Authority (2024) found that around 75% of Defined Contribution pension holders over the age of 45 have no defined plan for how they’ll go about taking pension benefits. Pension Awareness Week aims to address and overcome this, helping savers and investors embrace this topic in an approachable and digestible way. This is a mission that we also share at Moneyfarm: through our broad range of products and the support offered by our team of Investment Consultants, we aim to turn jargon into simplicity and perplexity into clarity. A historical overview: ‘then’ vs. ‘now’  To fully grasp the importance of retirement planning in this day and age, it helps to consider how UK pensions have evolved over time.  For much of the 20th century, the gold standard model was the Defined Benefit (DB) scheme, often referred to as a “final salary” pension. Your employer generously promised a guaranteed income for life, while also carrying all of the risk that might arise from shortfalls caused by lackluster investment returns or members living longer than expected. Fast forward to today, the DB model has largely disappeared from the UK private sector, replaced by the Defined Contribution (DC) scheme. Under DC arrangements, the amount you eventually have depends on the level of contributions made and how the underlying investments perform. This represents a significant paradigm shift – the risks have moved from the employer’s balance sheet onto the members’ shoulders – meaning the possibility of “running out of money” is now a scenario to be considered.Another consequence of this transition is that income in retirement is no longer guaranteed, which has been further compounded by declining annuity rates over recent decades. Research by Edmund Cannon, Ian Tonks and Rob Yuille (2016) found that demand for annuities had fallen by nearly 75% from its 2012 peak following the pension freedoms reforms which have pushed many towards drawdown solutions instead, though this trend has reversed more recently primarily due to rising gilt yields.The greater flexibility offered by drawdown solutions also brings a need for ongoing management throughout retirement however, to ensure the investments continue to support your future living costs, especially when accounting for the long-term effect of inflation. The benefits of a DC pension While DC pensions assign more responsibility on the individual, they also come with genuine advantages: Flexibility & control: in a DC pension you have the freedom to select an investment strategy that suits your risk profile and overall circumstances, moving away from a “one size fits all” approach towards a more bespoke solution. This is important especially as life evolves and your financial priorities shift. A portfolio that was appropriate in your twenties may have been more exposed to an adventurous allocation, with the accumulation phase being generally characterised by higher risk tolerance as the pot has longer to recover from market corrections and generate compounded returns.As you approach the decumulation phase, your overall allocation might shift towards a more cautious stance, as the risk of seeing big fluctuations in the pot you now rely on for your retirement income could carry meaningful implications. Tax efficiency for the self-employed: if you’re a company director running your business through a limited company, employer pension contributions may be considered as an allowable expense with benefits from a Corporation Tax standpoint.Not only does this entail one of the most tax-efficient ways to extract profits, but it also means that contributions are invested with the possibility for even greater advantages: long-term market exposure for growth potential, exemption from Capital Gains Tax throughout, and no Income Tax until you draw funds in retirement.  If you are about to approach retirement, the number of working years left to make use of this may be fewer, thus causing the value of each remaining tax year to become more concentrated.  Tax advantages for the employed: if you’re employed, you can still benefit from DC schemes such as Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) through personal contributions. Basic-rate taxpayers receive an immediate 20% boost, while higher-rate (40%) and additional-rate (45%) taxpayers may claim back further relief via self-assessment.This may be even more advantageous when considering that, in retirement, individuals generally tend to earn less compared to their working years, meaning you may receive up to 45% tax-relief during the accumulation phase and only be subject to a lower Income Tax bracket once you’re drawing down the funds in retirement. The path to a secure retirement  While no assurance exists on precisely how much retirement will cost, it is far more certain that the risk of running short of money later in life increases significantly without a well-defined plan. This is exacerbated by a rising State Pension age which pushes the influx of a guaranteed income stream further down the line, hence making private pension provisions fundamental to bridging any deficit once your salary ceases to provide security.However, as per the famous quote, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second best time is now”. Even if you’re approaching retirement soon, it is never too late to implement valuable starting points to increase your chances of securing a comfortable retirement: Review and act as soon as possible. As ‘time’ is widely deemed one of the most valuable assets in the world of investing and personal f

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