Google’s subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue In Brief Posted: 4:31 AM PST · February 5, 2026 Image Credits:CFOTO/Future Publishing / Getty Images Alphabet-owned YouTube’s subscription and ad revenue is trending upwards. The company on Wednesday said it now has 325 million paying users across Google One and...

It’s not worth fixating on your credit score. Here's what to do insteadArticle contentCredit scores take time to change because they reflect your long‑term patterns of payment history, credit usage and how old your accounts are, rather than short-term fixes. Additionally, each person has multiple credit scores at any given time. Attempts to manipulate a score by opening or closing accounts or...

From New Deductions to Bigger Refunds, Here Are 8 Major Tax Changes in 2026 The U.S. just kicked off its first tax season since President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBBA, last July. Politics aside, the law is likely to affect how much you owe the IRS, how big your refund is and more. The OBBBA extended and modified a...

Should Canada cap credit card interest rates? One expert warns of a 'chain of unintended consequences'Article contentMark Kalinowski, corporate and community relations manager at the Credit Counselling Society, said banks cutting back people’s credit limits could wind up harming their credit scores.Article contentArticle contentFor example, he said if your credit is cut back so you end up using...

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Feb. 5, #1692Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Today's Wordle puzzle is a bit challenging. Remember, if you successfully guess a letter, it might show up...