Savings APYs Hold Steady After the Fed Leaves Rates Alone. Today's Best Savings Rates for Jan. 31, 2025

Currently, thebest high-yield savings accountrates have APYs over 4%. Here’s more on the best savings rates and the banks that offer them. key in your information below to get CNET’s partners' best rate for your area. How does the Fed’s decision affect savings rates? The best savings rates were well over 5% APY a year ago. Banks mostly followed the Fed’s lead, cutting APYs on savings accounts. We still don’t recommend waiting because banks could decide to lower savings rates further....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Renee Thornton

Savings Rates Are Falling, but There's Still Time to Grab a 5% APY. Today's Savings Rates, Dec. 3, 2024

Key Takeaways Don’t let looming rate cuts stop you from maximizing your savings today. You still have time to earn up to 5% annual percentage yield with thebest high-yield savings accounts. That means savings rates will likely drop again. So there’s no time to waste if you want to pad youremergency fundor start asinking fund. put in your information below to get CNET’s partners' best rate for your area. The Fed started cutting interest rates in September as inflation cooled....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 268 words · Lori Lam

Savings Rates Dropped Last Week, but You Can Still Find APYs Up to 5%. Today's Savings Rates, Dec. 9, 2024

you’re able to still find savings rates above a 4% annual percentage yield. slide in your information below to get CNET’s partners' best rate for your area. Will savings rates drop if the Fed cuts rates next week? If they opt to cut, most savings rates are expected to drop in the coming weeks. That doesn’t mean you’ll see your high-yield savings account rate will drop right away. Are high-yield savings accounts still a smart place to keep your money?...

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 208 words · Jeremy Holt

Savings Rates Hold Above 4% Before This Week's Fed Meeting. Today's Best Savings Rates for Jan. 28, 2025

That’s over 10 times thenational average of 0.41%. And you’ll still be able to deposit and withdraw money as needed. However, savings rates are fixed and can change at any time. input your information below to get CNET’s partners' best rate for your area. How will the Federal Reserve impact savings rates this year? A year ago, the best savings rates were over 5% APY. Banks mostly followed suit, cutting APYs on high-yield savings accounts....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Kevin Tucker

Savings Rates May Be Falling, But You Can Still Find APYs Over 5%. Today's Savings Rates, Nov. 25, 2024

Key Takeaways It was only a matter of time before rates began to tumble. “Especially if you prioritize accessibility and safety, though it’s always wise to monitor rate trends.” slide in your information below to get CNET’s partners' best rate for your area. Similarly, when theFed cuts interest rates, banks tend to decrease their APYs. On Nov. 7, it lowered it even further to 5.00% APY. Despite a slightinflation uptickin October, a third rate cut in December isn’t out of the question....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Steven Wright

Savings Rates Over 4% APY Could Stick Around a While Longer, but Not Forever. Today's Best Savings Rates for Feb. 3, 2025

Key takeaways We’ve been watching rates for thebest high-yield savings accountsfor a while now. Historically, when the Fed raises or lowers interest rates, banks do the same forborrowing and saving. We don’t recommend waiting – that could mean missing out on interest. Here’s a closer look at the best savings rates and the banks that offer them. put in your information below to get CNET’s partners' best rate for your area....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Scott Ford

Savings Rates Still Hover Around 4% APY, but They're Heading Downhill. Today's Best Savings Rates for Feb. 5, 2025

Key takeaways More of thebest high-yield savings accountslowered rates this week. If you want to maximize interest, we recommend comparing rates, but don’t wait too long. And waiting means you might miss out on interest. Even though rates are falling, you’ll still earn more than mosttraditional savings accountsoffer. key in your information below to get CNET’s partners' best rate for your area. Money coach and CNET Money expertBernadette Joyshared some tips to help you stick to your goal....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 203 words · Peggy Richards

Say Adieu to Adieu: These Are the Best Wordle Starter Words to Help You Win

So far, the strategy is still working. And now there’s a new tool you’ve got the option to use. I call it myWordle player cheat sheet. So as you might have guessed, E and A are great letters to throw into a Wordle guess. J and Q, not so much. More on Wordle I also asked readers and friends to share their Wordle strategies. Hope you’ll find some tips to freshen up your game play here....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Lori Cooper

Say Goodbye to a Slow Laptop With These Quick Fixes

This article explains how to make your laptop faster by deleting unnecessary things and giving yoursystem resourcesa break. Clean Up the Hard Drive Hard drives have limited space. The accumulation of temporary files created by Windows and apps has the same effect. SerGRAY / iStock / Getty Images Plus Check all the boxes and then selectOK>Delete Filesto start the deletion process. SelectApps>Installed apps. Scroll through the list to find a program to delete....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Adam Sanchez

Say Goodbye to AirPods Max Glitches: The Ultimate Reset Guide

To restore them to peak performance, read our guide below. How to Soft Reset Your AirPods Max First, verify your AirPods Max are fully charged. Press and hold theNoise Controlbutton andDigital Crownat the same time for up to 20 seconds. Apple, Inc. They’re on top of the right headphone. Your AirPods Max will restart. If your AirPods Max headphones are unresponsive, the standard restart process likely won’t work. This process restores the gadget to default configs free of customizations like equalizer balance or max volume controls....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 171 words · Dr. Lisa Lewis

Say Hello to the Country's Fastest Residential Internet Plan -- in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga telecom EPB is launching the first communitywide 25Gbps internet speed tier in the US. This is the fastestmulti-gigabit broadband serviceavailable in the US. The25,000Mbps plan, announced Aug. 24, features symmetrical download and upload speeds. That’s five times faster thanAT&T’s highly touted “hypergig” planandZiply Fiber’s speediest tier. It’s more than four times faster than theGigabit Pro plan from Xfinity. But in the tech industry, it’s been known as “Gig City” for over 10 years....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 147 words · Jennifer Wilson

Say Hello to the Galaxy Tab S8 Series

Rounding out the package is an 8,000mAh fast-charging battery, along with a pack-inS Pen. All of the tablets in the S8 series will include Android 12 out of the box as well. Samsung Samsung

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 34 words · Rebecca Davenport

SBF Donated Millions to Politicians. Now FTX Wants That Money Back

Before his precipitous fall from grace, Sam Bankman-Fried was crypto’s friendly face. His persona wasn’t just for customer consumption, but was also aimed at lawmakers. Now, months after the company went bankrupt, FTX’s debtors want those donations back. Those same debtors previously estimated that Bankman-Frieddropped $93 million in political donations. Top FTX executive Ryan Salame donated $19 million to GOP candidates in the same period. FTX was among the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges until late last year....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Brian Wolf