Every year, when Thanksgiving dinner rolls around, many of us have to perform various feats to make it through the meal without incident. Whether it’s guiding the conversation away from politics, shutting down the airing of grievances, or nodding your way through someone’s long-winded description of a get-rich-quick scheme, remaining polite and beloved by your loved ones is the ultimate goal. Happily, this year my family and I saw very little drama at our dinner table, aside from a confused relative who thought the PC in PCMag was for “politically correct.” What...

If you know what you’re doing, crypto can be a lucrative endeavor, but it’s also ripe with scams. Don’t get duped. Here’s what to look out for before you load up on virtual currency. If it’s good enough for Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and Tim Cook, surely you can also win big in the crypto game, right? If you’ve got some money to burn, perhaps, and we have a guide for getting started. But you could also be just a few mouse clicks away from losing your retirement funds to a cartoon dog or a “coin” tied to a popular streaming...