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Many marriages do, in fact, last for decades—contrary to popular misconception, the divorce rate in the U.S. has been dropping steadily for decades, and the old saw about half of all marriages ending in divorce is hogwash—although for people over 50, the divorce rate has actually doubled over the years. And that’s…Read more...

You should be cleaning your dryer vent about once a year, and while it can be a slightly inconvenient task, it’s important to know that the much-touted “hack” of clearing lint out with a leaf blower is a bad idea. In addition to not being very effective for a few reasons, using traditional cleaning methods on your…Read more...

Whether you’re dutifully attending open houses looking for your next home, or have lived in the same one for decades, you should always be on the lookout for water damage. That’s because it’s more than an eyesore: Water damage is a sign of a larger problem.Read more...

Mattresses don’t come cheap, so it’s in your best interest to take care of them. In addition to covering them with a mattress protector and removing dirt and dust by vacuuming them regularly, it also means quickly cleaning up spills before they turn into stains. Here’s how to do that.Read more...

You’re in the shower shampooing your hair, and suddenly you catch a whiff of something unpleasant. Something that smells like sewage. Your first instinct is that it’s coming from the toilet. That might be true, but it could also be coming from your shower drain. Here are a few examples of what could be behind the…Read more...

Whether you’re into classic, well-manicured American suburban landscape design, or favor a more natural look featuring native shrubs, you probably have some type of foundation plant around the perimeter of your house (or at least the parts visible from the street).Read more...

In addition to using less energy, part of the appeal of tankless hot water heaters is that they take up less space than traditional models. So, unless you have a sprawling basement where storage space isn’t an issue, your hot water heater with a tank is occupying valuable real estate.Read more...

If your home was constructed out of wood, its structural integrity depends on the natural material remaining intact and sturdy. So if you happen to notice that wood in your walls, floors, or support beams is losing its shape, changing color, crumbling, or looks like it’s beginning to collapse, it’s important to take…Read more...

For one day—Tuesday, May 2—teachers across the U.S. are meant to feel the love and respect they should be getting all year—if not with a salary the reflects what they’re worth, then at least with a few deals and freebies. Here are some of the best Teacher Appreciation Day deals every educator can take advantage of.

When I was younger, I vowed I’d never be end up a clueless old jerk with no idea what was going on in the world, but I realized today that it’s time to give up on that dream. What I’m saying is, this week’s viral video broke me. Even though it’s literally my job to understand what young people are doing, I cannot…Read more...

Windows 11 has come a long way since its initial launch, but it still isn’t for everyone. Plenty of Windows 10 fans refuse to upgrade their machines to Microsoft’s latest OS: One estimate suggests Windows 10 still commands 73.46% of PCs in the world, while Windows 11 remains at 20.95%. There are more than a few…Read more...

Flash cards are an effective memorization tool, as any test-taker well knows. And if making physical flash cards is useful, why not make them online? The next time you find yourself getting stuck while trying to glean the most important information from a long YouTube video, a dense PDF, or a bunch of articles, you…Read more...

Finals season is just around the corner, and tests happen all year long, but it’s never too late to learn a new method of studying—and this one is pretty effective. If you’ve got an important exam coming up and you want to know if you’re prepared enough, all you need to do is find a study buddy who knows absolutely…Read more...

Gear Isle, an “adult novelties” business based in the San Francisco Bay area, is voluntarily recalling some of their viagra pills after the FDA found undeclared ingredients in them that could cause consumers to have health problems if they’re also taking certain medications.Read more...

Last week, Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement in a landmark defamation case stemming from the 2020 election, and the immediate reaction from the online communities (Twitter and Reddit) was something like disappointment.

I love my Roomba, and I hate my Roomba. The endearing little beeps and boops, the hypnotic but inexplicable path it takes across my floor, the possibility of training woodland animals to ride it across the floor…there’s a lot to like. But, three years into its use, I have some bones to pick. Here are all the things…Read more...

Dave’s Hot Chicken started as a single popup in a Los Angeles parking lot in 2017. Today, it’s in 20 states and Washington D.C., and it’s on track to be the fastest-growing chain after opening its 100th location in Brooklyn, NY, with 14 more to open in Queens and Long Island over the next five years. In celebration…Read more...

Webcams, especially the ones built-into computers, haven’t always been that great. The priority was convenience, not necessarily quality, when it came to powering video calls on your mobile machine. But times have changed: Not only can you buy high-quality webcams to connect to your computer, but some now ship with…Read more...

ChatGPT can do a lot, but we haven’t reached Hollywood-levels of AI just yet. OpenAI doesn’t let you ask ChatGPT questions with your voice, and it won’t respond in kind, at least not without a browser extension. But, as it turns out, you can pick up the phone and give ChatGPT a call, thanks to the work from a…Read more...

Email is old. In its earliest incarnation, email dates back to 1965—a time when computers were the size of elephants and only a small number of nerds had regular access to them—and the kind of email we recognize today dates back to the early 1970s.

For some reason, I have a Moon Pie-branded tin that is absolutely stuffed with old wine corks I’ve collected over the years. I don’t know what I’m saving them for; all they do is remind me that I’ve spent a fair amount of money of mid-priced wine, yet I cannot let them go. (It might be tempting to think that I’m…Read more...

We didn’t need the cinematic corporate bipoic Air to remind us of the indelible mark Michael Jordan has made not just on basketball, but on the shoe game. The birth of the Air Jordans in 1985 meant big things for the company, but it also blew the starting whistle on an entire culture built around sneakers. Kicks…Read more...

The concept of an omelette is enticing and simple: Wrap tasty stuff in an egg blanket. In practice, however, it can be so frustratingly hard to get “right” that even celebrity chef judges will quiz other professionals on if they can make a perfect French-style omelette or not. No one’s day (or career) should ride on…Read more...

I’m going to admit upfront that I’m a big Windex girl. It’s cheap, it’s always available, and it’s easy to spray on everything from mirrors (normal!) to tabletops (nor normal!) for a quick rubdown. It turns out, though, that you’re really not supposed to use the specialty glass cleaner for everything, as it can cause…Read more...

Amazon’s Prime Video is known to have some of the deepest pockets in the streaming biz, having recently spent more than $140 million on Daisy Jones & the Six, $175 million on The Peripheral, and $465 million on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. But even Rich Uncle Pennybags needs to skip a turn once in a…Read more...

Car insurance companies don’t take unnecessary risks—and now, for State Farm and Progressive, many Hyundais and Kias are a risk they are not willing to take, at least temporarily. The reason? That same viral TikTok trend from the “Kia Boyz” we covered back in February, in which users learned how to easily hot-wire the…Read more...

If you’ve ever felt like your melatonin gummies hit harder than you expected, it’s possible that you didn’t actually take the dose you thought you did. In a recent study, melatonin gummies labeled as containing 3 milligrams actually had anywhere between 3.6 milligrams and a whopping 10.4, depending on brand.

When you keep shuffling between browser tabs, meetings, and tasks on your Mac, it’s easy to lose track of a few important things. You may have referenced a document that contained an important quote for a blog post, or heard an insightful comment during a meeting but forgot to save it. Rewind is an app that can help…Read more...

Cost-effective, erosion-proof, and chemical-corralling, the mighty grass driveway doesn’t get the respect it deserves. But if you have rainwater rushing down your gravel driveway, washing away dirt or leaving trenches in its wake, it might be the solution for you. Using a system of interlocking pavers, a grass…Read more...

Buzzkills everywhere agree: Fun as they are, attending a loud concert can damage your hearing. Plenty of venues are obnoxiously loud, and you could experience symptoms of hearing loss within just five minutes of exposure the cacophony.

Cookies are the perfect treat, and each one is valuable to society. And yet, I’ve recently unwittingly stumbled upon an outstanding way to improve almost any cookie. To experience an otherworldly crunch phenomenon, simply wrap your drop cookies in phyllo dough.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or evidence of a disturbing cultural trend, but a lot of people seem to be shooting people for really dumb reasons lately. There’s the guy in Kansas City who allegely blasted a kid for ringing his doorbell, the man in Florida who is reported to have opened fire on a six-year-old for …Read more...

The food distributor Lipari Foods has issued a voluntary recall after a specific lot of Lipari Branded Ground Cumin Tubs was found to potentially have been contaminated with Salmonella and was distributed to 16 states. Salmonella can cause serious or fatal infections to young children, elderly people, or those with a…Read more...

Every time you interact with ChatGPT, you’re actually training it to be better. It takes your conversations and uses that experience to make future conversations more useful and accurate for everyone. That’s a good thing for both ChatGPT, as well as anyone who wants to see their chats with the bot improve overtime. As…Read more...

We live in a divided world, but one thing most people can agree on right now is that the cost of housing is way too high. Home prices have slipped a bit, but home prices, mortgage rates, and rents remain sky-high in a lot of places, and a lot of people—especially younger folks—are despairing of ever owning a home.…Read more...

I love breading. I find the crispness of good breading can make otherwise mundane weeknight dishes a little elevated. A lightly breaded trout filet, a pork chop with a crispy side, a chicken breast with a little crunch.Read more...

I get produce paralysis. Despite the world of salads being so incredibly diverse, somehow I’ll make the same one week after week, even if I’m bored of it. But after flipping through an old salad cookbook listing ingredients with no measurements, I remembered that recipes ain’t the boss of me. You can create a whole…Read more...

Life doesn’t always go your way. This is one of the hardest and most universal lessons we learn as we move out of toddlerhood and into childhood and later adulthood. While it’s normal for a small child to throw a tantrum when they don’t get what they want when they want it, as kids get bigger, the ability to tolerate…Read more...

I didn’t realize that Sylvester Stallone was the sort of star people had enough affection for that they would want to watch a reality show about his life. But then, I’ve felt that way about basically all famous people reality shows starting with The Osbournes (I am very old). Regardless, here we are: The Family…Read more...

Bring Your Own Cup Day is back this Saturday, April 29 at 7-Eleven, Speedway, and Stripes locations nationwide. You can bring any size cup (or bucket) that fits under the 10-inch hole in the in-store display to get as much Slurpee as you can for $2. Here are the details and some inspiring and creative stretches of the…Read more...

The Peak Streaming era may be coming to an end—tumult at HBO Max, belt tightening at Paramount+, whatever is happening with Hulu—but Netflix still has very deep pockets. Deep enough to attract the sort of star power that used to cost $20 million per movie. Star power the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jennifer…Read more...

When you’re out of work and need to pay some bills, the goal is typically to get a new full-time job as soon as possible. To bridge the gap, we tend to think of gig economy jobs—DoorDash, Uber, etc—as the obvious solution. But there’s an old school, tried-and-true option to keep in mind too: Temping.

AI is good at summarizing. You can use it to summarize PDFs and task it with breaking down YouTube videos into truncated transcripts, for example. Basically, you can defer certain content to the robots and they can give you the highlights in seconds. And now, the bots can summarize news for you too, turning full…Read more...

Ever since it came out, Google Authenticator has been a popular choice for generating two-factor authentication codes on the fly. The service is reliable and secure, but has always had one glaring issue: the inability to sync authentication codes between devices, leaving you at risk of losing access to all of your 2FA…Read more...

WhatsApp may be massively popular, but the app has always lagged behind when it comes to multi-device support. It wasn’t long ago you couldn’t even transfer your chats when setting up a new phone, let alone access your WhatsApp account on other devices, like a laptop or tablet. Another consistent sticking point: The…Read more...

Last Wednesday, I was trudging up a hill barely able to breathe. Something was constricting my chest, and I wasn’t sure whether to blame a too-tight sports bra, the heart rate monitor I had wedged underneath it, my spring allergies, or my asthma acting up. (In hindsight: probably all four.) That wasn’t my only source…Read more...

Spend too much time in certain social media circles, and you may get the impression that a magnesium supplement is a wonder pill that can cure just about any ailment. One supplement that can fix your sleep, get rid of your headaches, or act as a natural anxiety relief aid. Unsurprisingly, many of these claims are…Read more...

If you live in a small space or are just a bit of a lazy gardener, grow bags might be the solution for your garden this summer. They’re inexpensive, light-weight, and easy to move around, plus they make great environments for a variety of flowers, vegetables, and herbs. Even if you’re stuck in a little apartment with…Read more...

There’s a lot of hype for chewy brownies, fudgy, and even the cakey type, but what about wet brownies, huh? (Still working on the name.) It’s more like chocolate pudding meets devil’s food cake, and I guarantee if there isn’t a cult following for this simple, decadent brownie pudding, there will be soon. Other than…Read more...

Your phone and social media love to remind you what you were doing on this day a year ago, or five. It’s a good way to marvel at how things have changed, and how your kids have grown. It can also tell you useful things about your gardens of yesteryear: When the tulips opened, where your peonies popped, or when the…Read more...