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In one of 2020's more bizarre plot twists, the US Postal Service is possibly being sabotaged for political gain. The full story is complex, confusing and almost certainly incomplete, but USA Today offers a pretty good rundown here.Read more...

Bugs found in Alexa’s web services could have let hackers access voice recordings and personal data stored on Amazon’s servers. Some of the vulnerabilities could even let hackers remotely install Alexa Skills on someone else’s device without them knowing. Despite the severity of these flaws, you’re safe in this…Read more...

What a day. Epic Games is suing Apple and Google over their alleged monopolistic practices on their various app stores, and both companies have banned Epic’s most popular game, Fortnite, from their respective app stores for trying to skirt around the cut each company takes from in-app purchases.Read more...

There is a lot going on right now, which means it may seem especially difficult to manage your time properly. Feeling overwhelmed can lead to stress, and in these uncertain times (understatement), it’s easy to feel like you’re drowning in uncompleted tasks.Read more...

Crab-stuffed vegetables are certainly delicious, but I always feel a little guilty mixing expensive, high-quality crab meat with cheese and crumbs and shoving it into a mushroom. You can cut costs by buying whole crabs and breaking them down yourself, but I am prone to eating crab meat the moment it comes out of the…Read more...

Around mid-March, 2020 travel plans went from “Maybe we’ll be able to go somewhere for Memorial Day weekend!” to “Maybe we’ll be able to see the remaining members of our families for the holidays in 2022!” (Too dark?) OK, so it’s not quite that extreme—some people have had the opportunity to go from…Read more...

As the pandemic cancels fall plans like in-person classes and college football, you may not be expecting to travel through 2020—and beyond. With all the travel restrictions, you may be thinking about your rewards credit card, the hefty annual fee, and whether it still makes sense to keep it.Read more...

This is going to be quite the year for unique childcare solutions as our kids spend most (or all) of their time learning outside of the classroom, even as parents continue to try to work and we all attempt to stay isolated to protect each other. Parents need help, but sometimes getting help doesn’t feel safe.Read more...

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The complete Telltale Walking Dead Collection, a Satisfyer Pro 2 Vibrator, World of Cyberpunk, and fashion face masks lead Friday’s best deals.

Our timeline transitioned into an episode of Black Mirror so gradually, we didn’t even notice (well, maybe some of us noticed). But the new reality will start getting harder to deny when companies just start straight up ripping off episodes of that darkly satirical, five-minutes-into-the-future Netflix series. Case…Read more...

Search suggestions can be great, hilarious, and horrible all at once. The intent makes sense: Save you a few keystrokes by giving you that which you were surely meaning to type in before you even finish the phrase. And I think we can all agree that saving time and keystrokes is usually a good thing—unless the…Read more...

The Root 'How Will Art Sit in Other People's Hearts?': Aloe Blacc, Arisha Hatch and Kierna Mayo Break Down How Art Transforms Our Lives at The Root Institute |The A.V. Club We’re still waiting: 15 pop culture part ones that never got a part 2 |Kotaku Apple Removes Fortnite From App Store, As Battle With Epic Intensifies [Update: Google Play Store Too] |Deadspin It’s Time to Cancel the Cardinals’ Season |Jalopnik Sony Rubs It In To Apple And Dyson By Moving Development Of Its EV To The Real World |Read more...

The date is set: AMC Theaters will begin reopening Aug. 20. When the COVID-19 pandemic closed movie theaters across the country earlier this year the company was in the midst of celebrating its centennial, and the nation’s largest theater chain is set to reopen despite the virus’s widespread infection levels and …Read more...

Last month I received a package that changed my life forever. I knew immediately what was inside, perhaps on account of the fact that the sleek black box weighed nearly 100 lbs, and I had ordered a hideous pink gamer chair a couple months prior. The moment I pried my chair’s embossed carapace open, one of our cats,…Read more...

Is your iPhone’s screen looking a little sickly lately? A software update might be just the medicine it needs.

Seeking out information about COVID-19 online means wandering through a wild morass of truth, speculation and outright lies. It’s important to start with trusted sources and see what they’re saying, rather than assuming that just anything you come across is legit. Some of what’s out there is misinformation, pushed by…Read more...

Square’s Cash App—a peer-to-peer payments service—is currently testing short-term loans with select users. As TechCrunch reports, Cash App is offering small loans with a four-week repayment term. While the new feature is only available to 1,000 Cash App users—the company may offer a broader rollout in the future.Read more...

There are plenty of cloud storage services out there, but which one is the best? And how do you even define “best,” because that word, to me, means “the most I can get without having to pay anything.”

I live in New York City, where, I am pleased to report, the vast majority of people wear masks when out and about. This very likely has something to do with why we’ve managed to flatten the COVID-19 curve and keep it flat—squashing our daily infection rate from a terrifying high of 71% in the early days of the…Read more...

Wait, so it’s not just me? I thought when I first saw this Reddit thread on how to wash your face without making a drippy mess. If you have water in your hands, and your hands are up at face level, water will drip down your elbows and onto your counter or floor. Thanks, gravity. Well, it turns out that not only is…Read more...

“Too many tomatoes” is not a problem I am currently facing, as I lack a garden in which I can grow any tomatoes at all (a far worse problem than having too many, I think). But I do know a lot of people who who are currently overwhelmed by the sheer number of love apples being produced by their yard plants, and…Read more...

Years ago, we shared a tip from one of our readers, CraXyOW3, who offered up an effective method to keep glass from fogging up via the application of a bit of shaving cream. Of course, back then we were concerned about bathroom mirrors and being blinded upon stepping into a warm building on a frigid day. In 2020, when …Read more...

When you own property, homeowners insurance is an unavoidable expense. And unfortunately for canine lovers, owning a dog—especially certain breeds—may increase the cost. Here’s why: dog-related injuries cost homeowners insurers $797 million in 2019, and dog bite claims are increasing, according to the Insurance…Read more...

A steep Microsoft Surface Pro 7 discount, a Final Fantasy VII Remake price drop, a Yankee Candle Gold Box, a bObsweep pet hair robot vacuum, a Botanic Hearth shampoo & body wash sale, a wireless LED charging pad clock 2-pack, and an exclusive Sunday Scaries CBD subscription offer lead Thursday’s best deals.Read more...

The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra’s 120Hz display is great for gaming, with a high refresh rate that make games more responsive and look much smoother in-action. Seeing smartphones tout 120Hz displays is impressive, especially considering many high-end TVs, monitors, and game consoles struggle to hit consistently high…Read more...

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Well, it could be worse. TikTok could be suffering some gigantic data breach that exposes your account credentials and private video snippets to the world. But the alternative isn’t much better, privacy-wise: a recent Wall Street Journal report found that the popular social network tracked Android users’ MAC addresses…Read more...

I know that most of you reading this have never heard of “leftover baked potatoes,” and honestly I love that for you. But I am a weak-willed individual whose eyes are far bigger than her not-small stomach, and I have been known to over-order, over-purchase, and over-prepare, particularly if I am ordering, purchasing,…Read more...

I’m a huge fan of the Total War franchise, and two games in particular—Total War: Warhammer 2 and Total War: Three Kingdoms—are the absolute best of the best. While the latest installment in the franchise, A Total War Saga: Troy, isn’t quite up to their level of detail, strategy, and chaos, there’s one incredibly…Read more...

Ah, summer. There’s nothing like enjoying a cold drink on a hot day. What a great time to purchase this Lifehacker Camelbak Wine Tumbler. This subtle and sophisticated tumbler is as classy as the article suggesting it—a genuine piece of service journalism that knows your drinkware could use an upgrade.Read more...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the optimism that “we’ll get through this” and be “back to normal” sometime soon has been pinned to the development and approval of an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus. Major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna have been conducting…Read more...

A new Google Lens feature is on the way that helps students learn math and STEM-related topics. To use the new “Homework” search mode, all you have to do is scan the equation you need help solving. It will be available in the Google Lens Android app and via Google Visual Search in Google Photos, Google Assistant and…Read more...

As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the nation, some are preparing for the worst-case scenario. As AARP reports, attorneys are seeing an uptick in business as Americans rush to prepare estate planning documents—and it’s easy to see why. Fewer than a third of adults have a will or other necessary estate planning…Read more...

Keeping up a habit every day is a classic hack. Whether you track that with a row of red X’s on a calendar, or you let an app give you badges for consistency, a streak can help you get a habit started. But that’s just the first step. You find out who you really are after you break your streak.Read more...

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Tired of your phone’s...phone app? You don’t have to keep using it if you don’t want, now that you can probably try the Google’s Phone app—previously restricted to its Pixel phones—on your Android.Read more...

We knew it was coming, but it hurts all the same: New York Comic Con’s 2020 convention is officially canceled in its physical form and moving to a digital experience. Much like DC’s new FanDome, NYCC hopes to capture as much magic as possible in an online setting, but for a significantly wider audience. For anyone…Read more...

The simplest way to stay healthy through this mid-pandemic election cycle and still get to vote is to request a mail-in ballot and avoid public polling places altogether. But not everyone can (due to state restrictions) or wants to vote by mail.

It’s not often you find a classic hack that excels at four different things, but maybe that’s why it’s a classic. We told you 13 years ago to fill the empty space in your freezer with water bottles, and we hope you did.Read more...

An “extremely active” hurricane season occurring in the midst of a global pandemic sounds like the plot of a late-1990s disaster movie, but it’s 2020, so it’s our current reality. Earlier this month, New York City and other parts of the east coast got a taste of this double-disaster situation when Tropical Storm…Read more...

We commonly think of an egg as having two distinct parts: the white and the yolk. It is (of course) much more complicated than that. There’s rarely any need to think about all 15 parts of the egg, but considering both portions of the white—the exterior albumin and the middle albumin—can result in neater, more…Read more...

Windows 10 has a built-in clipboard history, and it’s about to get a lot more handy with the upcoming release of Windows 10 Build 20185, currently available for Windows Insiders to test.Read more...

A discount on Bose ANC headphones, an Anker Soundcore Bluetooth speaker, a $10 Fallout 76: Wastelanders copy, a Kyoku steak knife set, a Colgate Optic White toothpaste 2-pack, an Anker ROAV C2 Pro dash cam, a KN95 mask 20-pack, and a Thundercats DVD box set lead Wednesday’s best deals.Read more...

In personal finance your net worth gets a lot of attention, and for good reason—it’s basically your financial report card. You can calculate your net worth—or statement of financial position—by subtracting your total debt from your total assets.Read more...

The past several months have caused many of us to take a long, critical look around our homes, and in some cases, we’ve found our living space wanting. To be fair, most of us didn’t move into these spaces expecting them to serve as our home, office and school, but here we are. We’ve had to get creative by turning…Read more...

Ever wonder just how much data your streaming apps use? Here’s the good news: For the most part, the differences aren’t that extreme between most apps when you’re viewing the same type and quality of content. (Netflix and Hulu will average out to about the same, for example.)Read more...

Bricks are not something you can buy at Williams-Sonoma or Sur La Table, but perhaps they should be, as they are extremely useful in the kitchen. Actually, scratch that. Both retailers are extremely skilled at making the once-affordable inaccessible, and would probably end up selling “locally sourced sediment weights…Read more...

In the age of smartphone calculators and voice assistants, multiplying large numbers by hand may seem like a quaint and entirely unnecessary skill. However, you never know when you’ll need to do quick math, and the Japanese multiplication method (also called multiply-by-lines) can help you figure out the answer simply…Read more...

I love old movies. My wife... does not. This is a sticking point for us when it comes to deciding what we want to watch together; on the rare occasions she says we can watch whatever you want she never forgets to add but nothing old and in black and white.