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Monday is Memorial Day. While all the days might be blurring together right now, the day is a federal holiday, which means some places might not be open that typically have been recently.

Tomorrow is Memorial Day. While celebrations are likely going to be a bit different this year, CBS is trying to keep one tradition alive: playing taps.

Since California’s stay-at-home orders began in March a group of friends and I have had a standing Saturday night virtual game night. I think the first week we played we ended up just playing knockoff versions of Cards Against Humanity and Pictionary, but each week we’ve ended up adding a new game or two into the mix.

Chips Ahoy! And Sour Patch Kids are throwing “Sweetest Prom Ever” tonight, a virtual prom experience hosted by Steve Aoki.

NASCAR officially made its in-person return last weekend, and Sunday it’s holding another race: the iconic Coca-Cola 600, its third over the past 8 days.

A Memorial Day sale at Butter London, an all-seasons weighted blanket for cheap, $10 worth of Marvel comics, NieR: Automata, and more lead the charge of Saturday’s beat deals.

If you’re on the hunt for something new to keep you entertained while you’re at home, Epic Games is currently having a massive sale of a number of its titles. That sale also takes the $60 price tag on the popular game Civilization VI down to $0.

While many parts of America are preparing to slowly reopen after months of lockdown, coronavirus-related scams and malware campaigns show no signs of abating. The Microsoft Security Intelligence Team recently disclosed details on two massive coronavirus phishing campaigns duping users into downloading and opening…Read more...

Contact tracing is a technique epidemiologists and public health officials have long used in the fight against diseases like HIV and tuberculosis. It’s an important tool for identifying those who might be sick and keeping the infection from spreading to others. As the nation continues to reopen, contact tracing could…Read more...

We all use our phones for a ton of routine tasks that require a few steps to implement. For instance, if you’re going to video chat a family member you might have to find the video app on your phone, tap to open it, then scroll through your contact list to find the person you want to talk to.

QR codes probably aren’t something you use on a daily basis, but they are incredibly useful when you need them. If you’re a big WhatsApp fan, you can now use QR codes to import contacts into the app—or share your contact information with others. It couldn’t be any easier to set up and use—with one small caveat.Read more...

We’ve been doing quick, at-home workouts for this month’s Lifehacker Fitness Challenge, and today we’re going to try one designed by the scientist who made high-intensity interval training popular. It’s just called the “Go-To Workout,” and you can change it up however you like.Read more...

Employers are starting to require employees report back to work, forcing them to consider the pressing issue of how to safely arrange child care for their kids while schools remain closed. It’s a decision that requires weighing a number of risks in order to gauge which option is the safest for your particular…Read more...

Happy Memorial Day weekend, I guess. To be honest, I had completely forgotten about the holiday and its elongated weekend until I saw a press release for “Memorial Day cocktails,” a phrase which, to me, is largely meaningless.Read more...

Ready for the long weekend? If you’re looking for things to watch over the next three days we’ve searching the web to find some of your best streaming options.

As with nearly all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s still so much we don’t know about effective contact tracing. At this point, contact tracing apps have to collect a lot of information about you and share it with other organizations. That’s not conspiratorial paranoia; collecting and sharing your…Read more...

As we wrap up this school year with virtual graduations and drive-by celebrations, parents everywhere are asking: What will school look like in the fall? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) weighed in this week with a list of recommendations school leaders should consider as they reopen during the…Read more...

As a card-carrying introvert (I laminated it myself!) with a severe aversion to talking on the phone, teleconferencing and looking at my own face on camera, our move to the 100 percent work-from-home lifestyle has been a true delight. And there’s nothing about it I love more than that point at the end of every Zoom…Read more...

We’re all getting a bit more acquainted with every part of our homes these days, so let’s take the time to explore unknown uses for the humble washing machine.Read more...

If you’re staring down a major shopping holiday like Memorial Day or Black Friday, still unclear on what you want to buy, where you want to buy it and how to know whether you’re getting a good deal, I have four pieces of advice for you:Read more...

My all-time favorite roasted chicken is labneh chicken, but that thing requires a 24-hour marinade, and sometimes I simply do not have the patience. I can’t however, place a chicken—naked and unloved—straight into the oven without any sort of treatment. In these rushed, marinade-less moments, I reach for my BFF:…Read more...

As long as I can remember, my fear of flying always involved absurd “what if?” scenarios. What if the emergency doors open and sucks everyone out of the plane? What if the pilot takes a break to go to sleep? What if a bird flies into the plane and promptly gets sucked into the engine? (Oh, wait.)

T-Mobile is currently offering first responders the opportunity to get free mobile service from the carrier for the next 10 years.Read more...

The internet is freaking out about a TikTok video (and accompanying Buzzfeed article) showing what appear to be little worm-like bugs crawling out of fresh strawberries soaked in salt water. Is this for real? Have we been unknowingly enjoying larvae in our triple-berry parfaits? Should we just never eat fruit again? I…Read more...

Yesterday was Global Accessibility Awareness Day. To celebrate, Google announced a number of new accessibility features for Android and Google Maps.

Look, we get it. We’re all a little lonely right now. Starved for affection. And even though we’ve already been in isolation for more than two months, we’re still adjusting to this lifestyle. Like many others, you may be tempted to acquire—and then kiss and/or cuddle—some poultry. But the Centers for Disease Control…Read more...

There’s a joke in my family about the time when I—all of 19 or 20 years old and living in an apartment with my own kitchen for the first time—emailed my dad to ask him, “What’s a marinade?” To this day, I also still have a copy of the very kind, very detailed instructions he sent me for how to make mashed potatoes.Read more...

If, more than two months into the coronavirus pandemic, you’ve thought to yourself, “hmmm, living in isolation kinda works for me,” NASA may have just the job for you. The space agency is seeking applicants for a social isolation study to develop methods and technologies for future spaceflight missions to Mars and the…Read more...

High school graduates from the class of 2020 and their families can get a free medium pizza from Pizza Hut today.

Yes, there are places in this world where you can’t get online—and I’m not talking about a remote tropical locale where it’s impossible for you to play Emoji Blitz while you’re on vacation. Plenty of places in the U.S. either have crappy or non-existent internet, requiring you to get creative to get connected.Read more...

A mastery of Adobe Photoshop can help streamline your workflow in all kinds of fields, from web design and online publishing to digital art and photography. The software dominates the image-editing space (though alternatives are available), and no matter what your level—from beginner to expert—there’s always more to…Read more...

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Signal’s new PIN feature adds an extra layer of security to the encrypted messaging app and makes moving your account between multiple devices less of a hassle.

I have been making a lot of sours, which means I have been using a lot of egg whites. The corresponding yolks get cured, and then grated, onto salads, pizza slices, bowls of pasta, and—most recently—deviled eggs. Eggs on eggs may seem excessive, but cured yolks are concentrated, intense, savory versions of their…Read more...

Even the most well-traveled among us have missed a flight or experienced the heart-stopping feeling of realizing you’re at the wrong gate and have three minutes to find the right one. But this never has to happen if you’ve set up flight alerts, which will help to ensure that your travel is as seamless as it can…Read more...

Nothing says sexy like I use a package manager to install apps instead of double-clicking boring executables. It just rolls off the tongue. But there is something fun about installing and updating your apps using a command line tool—PowerShell, technically. Once you’ve gotten the hang of it, the experience is even…Read more...

If you take meds on a schedule, you probably have a system for remembering what to take when, whether you use an app or something low-tech like a pill organizer. But for those occasional doses—like the Claritins I take every couple days during allergy season—just snap a photo of the pill bottle instead.Read more...

In recent weeks, many of us have begun to explore quaran-teaming, where two households in isolation join forces, whether for social purposes or to help address specific needs. The adult moving back in with her elderly parents who have trouble managing alone, the families who need to swap child care: This trend, also…Read more...

Toddlers and medicine aren’t always the best match. They’re sick or they’re teething and you know some medicine will help, but they’re not having it, and logic isn’t getting you anywhere. Parents have developed a few different tricks over the years to deal with the problem (give ‘em a chaser! dip a lollipop into it!…Read more...

Looking for something great to watch tonight? We’ve scoured the web to find some of your best options for the day.

I don’t know about you, but I began saving money for my summer vacation in January. In fact, I have budget line items for two separate trips: One to see friends, and one to see family.Read more...

We should all be using haptic touch on our iPhones. It’s simply the easiest way to quickly access common tasks, from creating a reminder to switching between Bluetooth devices. In the video above, I share some of the ways I use haptic touch every single day.Read more...

If you’ve ever used the social voting app Wishbone, you need to change your account’s password immediately. Hackers broke into the mobile app earlier this year and stole its entire database of user information, which contained over 40 million usernames, emails, physical addresses, phone numbers and passwords. A…Read more...

If you have a health insurance plan that comes with a health savings account (HSA) or if you’re planning to sign up for a HSA plan during the next round of Open Enrollment, here’s some good news: The IRS just announced it will increase the amount of money that you can contribute to your HSA in 2021.Read more...

Mario Party games go poorly when tempers run hot. One minute, you’re about to finally (finally!) grab a star. The next, one of your so-called “friends” uses a Golden Pipe and snatches it from your grasp. Or maybe you’re stuck in a rut of poor mini-game performance. Coming dead last in a dozen mini-games in a row can…Read more...

More than two months into the pandemic, many of us are trying to find a way to navigate our new normal in a safe, sustainable way. Quarantine fatigue is very real. Even normally cautious people are struggling with taking the proper precautions, simply because of how long this has been going on.Read more...

When you see a flat line on a graph, it’s tempting to think, “Oh hey, at least the situation isn’t getting any worse!” But one of the common types of charts we see for COVID-19 is of new cases per day. In that case, a flat line means that things are, in fact, still getting worse.

It is hard, in my opinion, to add enough garlic to food, let alone too much. I usually double (or triple) the amount called for in a recipe, and I have been known to add it to recipes that did not call for it all. But things get tricky when you try to add garlic to drinks, even umami-packed, savory beverages like a…Read more...

June is almost upon us. To help everyone prepare, Netflix just released the list of what’s coming and going from the platform next month.

Most Stephen King readers I know discovered the man in their youth. They stumbled on a copy of Cujo or Firestarter in a library book sale and carted it home, and then they couldn’t put it down, and then their tiny story-loving minds exploded. In the best way possible.