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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.

It may feel like the 13th week of March, but according to the calendar it’s almost Memorial Day weekend—the unofficial start of summer. This is usually the time when we pack up and head to a newly-opened beach or a cookout on the deck surrounding a friend’s backyard pool, but this is the Summer of COVID-19 and…Read more...

Wendy’s may not be serving up as many of their iconic square-shaped hamburgers right now thanks to a beef shortage, but they want you to know that they’re still open for business—and they’re giving away free chicken sandwiches to do it. Specifically, if you order any menu item via the Wendy’s app, you can get a spicy…Read more...

If you’ve done a group FaceTime lately, then you’ve likely experienced the feature that makes participant’s windows change see based on who is talking. The idea is similar to what Zoom does by default, in that it will make the speaker the center of attention, but if you’re in a spirited conversation with multiple…Read more...

Edge Chromium received several new features in its most recent update, and one of the slickest additions is automatic profile switching. If a user has multiple Microsoft accounts signed into Edge, the browser will now ask if you want to change to a different profile when visiting new websites or opening external…Read more...

Think back to the last time you were in an airport, waiting for your plane to board. (Remember airports? Remember flying?) You may have noticed a TV screen above the gate counter filled with a list of passenger names and heard a flight attendant calling those same names over the intercom. Those were the names of…Read more...

We’ve probably all got somebody on our friends list who’s been sharing a lot of suspect information about the coronavirus. The component pseudo-facts of conspiracy theories are floating around Facebook in abundance, and it’s super frustrating to see them rebroadcast by people you know and love. You may be tempted to…Read more...

Launching apps is easy on Windows 10: Just mash the Start button, begin typing in the name of the app and odds are good that you’ll be able to quickly pull up whatever you were trying to find. You’d never use Windows Key + R and your operating system’s “Run” box to launch most apps—but thanks to the latest Windows 10…Read more...

Now that gyms are starting to open back up, it’s tempting to go back. However, just because you can do something doesn’t necessarily mean you should. So before you make your decision, it is important to think about the relative amount of risk this decision entails.Read more...

For something that most of us require every single day of our lives, it seems unfair that coffee should require a fairly complex chemical extraction process. Temperature, particle size, and extraction time are the main variables one has to keep in mind when brewing the stuff and—yes—changing these variables will…Read more...

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Sometimes you buy a new PC game and it just isn’t what you expected. Maybe the game isn’t compatible with your hardware or the gameplay just doesn’t click with you. Whatever the case, if you’re feeling buyer’s remorse over a digital copy of a PC game you just bought, you might be eligible for a refund.

Just because restaurants are opening up again doesn’t mean it is safe to go. Reopening restaurants during a pandemic is a new situation, and as with all things COVID-19, we are learning as we go. Before you make your dinner reservations, here are some risk factors and precautionary measures you need to consider.Read more...

As soon as the pandemic hit, I made the smart decision and bought a couple of pairs of sweatpants because, as I rightfully thought, this thing we’re collectively going through wasn’t going to end anytime soon. I wanted to be as comfortable as possible because working from home should be as relaxing as you make it.…Read more...

“Marie” had been helping her 10-year-old navigate an escalating pattern of acting out against himself and his family when things came to a head in one of his therapy sessions. He threatened to hurt himself, and “the provider advised us to take him to the emergency room,” says Marie, a 50-year-old writer in…Read more...

If you’re looking for a convenient way to fit more books into your busy life, try picking up an audiobook. You can listen to it on your commute, while you’re lounging around on vacation or while you’re trying to think of things to pass the time during your quarantine at home.

Will the virus spread slower if we lift physical distancing rules but only visit our neighbors? How many people need to follow recommendations for them to work? Is “quaranteaming” with a partner household an effective way to stay safe? You can simulate answers to these questions yourself with a little game called…Read more...

Walmart announced yesterday that it will shut down e-commerce website Jet.com. While the news may not come as a surprise to anyone who’s been tracking the site’s progress over the past year or so, there is one important factor fans of Jet should think about: using up your JetCash.

Usually, getting a fluffy, stable foam on top of a sour requires a good bit of hard, vigorous shaking. This isn’t an issue if you have some amount of upper body strength, but some people (like me) have to “dry shake,” which means breaking the process down into two parts by first building the egg white foam without…Read more...

Before I moved from Seattle to Cedar Rapids, I booked a week-long stay at a Cedar Rapids Airbnb so I could do a “site visit.” I ran a similar test a few years before, when I was considering moving from Seattle to Portland—and although the Portland site visit didn’t convince me that I needed to make a permanent move,…Read more...

No matter how much you miss traveling, you’re probably not exactly thrilled by the prospect of getting on a plane any time soon. But airlines know that eventually, people will start flying again—and when that time comes, they want butts in seats. So you’ve probably seen the promotional emails hit your inbox, offering…Read more...

As this bizarre school year slowly comes to a close, we are all digging deep for content that is educational and engaging for our kids—but which we don’t have to curate ourselves, because there is no time for that right now. Bonus points are given for educational content that is not consumed by staring at a screen and …Read more...

We know just how much you’ve been reading lately (or, to be more honest, watching videos on your iPad). Either way, your neck is probably feeling the strain, which is why we decided to test out Lazy Readers.Read more...

Google announced a number of new features, tweaks, and additions to Chrome yesterday. In typical Google fashion, some are available for you to play with right now and some you’ll have to wait on. We’ve done the grunt work, and put together a comprehensive guide to unlocking every feature Google talked about yesterday…Read more...