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Welcome to a new week! If you’re looking for something great to watch to kick your week off right, we’ve rounded up tonight’s best streaming options.

The popular digital PC games marketplace Green Man Gaming is having a huge 10th-anniversary sale that includes tons of great games at some of their lowest prices ever. The promotion runs until May 31, but there are other goodies you can get if you buy something within the next few days—including an additional free…Read more...

Sure, lots of people grow up with much younger siblings or cousins, or they babysat as teenagers, or they have friends who have babies, or they’re just around babies. For these people, changing a diaper can seem like a no-brainer. But then there are people like me and my husband who never did any of that and changed…Read more...

Checks: They’re so 20th century, yet still floating around in our lives. And sometimes, they’re absolutely necessary.Read more...

With all of technology at my fingertips, I still appreciate having a paper calendar on the wall in front of my desk. It’s handy to glance up and be able to see what the date will be next Monday or how many weeks until I have until a certain deadline. I used to shop bookstores for published calendars, but I’ve since…Read more...

When my mother taught me what to look for when shopping for new clothes, one of the first things she mentioned was checking the tag to make sure the garment wasn’t “dry-clean only.” This was typically followed by “no matter how much it’s marked down, it actually costs more when you add in dry cleaning costs.”

Companies ranging from cable providers to insurance providers are offering payment relief for people affected by the conronavirus pandemic. But learning about those programs—and how to take advantage of them—can be challenging, especially if you’re already feeling stressed about your finances. Every company seems to…Read more...

The tuna sandwich will never go out of style, because it was never stylish to begin with. It’s humble, even homely, yet intensely comforting and nostalgic. Tuna salad itself consists of three main components—canned tuna, mayonnaise and some sort of ingredient that’s meant to bring contrast—and the success of your…Read more...

I don’t generally think to clean my oven unless I need to pass a move-out inspection or bits of burnt food lurking within it start setting off my smoke alarm. But the longer you put it off, the grosser your oven gets, so go ahead and tackle it right now.

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What’s your LEGO situation these days? In my home, the LEGO have multiplied so much during the pandemic that I had to create additional display shelving in my basement because my son’s LEGO table, dresser, bookshelf and window sills were no longer sufficient for displaying all his favorites. (I’m also planning to put…Read more...

Following news that Uber is going to require passengers and riders to wear masks, Lyft has also changed its ride policy to require passengers and riders alike to wear face coverings. Lyft has taken its policy a step further, however, with a few additional requirements.

Keeping an indoor plant alive means providing it with what it needs on a long-term basis. Keeping an indoor plant alive means no forgetting about its existence for months at a time. Keeping an indoor plant alive is a sign that you’ve managed to cross the threshold into competent adulthood.Read more...

Windows: Updating your computer, and the apps on it, is one of the most basic bits of maintenance everyone should know how to do. And while your operating system should make this easy for you by running most updates on your behalf, there’s no reason to let it have all the fun. Control your own destiny: Install your…Read more...

The Unbreakabale Kimmy Schmidt returns to Netflix today in a new interactive special, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend.

If you’re at home with a little one that’s just starting to learn to read, Google has a new free resource you can use to help them along.

Stephen Colbert, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and more are expected to make appearances tonight in the “Feeding America Comedy Special,” a benefit for Feeding America airing.

A discount on the new DOOM Eternal Artbook, the Fast & Furious collection for $50, Target’s sale on patio furniture, a bunch of romance novels, and more headline Sunday’s best deals.

Stay-at-home orders have meant that most in-person high school and college graduation ceremonies were canceled this year.

Movie theaters across most of the country are still closed for business; however, Alamo Drafthouse is opening its virtual doors in a way, allowing you to rent and buy a pretty decent list of arthouse films on its site.

Most of us probably don’t have plans to fly anytime soon. If you do have plans to do so, and those plans involve Delta, then you might need to make a few adjustments.

A sale on the John Wick trilogy, $30 Adidas shoes, JACHS NY hoodies, noise-cancelling earbuds, and more are some of Saturday’s best deals.

In March, Facebook started rolling out its new redesigned desktop site as something you could choose to opt-into once it was available to you. Friday the company announced that the rollout is complete and that the new site is available for everyone globally.

In the days before COVID-19, New York City was the most-visited city in the United States. But as the epicenter of the outbreak, it is no longer overrun (or even mildly occupied) by tourists. At this point, not even locals are able to spend time in their city, but right now, making a virtual visit to the Big Apple is…Read more...

If you’re spending most of your time at home these days, you might be able to save a lot of money on your monthly phone bill by swapping to a usage-based plan.

While many Americans continue to wait for their coronavirus relief checks or unemployment benefits, there’s a plan in the works to provide another relief payment—and this one would be monthly.Read more...

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It’s the biggest pandemic era question facing many parents of young children: When will it be safe for kids to go back to daycare? For the economy to reopen—for people to be able to go back to work at all—the child care issue has to be addressed, and in a way that won’t further the spread of COVID-19.Read more...

I have two food-focused quarantine projects, and neither of them involves baking. The first is grinding meat with my meat grinder (mostly for sausage-making purposes). The second is making quick vodka infusions with my blender. Horseradish is a sinus-clearing favorite.Read more...

There are two reasons to install the latest version of Windows 10's PowerToys. First, and most important, PowerToys will soon start self-updating. You won’t have to visit the GitHub every time a new feature drops; you’ll just get it whenever the app updates itself. Progress!Read more...

There’s a video out there that claims to show a scientist being silenced by the government. I keep seeing people share it while saying things like “What do you think of this?” or “I don’t know if this is right, but it’s worth listening to.” If you want to learn more but are wary of being taken in by propaganda, I’ve…Read more...

It appear to somehow be Friday again. If you’re on the hunt for something great to watch while staying in this weekend, we’ve rounded up some of the freshest options out there.

Streaming libraries expand and contract. Algorithms are imperfect. Those damn thumbnail images are always changing. But you know what you can always rely on? The expert opinions and knowledgeable commentary of The A.V. Club. That’s why we’re scouring both the menus of the most popular services and our own …Read more...

We’re all getting creative with how we celebrate big milestones while also physically distancing our way through the pandemic. One popular tactic, particularly for birthdays, has been the drive-by party parade. Guests “gather” around the block by lining up in their cars and then drive by the birthday boy/girl’s home,…Read more...

It’s probably safe to say that more people love Bing’s wallpapers than its search engine. So much so, in fact, that Microsoft has released Bing’s wallpapers as desktop backgrounds for Windows, and it even recently launched an official Bing Wallpapers app for Android devices.Read more...

It’s been a weird few years for science. Even as debates over climate change have turned increasingly political and many elected officials have incited the public to distrust scientific data, now that we’re in the middle of a global pandemic, people are expecting major scientific breakthroughs at lightning speed. And…Read more...

As the pandemic stretches on and summer approaches, you may be wondering if there are safe ways to get outside and see other people, in person, without risking transmission. How safe is it for two friends to meet at the park—even while observing physical distancing?Read more...

A summer internship can help a college student or entry level worker jumpstart a career. But the coronavirus outbreak has put many of those summer plans on hold. So what can you do about it?

We began this month’s fitness challenge—revisiting classic home workouts—with the scientific seven-minute workout. This week we go back a bit further in history to the Canadian institution 5BX, originally invented for military pilots stationed in places without a gym or much space to exercise. I bet a lot of us can…Read more...

Custom Zoom backgrounds prevent you from having to show off the same boring wall, messy apartment or kid-caused chaos in every meeting. And if you grew up on BBC shows like “Doctor Who,” “EastEnders,” and “BlackAdder,” you can now bring nostalgia to your conference calls with backgrounds from your favorite TV sets.

If you’ve ever made a meringue, custard, or super-fluffy sour, you have experienced the predicament of excess egg. Whether it be a white or yolk, throwing away the unused portion of an egg feels bad and wasteful, and I am not interested in feeling either of those feelings.Read more...

If you’ve ever tried to upload a panorama picture to Instagram—or if we’re being honest, any interesting horizontal picture—then you’ve likely run into issues.

Millions of high school seniors will be finishing up their final classes, submitting the last of their assignments and taking their end-of-school-year exams this month. Their long journey toward graduation is about to conclude, and they probably won’t get to walk across the stage, shake a bunch of hands or toss their…Read more...

There’s a lot you can’t do in a pandemic—at least, if you’re smart. You shouldn’t be going to the mall (even if it’s open), nor should you even consider just lollygagging around the Apple store and taking stupid pictures on their demo devices.Read more...

The imminent iOS 13.5 update includes a new feature that could save your life. Once the update drops, you’ll be able to opt into automatically sharing your medical ID with 911 dispatchers and first responders, which will then provide you with the best care.

You’ve heard the warnings that financial scams are on the rise during the coronavirus outbreak. But when you’re going about your daily life, it can be hard to make a snap judgement about what’s a scam and what’s genuine.

Burnout is defined as a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion brought on by prolonged stress. Given the nonstop barrage of stressors these past few months, many of us are probably well on our way to developing burnout, if we aren’t there already.Read more...

About once a year, my mom and I have taken a trip to Calistoga, California to drink wine, soak in mud and lie very still in hotel beds. On our drive back to my mom’s house in Sacramento, we’ll often pass through Yountville to gawk at the sheer Stepford-like bougie-ness of it all. “There’s The French Laundry,” we’ll…Read more...

Have you ever opened your suitcase only to find your favorite hair product has leaked all over your clothes? If you’ve ever had your toiletries make a mess of your luggage, here’s how you can keep that from ever happening again.Read more...

Google Authenticator is getting its first big update since September of 2017, and you’ll enjoy more than just a few cosmetic upgrades once the updated app rolls out to your Android (and eventually, we hope, your iPhone/iPad).Read more...