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Vice President Joe Biden will take on Senator Bernie Sanders tonight at 8pm ET in a televised debate from CNN’s studio in Washington, D.C.

Social distancing means that many of us will be spending quality time at home this weekend rather than out at bars, restaurants, and concerts with friends. Just because you’re staying a safe distance away from other people doesn’t mean you can’t hang out with them virtually.

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If you have a flight coming up and are worried about bringing your hand sanitizer on-board we have some good news for you: now you can pack larger bottles in your carry on.

Over the past few weeks, more and more of us have started spending a bit more time at home. Maybe your office is asking everyone to work from home, or you’re self-quarantining because you’ve traveled recently or been exposed to someone that has the virus. Or maybe all your plans to attend sporting events, concerts,…Read more...

With more people staying at home and working remotely to avoid the COVID-19 outbreak, online security has become an even higher priority. Using a web browser that respects user privacy and keeps your data safe is a telecommuting necessity, but you should probably avoid using the Tor web browser for now, even though…Read more...

Will I get sick from opening a package? What about handling a library book? Is it safe to drink from a water fountain? What about lifting weights at the gym? Do I need to worry about my toddler’s habit of putting everything in his mouth? We know that the coronavirus can survive for a little while on surfaces, which…Read more...

If you’ve braved the crowds at your local store only to find the disinfectant aisle picked clean, you might be absolutely freaking out right about now. Don’t lose all hope just yet: Coronavirus panic may have wiped out the national supply of hand sanitizer and Clorox wipes, but I bet your store still has plenty of…Read more...

Remember when you decided 2020 would be the Best Year Ever and bought tickets for festivals, concerts and sporting events? Yeah, you were going to have a blast. Until the coronavirus showed up and canceled almost every social gathering of more than 100 people.

It seems that a lot of us are going to be spending more time at home, which could lead to boredom, ennui, and a good bit of alcohol consumption. Twitter—which is a very fun place—seems to be excited about these potential “quarantinis,” which have two forms: “a regular martini you drink alone in your house,” and this…Read more...

If you or your child has a permanent disability you may be entitled to a free lifetime pass to visit the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands.

U-Haul is offering 30-days of free storage to any college students who have been forced to suddenly leave their dorms due to the pandemic.

Ultraviolet (UV) light might be known for its skin-damaging intensity, but it can also be used to disinfect your electronic devices and keep you safe from the spread of COVID-19 and other viruses or bacteria. UV disinfection—which uses UV-C light, specifically—is a common practice at many electronics repair shops…Read more...

As more and more communities shut down non-essential services, and as people begin self-quarantining in higher numbers, a lot of workers are going to be forced to stay home without pay. If you’re among the lucky who can work from home (or you’re getting paid time off), and you can still afford that cleaning person or…Read more...

Low-income families can potentially get two months of free internet from Comcast in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Sometimes life gives you more than you can handle, and sometimes the thing it gives you is herbs. Whether you have an overproductive garden, generous friends with an overproductive garden, or a grocery store that refuses to sell herbs in anything but a packed plastic clamshell, it is not always easy to acquire the…Read more...

When I get bored at the drugstore, I buy gimmicky stuff I don’t need. That’s how I finally discovered liquid bandage, which it turns out I do need, because it’s great for small cuts, blisters and any cut on my hand. Liquid bandage replaces a normal bandage with a layer of clear liquid applied directly to the wound.

If coronavirus concerns and social distancing have you skipping a trip to your local coffee shop, restaurant, or theater, consider purchasing a gift card now.

When it comes to coronavirus news, there’s no shortage of misinformation and bad actors. If you want to learn from trusted sources, you might be worried that you’ll soon run out of your free articles for the month and then be stuck trusting a bunch of tweets.Read more...

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I can’t do it anymore. If I sing the words “happy birthday” to myself one more time as I wash my hands, I might combust. It’s actually my birthday today, and the last thing I want to hear is that song. In the video above, I found a solution.Read more...

I stirred up a bit of a hornet’s nest this week when I suggested that people should switch from Google Authenticator to another two-factor authentication app on Android. I recommended Authy, but that’s only because I use it and find it incredibly convenient. Not only does it forbid you (and other apps) from taking…Read more...

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Whether you’re self-quarantining, your gym has canceled events as a social distancing measure, or you just want to be cautious, it’s nice to have options for working out besides going to your usual gym or fitness class. Here are a few ways to stay active on your own.Read more...

All jokes about Netflix and social distancing aside, the coronavirus outbreak is causing financial uncertainty for a lot of people. From workers who rely on tips to events staffers for now-canceled festivals and trade shows, there are plenty of scenarios where the income you can typically count on may not come through.Read more...

Crises of any kind tend to shift people into a utilitarian, no-frills mindset. This is fine when applied to hand sanitizer and other, less glamorous necessities, but I will not accept it in regards to food. We may all be eating beans for the next few weeks, but there’s no reason those beans should be bland.Read more...

The barrage of COVID-19 information is overwhelming and we all want to stay updated, but you should avoid downloading coronavirus tracker dashboards. According to an investigation by Reason Security, some of these coronavirus maps contain serious malware known as AZORult. Using AZORult, a hacker can steal your browser…Read more...

I’ve been working from home for a number of years now, and there are few things more satisfying than being able to do your laundry and get work done instead of having to waste your precious evening hours on chores. It’s the one silver lining of the coronavirus—the hope that maybe, just maybe, some companies will relax…Read more...

In college, I used to measure out small amounts of caffeine powder on a milligram scale, put it in a gel cap, pop and repeat throughout the day. A two-inch tall mountain of the dusty substance sat Scarface-style on a piece of paper atop my then-boyfriend’s desk next to the scale and alongside a baggie of caps. I was…Read more...

Now that we’re in a bear market—that’s the one where stocks have dropped by 20 percent—you might be asking yourself whether it’s still worth it to put money in your kids’ (or grandkids’) 529 plans.Read more...

With the coronavirus making its way into our communities, we’ve stocked up on disinfectant and hand sanitizer (if we could find it), we’ve finally learned how to properly wash our hands after a lifetime of inadequate lathering, and now we’ve got to get our kids to stop coughing all over the place.Read more...

The Pixel 4a is all-but-confirmed to be Google’s next smartphone, but we’re still waiting on the company to formally announce the heavily leaked device. Until then, if you’re eager for a taste of what the Pixel 4a user experience might be like, you can try out user-made versions of the phone’s wallpapers on your own…Read more...

If you had plans to travel to Europe this summer, and especially over the next month, then Trump’s latest travel ban has likely caught your attention.

Many health insurance companies have voluntarily elected to waive copays, deductibles, coinsurance and other charges on COVID-19 testing. Now, House Democrats are working to pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which will make coronavirus testing free for anyone on a health care plan, including Medicare…Read more...

Whenever I can’t quite figure out what a dish needs, the answer is usually acid. It simultaneously intensifies and balances flavors like nothing else—even when you can’t immediately tell it’s there. To me, a squeeze of lemon or a splash of vinegar is just as transformative as a sprinkle of MSG.Read more...

I like to think that I know a fair bit about investing, but every time I hear someone say “bear market” or “bull market,” I have to double-check what they actually mean. (Is the bear the one where stocks are dropping, or is that the bull?)Read more...

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So you’ve decided it’s time to calmly purchase a few extra containers of cleaning wipes or hand sanitizer the next time you’re at the store. But when you get there, you find that the prices for these ordinary products seem to be unusually high. What gives?

Parents of girls likely know that, with all the pressure from society and peers (and sometimes even family), they need to be on the lookout for signs of eating disorders. But what experts have really only fairly recently started to figure out is that our boys might be at risk for disordered eating, as well—and their…Read more...

Back when I worked at Maximum PC, we were big into Folding. We had a huge team of editors, readers, and computers contributing to Stanford University’s project, which takes your system’s unused resources and dedicates them to protein folding. Your system joins a distributed computing network that processes…Read more...

A recent Buzzfeed investigation discovered that several popular VPN and adblocking apps for Android and iOS secretly collected user data and sent it to Sensor Tower, a cross-platform data analytics service for app developers. The snooping apps include:

Depending on where you live, you may or may not be eating a good bit of food out of cans in the near future. If your budget allows it, I urge you to get the fancy cans—at least a few—to make whatever degree of isolation you find yourself in a little bit enjoyable, or at least bearable. Fancy tinned fish is the move.Read more...

You may have been asked to “work from home” for now, or to prepare to “self quarantine” if you may have been exposed to COVID-19. But there’s some confusion over what this involves. Can you work from a cafe? Walk the dog?Read more...

Your credit history can be one of the more confusing parts of a credit score. Even if you practice good credit habits, your age can seem to work against you. But beyond waiting patiently to graduate to expert level, is there anything you can do to boost your score?

Whether you have multiple personalities or you don’t like dropping your personal phone number into every email you reply to, editing your signature on a per-email basis can get annoying. While plenty of third-party apps allow you to pick from multiple signatures when composing or replying to an email, Google is…Read more...

I gave as many rides as I could in the short time I babysat a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ. “I’d love to rent something like this one day,” one passenger confided. “But I’d be afraid to crash it.” A valid concern I’m happy to try and allay for non-pros who might find themselves behind the wheel of a supercar.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is one of 2020’s prettiest platformers, but don’t let its looks fool you. This game will destroy you. Whether it’s hyper-precise platforming or unrelenting combat, Ori has lots of chances to die. Here are some tips that should make the game a bit less of a gauntlet.

Google is rolling out a dark theme toggle for the Play Store this week, and most devices running Android 9 and 10 should be able to use it. This new setting will force the Play Store to always use the dark theme, regardless of whatever theme you’ve set Android to use by default. There are also options to force the…Read more...

If you’ve ever worked from home with little kids underfoot, even for a day, you know it’s no joke. Kids are demanding, work requires concentration—the two don’t exactly mix.Read more...

Until just now, the World Health Organization did not want to call COVID-19 a pandemic. Today they decided to start using that word.Read more...