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Did January feel like the longest month ever? Well get excited, because we’re about to turn the calendar page and enter a new month (and slightly shorter one, to boot). But before we move on from our long and drawn-out kickoff to 2020, we need to check in on everyone’s no-spend challenge.Read more...

As Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are discussing leasing on old but new inventory, expensive documentation fees, and

The Mandalorian has delighted viewers with its fresh storyline, catchy soundtrack, some droids and a few funky weapons. But all of that was nothing compared to The Child, who we are all calling Baby Yoda even though we know it’s not really Yoda. The Mandalorian, it turns out, is not just another Star Wars saga in a…Read more...

On March 1, New York will join states like California in the fight against plastic bags by banning most carryout plastic bags from grocery stores and other retailers.

Your laptop computer is a delicate beast. It can take a pounding, perhaps even a dropping, up to a certain point. It might survive a fall from the desk without a scratch, but bumping it with something heavy in just the right way, at just the right time, could end it all.Read more...

Google’s newest service, Tangi, is a short-form video platform that can help you learn and share new creative skills. It’s currently available as a website and an iOS app—no, it’s not ready for Android yet, which is strange given that it’s Google’s service, but there you go.Read more...

A ProPublica project called Credibly Accused provides a searchable database of Catholic priests who, like the name suggests, have been identified as alleged abusers. Not every church or diocese has released lists of names, but many have, and there are over 6,000 names in the database.Read more...

Thirty-two percent of people are holding off on making “major financial decisions” until after the presidential election, according to a new survey from FinanceBuzz. In addition, 72% of respondents said they believe whoever gets elected will have “a direct impact on their personal finances.”Read more...

February may be a shorter month, but it’s not short on new HBO content. On February 1st, the 1967 and 2006 versions of Casino Royale will arrive on the network, and then on February 7, the fourth season of High Maintenance premieres. Shaft, Punch-Drunk Love, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Last Tango in Paris are all…Read more...

The World Health Organization met today and declared the coronavirus from Wuhan (2019-nCoV) a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC.Read more...

My son, like many children, has had an ongoing love-hate relationship with bread crust. More emphasis on the hate, though, especially recently. When he was a toddler, I avoided them completely by making his sandwiches on “sandwich thins.” But that only worked if I was able to find the variety that didn’t have any…Read more...

A lot of restaurants bring out bread “for the table,” but most of those restaurants do not bring enough butter for the amount of bread that is brought. Like only serving appetizers with an odd number of edible items, it’s unclear if they skimp on butter to create strife, or if it’s out of some sort of fiscal concern,…Read more...

If you’ve been wanting to try out Beyond Meat’s plant-based burgers, you have the chance to snag a free one today from Denny’s. The breakfast chain recently added Beyond Meat to its menu and is celebrating the partnership by offering free burgers Thursday with the purchase of a drink.

If you bought an iPhone 11—or any other new Apple hardware—between September 10 and November 1, January 31st is the last day to get a free one year trial of Apple TV+. It’s an easy process, but not something you’ll want to forget to do.Read more...

When the weather’s a storm away from apocalyptic-conditions, a lump might form in your throat as soon as you realize it might affect your immediate travel plans. Instead of boarding your flight at its scheduled time, you can only envision delay after delay and more time spent waiting at your airport’s Starbucks or…Read more...

Do you remember that time we told you not to sign up for a store credit card at the register? A lot of you didn’t listen, according to data released by CompareCards last week. Thirty-seven percent of Americans applied for a store credit card this past holiday season, according to a survey conducted in late December.

As a general rule, I’m not a fan of meat substitutes that try too hard to emulate the “real” thing. Vegetables are not meat and they never will be, and that’s OK.

If you’re a “sports” “fan” like me, then you would happily do anything else on Sunday than watch football (or as I assume the Europeans call it, soccer).

As someone who writes about parenting a lot and with the exact goal of helping to make all aspects of this monstrous, daunting task a little easier, I did a little double-take when I saw this headline in Today’s Parent: Does Parenting Even Matter? It better matter! Otherwise, why am I sitting here writing about potty…Read more...

A Jack Link’s jerky Gold Box, refurbished MacBook Pros, and a Columbia sale lead off Thursday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

Which do you prefer: Saving space on your Android device or being able to edit your videos on your smartphone? Right now, you get one or the other—a funky Android bug that appeared, then disappeared, and has now reappeared is making it impossible to take full advantage of H.265/HEVC encoding on your device.

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If you’re having second thoughts about your gym lately, maybe because of the recent swarm of resolution-havers, it might be time to call it quits—and find a new gym.Read more...

If there’s one thing that sucks about the Nintendo Switch, it’s the battery. Yeah, yeah, you can play Zelda on the road. But is that really a selling point if you can only do so for, like, two hours? That doesn’t even cover the train ride from New York to New Haven! And if you’re facing a longer trip—or, worse,…Read more...

You might not need a refrigerator in your vehicle but if you do big trips, especially off-grid, it changes everything. After an overland adventure with Dometic’s CFX3 fridge and PLB40 power source in my rig, I can help you decide if a setup like this is something you might want to invest in.Read more...

Microsoft’s November update for Windows 10 (version 1909) added a new quick-search bar to File Explorer that was meant to help users find files on their PC. The only issue is that it didn’t work very well at launch. Numerous bugs made using the search bar much more difficult than it needed to be.Read more...

When I take a photo these days, I don’t think much about it. I know it will be automatically saved to the cloud; I know it will have a timestamp automatically saved with it. It’s not like the old days when the point of taking a photo was to get it printed and then slip the prints into sleeves in albums.Read more...

Whenever you start using a new product, you’re often presented with the terms of service, an often exceptionally lengthy document filled with language that even if you did try to read it all (we know you don’t) you probably wouldn’t understand what rights you were actually passing over. Terms of Service; Didn’t Read…Read more...

Now that tax season is officially underway, you may think you’re ready to sit down and get the task done. But the odds are high that you’ll find out you’re missing a crucial piece of information, which will leave you scrambling around the house to find that one form that you’re pretty sure came in the mail.Read more...

I have ceased to give a single damn about the game of football, but it would be dishonest to deny that Super Bowl Sunday is among the holiest of food Holidays. All the greats—wings, pizza, nachos—are in attendance (sometimes in one hot dish!). It’s a delicious day, but there’s one ingredient that has long been denied…Read more...

When it comes to ways to learn about your DNA, Promethease’s service seemed like one of the safest. They promised anonymity, and to delete your report after 45 days. But now that MyHeritage has bought the company, users are being notified that their DNA data is now on MyHeritage. Wait, what?Read more...

One recent afternoon, while my GPS was struggling to load the way to the diner where I was planning to meet my husband for lunch, my son became concerned that we wouldn’t ever get there. It was a diner we’d never been to in an area of a neighboring city that I’m mostly unfamiliar with. “But we can’t get there if the…Read more...

It’s 2020, and you think that it would be easy to stream any content you want on any device you want—especially that brand-new Picard series on CBS All Access. If you’re an ubergeek who loves both Star Trek and Linux, you’re out of luck. Thanks to the joys of digital rights management, or DRM, you’re unable to use CBS’…Read more...

Back in 2018, Vox reporter Rachel Sugar investigated the reasoning behind those annoying long receipts you receive at CVS stores. As it turns out, it’s not an accident; according to a statement, the drugstore intentionally prints out long receipts to show customers “rewards they’ve earned or what savings they can…Read more...

How do you know if you’ve got your money in the right savings or investment vehicle? You might want to ask yourself how long it will take your money to double, based on the interest rates you’re currently receiving—and there’s a formula that makes this calculation really easy.Read more...

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Last week, I went to the Florida Keys with my family. It was wonderful. When my parents picked me up at the airport, my dad greeted me with “Okay, Claire. I got you a jug of table wine, Bloody Mary mix, a bottle of Tabasco, and a package of bologna.” It is nice to be understood.Read more...

Even if you make a list before you go to the grocery store, you could still waste a lot of time—not to mention money—if you get distracted by the sale tags that line the shelves in almost every aisle. Of course, you want to save money. But is it worth standing there in the aisle to compare the sale prices for the many…Read more...

Yes, it’s cliché to exclaim that kids “grow up so fast!” But it’s become a cliché because it’s true. Especially when it comes to babies, the developmental changes children undergo from birth to one year old are staggering and can seem to happen miraculously overnight, even though you just spent the whole year staring…Read more...

A PC accessory Gold Box, Timbuk2 sale, $5 ring light and an AOC monitor lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

I confess, I haven’t run into a paid Google extension in some time. They do exist, however—and some are actually useful, like StopTheMadness (an extension that keeps websites from disabling keyboard shortcuts or context menus). If you happen to have found (and purchased) paid Chrome extensions, you need to know that …Read more...

Over on Elliott Advocacy, one reader shared how a simple insurance mistake cost her roughly $6,000 in hospital fees. According to the reader’s account, she tripped over a chain while on vacation in Mexico, which, in an incredible series of events, resulted in an ambulance ride to a local hospital, several X-rays, a…Read more...

When you’re paying down a large debt like student loans, it can be hard to determine when it’s worth accelerating your efforts to get rid of that hefty balance. Should you put every extra dime toward your loans, or should you focus on saving money?Read more...

iOS: All you need to create interesting, high-quality video content these days is a smartphone. With the right apps, what used to require extra gear and software can mostly all be done on a single iPhone—including recording multiple shots simultaneously. That’s all thanks to DoubleTake, a free iOS app that can record…Read more...

When talking about cornstarch, a lot of emphasis is place on the importance of creating a slurry. Swirling and suspending the starch in water or milk (or some other liquid) keeps it from clumping up in your sauce and ensures everything thickens up all nice and even like. Slurries are important, but they are only part…Read more...

Surgical-style face masks can slightly reduce the risk of transmitting respiratory infections, but are they really a good strategy for protecting yourself? Yes and no—here’s the deal.Read more...

Those of you who own a somewhat-new Pixel 4 Android smartphone might have noticed that Google forces you to use gesture navigation to interact with the newer iteration of Google Assistant. It’s not the end of the world, but it might be annoying if you hate swiping instead of tapping tiny virtual buttons at the bottom…Read more...

We all know Facebook tracks what you do while using its apps and website, but the social media monolith also collects data from third-party apps, services, and websites, even when you’re not using Facebook. It’s one of the ways Facebook’s targeted ads become eerily specific and seem to know what you’ve been looking up…Read more...

One of the topics readers most often ask me to write about is anxiety and mental health—both our own and that of our kids. This week’s Parental Advisory question mirrors a common “what if” concern among parents:Read more...

Over at the New York Times, reporter Julie Weed described the difficulties of finding cheap airfare when it’s you versus airline software technology, which changes airfare prices multiple times a day to benefit the airline. The greatest takeaway? There’s no single “right time” to buy a flight, given the fluctuating…Read more...