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Eufy Smart Tunable Light Bulb 2.0 | $16 | AmazonRead more...

The Library of Congress has published over 11,000 high-resolution shots of U.S. roadside attractions, and released the images (to which it had purchased the rights) into the public domain. The photos were taken by architectural critic and photographer John Margolies, who spent forty years documenting his travels along…Read more...

The phrase “PowerToys” probably doesn’t send you running to your Windows computer, but just because Microsoft’s little suite of quirky utilities isn’t sexy doesn’t mean that it’s not worth slapping on your system. The company announced earlier this year that it was planning to roll out PowerToys for Windows 10, and…Read more...

This week, the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, makers of Oxycontin, agreed to at least $12 billion in settlements over the company’s role in the opioid crisis, though without admitting any actual accountability. Roughly half the states and local governments involved agreed to the deal, while at least 20 states have …Read more...

Seagate BarraCuda SSD 1TB Internal Solid State Drive | $110 | AmazonRead more...

Android 10 has been available for Pixel phones for a few days now, but some users may not have received it as an automatic update yet. You can check for pending updates by going to Settings > About phone > System updates on your Pixel; Chances are the update will hit your Pixel in the coming days, but if you’re eager…Read more...

No one wants gross pests in their house, but you may not be that enthusiastic about using harsh chemicals around your home as a means of keeping them away. Fortunately, there are all kinds of home remedies for keeping your house pest-free, and essential oils play a big role. Specifically, if you want to repel…Read more...

Reelgood, the site that tells you which shows and movies are on which streaming services, has a new annual report on which is the best bang for your buck: Hulu, Netflix, or Prime Video. And this year, Netflix is losing ground.

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You see it in a flash as you round the blind corner on the twisty mountain road—the cloud of dust, your friend’s bike jammed under the guardrail, and they’re lying on their back in the middle of the road, not moving. Your first thought is, “Wow, that’s a bad crash.” Your second thought is, “What the hell do I do now?”

At some point in the post-Instant Pot recipe landscape, “meal planning” became code for “packing five or six identical lunches and pretending to be psyched to eat them all.” Of course, if you actually are psyched to eat them all, that’s one thing—but seeing as there are nearly as many articles on how to stick to a…Read more...

iPhones are fucking expensive. If you’re one of the millions thinking of upgrading to iPhone 11 or iPhone 11 Pro next week, you will spend, at minimum, $700 by the time you’re done paying it off. You probably only need one phone, and you probably already have one, so should probably figure out a way to use your old…Read more...

How many subscriptions do you pay for each month? Your money zips away via autopay, and you grow accustom to the benefits of such memberships: The trial-size makeup box. The monthly video-game t-shirt subscription. That app that lets you customize at-home yoga routines. The $10 or $20 per month may seem like small…Read more...

It would be great if we had all the time in the world to connect with our kids. We know this time while they’re little is fleeting. We know one day we’ll look back and wish we’d gotten down on the floor to play with the trains more, had read to them more or had lingered longer over their endless questions. But the…Read more...

The 2020 Democratic presidential race is about to take a sudden and much-needed turn. For the first time, we’ll witness 10 Democratic candidates—including all top-polling candidates—appear on stage together and on one night. What can you expect from tonight’s debate? For each candidate to take on Biden, for one, and…Read more...

Maybe you’re spooked by the outbreak of respiratory illness linked to vaping. Maybe you’re just sick of giving your money to the makers of an addictive product. Either way, let’s look at what it takes to quit vaping.Read more...

Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Cookbook | $4 | AmazonRead more...

We’ve all had our share of jerky coworkers, but what if you suspect that the person you’re working with is actually a psychopath? What do you do then?

If you blinked you may have missed it, but about a month ago Popeyes released a fried chicken sandwich, quietly and with little fanfare. As a very cool guy who definitely doesn’t spend a lot of time on fast food blogs, I noticed that they were being tested in my area and managed to get my hands on a couple before they…Read more...

Reupholstering old furniture—whether it’s a sofa you’ve had for years, or a couch you rescued from the curb—can give a piece new lease on life. The problem is that it can be a challenge to figure out exactly how much fabric you need based on the type and shape of your item.Read more...

Despite teasing expanded dark mode support ahead of Android 10's release, many users who installed the update noted that several Google apps still lack dark themes, including its Gmail app. However, it looks as if those missing dark theme options are finally starting to appear.

There are many good ways to hold a cat, some of which might surprise you, says friendly veterinarian Dr. Uri Burstyn in his most popular YouTube video. But holding your cat wrong could hurt it and stress it out, even if it doesn’t visibly complain. The differences between a good hold and a bad hold aren’t always…Read more...

No matter when a child goes through puberty, it can be a time full of questions and worries and comparison: “Ethan’s voice already dropped, so why am I still squeaking?” “When will I get my period?” “When can I start shaving?”Read more...

There is no doubt in my mind that Mozilla is looking hard—very hard—at all the different ways it can monetize the Firefox web browser going forward. I’m still thrilled that the company has decided to offer a free VPN service (really a web proxy more than anything else) that gives you an easy way to “mask your IP…Read more...

Tonight, 10 Democratic presidential candidates—just 10—will take the stage in Houston for the third round of debates. Given the significantly smaller pool, tonight’s debate will be the first time all top-polling candidates will appear on stage together and for three entire hours, no less.

Where does your money go when it’s “in escrow?” Who’s in charge of it? Does it mean you’re in trouble? It sounds like you’re in trouble. The money still exists, right?

If you, like me, are on the Apple bandwagon, it’s time to start thinking about the next phone you’re going to buy now that Apple has debuted the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. But there are plenty of great phones that don’t start with an “i,” too.Read more...

A Pennsylvania couple is facing felony charges for buying an SUV, a race car, and two four-wheelers, and then handing out $15,000 to their friends after a bank teller accidentally deposited $120,000 into their joint bank account. About three weeks after the deposit switcheroo—but only a day after the couple finished…Read more...

Rest isn’t everything. While you may be tempted to stop exercising at the first twinge of pain, minor injuries can often heal while you keep training. You can also feel sore or hurt without any significant injury at all. So what should you do when you’re working out and something starts to hurt?Read more...

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The first time I tried to make a pumpkin spice-flavored coffee at home, I was 23, and not yet skilled in the ways of food and beverage. I made the coffee, added cream and sugar, and stirred in a tiny spoonful of pumpkin spice powder. The spice floated to the top, where it provided an unpleasant, gritty texture and not…Read more...

The Galaxy Note 10, the latest in Samsung’s line of big, stylus-enabled smartphones, has a new feature that isn’t getting as much attention as the rest. The Note 10 is the first phone to support PlayGalaxy Link, a Samsung service that allows players to stream games from a Windows PC to the phone.

There are so many little life skills that we, as adults, have managed to master over the years. How to put on a jacket. How to tie our shoes. How to blow a bubble with our gum and snap our fingers. (Okay, those last two might not really be “life skills,” but they’re important, nonetheless.) And yet, they’re kind of…Read more...

If you’ve ever wanted to live in Italy, now might be the perfect time to make the move. Molise, an underpopulated area of the country, is offering new residents €700 a month (roughly $770 US) to relocate to the region. And they’ll keep paying you for three years after you make the move.Read more...

I love hot peppers, but I can’t stand wasabi. Both might be described as “hot” or “spicy,” but they create that feeling in different ways. Here’s how.Read more...

Earlier this year, during a State of the Union address, President Trump called for the end of the HIV epidemic in the U.S. within ten years. But in a new report published weeks after Trump’s bold pledge, the number of new HIV infections stalled for the first time between 2013 and 2016, after years of gradual decline. …Read more...

If you buy a new item of clothing and later discover that it has the dreaded “hand wash only” label on it, you may be tempted to ignore it and pop it in the washer. But the tag is on there for a reason and you really should manually wash the item. How exactly should you wash those delicates? Are you supposed to use…Read more...

Conversations between homeowners and renters sometimes go like this: The homeowner will ask the renter why they waste their money on rent when their monthly payment could go toward owning a home. The renter says, “I don’t have money for the down payment.” If the renter is lucky, the homeowner shrugs, the conversation…Read more...

Personally I love Twitter’s algorithmic timeline, but I know this makes me a cretin and a shill. The web toy Other Orders will take your timeline and re-sort it to your liking. You can get a chronological-order timeline; you can sort everyone’s tweets by the most likes or retweets, just to see the popular ones. Or let…Read more...

What are your go-to frugal hacks? Do you pack your lunch every day, or make your own lattes? Do you put yourself on library hold lists months in advance, so you can be one of the first people to read a new book when it releases? Do you automatically deposit money into your savings and investment accounts every time…Read more...

If you are making a meal with a lot of ingredients that require washing, peeling, and chopping, chances are you should set up a mise en place. Organizing all of your ingredients in neat little piles (or ramekins) means you can follow the recipe at the pace required, without having to pause to fiddle. The order you…Read more...

We’ve all heard stories of hikers who survived on berries or other wild foods while lost in the woods. Though learning the local edibles is a fine subject of study, there’s a lot of nasty and even deadly stuff waiting out there for the overconfident.Read more...

Everyone wants to be perfect at something. But when it comes to your credit score, that perfect 850 score may not be worth the anxiety. In reality, your score only has to be good enough to impress lenders.

Now that the American automakers have, for the most part, ceded the small car market to the import brands, you would think they would try to field competitive offerings in the crossover/SUV segment. However, when it comes to what most car buyers are really looking for in a family car, the domestic brands do not seem…Read more...

When she was little, Hannah Barteck had the same bedtime routine as every other in kid in America, but with a twist: Every night, she’d brush her teeth, wash her face, put on her pajamas—and then plunk herself down at the piano to practice.Read more...

In the days following Hurricane Dorian, several shelters in the U.S. have taken in hundreds of evacuated animals from impacted communities in the Bahamas. But before you decide to do a good deed and adopt one of these pets (or six of them), it’s important to understand what exactly you’re getting yourself into,…Read more...

When Jim Cantore touches down in a city, it makes the news. During a major weather event like Hurricane Dorian, news outlets even speculate about his next destination. Because in addition to appearing on shows like AMHQ and Storm Stories: The Next Chapter, Cantore is The Weather Channel’s point man for reporting on…Read more...

Apple just announced the next wave of iPhones, the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. There are a ton of new and interesting features across the three phones, most of which revolve around their fancy, gigantic new cameras. While there’s plenty to be excited about, it seems that Apple left a couple of…Read more...

Podcasts, audiobooks, and music can make your daily drives less dull, but for those who want something a little more interactive and mentally engaging, you can now play Jeopardy—hosted by Alex Trebek, no less—through your smartphone using the Drivetime app (Android, iOS).Read more...

Today, Apple announced that they are launching three new health studies, and that you’ll be able to sign up via a forthcoming Research app.Read more...