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If someone asked you why you use a credit card for everyday purchases like groceries, you might rattle off some combination of the convenience of paying the credit card bill later, consumer protection from potential fraud, or not having to carry cash or worry about your checking balance.

On Monday, an Oklahoma judge ordered drugmaker Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for its involvement in the ongoing opioid crisis—a trial that’s been referred to as a “landmark” case. Because of this suit, we might very well see other pharmaceutical companies, distributors, and even major retailers take…Read more...

iOS 13.0 isn’t even out yet and it’s already time to start testing iOS 13.1. This new version of iOS is absolutely worth checking out, as it adds back a number of features that Apple removed from various versions of iOS 13.Read more...

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The Century Foundation turns one century old this year. The progressive think tank has shaped U.S. history, assisting in the birth of the SEC and advising on Social Security, urbanization, fair elections, strengthening workers’ rights, the fight against terrorism, and preserving civil liberties. We talked to…Read more...

Alaska Airlines is having a flash sale Tuesday that brings the cost of a flight down to as low as $29 for a one-way ticket and $57 for a roundtrip ticket.

While we’re still waiting on a specific release date for Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency, Libra, the company is aiming for an early 2020 release. That gives you plenty of time to find bugs in the currency’s infrastructure—a project that could reward you handsomely.Read more...

Talking to a friend that’s struggling with their mental health is tricky. You might be concerned about saying the wrong thing or pestering them with too many phone calls and texts. On Reddit, u/burnie57 asked users how to help a friend struggling with depression—and while everyone is different and communication is…Read more...

Getting distracted at the grocery store is inevitable. There are temptations around every turn: brightly colored sale signs! Sample tables! New flavors of seltzer! You might think that keeping your nose in your phone—scrolling through podcast episodes, calling your mom—would prevent you from getting sucked in by the…Read more...

Disney Plus is set to officially launch in the US, Canada, and the Netherlands on November 12th; however, the company is currently allowing members of its D23 fan club, which anyone can join as a general member for free, to preorder the service at a pretty significant discount.

Good Morning America’s Lara Spencer created an uproar among the dance community recently when she laughed on air about six-year-old Prince George taking—and loving—ballet lessons. Spencer has since apologized, but the mocking nature of her words struck a nerve among professional male dancers who say the bullying they…Read more...

When the Trader Joe’s Multipurpose Umami Seasoning Blend was first released unto the world, I received many a text, DM, and email about it, because my brand is very strong. As a lover of the fifth taste, I was excited about this powder, particularly since TJ’s had discontinued their umami paste.

The time to nab a discounted plane ticket for Labor Day weekend has passed; however, there’s still time to get a great discount on a hotel room for the weekend.

A quick heads up for iOS 12 users: This week’s iOS update, version 12.4.1, includes an important fix for a security gaffe discovered in iOS 12.4. We highly recommend you perform the system update if you haven’t already—unless, of course, you’re trying to jailbreak your phone.

Remember Foursquare? I used to use it (and the company’s other apps) to keep detailed, digital recordings of everywhere I went, which was the cool thing to do back in 2010. And while I don’t use Foursquare’s Android or iOS apps anymore, I’ve given the company a lot of information about me. Thankfully, it’s easy to see…Read more...

The US Open is starting to wind down, with the last rounds of matches ending on Monday and the men’s and women’s quarterfinals being broadcast Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by the semifinals and then the men’s and women’s singles and doubles final the following weekend, September 7-8.

Over at the New York Times, a frustrated employee shared their story of a lazy, “do-nothing” colleague with the Ethicist. “She frequently takes lunch breaks, comes in later than her start time and is not actually working on her ‘work from home’ day,” they wrote. “... In addition, she is constantly complaining and…Read more...

A Massachusetts woman recently died of eastern equine encephalitis, and health authorities in the area are on the alert. But EEE is an extremely rare disease, and the main thing you need to know is that it’s always a good idea to protect yourself from mosquito bites.Read more...

How do you practice your music? Do you sit down and play a specific piece all the way through, over and over? Do you do the thing where you start at the beginning of a piece, play until you make a mistake, repeat that part until you play it perfectly, and move on—only to make that exact same mistake during your next…Read more...

Vegan foods that seek to replicate the taste and texture of The Real Thing are having a moment, and it’s looking like that moment may stretch out into a minute, or even an hour. (This is a good thing, I believe.) And though there are many ways to mimic the structural roles that eggs play in cooking and baking, Just…Read more...

It’s been six long years since Google first debuted its Chromecast streaming stick. While most of you have probably upgraded to something better by now—such as a more-powerful “puck” in the form of a third-generation Chromecast or Chromecast Ultra—if you haven’t, you now have yet another reason to make the switch: …Read more...

Sometimes, the best response to a group chat or email is a strong GIF—a small animation that can express your feelings much better than you can type them. While you can find plenty of GIFs for every occasion with a few taps of your phone’s keyboard in your favorite messaging apps, why use the same “DealWithIt.gif”…Read more...

Tucked in among the many joys of celebrating a happy couple’s marriage are the myriad faux pas just waiting to get you. One of them: writing a check that is basically unusable for the newlyweds who would really love to add a couple of excursions to their honeymoon plans. While it may feel special to write a check to…Read more...

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When it comes to raising empathetic children, the advice to parents typically has to do with talking to them about the feelings of others, encouraging them to imagine how another person feels, and praising them when they display empathetic behavior.Read more...

Who here knows when to use “who” and when to use “whom”? For whom am I writing this post? For those of us who like a good whom now and then and know it isn’t just a fancier version of who, that’s whom.Read more...

Radio show archives are hard to find; when they’re available at all, it’s often in awkward formats. (To get my hands on the radio sitcom Cabin Pressure, I had to buy one season as a music album and another as an audiobook.) You can find some shows on the Internet Archive, but listening to them is awkward. The website …Read more...

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IMDb launched IMDb TV earlier this year, a streaming service that allows you to watch some programming for free through IMDb’s website. Today the company announced that it’s bringing IMDb TV to its mobile app as well, giving you the ability to stream all that content on your mobile device.Read more...

Does your neighborhood have strange joke listings on Google Maps? Are you living next to a Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Fake Google Maps locations are surprisingly common, and these fictional locations and pop-cultural references can even come with highly detailed (false) information, such as…Read more...

If you’ve ever broken up with someone—and been on the receiving end of an angry series of texts or phone calls—you might recoil at the idea of ending a relationship when it isn’t working. To save yourself from having the talk altogether, you might even ghost dates instead.

“When are you going to get press cars again?” my mom asked. I looked down at my right foot, still in a support boot a month after snapping two bones in my ankle. She wasn’t concerned, or just casually inquiring about my driving schedule. I had let her borrow my 2015 Volkswagen TDI SportWagen for a few months before…Read more...

The U.S. federal deficit is expanding faster than originally anticipated. The Congressional Budget Office said last week that the annual deficit will exceed $1 trillion in the next fiscal year, which starts in October. Over the next decade, the federal deficit will expand by about $800 billion more than previously…Read more...

I have only seen one episode of HBO’s Succession, but that does not mean I am left out of the Succession-focused Monday morning discourse, particularly when the episode features an eerily familiar workplace scenario or, in the case of last night’s episode, a food or beverage hack.

There is no such thing as a “small” on a Starbucks menu. The sizes, as everyone who’s listened to a bad stand-up comedy show knows, are tall, grande, and venti. Starbucks does offer a small; there’s just so little demand for it that they don’t put it on the menu. And they don’t call it a small. (Maybe Starbucks is a…Read more...

Our kids are—or very soon will be—back in school, which means the late-afternoon crankiness is coming. They’ve (mostly) held it together for their teachers all day, and we are their safe place, so as soon as they see us, they may feel compelled to unleash all of the day’s frustration.Read more...

In April, the Cut spoke to Debby Montgomery Johnson, a 60-year old victim of an online dating scam that cost her more than $1 million. “We talked about everything, we talked about kids … For me, looking back now, it was very therapeutic, because I could write so much more than I could ever articulate in speech,” she…Read more...

When new smartphones come out, I’m always jealous of their wallpapers—typically some gorgeous, exclusive backgrounds that you can’t simply download from the manufacturer’s website for your older device.

It’s totally normal to spend an hour or two at a gym full of people and speak to no one. Headphones in, eyes on your workout, focused. But what if you want to talk to somebody? A cute guy? An athlete you’re just in awe of?Read more...

The next time you receive a gift card, don’t save it for a special occasion—and don’t toss it in a drawer and forget about it. Use your card as soon as possible, because otherwise you’re providing the company with an interest-free loan.

The great thing about parenting during the age of social media is that we have an easy way to connect with others during those isolating early years. The years during which the days are long but the nights are longer, someone is always physically hanging on you, and even something as simple as getting out the door…Read more...

Adding salt until your pasta water is “salty like the sea” is a common practice, but no one talks about the other briny, oceanic flavors the large body of water has to offer. I wouldn’t boil my pasta in actual sea water, but you can impart a bit of minerality and mushroom-like umami with the help of seaweed.Read more...

I just moved into a place with a tankless water heater, and it’s a revelation. Instant, unlimited hot water, and with lower utility bills. The only downside to tankless heaters is that they tend to be more expensive than standard water heaters, but that’s not really true with today’s Home Depot sale.

Meeting new people can be tricky, or even anxiety-inducing. Of course, you want to make a good first impression and come across as likable as possible. If turning on the charm is something you struggle with, here are the most important strategies for instantly charming someone you haven’t met before.Read more...

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What sort of expense ratios are you paying for your investing portfolio? Do you have any idea what you should be paying for the convenience of holding your hard-earned money in a particular fund?Read more...

On a busy travel day, often the last thing I want to do is add another preparatory task. But in an interview, the founder of Allbirds revealed that his best travel tip is to exercise before flying. And his logic is sound:Read more...

I can’t work in silence. And if I’m working with words—which is most of the time—I can’t work while playing typical pop, rock, or hip-hop. So I collect instrumental and foreign-language music on a scale better measured by weeks than by hours. Here are some of my greatest sources of background music for work, studying,…Read more...

You and I are not the kind of people who get all “summer’s over, back to the grind” as soon as Labor Day rolls around; there are still three weeks left of sun and fun and we are prepared to maintain an easy-breezy state of mind until the first frost. Lo and behold, our friends at Netflix similarly do not see…Read more...

Last Christmas I decided to splurge on an Airbnb for a few days in my hometown rather than stay with friends and family for my entire trip. I loved the idea of being able to come and go as I wanted, as well as stay up as late as I wanted without bugging my hosts. As it turns out, my midnight west coast bedtime turns…Read more...