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Fortnite on Switch will support voice chat through the headphone jack and not through some stupid phone app, just like a normal-ass game. It’s not currently available in the Switch version of Epic’s popular battle royale game that launched today, but will be on Thursday.

It’s good to have a schedule planned out each week, but having too many appointments set for each day might be be more harmful than helpful. A recent study suggests the more self-imposed deadlines we have in a day, the less deep work we can get done.

A post by DigiTimes that’s making the rounds cites unnamed “sources at analog IC vendors” who say that Apple could be moving the iPhone and iPad to USB-C by 2019. That move would spell the gradual demise of Apple’s proprietary Lightning port, which was introduced in 2012 and has been the connector for basically every…Read more...

Teenagers don’t enjoy talking to their parents. Actually, scratch that. Many don’t talk that much to their friends either, at least not with their voices. Teenagers like to text. Walk into any establishment where teens hang out and you will see them clumped together in small groups hovering over their cell phones.…Read more...

Woe is the Chrome user who has an overflowing Bookmark Bar—or worse, that single folder they use to store anything interesting they see online.Read more...

Keeping track of different airlines’ frequent flyer programs to get the best deal can be a full time job (and is, in fact, for a handful of travel bloggers). Rules are constantly changing, points expire and racking up miles just doesn’t go as far as it used to.

We told you to rinse your recyclables. “But what about the wasted water?” you asked. So we asked some scientists. The short answer is, a quick rinse is usually worth it. The long answer is also pretty interesting!Read more...

In case you haven’t gotten the memo, Amazon Prime members can save 20% on basically any physical video game by preordering, and we’re collecting all of the new games from E3 here as preorders go live, sorted by date. Notice something we missed? Let us know in the comments.

Hello, and welcome back to What’s Cooking?, the open thread where you get to share your brilliant thoughts, advice, recipes, and opinions on all things food-related. Today I’d like to talk to you about that most summery of summer gimmicks: frozen alcohol.Read more...

With this year marking the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, along with the the release of the new documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?this past weekend, we’re hearing facts about children’s television icon Fred Rogers that reveal just how much care he put into everything he did. Like how he would…Read more...

IHOP is now IHOB, and now it’s in a fight with all the burger chains, because nothing can stay pure in our decrepit world. Luckily Metafilter recently unearthed a charming blog called Broken Chains, which reviews the remaining locations of chain restaurants long past their prime, like Ponderosa, Lum’s, and the York…Read more...

Earther Something Is Killing the World’s Oldest Baobabs | The A.V. Club Rose McGowan urges fans, media: Don’t blame Asia Argento for Anthony Bourdain’s death | The Takeout Man reportedly kicked out of Indianapolis restaurant for wearing cross necklace |Read more...

Find deals on custom-tailored suits, $10 HDTV antenna for the World Cup, last-minute Father’s Day gifts, and a whole lot more.Read more...

Mac: Widgets? Old and busted. Filling your Notification Center full of apps and services? The more stuffed it gets, the less useful it is. At least, I don’t like having to scroll up and down through pages’ worth of items if I need a quick glance at my most meaningful data.Read more...

Snapchat announced a new feature today that allows any user to delete any messages they send in individual or group conversations. In other words, if you Snapchat message your mom “nice bod,” but meant to send that to your favorite friend instead, you can now use Snapchat’s “Clear Chats” feature to prevent all the…Read more...

Google Lens, once a Pixel-only feature, is now a part of the Google Photos app (or a standalone Android download). During Google I/O this year, Google announced a number of new features for Google Lens, and you can play with them on both iOS and Android right now—assuming your device now supports Lens in its Camera appRead more...

We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

Earther Here’s How Much Lava Kilauea’s Eruption Has Produced | The A.V. Club Weekend Box Office: Hereditary D+ CinemaScore edition | The Takeout IHOP is now IHOB, an international house of burgers |Read more...

How to fill up a water balloon in 1987: Stand at the bathroom sink, carefully pull the lip of the balloon around the faucet (there’s a 30% chance the balloon will tear at this point), turn on the water and watch the balloon expand, attempt to turn off the water at the balloon’s absolute maximum size (if you can let it…Read more...

Today marks the end—but not the permanent death—of net neutrality. You’ve probably heard the phrase “net neutrality” before, but just in case you need a refresher, here goes: Net neutrality was a set of rules introduced during the Obama presidency that basically demanded equality for all Internet content.Read more...

Making your own spice blends isn’t particularly challenging, but buying a single bottle of a blend is both more convenient and fiscally responsible than buying five bottles of five different spices. Plus, if you’re just getting into the world of seasonings and spices, blends can be a bit less intimidating.Read more...

Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ohio’s aggressive purging of voting rolls. Basically, they’re saying a state can “unregister” people to vote if they skip a couple elections and fail to respond to a notice from state election officials. Here’s how you can make sure that doesn’t happen to you.

Flash floods can strike with almost no warning, so it pays to be prepared. It doesn’t take much for rain to escalate from a light drizzle to a deadly emergency situation. In the event the dry land around you transforms into a raging river, these tips can keep you from being swept away.Read more...

Oh Bethesda, you trolls, you. I say that lovingly, as the trailer the company showed off during its E3 press conference Sunday was a nod to its wildly successful Elder Scrolls franchise. The joke, if you didn’t get it, was that Bethesda has dumped Skyrim, the series’ most recent installment, onto nearly every modern…Read more...

Internet ads are so invasive that we can’t blame you for thinking that Facebook is listening to you talk. It’s probably not, but it is helping ad networks track you across the internet and across your apps. Tech public policy expert Chris Yiu recently tweeted 14 different ways that ads follow you around the internet,…Read more...

Should you settle for a high interest rate on an auto loan, or are there better financing options? That’s what we’re looking at this week.Read more...

Pharmacists can prescribe birth control in eight states and Washington, DC, meaning you can walk into a pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription and walk out with, often, a full year’s worth of pills. The patch, shot, and vaginal ring can also be prescribed this way.Read more...

I get it: We all want to contribute to something larger than ourselves, and it’s wonderful to see more people “donating birthdays” to a charitable cause. This typically involves announcing on Facebook that your birthday is coming up, picking a not-too-crazy number to raise funds for a favorite charity, and watching…Read more...

With the exceptions of cherry tomatoes—which are good pretty much all year—I try to avoid buying tomatoes until at least July, as purchasing them any earlier usually leads to disappointment. But I’m not perfect, and the other day I slipped up and bought (quite) a few on the vine. They were, as one would expect, a…Read more...

Submissions for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid are due June 30. If you want to access grants scholarships, federal student loans or a work-study opportunity, you have around two and half weeks to fill out the FAFSA to qualify (Remember, for federal aid, you have until June 30 after the school year to…Read more...

The A.V. Club A symbol tells his story on a heartbreaking Westworld | Earther What Could Have Caused That Major Pipeline Explosion in West Virginia? | The Takeout Real camping food is unglamorous, easy, and ugly |Read more...

Windows: Most computer geeks know about WinDirStat, an incredibly useful utility that shows which folders and files are taking up so much room on your drive. It’s a must-have app, because you’ll be surprised—heck, I’ve been surprised—how many times you might find some random, triple-buried folder on your desktop…Read more...

Marlo Mack produces How to Be a Girl, a podcast about life with her transgender daughter “M.” Through stories on everything from what it was like when other moms at school found out a girl in class had a penis to how she told her child she may not ever be a biological mother, Marlo (not her real name) gives listeners…Read more...

Do we all have that one friend who won’t stop talking about Reykjavík? “Ooh, I miss Reykjavík. Reykjavík changed my life. Maybe I’ll move to Reykjavík. Did you know I got stuck in Reykjavík for two months due to volcanic activity?” We get it, friend, you’re very sophisticated and Icelandic and swaddled in furs. Now…Read more...

This week Google rolled out a few version of Gmail for Android and along with it a new feature that allows you to customize what happens when you swipe right or left on a message from your inbox.

If you want to use a voice assistant on your Apple Watch, you’ve pretty much been restricted to Siri’s dulcet tones. This week a new app brought another popular assistant to your wrist: Alexa.

Apple made Safari Technology Preview Release 58 available this week for people running macOS High Sierra and developers running the beta version of macOS Mojave. If you’re already running a previous Safari Technology Preview then you can update your version from the Mac App Store’s Updates tab. If you’re not, you can …Read more...

I can remember intricate details about my friends and our conversations from 3rd grade, but if you send me out to pick up a pizza down the street and a 6-pack of beer there’s a good chance I’m going to come home without one of them, or at least text you and ask what that other thing was I was supposed to get at the…Read more...

Microsoft’s E3 discounts, a family-sized Instant Pot, and one of our favorite microSD cards lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

When you’re the hunt for a new job you can typically narrow down your search by things like city and salary, but your standard job search leaves one pretty important criteria out of the equation: commute time. While there are definitely some dream jobs out there worth picking up and moving for (or dealing with that…Read more...

When you’re tagged in someone’s Instagram Story, you’ve always received a notification in Instagram letting you know. This week the app added another way for you to interact with that mention: you can reshare it in your own story.Read more...

Uniqlo’s affordable basics are even more affordable than usual this weekend.

Earther The First Eastern Pacific Hurricane of 2018 Is Now a Category 4 Beast | The A.V. Club Hooked on Hereditary’s spooky power? Check out director Ari Aster’s fucked-up short films | The Takeout What Anthony Bourdain gave us, and what he left us |Read more...

In the show I’m in right now, there’s an scene when the less-than-pleasant Archdeacon of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Claude Frollo, tells his adopted son, Quasimodo, that “it takes two people to communicate.” But it’s not just the hunchback that forgets this lesson—I’m surprised, but not that surprised, about how easy…Read more...

So you have a new writing app you’re dying to try, eh? Well, before you sit down to take on that big writing project, consider giving that app a solid test run so you can learn all the ins and outs first.

The new YEEZY 500 Super Moon Yellow will be on sale June 9th at 10 a.m. EDT on adidas.com and in stores. Within a few days, chances are you’ll see this $200 shoe on resellers’ sites for hundreds more.Read more...

Happy weekend, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. It’s Negroni Week, which means every cocktail bar and blogger (myself included) is putting their “spin” on the classic bitter beverage.Read more...

Anthony Bourdain, who died today the age 61, gave us bold wisdom on how to make a better burger, how to find good food in airports and why it’s okay order fish on Mondays.

I’ve lost over $300,000 worth of bitcoin so far. Now’s the bit where I’m supposed to tell you it’s all fake, and I only lost it in the cryptocurrency trading simulation game Bitcoin Flip. But no, I actually bought $400 worth of bitcoin back when it was cheap, then left it in the hands of the Mt. Gox online exchange,…Read more...

Hi! In this week’s edition of Tech 911, the column where we attempt to solve your most pressing and head-scratching tech questions (that you should absolutely send us here), I’m venturing a little beyond the confines of the column’s setup to look at a question that’s both timely and applicable to most Apple fans.