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  • Remove a Cork Stuck Inside a Wine Bottle With a Ribbon
    You go to pop open a fresh bottle of wine—maybe you don’t have a proper wine-opening tool —and the cork, or part of it, plummets into the bottle. You’re left with two choices: finish the bottle, or use this handy trick.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 6:00pm -
  • Flamyngo Simplifies Getting Travel Tips From Friends
    iPhone: If you’re heading out on vacation to somewhere your friends or family have already gone, it’s natural to ask for any suggestions they might have for places to go. This usually results in a mess of texts and emails from various people. Fla…
    - 3 Jul 16, 5:00pm -
  • Get Your Game of Thrones Fix With This Interactive, Spoiler-Proof Map
    Game of Thrones fans, you might not know what to do with yourself now that Season 6 is over. This interactive map will help you get your fix until the next season starts.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 3:00pm -
  • When In Doubt, Mimic the Body Language of Others to Be More Persuasive
    Body language varies from one person to another. Trying to follow a set of specific actions to effectively communicate with everyone is bound to fail. If you’re talking with someone one-on-one, mimic their body language instead to be more persuasiv…
    - 3 Jul 16, 2:00pm -
  • This DIY Wood Beer Carrier Even Has a Bottle Opener on the Side
    Instructables user Herbsco built this reusable, good-looking beer carrier out of solid walnut, which probably explains why it looks so good, but even if you don’t have that available, he has everything you need to make your own—and attach a bottl…
    - 3 Jul 16, 1:00pm -
  • Ambient Noise Showdown: Noisli vs. White Noise vs. Rain Rain
    Ambient noise apps drown out distractions so you can focus on your work, or generate serene, peaceful environments that encourage you to fall asleep. But with dozens you can download, it’s hard to know which is the best. Noisli, White Noise, and Ra…
    - 3 Jul 16, 10:00am -
  • A Video and Graphic Guide to 12 of America's Most Beautiful Natural Parks
    There are dozens of beautiful National Parks in the United States, but if you could only see one, this video and graphic guide from Expedia helps you narrow your choices down to 12 great parks you can explore, all of which are known for specific land…
    - 3 Jul 16, 9:00am -
  • Sunday's Best Deals: Fire HD 6, GreenWorks Tools, Weather Radios
    Weather radios, GreenWorks tools, and Amazon’s Fire HD 6 lead off Sunday’s best deals.Read more...
    - 3 Jul 16, 8:30am -
  • This Week's Top Downloads
    Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week.Read more...
    - 2 Jul 16, 6:00pm -
  • Clean Rusty Grill Grates With Some Oil, Salt, and a Potato
    If you don’t grill very often that probably means you don’t clean your grill regularly either. If your grill grates are covered in burnt food and rust, you can get it ready for a cookout with a few household staples.Read more...
    - 2 Jul 16, 5:00pm -

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  • newNo, the study behind "76% of honey is fake" didn't find 76% fake honey
    YouTuber Zackary Smigel was freaked out by the alarming online claim that 76% of supermarket honey is fake and found something better: the statistic itself has been badly abused. The 76% number traces back to a 2011 examination of 60 jars that found…
    - 40 mins ago 3 Nov 26, 11:12am -
  • newWord, Excel, and PowerPoint for $119.97, with no renewal notice next year
    TL;DR: Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for Mac or PC with a one-time purchase of Microsoft Office 2024 Home, now $119.97 (reg. $149.99).Microsoft 365 bills you every year, whether you opened Excel daily or twice to split a dinner check. —…
    - 2 hours ago 3 Nov 26, 10:00am -
  • newRobert Fludd's "Black Square" is a 17th-century picture of nothing
    The occult philosopher Robert Fludd created this image in the 17th century. It is called Black Square and quite literally represents nothing. The medium is not known for certain, but it is guessed to be an engraving. View this post on…
    - 5 hours ago 3 Nov 26, 7:15am -
  • newThis skinless 1910 goat automaton bleats like a real goat
    If you need to watch a video of a loud, bleating goat automaton without any skin, here you go. The House of Automata shared this lovely early-20th-century goat automaton. It is currently under construction for restoration, so it does not have any sk…
    - 5 hours ago 3 Nov 26, 7:15am -
  • newWatch 48 hours of heavy snow bury a lawn chair, a car and the camera lens
    This mesmerizing time lapse shows what 48 hours of heavy snow looks like. The camera starts off facing a lawn chair and a wooden stick pointing up from the ground. The snow eventually covers all of this and more.What 48 hours of heavy snow looks l…
    - 5 hours ago 3 Nov 26, 7:00am -
  • newHappy Birthday, Cookie Monster!
    It is the birthday of Sid "Cookie" Monster, who debuted in the premiere episode of Sesame Street on November 10, 1969, having already appeared as The Wheel Stealer in an unaired General Foods advertising spot and in an IBM training film titled "Coffe…
    - 17 hours ago 2 Nov 26, 6:47pm -
  • newAnthropic clamps down on using Claude to make copycat games—or reverse-engineer code
    The flood of AI-generated slop games has set the thoroughly-troubled gaming industry reeling, but for indies it's even worse: success can depend on building a social media following by showing off clever and innovative gameplay concepts early in deve…
    - 18 hours ago 2 Nov 26, 6:13pm -
  • newIntel stock "collapses" amid broader tech retreat
    Intel's stock price fell 9% today after a bad week that saw the company lose more than a third of its value. It's lost more than half of its value since the summer highs, in what Jared Blikre describes as "tech wreckage" and Intel's worst day since…
    - 18 hours ago 2 Nov 26, 5:52pm -
  • newIndustrial degreaser-rimmed margaritas send five to urgent care
    My local Chili's burned down three years ago, but the Chili's in Forest City, North Carolina, burned three customers and two staff members with its specialty margaritas Thursday. The drinks were reportedly made using cleaning chemicals that "a worker…
    - 19 hours ago 2 Nov 26, 4:38pm -
  • newYour keyboard can take a hike: VoiceType AI is just $40
    TL;DR: Give your fingers a break with VoiceType AI, a dictation tool that turns speech into polished text at up to 360 words per minute. Get unlimited monthly transcription for $39.97 (reg. $419) through November 8.Your brain has already written the…
    - 20 hours ago 2 Nov 26, 4:00pm -

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