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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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  • newThe BBC ends longwave radio service today
    As a child, I used to be fascinated by the indicators on old radios for faraway cities: magic places such as Warsaw, Nador, Ulaanbatar… and Droitwich. Longwave radio was surely something amazing we had found but already forgotten about, those marki…
    - 6 hours ago 27 Jun 26, 6:20am -
  • newReviving old PCs with Linux now that new ones cost an arm and a leg
    Apple sharply raising the prices of laptops and other gear brought home that the datacenter-driven computer parts shortage is only getting worse. It will be years before prices fall, with RAM at the epicenter of the crisis. The long-awaited Steam Box…
    - 7 hours ago 27 Jun 26, 5:26am -
  • newFamed "trademark troll" Tim Langdell back on the Edge
    Tim Langdell found success publishing computer games in the 8-bit era, but became more famous for his extractive policing of trademarks around the word "Edge." This enterprise seemed to come to an end 15 years ago after courts ordered the trademarks…
    - 15 hours ago 26 Jun 26, 9:02pm -
  • newHitler baby photo in school yearbook
    Administrators at East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey, announced that "we immediately collected the yearbooks so the image would not remain in circulation" after it turned out that a baby photo in the 2026 volume was of Nazi dictator Adol…
    - 16 hours ago 26 Jun 26, 8:06pm -
  • newMan detained after playing Imperial March to troops in D.C. wins "substantial" settlement
    When troops from Ohio's National Guard were deployed to Washington D.C. to menace locals as part of President Trump's crime "emergency" there, Sam O'Hara followed them around playing The Imperial March from John Williams' score to The Empire Strikes…
    - 18 hours ago 26 Jun 26, 5:56pm -
  • newFEMA official who teleported to Waffle House teleports out of agency
    When the White House appointed conspiracy theorist Gregg Phillips (previously) to a top job in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, that was not his most interesting sudden movement. Phillips claimed to have experienced teleportation on multiple…
    - 18 hours ago 26 Jun 26, 5:54pm -
  • newRapist who faked own death reportedly dead again
    Nicholas Rossi fled the United States after faking his own death, hoping to avoid prosecution on rape charges. Recognized by staff at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, and extradited, he was eventually convicted in two separat…
    - 20 hours ago 26 Jun 26, 4:04pm -
  • newA crash course in modern IT is on sale for $19.97 during Deal Days
    TL;DR: The All-in-One CompTIA Certification Prep Courses Bundle includes training for certifications covering IT support, networking, cybersecurity, cloud computing, Linux, and more — all for $19.97 (reg. $299) during Deal Days.Not every tech ca…
    - 20 hours ago 26 Jun 26, 4:00pm -
  • newJudge orders Huntington Beach to add more democracy to its democracy
    A judge has ordered Huntington Beach to adopt ranked-choice voting after finding that the city's at-large elections diluted Latino voting power, which means Surf City's latest culture-war adventure may end with voters being allowed to rank candidates…
    - 21 hours ago 26 Jun 26, 2:41pm -
  • newA man got 30 years for moving boxes of left-wing zines
    Daniel Sanchez-Estrada didn't attend the Fourth of July protest at the Prairieland ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas. His wife called him from a prison phone afterward and asked him to move some boxes. The boxes contained leftwing zines. A fe…
    - 23 hours ago 26 Jun 26, 1:21pm -

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