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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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  • newCanada out-weeds California
    In June, Canadians bought more weed than Californians. Bong down, eh?Canada's weed market is growing, while California's has fallen off its peak. While there are perhaps 2-3 million more Canadians than Californians, many of the Canadians are Québé…
    - 5 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 6:45pm -
  • newBuild, scale, and code faster for only $30 with MS Visual Studio Pro 2026
    TL;DR: Grab your lifetime license to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 for just $29.97 (reg. $499.99). Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is a 64-bit IDE built for professional developers and development teams in need of software t…
    - 8 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 4:00pm -
  • newBaseball's unforgivable sin is now a sponsorship opportunity
    Stories of gambling in baseball, when I grew up, were akin to original sin. Eight Men Out was a classic. Pete Rose got a very perma permaban. Man, when we were young, if you could hit a ball, you could also hit your wife, cheat on her, or be a poster…
    - 8 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 3:41pm -
  • newWho defaced that pyramid?
    "Nobody would try to dismantle a pyramid by cutting a thin slice into one side." — History for GraniteIn this fantastic video, History for Granite debunks another tentpole of Egyptology by examining the evidence. Consensus seemed to be, based on o…
    - 10 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 1:33pm -
  • newCliff Stoll revisits the 75-cent glitch that caught KGB hackers, 40 years later
    Every year since 1993, hackers, researchers, computer security specialists, and government intelligence employees have gathered in Las Vegas for the annual DEF CON. This year Clifford Stoll gave an energetic talk on the 40th anniversary of the hacker…
    - 11 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 12:37pm -
  • newBeverly Hills, fresh from blocking an abortion clinic, allegedly fires teacher for criticizing Trump
    Seems Beverly Hills is still trying to usurp Huntington Beach's place as Southern California's MAGA safe zone.As if getting into trouble with the California DOJ for illegally interfering with the opening of a women's health clinic, Weezer's favorite…
    - 11 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 12:36pm -
  • newA countercultural film playlist for 1960s obsessives
    The 1960s are an endless source of fascination for me. No matter how many books I read about the decade, or the movies I watch or music I listen to, my curiosity doesn't wane. I just get more curious and want to dig deeper. — Read the rest The pos…
    - 12 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 12:08pm -
  • newTrump's Environmental "Protection" Agency approves toxic data center chemicals
    The Trump administration has fast-track approved two new data center chemicals that can result in cancer, neurological damage, reproductive harm, and even sudden death, according to a lawsuit just filed by the Earthjustic nonprofit.Tom Perkins write…
    - 12 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 11:52am -
  • newNew Hitman mission lets you assassinate Snoop Dogg
    007: First Light has been out for months, IOI! You can stop making Hitman DLC! It's okay!Hitman: World of Assassination is already one of the best stealth games ever made, but it gets just a little better (or at least funnier) with every celebrity t…
    - 12 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 11:49am -
  • newPadres coach held by ICE for over a week is released on bond
    Oswaldo Pirela, the San Diego Padres' (Major League Baseball) minor league catching coordinator who was arrested last Sunday and held by ICE, was released on bond Monday.He entered the U.S. legally from Venezuela in 2014, but the Department of Homel…
    - 12 hours ago 26 Aug 26, 11:47am -

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