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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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  • newBuild apps faster, blame tools less—Visual Studio Pro 2026 is just $35 through 5/31
    TL;DR: Get Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 for $34.97 (reg. $499.99) through May 31 and upgrade your coding setup with AI-assisted development, stronger debugging, and cross-platform tools.There's a point in every coding project where o…
    - 3 hours ago 27 May 26, 10:00am -
  • newChina's flagship GPU isn't fast, but it is popular
    With AI datacenters gobbling up every stick of RAM, every SSD and every graphics chip going, it's no wonder that China is bootstrapping domestic production of GPUs. The flagship Lisuan LX 7G100 is out, and though it struggles to match even old NVidia…
    - 3 hours ago 27 May 26, 9:21am -
  • newStarbucks Korea chief apologizes for massacre-themed marketing promotion
    Chung Yong-jin, the retail tycoon in charge of Starbucks Korea, apologized yesterday for a marketing campaign that made fun of a 1980 massacre of pro-democracy protestors. It was the executive's second apology in two weeks; he bowed three times durin…
    - 5 hours ago 27 May 26, 7:47am -
  • newMake your own futuristic computer logo with the Sinclair-o-Matic
    The Sinclair-o-Matic generates logotype in the style of the old Sinclair computer mark, with sliders for stroke width, character width, spacing and several other variables.Type in the box and the logo redraws itself live. The controls allow for a su…
    - 7 hours ago 27 May 26, 6:14am -
  • newRaising many questions, Grandpa Pudding Brains says he's "studied" circumcision for a long time
    America's ongoing experiment in handing microphones to cranks took another turn when RFK Jr. floated the thoroughly debunked claim that early circumcision doubles autism risk, prompting Donald Trump to claim expertise on the matter as only he can: "I…
    - 17 hours ago 26 May 26, 7:27pm -
  • newBears, smarter than average, decide to attend Calabasas school
    In an unsettling sign that Southern California's bear population may be entering its prep-school era, two smarter-than-average bruins were caught on video casually hopping a fence onto a Calabasas school campus with the kind of confidence usually ass…
    - 21 hours ago 26 May 26, 4:11pm -
  • newAdGuard VPN offers five years of private browsing for $35
    TL;DR: AdGuard VPN helps encrypt your browsing, reduce tracking, and access geo-restricted content across up to 10 devices, now $34.97 (reg. $359.40) for five years.There's something increasingly exhausting about how aggressively the internet comp…
    - 21 hours ago 26 May 26, 4:00pm -
  • newLondon police launch manhunt for artist behind "I farted in yoga" graffiti 
    British police are reportedly expending actual investigative resources in pursuit of the mystery artist behind a bit of graffiti reading "I fart3d in yoga," proving once again that somewhere between Banksy and bathroom-stall confessionals lies the tr…
    - 23 hours ago 26 May 26, 1:17pm -
  • K6 Project maps Britain's red telephone boxes
    The K6 Project aims to record and map red telephone boxes in the United Kingdom, these being a much-loved vestige of an earlier era in telecommunications. Unlike in other countries, some effort has gone into preserving the distinctive (mostly cast-ir…
    - 1 day ago 26 May 26, 12:35pm -
  • Hengefinder finds streets that perfectly frame the setting sun
    Hengefinder is an app that, given times and places, can help you experience "stunning moments when the sun or moon aligns perfectly with city streets and buildings."A "henge" is when the sun or moon is perfectly framed by a street or appears to si…
    - 1 day ago 26 May 26, 11:57am -

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