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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 worst Caldecott winning book — Rumpelstiltskin
    Andrew Judson has read every Caldecott Medal winner and honor book his local library owns, mostly out loud to his daughter, and ranked the worst ones by their words, not their art — since the Caldecott is awarded "based solely on the art," even the…
    - 2 hours ago 3 Jul 26, 10:44am -
  • newNashville's control tower has 27 controllers; the FAA wants 52
    Nashville International Airport's control tower has 27 certified air traffic controllers, according to NPR's report on the U.S. air travel crunch — the FAA's target is 52. It's one symptom of a national bottleneck: airlines fly more passengers than…
    - 2 hours ago 3 Jul 26, 10:41am -
  • newBaby kangaroo swats at swooping magpie in playful Australia video
    This cute video from Australia shows a baby kangaroo reacting to a persistent magpie that keeps swooping and circling nearby. Instead of being scared, the joey starts batting at the air in quick, clumsy little motions, as if trying to join in the gam…
    - 2 hours ago 3 Jul 26, 10:39am -
  • newAdGuard VPN is now just $35 for 5 years of access 
    TL;DR: Browse, stream, and download safely with the 5-year AdGuard VPN subscription for $34.99 (reg. $359.40) with code July30.If you're looking for a good VPN that provides solid security along with relief from geo-restrictions, why not choose th…
    - 2 hours ago 3 Jul 26, 10:00am -
  • newThis app makes learning piano feel less like practice and more like progress — on sale for $104.99 for life
    TL;DR: Learn piano through interactive lessons, AI feedback, and guided songs at your own pace with lifetime access to Skoove Premium for $104.99 (MSRP $299.99) with promo code JULY30 until July 5.Learning piano usually comes down to two options…
    - 2 hours ago 3 Jul 26, 10:00am -
  • newThis spider flings ants 30 centimeters into its trap
    A newly described spider in North Queensland rainforest hunts exactly one prey species — the green tree ant, an insect so aggressive most predators avoid it — by building a silk trap that flings the ant into its web. Macquarie University research…
    - 4 hours ago 3 Jul 26, 8:30am -
  • newA synthetic cell grew, copied its DNA, and split in two
    A synthetic cell built from scratch — no living components, just liposomes, DNA, and 36 commercial enzymes standing in for protein synthesis — grew, copied its own DNA, and split into two, according to Quanta's report on this synthetic-cell miles…
    - 4 hours ago 3 Jul 26, 8:00am -
  • newJohn Titor, the internet's most famous time traveler, vanished in 2001
    Starting in November 2000, a poster using the handle TimeTravel_0 showed up on an internet forum called the Time Travel Institute claiming to be an American soldier from the year 2036. He said he'd been sent back to 1975 to retrieve an IBM 5100 compu…
    - 15 hours ago 2 Jul 26, 9:00pm -
  • newSpokeswoman sues company after it uses AI to make new ads featuring her
    Amber George, longtime spokeswoman of a store chain, saw an advertisement featuring her that she did not remember recording. If there was a moment of confusion, it was soon obvious what Fred's Appliance had done: run old ads through AI to generate ne…
    - 19 hours ago 2 Jul 26, 4:59pm -
  • newManage projects like a pro with Microsoft Project 2024 for just $49
    TL;DR: Get a lifetime subscription to Microsoft Project Professional 2024 for $48.99 (reg. $1,129.99). If you're looking for reliable software that'll take care of all your management needs and requirements, Microsoft Project Professional 2024 is…
    - 20 hours ago 2 Jul 26, 4:00pm -

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