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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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  • newHow to get a 5-year VPN for the cost of a sandwich – that's less than a cent per day
    TL;DR: iProVPN will protect your privacy when you access global content for the amazing Deal Days price of $14.97 (MSRP $365) for a 5-year subscription. Available only until July 1 at 11:59 p.m. PT.It's time to get a VPN. Right now, you can begin…
    - 2 hours ago 28 Jun 26, 10:00am -
  • newBudapest enjoys first Pride march since Orbán voted out
    Despite temperatures over 100 degrees, tens of thousands of people attended Budapest's first post-Orbán Pride march. Orbán's far-right government had prohibited such events, but LBGTQ Hungarians and their friends defied those bans and the new manag…
    - 14 hours ago 27 Jun 26, 9:58pm -
  • newAustralia's social media ban not working, study finds
    Australia's ban on social media accounts for children has failed to produce an immediate drop in use among adolescents, according to an analysis published this week in The BMJ. The study casts doubt on the world's first national age-based restriction…
    - 15 hours ago 27 Jun 26, 9:17pm -
  • newAmericans increasingly hate AI, but love chatting with it
    Almost half of American adults now use AI chatbots, but only 16 percent think the technology will have a positive impact on society—and most expect AI to make society worse. That's according to a Pew Research Center survey which found chatbot use…
    - 16 hours ago 27 Jun 26, 8:06pm -
  • newSuspected brain cancer turns out to be pork tapeworm infestation
    Doctors in Spain suspected that a man suffering from chronic headaches had brain cancer. A scan showed a number of poorly-defined lesions, typical of cancer that has spread from elsewhere in the body. But when they conducted a higher-resolution MRI,…
    - 17 hours ago 27 Jun 26, 7:31pm -
  • newOnly 24 hours left to score MS Office Pro+ 2024 for $55 with Deal Days
    TL;DR: Grab the complete Office 2024 suite with advanced features with the Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus Lifetime License for $54.99 (reg. $249.99).Deal Days is StackSocial's take on Prime Day, and with just 24 hours left, it's your las…
    - 20 hours ago 27 Jun 26, 4:00pm -
  • newSpaceX stock took a predictable trajectory
    SpaceX stock soared to $251 after its launch then came back to Earth. It traded today at $149, less than ther $150 it opened at following the $135 IPO. Virtually everyone who bought it after the bell on day one has lost money, and Elon is no longer a…
    - 22 hours ago 27 Jun 26, 2:12pm -
  • Sony deleting 551 movies from own customers' accounts
    Sony unceremoniously announced that it would be deleting 551 movies from PlayStation customers' accounts in the U.K.: no apologies, no refunds, just a cold reminder that the only thing bought was a revokable license to access "content." The wipe is t…
    - 1 day ago 27 Jun 26, 6:45am -
  • The 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…
    - 1 day ago 27 Jun 26, 6:20am -
  • Reviving 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…
    - 1 day ago 27 Jun 26, 5:26am -

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