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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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  • newControl your PDFs, don't let them control you — even on Mac
    TL;DR: End the cycle of frustration! Make peace with your PDFs with a subscription to PDF Reader Pro for just $39.99 (Reg. $79.99) — that's 50% off.The definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.…
    - 4 hours ago 16 Aug 26, 10:00am -
  • newLock in this back-to-school season with a Grade A refurbished Chromebook for only $55
    TL;DR: A Lenovo Chromebook in near-mint condition can be yours for just $54.97 (MSRP $199.99) until Aug. 23 at 11:59 p.m. PST.Focus up with a Chromebook, free of the bells and whistles that cause distractions. This back-to-school season, students…
    - 22 hours ago 15 Aug 26, 4:00pm -
  • Elevate your prompt game with Prompting Systems for $29.99
    TL;DR: Elevate your AI prompts to pro level, no complicated engineering required, with a lifetime subscription to Prompting Systems for $29.99, a 91% price cut from the $360 regular price.Crafting the just-right prompts that generate relevant, to…
    - 1 day ago 15 Aug 26, 10:00am -
  • In 1983 I couldn't afford to beat Dragon's Lair
    I love and still play Don Bluth's amazing video games. I never would have been able to finish them were it not for re-releases years later on several personal platforms. The animations, matched with a fantastic sense of humor, made Dragon's Lair an…
    - 2 days ago 14 Aug 26, 4:45pm -
  • Grok explains why it called for Elon Musk's assassination
    The time-honored trick of "repeat after me" strikes again. Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk calls his expensive AI Grok "maximum truth-seeking." Users apparently discovered they could create maximum truths by putting inflammatory text in an X bio, asking Grok t…
    - 2 days ago 14 Aug 26, 4:22pm -
  • Your next gaming obsession is half off right now
    TL;DR: Disappear into an immersive game with Red Dead Redemption 2 Ultimate Edition, now just $49.99 for an XBOX Live Key.Your real life might be filled with responsibilities and boring things like emails, work tasks, and chores, but if you're Arth…
    - 2 days ago 14 Aug 26, 4:00pm -
  • Escaped pygmy goats try Portland public transit
    Budding Portland celebrities Billy the Kid and Billy the Goat escaped their owner's yard, found a TriMet stop, and briefly attempted the morning commute.Two pygmy goats showed up at a Portland bus stop Tuesday morning, waited for the FX2 and climbed…
    - 2 days ago 14 Aug 26, 3:36pm -
  • Russia to test AI models for traditional spiritual and moral values
    If you want to sell AI to the Russian state, you're going to have to tune it to the nation's "traditional spiritual and moral values" before you have a shot, reports Vedomosti, a Russian-language business daily out of Moscow. — Read the rest The p…
    - 2 days ago 14 Aug 26, 1:52pm -
  • OK, custom Kindle fonts are really nice
    After more than a decade of reading on Kindle e-readers, I finally added custom fonts, and I'm blown away. I was never sold. When Amazon's first "made for ereaders" font, Bookerly, came out, I set it on my Kindle and never looked back. — Read the…
    - 2 days ago 14 Aug 26, 12:01pm -
  • Before the water lilies, Monet drew cartoons of well-known locals
    Claude Monet's first paying work was caricature. At fifteen, he sold unflattering drawings of well-known men around Le Havre through a framing shop, and crowds gathered at the window to look at them. By his own later account, he was among the most su…
    - 2 days ago 14 Aug 26, 11:30am -

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