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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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  • newCalifornia's age verification law could regulate every Linux command
    MidnightBSD, an open-source operating system, recently announced it would block California residents entirely rather than risk liability under the state's new age-verification law.California's AB 1043, the Digital Age Assurance Act, was signed in Oc…
    - 2 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 1:24pm -
  • newMicrosoft tried to ban the word "Microslop" and it backfired badly
    Microsoft just gave the internet a masterclass in the Streisand effect. The company added "Microslop" — a derisive nickname for Microsoft that took off after Merriam-Webster named "slop" its 2025 word of the year — to the auto-moderation block li…
    - 2 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 1:12pm -
  • newTurn on audio description even if you can see fine — it makes TV better
    In an Agatha Christie adaptation, a character forces a polite grin. An offscreen voice murmurs: "Her smile doesn't reach her eyes." That line isn't in Christie's book. It was written by an audio describer — one of the mostly anonymous writers who n…
    - 3 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 12:32pm -
  • newDOJ took Epstein victims' testimony, then did nothing
    After Epstein died in August 2019, the FBI opened a file called "Investigation into Potential Co-Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein." Prosecutors contacted victims and asked if they'd testify. They agreed. By October 2019, FBI agents were conducting int…
    - 3 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 12:27pm -
  • newThe Kiffness turns a beach fruit vendor into a global banger
    The Kiffness has made a career out of spotting accidental music in the wild and turning it into something joyous, weird, and irresistibly danceable. His latest creation takes a beach fruit vendor's melodic call and transforms it into a full-blown gro…
    - 3 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 12:26pm -
  • newVaccines are free. Measles now costs $1.5 billion a year
    As vaccination rates continue to plummet under the Make America Healthy Again "personal choice" evidence-free ideology, measles has come back with a collection agency. A new Yale analysis estimates that if MMR rates drop just 1% annually over the nex…
    - 3 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 12:06pm -
  • newMAGA protests Disneyland by having 30 people buy $200 tickets 
    After weeks of online bluster about a "MAGA invasion" of Disneyland, the long-promised cultural reckoning arrived in Anaheim with all the force of a lightly attended book club. Roughly 30 protesters reportedly showed up and were vastly outnumbered by…
    - 3 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 11:54am -
  • newMetal Gear Solid 4 is finally escaping PS3 prison
    After nearly two decades locked away in PS3 prison, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is finally getting ported to literally any other system. Back when the new Master Collection rerelease series was announced, everyone and their mother was ho…
    - 4 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 11:51am -
  • newHowToBasic returns with high-protein ice cream that might, in fact, contain a little too much protein
    Delightful culinary YouTuber HowToBasic might be my very favorite creator in the genre. Not because his cooking is good — such naivete — but because it's the precise opposite. Every single one of his recipes is a chaotic culinary trainwreck that…
    - 4 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 11:44am -
  • newUS Department of Education decorates headquarters with Charlie Kirk
    The Department of Education is draping a federal building with the face of Charlie Kirk, the 32-year-old culture-war entrepreneur best known for grievance politics, campus trolling, and a long résumé of inflammatory rhetoric about race, gender, and…
    - 4 hours ago 2 Mar 26, 11:30am -

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