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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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  • newDOJ moves cannabis from heroin's schedule to Tylenol with codeine's
    Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order Wednesday moving FDA-covered cannabis products and state-licensed medical marijuana from Schedule I — the same federal classification as heroin, reserved for drugs with "high potential for abuse"…
    - 11 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 6:40pm -
  • newCongressman wants AI out of kids' toys after chatbots got weird with children
    OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, xAI, and Perplexity all say the same thing in their terms of service: children under 13 cannot use their products unsupervised. Then they license the same technology to toymakers, who drop it into stuffed animals and plasti…
    - 12 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 6:31pm -
  • newAnthropic's "too dangerous" AI was accessed by guessing the URL
    That Linux kernel bug Anthropic highlighted as proof of Mythos's hacking prowess? Researcher Devansh found it was actually discovered by Claude Opus 4.6 — Anthropic's publicly available model — not by the restricted Mythos. The find is buried in…
    - 12 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 6:05pm -
  • newFlorida tries to gerrymander harder, may end up helping Democrats
    Florida Republicans, never ones to leave a map untouched, are considering another round of redistricting in response to Democratic gains elsewhere. The catch: push the lines too far, and a strategy meant to lock in seats could instead make more of th…
    - 13 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 5:15pm -
  • newYour drip coffee has more caffeine than your espresso — here's why
    A shot of espresso is roughly twice as concentrated by volume as drip coffee, yet a typical espresso delivers 60–110mg of caffeine, while a mug of filtered drip can carry 80–280mg. The espresso drinker is sipping something stronger — but less o…
    - 15 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 3:25pm -
  • newTrump returns to his reality TV roots. Who gets fired next?
    Headlines today are swirling around Whiskey Pete Hegseth and FBI Director K$H Patel's fears of being next thrown out of office and scapegoated. Everyone fears becoming the next several-day distraction from an Epstein file or TACO crisis. Hegseth, w…
    - 15 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 3:24pm -
  • new1949: Unable to resist the irony, Britain defeats Napoleon one more time
    The Battle of Trafalgar is generally considered settled history: a decisive British victory over Napoleon's fleet. But in 1949, the Royal Navy found one last loose end in HMS Implacable, a rebadged, captured French warship that had survived for nearl…
    - 16 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 2:22pm -
  • newMore heat means more energy. More energy means bigger storms
    A record marine heat wave stretching along the California coast is loading the Pacific with extra energy. The kind of energy that doesn't just sit there, but eventually shows up as stronger storms, disrupted ecosystems, and a cascade of effects alrea…
    - 16 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 1:38pm -
  • newHiker tries jingling bells to stop charging bear, miraculously not dead (video)
    A hiker in the Angeles National Forest danced in to face off with a charging bear, utilizing that time-honored wilderness survival strategy of jumping around and jingling bells. This approach, contrary to expectations, did not end badly but may have…
    - 17 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 1:26pm -
  • newWorkers routed a highway through this boulder rather than blast it
    This beautiful passageway in Sequoia National Park is known as Tunnel Rock. This naturally occurring granite boulder was incorporated into the road construction beneath it. I'm so glad that it wasn't removed, and instead has become a beloved landmark…
    - 18 hours ago 23 Apr 26, 11:40am -

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