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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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  • newCareful parents—this calmer kids' app is $59.99 for life right now
    TL;DR: Pok Pok is a Montessori-inspired educational app for kids ages 2–8 with calming, ad-free games and activities, and lifetime access is $59.99 (MSRP $250).There's a very specific kind of dread that hits when your kid asks for "just one gam…
    - 14 hours ago 11 May 26, 4:00pm -
  • newWhat Claude thinks of Kevin Kelly's essay about Claude
    Kevin Kelly's new essay, "The Emergent Self Loop," is about his recent ten-hour conversation with Anthropic's Claude. It's the most interesting thing I've read about AI selfhood in a while.Kevin opens by mentioning the emails he receives nearly ever…
    - 15 hours ago 11 May 26, 2:23pm -
  • new9 ways to stretch your food budget when SNAP benefits get cut
    Kevin Curry, founder of the Fit Men Cook fitness and food community, graduated from Harvard's Kennedy School in 2008 right into the recession and couldn't find work. He signed up for SNAP — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — and the…
    - 17 hours ago 11 May 26, 12:56pm -
  • newWhy are school boards banning books on ancient Egypt and digestion?
    PEN America counted 3,743 unique titles pulled from school libraries in the latest academic year — and nonfiction is now a front-line target. According to PEN's Facts & Fiction report, nonfiction's share of banned titles doubled — from 14% to 29%…
    - 17 hours ago 11 May 26, 12:53pm -
  • newA burr grinder beats a $2,000 espresso machine
    Software engineer Rupaj Soni spent months chasing inconsistent espresso shots from his Breville Bambino before a visit to a friend in Amsterdam cracked the problem. His friend had the same machine and the same beans, but his shots were predictable an…
    - 17 hours ago 11 May 26, 12:45pm -
  • newAmazon will stop selling 40 mph "hooligan bikes" in California
    As per California's e-bike law, anything faster than pedal-assist Class 3 bikes (which are capped at 28 mph) is legally a moped or motorcycle and requires a license, registration, insurance, and a minimum age. Amazon was selling plenty of things that…
    - 17 hours ago 11 May 26, 12:25pm -
  • newHow a 1958 magazine cheered America's slide into installment debt
    The July 1958 issue of Argosy Magazine ran "Live Now—Pay Later" by Carlton Brown, capturing the moment America gleefully abandoned its Puritan thrift hangover for installment plans.By 1958, Brown reports, between 60 and 75 percent of new cars and…
    - 17 hours ago 11 May 26, 12:05pm -
  • newThis Utah law is a risk to everyone's digital liberty
    The Internet: How does it work? It's not a question that the Utah state government bothered to ask before attempting to enact its Online Age Verification law (Bill 73). Not asking this question could prove to be a massive digital autonomy and privacy…
    - 19 hours ago 11 May 26, 10:30am -
  • newJD Vance believes demons responsible for UFOs
    While everyone was justifiably losing their minds over Israel, Russia, and the United States of America's empire-building bullshit, the Trump administration released some more alleged UFO videos captured by the American military. I would have thought…
    - 19 hours ago 11 May 26, 10:29am -
  • newWhat to do when scammers kidnap your daughter
    You know how it is. You're just sitting on the couch relaxing when you suddenly get a text from a prison out of the blue, warning you that your daughter has been detained and needs your help. In a second, you go from an ordinary day to starring in Ta…
    - 19 hours ago 11 May 26, 10:28am -

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