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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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  • new2TB cloud storage, yours forever on sale for $59
    TL;DR: Get a 2TB FileJump Cloud Storage lifetime subscription on sale for $59 (reg. $467)Google One charges $9.99 a month for 2TB of cloud storage, every month, with no end date in sight. FileJump runs on the opposite model: pay once for 2TB an…
    - 2 hours ago 4 Jul 26, 10:00am -
  • 57 AI billionaires are worth $320 billion combined
    A new analysis from FutureSearch's wealth study of AI billionaires counts 57 AI billionaires worldwide, worth a combined $320 billion — and almost none of that fortune has anything to do with a PhD. Chip designer Chen Tianshi of Cambricon Technolog…
    - 1 day ago 3 Jul 26, 12:13pm -
  • 38 scientists want to ban "mirror life"
    Mirror life — synthetic organisms built from molecules with reversed chirality, the opposite handedness of every natural protein and DNA strand on Earth — would be essentially invisible to the immune systems of humans, animals, and plants, accord…
    - 1 day ago 3 Jul 26, 12:13pm -
  • No AI for Al. "Weird Al" Yankovic yanks AI commercial

    - 1 day ago 3 Jul 26, 12:13pm -
  • The age of physical games begins to come to a close as PlayStation discontinues discs
    I can't say I didn't see this coming after Rockstar announced that GTA 6 wouldn't get a physical release. Or, to be honest, after the PS5 and Xbox Series consoles charged an extra fee for a disc drive.I at least thought that they'd wait until the ne…
    - 1 day ago 3 Jul 26, 12:13pm -
  • Rare footage shows how rough Six Flags' wooden Rattler coaster was
    The original Rattler (see video) at Six Flags Fiesta Texas opened in 1992 and was once one of the biggest wooden roller coasters in the country. In this wild old video, you can see the tracks bend and wobble as the coaster sped along. — Read the re…
    - 1 day ago 3 Jul 26, 11:41am -
  • Twin Pines' vintage ice cream clown is deliciously unsettling
    Twin Pines ice cream was one of many regional dairy brands that once filled American grocery store freezers in the mid-to-late 20th century. Like other small dairy companies of the era, it leaned heavily on simple, memorable packaging to stand out in…
    - 1 day ago 3 Jul 26, 11:40am -
  • The Good Liars find state fair MAGA fans who rank Trump over God
    Time and time again, I count myself lucky that The Good Liars are willing to wade into the backwoods of MAGA country so I don't have to. They've made an extremely stable career out of showing up at Trump-centric events and documenting them in their a…
    - 1 day ago 3 Jul 26, 11:39am -
  • This site turns LA Metro trains into ambient music
    What does a city sound like when you turn its transit system into a musical instrument? This clever web project answers that question by transforming the live movements of Los Angeles Metro trains and buses into an evolving ambient soundtrack. Every…
    - 1 day ago 3 Jul 26, 11:38am -
  • This interactive sketchbook turns your drawings into tessellating patterns
    Escherllate is a fun browser sketchbook built around tessellation. You draw on a central tile, and your lines instantly repeat across surrounding copies. The result is a living pattern that updates in real time as you sketch.The system makes symmetr…
    - 1 day ago 3 Jul 26, 11:37am -