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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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  • newFans are cramming Undertale into EarthBound's Super Nintendo engine
    Undertale, an indie RPG released in 2015 after a successful Kickstarter campaign by developer Toby Fox, has become nothing short of a pop culture icon. Since its release, critics and audiences fell in love with its memorable characters, humor, illust…
    - 12 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 5:38pm -
  • newThe best Mario Kart build is an economics problem from 1900
    Mario Kart 8 asks you to pick a driver, a kart body, tires, and a glider, and each category has dozens of options with their own speed, acceleration, handling, and weight. Antoine Mayerowitz's interactive guide to the Pareto frontier sorts the result…
    - 13 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 4:17pm -
  • new9,000 people a year hunt a gold mine that geology says can't exist
    About 9,000 people a year search Arizona's Superstition Mountains for the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine. Some have died in the search. The mine is named for Jacob Waltz, a German immigrant ("Dutchman" was the era's term for Germans) who supposedly found…
    - 13 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 4:16pm -
  • newTrade loud, addictive screen time for Montessori-inspired Pok Pok, just $59.99 for lifetime access
    TL;DR: Pok Pok gives kids ages 2–8 an ad-free, low-stimulation space to explore, create, and learn—and lifetime family access is $59.99.Most kids' apps seem designed by someone who asked, "How many flashing buttons can we fit on one screen be…
    - 13 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 4:00pm -
  • newTrump's mass deportation machine is a $1.4 billion private-prison bonanza
    Cruelty is a growth industry, and the deportation business is booming.Surprise! MAGA's favorite mass-deportation program has produced at least one conspicuous group of winners: the companies paid to lock people up. America's two largest private-pri…
    - 15 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 2:11pm -
  • newDogs on Ice are beyond adorable
    This video is the most pleasant thing I've seen in a couple of days. Perhaps I should give up on the mainstream news.Puppies being cute is one thing, but puppies playing on ice? In little figure skater outfits? With SKATES? — Read the rest The po…
    - 16 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 1:26pm -
  • newTexas' Ken Paxton somehow gets even sleazier
    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican Senate candidate whose career has accumulated enough corruption allegations to require its own filing cabinet, has yet another interesting financial arrangement to explain.The New York Times reports…
    - 16 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 1:09pm -
  • newViking lander's 1976 Mars soil test may have found life after all
    In 1976, NASA's Viking 1 lander found strong "life affirmation" results in a Martian soil sample. Robert Jastrow, then director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said, "Short of seeing something wiggling on the end of a pin, the case for…
    - 16 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 1:01pm -
  • newElon Musk has all the rhythm of an Austin Powers villain

    - 17 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 12:39pm -
  • newThe Tainted Cup gets the fantasy detective novel exactly right
    Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup delivers everything I want from a fantasy detective story. Wonderful characters, fantastic world-building, and a mystery worth solving. Bennett tells the story from the point of view of Din Kol, an altered hu…
    - 17 hours ago 10 Aug 26, 12:25pm -