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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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  • newiFixit's repair guide for the Steam Machine
    Valve is said to be selling 12,000 Steam Machines a week (previously at Boing Boing), despite an indefinite waitlist and a much higher price than originally anticipated (not their fault). If you've got one, then, you'll be pleased to see iFixit's com…
    - 9 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 6:29pm -
  • newGain access to over a thousand courses on IT, design, and coding for just $20 for life
    TL;DR: Access 1,000+ developmental courses with EDU Unlimited by StackSkills for a one-time purchase of $19.97 (MSRP $600) until Sept. 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT.Gun for a promotion, make that career switch, or just spend your free time on education; wi…
    - 11 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 4:00pm -
  • newHundreds of buildings, nearly 60 aircraft: the Iran war damage Americans haven't seen
    The Trump Administration has done an excellent job of hiding the damage Iranian drones and missiles have wrought on US bases across the Middle East. The Pentagon's inspector general now says Iranian attacks damaged or destroyed hundreds of structure…
    - 14 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 1:10pm -
  • new9-year-old ran up a $118,000 bill on dad's company credit card
    A dad named Dave said he got called into a meeting with his boss to explain the $118,000 bill on his company credit card.The culprit was his 9-year-old son, who bought ads on YouTube to promote his Minecraft and Roblox videos. — Read the rest The…
    - 14 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 1:07pm -
  • newZuckoff app warns you when someone nearby is wearing Meta's perv glasses
    A 30-year-old Polish programmer, Pawel Szydlowski, built an app that sends an alert if someone nearby is using Meta's perv glasses.Szydlowski bought several pairs of the stealth video glasses, which are a favorite tool for incels who like to reco…
    - 14 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 1:02pm -
  • newCalifornia Pizza is no longer a joke
    Long derided for putting just about anything on a pizza, California has two pizzerias in the world's top 5, according to the Italian culinary guide "Top 50 Pizza." BBQ chicken pizza ain't so funny now, is it?On Tuesday, Italy-based culinary guide…
    - 14 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 12:57pm -
  • newElon's "historically accurate" Grok-generated Odyssey has trouble counting Cyclops eyes
    Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk ranted and raved that Grok would make a better, more "historically accurate" Odyssey than Christopher Nolan ever could, and held a contest to get others to do the work for him. His $100k grand prize winner has a three-eyed cyclop…
    - 15 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 12:37pm -
  • newHow a real mentalist secretly rigs his mind-reading act
    I kind of like magic shows, but I really like finding out how magician's tricks are done. For me, it's almost all the fun. It's not in the magician's best interest to have their tricks revealed, and they have a code (among themselves) to keep their s…
    - 15 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 12:32pm -
  • newAncient DNA shows the extinct American cheetah was really a puma
    Maybe you learned that thousands of years ago, a now-extinct species of cheetah sped across the plains of North America. New genetic evidence shows that these animals weren't cheetahs, but were more closely related to American pumas. Paleontologists…
    - 15 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 12:32pm -
  • newThe Good Liars find an RNC "Constitutionalist" who can't quote it
    To this day, I can't think of the Republican National Convention without also thinking about Nick Lutsko's generational RNC song, which does more to capture the spirit of the median GOP voter than a million paid-off TikToks. It's an indictment of inc…
    - 15 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 12:20pm -

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