You might have seen headlines this week about the sudden surge in stock prices for moribund companies like GameStop (up 400%) and AMC (up 375%). But what about Blockbuster? Yes, they still exist as a penny stock—and they’re up over 2000% from earlie…
Lees meerYou step on your glasses in the middle of the night. Or a house fire melts your eyeglass frames. A tornado rips your glasses right off your face. Or a pandemic worsens, your glasses break, everything shuts down, there’s no way to get a replacement. …
Lees meerOne of the biggest selling points for HBO Max is that it offers exclusive access to every film from Studio Ghibli, the legendary Japanese filmmakers behind My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away—and that includes a brand new one dropping in February,…
Lees meerJust like video chatting, screen sharing is now a required tool for anyone working or socializing from home. Unfortunately, sharing your device’s screen can be a privacy risk—or just embarrassing—if you don’t take precautions against accidental over…
Lees meerThere’s a brand-new update for iOS and iPadOS, and you shouldn’t dawdle about installing it. While version 14.4 of the two operating systems might not sound like it has a lot going on beyond rather generic “improvements and bug fixes” for your iPhon…
Lees meerWe’ve spent the better part of the past year grappling with what is and what isn’t safe. It’s almost as if the word has no meaning anymore, because nothing short of “no one in your family ever goes anywhere or sees anyone” is completely safe during…
Lees meerConventional wisdom surrounding music streaming goes something like this: Spotify rules all, and people with slightly different taste in their chosen platform will opt for Apple, or another service dedicated entirely to music. The big music players …
Lees meerBuying meat when it’s on sale and then freezing it for when you need it is great...in theory. In practice, it’s difficult (some might even say impossible) to remember to thaw frozen meat ahead of time. The recommended method—thawing frozen meat over…
Lees meerYou can now install YouTube as a progressive web app (PWA) on Windows. What does this mean? PWAs are like desktop shortcuts to websites that run in their own separate app window. They don’t take up much space and load faster than navigating to the w…
Lees meerToday marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. While it marks an important day for adults to remember the atrocities of the Holocaust and honor the six million Jews who were killed,…
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Lees meerBy any definition, Hidden Valley Ranch dip is the ultimate foolproof recipe. If you gave a million people a seasoning packet, a 16-ounce tub of sour cream, and a spoon each, they’d produce a million perfect batches of dip. Now that’s consistency. Re…
Lees meerIn the United States, many are beholden to an “always on” work standard, where emails, texts, calls, Slack messages and even meetings follow you home well after the workday should have ended. Some jobs even require workers to answer emails and messa…
Lees meerDisney World has released a doughnut grilled cheese sandwich unto the world and, for some reason, not everyone is delighted. Even though this is tame as far as stunt foods go, some accounts (and some people) are play-acting at being shocked over a f…
Lees meerAmazon’s digital assistant can now control some of your smart devices for you—without any prompting needed. But before you start dreaming about a day when Alexa will have your coffee ready for you in the morning and your car already warming up in th…
Lees meerYour excitement for blockbuster flicks may have vanished after coronavirus closed theaters and murder hornets came on the scene, but most of the movies we forgot about are on their way back in 2021. After long postponements—several, in many cases—th…
Lees meerIf you or someone you know has an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), you may want to avoid using an iPhone 12. According to a recent study in the Heart Rhythm Journal, the iPhone 12 and its accessories can interfere with an ICD’s behavior…
Lees meerIt’s never nice to critique somebody’s body in their social media post, nor to tell them they’re doing an exercise wrong (even if you really think you’re right). For men, negative comments like these are an occasional annoyance. For many women, they…
Lees meerIt’s the quickest way to suck the joy out of buying a cute new top: You peel off the long sticker labeled with the size of the garment, and it leaves behind a relentlessly sticky residue that attracts lint and dust. Next thing you know, there’s a di…
Lees meerSome of us can be a little too diligent when dealing with email or text spam—because whatever you do, you shouldn’t click “unsubscribe” links or text “stop” in reply, as they literally mean “subscribe” and “please, go on” to illicit spammers. Read m…
Lees meerYou might already use Spotify to supply a round-the-clock soundtrack of music and podcasts while you navigate work and life, but the platform is giving you another reason to keep its app open all day with a new offering: Audiobooks.Read more...
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