Open enrollment season is here, the time of year when just about everyone can make changes to their health care coverage without the restrictions you’d face the rest of the year. And while you may feel confident about the process for making changes …
Lees meerHackers are using BlueKeep to break into Windows computers and install a cryptocurrency miner. The vulnerability only impacts systems that are running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. Read more...
Lees meerAT&T dropped a huge deal this weekend: an Apple TV 4K for just $90. That’s nearly 50 percent off its regular $179 price tag and also the lowest price we’ve yet seen for the Apple TV 4K. Now, it’s no longer available online, but that doesn’t mean…
Lees meerIn case you missed it—and arrived at the office an hour early this morning—Daylight Saving Time ended this Sunday. (Here’s our post on the history of the time change.) Aside from changing your clocks, there’s another reason it’s worth noting the c…
Lees meerToday in “it’s always a good idea to update your devices,” a recently discovered loophole in Android’s NFC-based file-sharing feature, Android Beam, makes it possible for someone to install an app on your device. The loophole has already been identi…
Lees meerThis week’s Parental Advisory question is one that I suspect many parentshave struggled with: What do you do when your kindergartener or first-grader is struggling with impulse control, has been physically aggressive toward other students, and the s…
Lees meerBlizzCon 2019 has come and gone, and it was quite an event: the final (official) debut of Diablo IV, the first female champion of Hearthstone’s Grandmasters Global Finals, and a big Overwatch World Cup victory for Team USA—their first as well. Read …
Lees meerYesterday marked the return of the much-hyped Popeyes chicken sandwich, and people promptly lost their marbles. Though I understand what it’s like to be excited about a once-scarce food item (hello, Taco Bell fries), I am urging—nay, pleading—with e…
Lees meerNot every day can come with an extra hour attached—so for the rest of the year, we’ll have to figure out how to create our own. Read more...
Lees meerHey, remember January? It was a long time ago, but you probably set some goals for what you’d like to achieve this year. (Memory failing you? Maybe you contributed to our fitness goals discussion here.) Read more...
Lees meerYou just downloaded the hottest new app, and now you have to click through pages of boilerplate text before you can use it. Who has time for all that? Even privacy and security-minded folks often skim through an app’s Terms of Service, and for good …
Lees meerIf you’re the kind of person that struggles with small talk, then you probably also struggle with how to end a conversation; after all, when a conversation reaches an awkward silence, there’s no single right way to tell someone “Let’s stop talking, …
Lees meerIt’s pretty inevitable that the toy you hate the most will also be your toddler’s favorite toy. All the reasons why you hate it—it’s plastic and plays some kind of music repetitively and only at volume level OW—are also the reasons why they love it.…
Lees meerIn an ideal world, every chickadee leaves the nest at age 18 with a checking account, savings account, and enough knowledge to pass a pop quiz about credit scores. But we all know that sometimes doesn’t happen.Read more...
Lees meerGoogle Chrome’s next big update, Chrome 79, has officially entered the beta phase, meaning the official public release will be here within the coming weeks—even though most of us have barely settled in with Chrome 78's recent launch. Users can e…
Lees meerDepending on your appetite for holiday fare of recent vintage and your general enthusiasm for “the most wonderful time of the year,” this is either a great week of Netflix offerings or an undistinguished load of crap. It won’t surprise you that I’m …
Lees meerThis is hardly the first Logitech PC peripheral Gold Box deal Amazon’s ever run, but it is the first to include Yeti microphones from BLUE, which Logitech acquired last year.Read more...
Lees meerTequila is a spirit that a lot of people equate with shots, and consequently morning hangovers. In actuality, aged tequilas can be delicious to sip on straight or on the rocks, just like you might enjoy a nice, aged whisky.Read more...
Lees meerWhen I was in elementary school I was briefly obsessed with mechanical music boxes. You know, the kind you have to wind up to get them to play. They’re simple and nice to have, and now you can make a digital version of one for yourself.Read more...
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Lees meerOne of my favorite things about running Skillet is the relationships I’ve formed with the readers. Beyond the comments sections—which is a surprisingly chill corner of the internet—lovely people will often DM or email me with suggestions, requests, …
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