When an airline overbooks a flight, they’ll tempt travelers with money, meals or overnight hotel stays in a last-ditch effort to avoid involuntarily bumping passengers. But how do overbooked hotels cope with this same problem?Read more...
Lees meerIf you ware familiar with my oeuvre, you know that I have no qualms when it comes to replacing bread with potatoes. I love a classic, bread-based crouton, but I see no need to limit the genre to one type of carbohydrate.Read more...
Lees meerGoogle’s Pixel 4 and 4 XL are the latest smartphones to jump on the high-refresh-rate craze, but when your new shiny Pixel is finally in your hand, you may find that its 90Hz screen isn’t always as smooth as you expected.Read more...
Lees meerSchool lunches—and the policies that shame the kids of parents who have lunch debt—are in the news again. A school in New Jersey is reportedly now banning students from extra-curricular activities, such as dances and field trips, if their parents ow…
Lees meerResearchers have found 17 apps in Apple’s App Store that are infected with malware. While Apple has since removed the malicious apps from the store, if you have an iPhone or iPad, you should make sure you haven’t downloaded one of them prior to that…
Lees meerCreative block is over, if you want it. If you’re stuck without ideas in a brainstorm or a project, you just need to use this simple system: consume things, take notes, and bring those notes with you. Here’s how to do that effectively.Read more...
Lees meerYou do not need special socks to be able to pick up a barbell and put it down again. They are not necessary in any way. But I found my deadlift training sessions went better after I started wearing kneesocks, and I think if you haven’t tried the soc…
Lees meerYou know what’s scarier than goblins and ghouls? MOLD and MICE living in a gourd on your porch.Read more...
Lees meerIn your quest to find an especially great deal for a flight, you’ll likely come across airlines that seem made up—take Bearskin Airlines, for example, which operates out of Ontario, Canada and is very real. Or Chair Airlines, a Swiss airline that fl…
Lees meerCinnabon technically makes cinnamon rolls, but the product they put out is almost in a category all by itself. The rolls are stickier, gooier, denser, and more intense than their peers.Read more...
Lees meerWhile I’m willing to bet that you probably haven’t downloaded any adware from the Google Play Store recently, a new report from ESET indicates that various Android users have downloaded 42 different adware-filled Android apps more than eight million…
Lees meerUsers sarcastically refer to it as “Tinder for moms,” but it really kind of is. The Peanut app, which launched in 2017, is making it easier for moms to make friends and plan meet-ups in their area.Read more...
Lees meerIdeally, you’ll ever be in a situation where you’re forced to physically defend yourself. But if that day ever comes, you’re better off being prepared—especially when it comes to how to throw a punch. Sure, you’ve seen punches thrown on TV plenty of…
Lees meerAnyone who’s participated in a beach cleanup is familiar with the classic cup of cigarette butts. The collection of nasty, soggy, chemically remains of cigarettes is the top item—often numbering in the thousands per cleanup—found in the sand in many…
Lees meerNow that we all have GPS and Google Maps on our phones, we’ve gotten pretty bad at reading actual, paper maps and knowing which direction we’re facing. So what’s a modern person to do in the event that they don’t have their phone or a compass and ne…
Lees meerAndroid: The Google Creative Lab has kicked six new experimental apps out into the wild, all designed with one purpose in mind—to get you to stop obsessing over every notification, checking every social network, and generally gluing your phone to yo…
Lees meerLibra season is over. On October 23, Facebook founder and Turing Test dropout Mark Zuckerberg testified to Congress for five hours about the cryptocurrency that Facebook wants to launch next year—but which now might never launch at all. Here’s what …
Lees meerWindows: If you built your PC, odds are good that you know what’s in it. Or, at least, you have a general idea—and might only need a refresher about specific model numbers from time to time. If you bought a prebuilt desktop or laptop, you’ve probabl…
Lees meerPeer-to-peer payment apps make it easy to split the bill with friends. But that ease of sending and requesting money with the press of a touchscreen button can get complicated if things don’t go according to plan.Read more...
Lees meerWhen it comes to baking, a good recipe can only do so much. There is an unavoidable learning curve, with visual and tactile cues you have to see and feel for yourself. This makes some would-be bakers nervous, but snapping a quick pic can help ease y…
Lees meerIf you’re an Amazon Prime member—and we haven’t scared you off from smart speakers altogether just yet—now might be your chance to finally pull the trigger. Right now, Amazon Prime members can buy an Echo Dot, which normally sells for $49.99 on the…
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