Find the Best Fall Foliage With These Crowdsourced Maps

Fall foliage is gorgeous, but tricky. In some areas, you might wait all year for the leaves to change—only to wake up one morning and they’re all on the ground. Or if you live somewhere that doesn’t have four seasons, maybe you used prediction maps …

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Make Sunny-Side Up or Poached Eggs in the Microwave

At this point, you may have already mastered how to make scrambled eggs in the microwave, but might think that sunny-side up eggs and poached eggs can only be done on the stovetop. Not so. Not only does the microwave work for these egg dishes too, t…

How to Find Free Coding Classes for Kids in Your Town

When I was a kid, I couldn’t have imagined learning to code, build a website or create an app or a game. (Okay, I still can’t imagine doing those things, but I can’t even properly work my son’s Kindle Fire, so I’m a bit of a mess when it comes to te…

What Time Will iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 Launch on Thursday?

Apple’s latest and greatest updates for your iPhone and iPad—iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, respectively—arrive on Thursday, September 19. Don’t bother waking up early in the morning to see if Santa Tim has given you a major device update as a present, howev…

Which Music Streaming Service Should You Use?

There are tons of music streaming services you can pick from right now (including a brand-new HD service from Amazon). They work on whatever smartphone you own, usually support streaming to speakers through Airplay or Google Cast, and typically come…

What Actually Happens When You Block Someone on Your iPhone

The iPhone has a built-in blocking feature, but have you ever wondered what exactly happens when you block someone?Read more...

What's Coming and Going From Netflix the Week of September 16, 2019

You loved it as a web series. Will you love it as a feature film? Between Two Ferns: The Movie arrives on Friday and while I remain skeptical, the trailer makes it look rather funny. Celebrities like David Letterman, Jon Hamm, Brie Larson and Chriss…

An Engineer Explains Why You Should Always Order the Larger Pizza

In general, the more pizza we have the better, so get ready for some good news. It is almost always better value to order larger-sized pizzas, according to math (well, an engineer). Here’s why.Read more...

Get a Free Copy of 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC)' Right Now

PC gamers have plenty of launchers they can install to play all their games—including Steam, Epic Games, Battle.net, and GOG Galaxy, to name a few. The Rockstar Games Launcher is the latest app to join the club, and downloading it today (whether you…

How to Get a Bedtime Message From Star Wars, Marvel, and Disney Characters

The Force only be with you if you go to sleep right now. Read more...

Your Private Medical Images May Online for Anyone to See

X-rays and other medical images are supposed to be private, since they are part of your medical records. But a recent ProPublica investigation found patients’ images just sitting around on the internet for anybody to view. Read more...

See What’s Coming to Disney Plus Before It Launches

The launch date for Disney+ inches closer and closer. We only have less than two months until Disney’s big Netflix rival streaming service kicks off, and while you’ve lost the opportunity to score a huge, multi-year discount for Disney+, that doesn’…

Save Money on Streaming Services by 'Subscription Hopping'

I am not ashamed to admit that I watched the first season of The Handmaid’s Tale on a seven-day Hulu free trial.Read more...

Tell Us Your Worst Behavior

There’s a famous subreddit where people tell you whether you’re being an asshole. But sometimes you already know you’re the asshole, and you don’t know how to stop.Read more...

How to Cope With a Cheapskate Friend

It’s one thing to be frugal. You know what you want to spend money on, and you prioritize it. You know where you don’t want to spend money, and you minimize that spending. But you’re far from militant, and you can be known to cut loose with your mon…

The Best Seat In the Movie Theater, According to a THX Engineer

As easy as it is to just stay in and pop on your favorite streaming service while sitting on your couch wearing jammies, actually going to the movies can seem like an event. That, and the fact that ticket prices are out of hand. (Related: RIP MovieP…

How to Deal With Unsolicited Health Advice

Everyone thinks they’re an expert on your health. People in the chronic illness community know this well; so does anybody who’s publicly admitted that they’re pregnant, or depressed. How many times can a person hear “Have you tried yoga?”Read more...

You Never Have to Swap Seats on a Flight

On a recent Reddit thread, u/christontoast666 explained his moral dilemma when agreeing to switch seats on a flight with another passenger. “I booked an aisle seat on a 12-hour flight to Europe, and when I got on the plane, a woman asked me if I wou…

Get Apple Arcade Two Days Early With the iOS 13 Beta

Apple’s premium game subscription, Apple Arcade, hits the App Store on Thursday, September 19. If you can’t bear to wait, though, I have good news. Apple Arcade hit the iOS 13 beta version App Store on Monday, so you can sign up for the service now …

See How AI Stereotypes You

Computers think they know who you are. Artificial intelligence algorithms can recognize objects from images, even faces. But we rarely get a peek under the hood of facial recognition algorithms. Now, with ImageNet Roulette, we can watch an AI jump t…