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Why Waffle House Is the Best Indicator of a Storm's Severity

As of Thursday morning, Hurricane Dorian is continuing its path along the southeastern U.S., with Georgia and the Carolinas in its path and mandatory evacuations issued for those living in coastal communities. For real-time alerts, you should downlo…

Securely Transfer Files for Free With Black Hole's Blockchain-Based Service

We’ve covered many file-transfer services previously, but we recently stumbled upon Black Hole, a relatively new service uses the blockchain-based Blockstack network for user logins, file storage, and delivery. (Best of all: It’s free.)Read more...

A Note on Our Use of Encrypted Communication

An early draft of a G/O Media employee handbook incorrectly described our policy regarding encrypted communications, which has caused some confusion. To be clear: G/O Media remains committed to the use of trusted reporting tools that enable our repo…

How to Stream Tonight's 2020 Democratic Candidate Town Hall on Climate Change

Beginning at 5pm EDT today, CNN will interview 10 Democratic presidential candidates regarding their plans to address climate change. Unlike the debates, each candidate will be allotted 40 minutes to answer questions from CNN moderators and a studio…

How to Downgrade Your Phone from Android 10 to Android 9

Android 10 is here—for Pixel devices, at least. We typically recommend everyone update to the latest and greatest version of an operating system to enjoy its features, security patches, and bug fixes, but that doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to have …

How to Access Google Maps' New Street View Layer in Android

Google is slowly closing the feature gap between Google Maps’ mobile and desktop versions, and a recent update finally made it as easy to play around with Street View on the Android app as it is on a computer.Read more...

Write More Thank-You Notes to Colleagues You Appreciate

Professional communication includes a lot of thanks. It’s a go-to closing for emails, even those that don’t require action from the recipient. But when’s the last time you sat down outside of that 37-message-long email thread and wrote a thank you n…

Use the Jobs You Hate to Build Your Career

If you’re stuck in a job you don’t like, don’t quit right away. Instead, ask yourself how you can use your current position to help you build the next stage of your career.Read more...

You Don't Actually Have to Sit Up Straight

Back pain isn’t caused by sitting or standing wrong, a group of physical therapists recently clarified in a journal article. We often talk about posture as if it were a thing we need to perform correctly, but that’s not what the evidence on back pai…

How to Properly Load a Dishwasher

Some people (notably college roommates and coworkers in the office kitchen) think you can throw plates and silverware hither and thither in the dishwasher, what does it matter, it’ll all get cleaned in the end.Read more...

Tell Us Your Most Annoying Tech Problems

Each week, we publish a tech-advice column (Tech 911), where the goal is to take one of your pressing tech questions and provide as many helpful answers as possible. The column depends on your contributions, and our mailbag is running a little low, …

How the FEC's Near-Shutdown Could Affect the 2020 Election

At the end of August, Republican commissioner Matthew Petersen stepped down from the Federal Election Commission, leaving the watchdog group in a near-shutdown. According to one former commissioner, without a quorum (or the number of necessary commi…

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Do This Before Installing Android 10 on Your Phone

Android 10 is here for some people, but possibly not you. If you’re the owner of a Google Pixel (ranging from the OG Pixel to the latest Pixel 3a or Pixel 3a XL variants), you can download and install the new version of the Android OS right now. For…

Where to Get Your Out-of-Warranty iOS Device Fixed

Apple users with out-of-warranty iPhones or iPads in need of repairs now have a lot more options available to them via the company’s recently expanded independent repairs program.Read more...

You Actually Should Rest Sous-Vide Cooked Meat

Most sous-vide meat recipes follow a pretty standard format: Put your meat in a plastic bag, place the bag in a water bath set to your desired temperature, cook the meat for about an hour, then finish the meat on the grill or super hot pan. This is …

​Do Skin Care Products and Toiletries Ever Expire?

We know that food goes bad, but what about stuff like lotion, conditioner and mascara? Even though they may seem to last a long time—and often end up sitting on shelves for years — toiletries do actually come with expiration dates. Here’s what you n…

Give Yourself a Crappy Reward

Rewarding yourself can backfire. If you tell yourself “I’ll only listen to my favorite podcast while I’m at the gym,” it takes just one moment of weakness to realize you can cheat and listen to it any time you want. Instead, try this: Reward yoursel…

Hear That? It's the Sound of An Exclusive Deal on Anker's Soundcore Flare Speaker

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Learn How Your Investments Might Perform Based on Your Ratio of Stocks to Bonds

When markets get volatile, people start wondering whether they should sell their stocks or move more of their money into bonds. Before you make your next investment decision, it’s worth looking at how different ratios of stocks to bonds have perform…