At this point, wireless charging is a staple feature we expect from smartphones. Whether you have an iPhone or Android, you know you can plop your dying device on a Qi charger and see slow and steady results. However, it seems Google accidentally ki…
Lees meerThere has been a lot of social media controversy recently over a method of making pumpkins last longer—by wiping them down with bleach diluted in water. While it would be unwise to use unadulterated bleach because of its drying properties on the pum…
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Lees meerAre you thinking of having a child? Perhaps the waning of the pandemic and current low unemployment has you feeling ready to fulfill your biological destiny and add another mouth to the world? Before you do, you should know how much it’s likely to s…
Lees meerScary movies are the best kind of films to see with romantic partners, whether you’re trying to catch someone new’s fancy, or rekindle the flame in a longterm relationship. Fear can lead to attraction, or so science says. According to professor Javi…
Lees meerWith the overwhelming amount of features advertised on different running shoes, it’s difficult to parse out what does and doesn’t matter for your comfort and performance. Last week, we talked about the importance of heel-toe drop, and today, we’re t…
Lees meerIf you think you might like to get pregnant in the future, but you aren’t ready to do so right now, you might think about freezing your eggs for future use. A few years ago, Facebook and Apple made headlines by offering an egg-freezing benefit to em…
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Lees meerThe air is getting chilly, folks are gathering around fire pits, and pumpkin-spice everything is back in stock. That can only mean one thing: Fall is here, and it’s time to go peep some leaves. If you’re looking for the best places to view fall foli…
Lees meerEggplant peaks from summer to early fall, when it can still be harvested young—after that, we’re left with imported, waterlogged stragglers in the produce aisle. So I urge you: Celebrate eggplant now with one of Sicily’s finest concoctions.Read more…
Lees meerWe can get our boosters and flu shots, wash our hands, and mask up in indoor crowded places. But, chances are good that, sooner or later, most of us will have a miserable couple of days at home due to a cold or other minor illness. When that happens…
Lees meerVoice notes—which are something like a cross between a standard text message and a personal podcast—are increasing in popularity. And Apple makes them easy to send in place of a regular old iMessage: On an iPhone, you simply hold down the little mic…
Lees meerYour old home may be beautiful and charming, but it’s also probably drafty as hell, and heating it can cost you a fortune. Criticize modern homes for being charmless copy-and-paste jobs all you want, but they are airtight and warm. Your older home c…
Lees meerTrickery has always been part of the process of finding a place to live. We all know the real estate shows on TV are lying to us on a constant basis, but even the professionals enlisted to sell or rent you a property are industriously lying to you—m…
Lees meerWallpaper can be a messy hassle, difficult to remove, and if you live in an apartment, you might not even be allowed to. Fabric wallpaper is becoming a popular alternative, and it has some advantages. You can make your own, and it’s removable and re…
Lees meerHalloween is a few weeks away, so it’s time to ask yourself what you’re going to wear this year. This is a deeply revelatory question because Halloween is the one day a year when you can (almost) wear exactly what you want and no one will judge you.…
Lees meerIt is fall or, as most of Twitter likes to call it, “soup season,” the season for eating soup. Soothing noodle soups, hearty beef and vegetables, and luscious, creamy vegetables soups—all are valid, but that last one seems to dominate once the folia…
Lees meerSamsung recently updated it privacy policy for all users with a Samsung account, effective Oct. 1. One Redditor read the policy, did not like what they saw, and shared it to r/android, highlighting what they consider to be the doc’s worst policy poi…
Lees meerLook, games are for having fun. I’m not going to judge how you play Wordle, or Solitaire, or any other game where “cheating” is an impossible concept. If you’re playing for yourself, you can arrive at the answer any way you like. And maybe that mean…
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