No, You Can't 'Just Visit' a Friend

Do not go to your friend’s house this week. Please. Not even if you and your friends are all young and healthy, not even if it’s “just one friend,” not even if “it’s OK if I get sick, that’s a chance I’m willing to take,” not even if “we’ll be caref…

You Can Get a Refurbished iPhone for $119 Today

The online reseller Woot tends to hold generous sales on refurbished Apple devices, but today’s deal on refurbished iPhone 7, 8, XR, SX, and XS Max devices might be one of the best you’ll see for a while. Almost all of the available devices are on s…

What Bad Habits Have You Picked Up During the Pandemic?

We’re coming up on the end of another week of physical distancing and sheltering in place—and, for some of us, that means another week of heightened anxiety, unclear routines, and new bad habits.Read more...

How to Celebrate Your Kid's Birthday During the Pandemic

You know what’s worse than school being canceled or sports being canceled or most of the rest of life being canceled right now? Needing to cancel the birthday party your kid has been looking forward to for months. As someone who loves birthdays and …

Dry House? Clear the Air With 28% off TaoTronics' Highly Rated Digital Humidifier

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How to Turn On WhatsApp's New Dark Mode [Updated]

[Updated 3/27/20, 10:30 am] Here’s the good news: You no longer have to drop a beta version of WhatsApp on your Android phone in order to take advantage of the app’s new dark mode. This feature has (finally) rolled out for everyone, including both A…

HP's Dying SSDs Are a Great Reminder to Update Yours

In 40,000 hours, your HP solid-state drive will die. That’s not the plot of a D-List Mission Impossible spoof; it’s reality. Thankfully, you are probably not affected, since the solid-state drives with the self-destructing issue are all enterprise-g…

What to Stream Tonight, March 26, 2020

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What Does an 'Eviction Pause' Really Mean?

States and cities around the country have decided to pause evictions and utility shutoffs during the coronavirus pandemic. But if you’re at risk of being evicted, a moratorium may be only a temporary protection.Read more...

Run a Virtual Race for Some Solo Competition

Physical distancing has put an end to most of our usual activities. For runners, that includes the cancelation of any upcoming races. Luckily, there are alternatives that can get your heart rate up and spark your competitive side while you’re stayin…

Can You Still FIRE During a Recession?

I’ve been interested in the financial independence movement, often dubbed FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early), for a while. Probably since 2004, when I found an old copy of Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez’s Your Money or Your Life at the publi…

How Unemployment Benefits Are Changing With the Senate Coronavirus Relief Bill

If you’re out of work due to the coronavirus, the relief bill passed in the Senate last night (and expected to soon pass in the House of Representatives) will offer expanded unemployment benefits.Read more...

It's Okay if You Suck at Working From Home Right Now

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How to Avoid the New Astaroth Malware That's Hitting Windows

The notorious Windows malware Astaroth (aptly named after a demon baron of Hell found in occult cosmology) is back at it after several months of inactivity. Microsoft exposed its tactics last year, but the annoying malware is even harder to catch th…

It's Not a Good Time to Skip Town

If there are a lot of cases of COVID-19 in your city—which is pretty much everybody’s city at this point—you may feel tempted to visit rural relatives or take an impromptu vacation somewhere secluded. That’s actually a terrible idea, and here’s why.…

Is It a Panic Attack, or COVID-19?

For the past several days, I’ve been experiencing periods of shortness of breath, fatigue and general soreness. On any normal occasion, I’d dismiss this as part of my generalized anxiety disorder. But now, in our current hellscape, where the symptom…

What Parents Should Know about Teens and Social Media Fame

Rhiannon Ragland has never been particularly interested in building her own social media presence. But as the mom of a teenager, she adheres to parental best practices—she follows her daughter Brenna’s accounts, pays attention to what she posts, an…

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Shake Up Your Kids' Academic Routine with 'Activity Bingo'

Now that many of us are (checks watch) a week and a half into physical distancing—i.e., cooped up in the house with the kids—it’s time for a welfare check. How’s everyone’s academic scheduling going? Have you morphed into a homeschool-teacher extrao…

What You Need to Know About Your Federal Government Relief Check

After much debate, the Senate has passed a bill that will send relief checks to most Americans. The checks are part of a $2 trillion relief package aimed to buoy the economy through the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...

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