On Thursday, NBC made several announcements regarding its new streaming site, Peacock—its attempt at keeping up with streaming giants like Netflix and Hulu. But how do you decide where to subscribe among all of these options, assuming you can’t get …
Lees meerAn Electric Water Flosser Gold Box, a Chewy Toy Flash Sale, and temperature-Regulating Sheets lead off Friday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...
Lees meerWe already know that we need a certain amount of rest, every day, to maintain our health and prevent burnout. But a lot of us don’t take that rest, even if we desperately need it, because we feel like we ought to spend our time being “productive.”Re…
Lees meerIt’s the refrain heard round the world every afternoon or early evening. Parents everywhere are asking, “How was school?” And their children are responding, “Fine,” much more concerned with procuring a snack and a good TV show than chatting about th…
Lees meerOver for the Washington Post, writer Natalie B. Compton described, in detail, why exactly sleeping on flights is so damn difficult. Perhaps it’s being surrounded by sneezing, coughing, and otherwise restless passengers around you that makes it hard …
Lees meerYahoo and Verizon’s new search engine, OneSearch, is a very different product compared to the Yahoo search of eras past. OneSearch not only ditches the Yahoo branding (for obvious reasons), it also claims to not use cookies, store search history, or…
Lees meerIf you’ve been craving romaine lettuce for months, I have good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that you have terrible taste in salads. The good news is that, according to the CDC, it’s safe to eat romaine again. Read more...
Lees meerLast year was stressful at best for investors at all levels. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates several times after years of growth. President Trump really leaned into his trade war with China. The stock market hit some notable highs and lows. A…
Lees meerThis morning, the Wall Street Journal released its annual ranking of major U.S. airlines, basing its decision on factors like the number of on-time arrivals, canceled flights, and delays (and using 2019 flight data, available from the Department of …
Lees meerIf you only do one small thing for your finances this year, could you make sure it’s to leave your terrible old bank that’s still charging you fees out the wazoo? Read more...
Lees meerOne of the biggest issues holding people back from upgrading their (really) antiquated copies of Windows 7 is app compatibility. If you have some super-specific application that simply won’t (or can’t) run on Windows 10, that’s as good a reason as a…
Lees meerShopping for a mattress is a pain in the ass; it’s expensive, after all, and it’s hard to distinguish one mattress from another when they look identical, except for the fact that one might be a few inches longer or wider. If you’ve ever wondered whi…
Lees meerI am always looking for excuses to put sour cream in and around my mouth. I consume it all the usual ways (tacos, nachos, dips), but I’ve also been known to add it to leftover pasta (yes, even a tomato-based sauce!) and scoop it into my face with na…
Lees meerWhen I asked our Facebook parenting group what they’d like to read about in Offspring this year, I noticed one theme that kept emerging from the suggestions—anxiety. You’ve got it, I’ve got it, and our kids either have it already or we’re worried th…
Lees meerHaving sex less frequently is linked to earlier menopause, according to a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Which is good or bad news, I guess, depending on how you feel about either sex or menopause.Read more...
Lees meerNoise-canceling headphones can bring you peaceful, private listening in crowded places like buses or help you focus on work while posted up in a coffee shop or noisy office. They’re great when they work, but some AirPods Pro users are finding that a…
Lees meerWhole nuts have fewer calories than were previously thought. For a few years, research confirming that fact has been trickling in, but now the labels on foods are beginning to change. One KIND bar that was formerly 200 calories, for example, will no…
Lees meerThough he is the senior art critic for New York Magazine and author of How to Be an Artist, Jerry Saltz is not pretentious when it comes to talking about art.Read more...
Lees meerIf you’ve always dreamed of taking a trip to Paris to feast your eyes on some world-class art, you no longer need to book that plane ticket. Thanks to Paris Musées, a collection of 14 museums in Paris, there are now more than 150,000 high-resolution…
Lees meerLast night, six presidential candidates took the stage in Des Moines, Iowa for the seventh Democratic debate of the 2020 race—and things got awkward. During the debate, the candidates discussed, among other things, rising tensions with Iran, climat…
Lees meerAsk any political science professor and they’ll tell you that presidential candidates have ambition beyond their means. A president can only do so much to change policy, thanks to our system of checks and balances. They need Congress to pass laws th…
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