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’…
Lees meerI 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...
Lees meerThere’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...
Lees meerIt’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…
Lees meerAs 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…
Lees meerEveryone 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...
Lees meerOn 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…
Lees meerApple’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 …
Lees meerComputers 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…
Lees meerIf you’re a LastPass user, you should make sure that you’re currently running the latest version of the browser extension.Read more...
Lees meerYou know what’s worse than having your password stolen? Having your phone number stolen. SIM-swapping, a type of identity theft, is a means for scammers to get access to your phone number and all of the personal accounts secured through it. Read mor…
Lees meerTwitter is for yelling. I go on Twitter to yell, be yelled at, and to read slightly different takes and jokes about whatever we’re collectively yelling about that day. It’s not relaxing, but it is cathartic at times. In terms of Twitter-catharsis, n…
Lees meerAnyone who has spent enough time on the internet knows not to believe everything you read. But scroll through Google search results and you’ll find yourself confronted with ads masquerading as news articles or other official content. These results a…
Lees meerThere are some bad battery hacks out there. A lot of them are holdovers from old advice that has been around since the dawn of the smartphone—advice that’s no longer relevant. In the video above, I bust the three most common battery myths that just …
Lees meerMost jobs require occasional overtime or after-hours work, but in some jobs and/or careers, long hours are the norm rather than the exception. If you’re working a job that regularly asks you to work beyond what you would consider a standard workday,…
Lees meerWhile customs vary around the globe, in the United States, tipping is the norm. We know this. We accept this. And we’ve watched tipping rates creep up over time. Once considered generous, 15% is now considered the bare minimum, while tips of 20% or …
Lees meerI love going to a not-very-popular gym at off-peak hours. I’ll camp out in the squat rack all workout, and nobody cares. But since hogging the squat rack is a classic jerk move, it got me thinking: maybe I am the jerk at my local gym. Read more...
Lees meerYou’ve had the perfect baby name picked out for years. For as long as you can remember, you vowed your baby girl would one day be named Molly Elizabeth. And damned if your best friend from high school—who KNOWS this—didn’t just announce that her bra…
Lees meerLast week, 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other young activists protested in front of the White House, demanding action on climate change. This Friday, September 20th, they’ll be joined by thousands of other young (and older) pr…
Lees meerMy official way of finding new podcasts has always been simply asking my friends. For the most part, when I’ve been on the hunt a handful of conversations have led me to my next favorite thing. Most of my friends seem to have the same plan, which me…
Lees meerIf you’re planning on traveling this holiday season, now might be the right time to start looking at those plane tickets.Read more...
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