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What’s in Store for and Out of Netflix in the Week of July 9, 2018
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MoviePass users who tried to watch a movie on Friday night might be surprised that their app didn’t work. Due to an outage on Friday […]
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This month, Google finally gave Android users the ability to send text messages from their computers, a feature that iPhone / iMessage users have had […]
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If you are interested in buying something on Amazon but the price is too high for you right now, PriceAlert can track those items and […]
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Despite my constant claims that I am going to move to a fully digital library, I still buy a ton of books. I began to […]
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You probably don’t want to give your toddler a cell phone, but text your child at home between appointments, or get the all-important “Where’s Cheerios […]
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Now, when I finished the second season of the “World of the Wild West”, freezing the motor functions in a delightful but somewhat bewildering series […]
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I try so hard to use sunscreen these days that my skin now, in July, is still the same light beige color as it was […]
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This is a rather specific problem, but annoying. If you’re playing around with Apple’s latest public beta of macOS Mojave – at the time of […]
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The ride here at Lifehacker was pretty enjoyable, but it’s time for me to get out of town and drive towards the sunset. Some of […]
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When parents tell their teens to do something, they want to, well, not do it. You know this if you have a teenager or have […]
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WhoSampled , a service that identifies music samples, recently updated its iOS / Android app to include Shazam -style music recognition. Now when you hear […]
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As useful as a US passport is for visiting most of the world , it doesn’t give you easy access everywhere. Some countries have strict […]
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Garlic bread is a simple concept; this is garlic bread. But only in these two ingredients there is a lot of room for variation. I […]
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Think about the book you read last year. How much of this do you remember? Could you list ten things that you learned from this? […]
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In companies, especially those that specialize in technology, there is a lot of talk about diversity and inclusion, but one of the marginalized groups that […]
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Squats can be as heavy or light as you want. If you do 100 exercises a day, you may need to relax a little to […]
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Again, what is this book called? You know one thing. When we were kids. Was this a children’s chapter about a family moving into an […]
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Summer for me is synonymous with spicy peanut noodles, which I have been making every summer since I was allowed to make my own pasta. […]
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I understand why people take baby showers. If you’re pregnant, you glow (it might be excessive sweat from all these surging hormones, but your guests […]
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Paying off student loans is a tedious task and for many it may seem like an endless financial black hole. While Congress does not seem […]
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Hey! In this week’s Tech 911 – the column in which I try to find answers to your common and unclear technical questions – we […]
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So you’ve shot some stills for your indie movie, but they don’t quite look like what you see on the big screen. These simple video […]
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If your regular Tinder profile photo doesn’t attract enough people to swipe to the right, you can now replace it with a GIF. The dating […]
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There are many serious dangers in nature, but perhaps the worst of them is the hot, quiet killer. High temperatures kill more people in the […]
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Only mad dogs and Englishmen are said to go out in the midday sun, but even crazy (or sad, or joyful) dogs should probably stay […]
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According to Consumer Reports , the median annual TV bill has grown from $ 700 in 2000 to $ 1200 in 2017, and much of […]
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This week, Hack Your City went to Black Rock City, a seasonal settlement that fills up every August for Burning Man. Readers gave tips on […]
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If you are an American Express Membership Rewards cardholder, you may be able to save on the points you earn. Eligibility varies, but according to […]
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A good potato salad should be a mix of noticeable, tasty potato chunks in a creamy starchy dressing. Rather than adding balls of mayonnaise, sour […]
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Vanguard is making one of the biggest dreams of investors come true: to trade commission-free on most of its ETF options. The investment giant will […]
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iOS, Android: I’m not a big Walmart shopper, but if I were – because, for example, they had a certain retro gaming system in stock […]
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Is Slack making your life unmanageable? Does continuous collaboration, conversation, and over-communication prevent you from actually doing anything? We, too. Thanks to Arturo Arrarta, Head […]
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