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April 25, 2020

Are You Charging Your MacBook on the Wrong Side?

Yes, you read that headline correctly. There is apparently a “right” way and a “wrong” way to connect devices to a MacBook with Thunderbolt/USB-C ports on both sides. Doing it wrong can affect your computer’s performance.

Don't Let Microsoft Word Judge You For Using Two Spaces Between Sentences

Microsoft has taken an official stance on one of the internet’s most divisive questions, firmly coming down on the side of minimalism in the “one-space versus two-spaces after a sentence” debate. Word’s automatic spelling and grammar checker will now flag anything other than one space after a period as wrong,...

Tech Essentials

What You Need to Know About Wifi 6E

If working from home has you cursing your home wifi network, here’s some good news: The FCC recently approved a new wifi connection standard, Wifi 6E, which lets wireless routers access the 6GHz band. What does that mean for you? Faster, more stable wifi connections—once the first Wifi 6E products...

Tofu Freaking Rules

We need to talk about tofu. As Beyond Meat and Impossible Burger mania sweeps the globe, the OG vegan protein is getting left behind—and I, for one, hate to see it. If you’re serious about reducing your reliance on animal products, tofu has the potential to change your diet—and life—for...

The Best Free Alternatives to Zoom

While the popularity of the video conferencing service Zoom has skyrocketed since the outbreak of the coronavirus, recent news of its many security and privacy issues might have you feeling nervous about using it. In the video above, I share three free alternatives you should try instead.

What's Coming to Prime Video in May 2020

We’re just a few days away from May 1, which means we’re just a few days away from a bunch of new content appearing on Amazon’s Prime Video.

Don't Inject Bleach (Sigh)

Did the president just tell people to inject themselves with bleach? Not exactly. But he did wonder aloud—and on camera!—about whether it might work. And in doing so, he gave us a great lesson in why you can’t use gut feelings to extrapolate from lab bench research.

Solve for Ingredient Shortages With These Common Baking Substitutes

A couple weeks ago, I was craving chocolate cake. The problem? I had no eggs, butter or milk in the house. Pandemic-induced food shortages—plus the fact I hadn’t been shopping in a while—meant I was low on just about everything you need to bake. Luckily, baking isn’t a zero-sum game;...

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Animal Crossing’s Nature Day Exposes How Worthless Earth Day Is

In the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there’s no such thing as Earth Day. This video game full of cute anthropomorphic villagers celebrates Nature Day instead. Like everything else in the game, Animal Crossing has managed to turn a pretty awful real-world situation (i.e. ecological collapse) into a playful...

Isaiah Wilson's Mother Is All of Us, as Black Twitter Crowns Her the Real MVP of the 2020 NFL Draft

Getting your name called during the NFL Draft is the perfect reward for a lifetime of discipline, sacrifice and dedication. And in finally being drafted, you officially become a part of a group of some of the greatest athletes in the entire world. But with mo money comes wayward white...

Former Ford Focus Or Fiesta Owners May Have A Lot Of Money In Their Mailboxes Right Now

If you are one of the two million car owners who bought or leased a 2012-2o16 Ford Focus or a 2011-2016 Ford Fiesta you might want to check your mailbox. There could be a potentially big payday in there.

The A.V. Club untucks RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race

Sandwiched in between RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked is the new, four-part event series RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Yes, that’s three and a half whole hours of RuPaul content coming at you every Friday night for a month. (What else are you doing with your Friday...

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