February 25, 2020
How to Unlock Chrome's Hidden Bottom Toolbar in Android
Most mobile web browsers keep the URL bar and UI controls at the top of the screen, but this layout isn’t great when using a device with a large screen or certain accessibility restrictions. Some browsers—notably Firefox Preview and Vivaldi mobile—have easily accessible bottom-screen UIs that make the app much easier to manage with your thumbs, but you might be surprised to hear there’s a similar bottom-screen menu option hidden away in Chrome’s experimental settings on Android.
Eating Trash With Claire
Use an Almost-Empty Jar of Peanut Butter to Make a Dipping Sauce
My boyfriend has a very peculiar habit of making (and eating) peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in his sleep. It was a little alarming at first, but I’ve grown used to it, particularly since he began making sleep sandwiches for me. This is all to say we go through peanut...
Safety
Warn Your Kids About This Dangerous TikTok Challenge
It should go without saying that something called the “Skull Breaker Challenge” is Not A Good Idea, but apparently nothing goes without saying these days. So if you’ve got tweens or teens, it’s worth a mention so they don’t unwittingly get knocked to the floor in a violent fall that...
Banking
Why the Bank Is Holding Your Deposit for 9 Days
On those rare occasions you receive money via an old-fashioned check, it’s pretty easy to get that money into your bank account. You can deposit the check through your phone, slip it into an ATM, or—if you really want to—walk into the bank.
Spicy Food
How to Actually Enjoy the Painful Pleasure of Spicy Food
If you’re someone who believes that spicy food is the best food, we don’t have to convince you of its wonders. But not everyone is on board. Between the painful capsaicinoids, the bloating from drinking too much water, and the inevitable sweating, spicy food can also be uncomfortable to eat...
Parental Advisory
How Can I Support My Adult Child Who Has a Mental Health Disorder?
Mental health continues to be one of the most-requested topics readers ask me to cover both in the Parental Advisory advice column and in other more general posts. So I wasn’t surprised that when I wrote in January about parenting a child who is at risk for developing a mental...
Streaming
How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Debate Without Cable
After surviving a brutal attack by Sen. Elizabeth Warren in his first presidential debate in Las Vegas, Michael Bloomberg will join six other democratic presidential hopefuls on stage in South Carolina tonight for his second debate of the year, and the last debate prior to Super Tuesday.
Banking
Turn Off Location Access on Venmo to Avoid Having Your Address Shared
We’ve told you before to change your Venmo settings to private so the whole world doesn’t know which of your friends you are pestering to pay you back for the movie tickets from last weekend.
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Nintendo Cracked Open Its Secret Game Boy Stash to Help a 95-Year-Old Fan
Nintendo is known for its excellent customer service, but now and then the company will go above and beyond the call of duty for special cases. When technicians couldn’t fix a 95-year-old Japan woman’s dead Game Boy, the company replaced it with a brand new one, leading us to wonder...
Kotaku
YouTuber Banned From Every EA Game And Online Service After Rants, Threats
Kurt “Kurt0411” Fenech, a FIFA Pro who is probably more notorious/famous for his YouTube presence, has been hit with one of the most severe online punishments I’ve ever seen, having been banned by EA from playing any of the company’s games online or even accessing any of their online services.
The Inventory
Tuesday's Best Deals: JACHS Hoodies, Gaming Gold Box, Ninja Foodi, and More
A Dyson vacuum, cast iron skillet set, Anker surge protector, and Turbo Tax software lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.
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Venom 2
Set Photos Give Us a Dreary Look at Cletus Kasady
Harrison Ford talks about wanting to get Indiana Jones 5. The Next DC animated movie has set up its sizeable cast. Stephanie Beatriz sadly explains why she can’t become Disney+’s She-Hulk. The BBC has hope for Doctor Who’s future, despite its ratings slump. Plus, new footage from Mulan and A...
The A.V. Club
A new version of
The Invisible Man
makes one of his victims intensely visible
The Invisible Man has always been something of an outlier among the storied Universal Monsters. Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and the Wolf Man are all essentially former men whose glimmers of humanity are subsumed in their dramatic transformations. The Invisible Man’s origins, by contrast, are more akin to a second-tier comic...
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