April 22, 2020
Stanley Tucci's Negroni Has Me Shook
They say rules are made to be broken, but you have to understand the rules before you can break them effectively. Cocktailing has a lot of rules, and a lot of rule breakers, but Stanley Tucci is breaking Negroni rules in a way that has me questioning if I really understood the drink in the first place. (I am, surprisingly, a big fan of rules. My rules tend to be different than other people’s, but once they are established, they are followed.)
Assist COVID-19 Research by Sharing Your Fitbit Data
I know that my Fitbit isn’t meant to be used diagnostically, but I’m also sure I’m not the first person to have noticed a correlation between, say, an increase in my resting heart rate a few days before the onset of a winter cold. That’s why I was very excited...
social distancing
Now Is the Time to Embrace Your Guilty Pleasures
If you’ve spent your days in quarantine interacting with friends and family via Animal Crossing or bingeing every season of your favorite show, you’re not alone. Retreating to simple pleasures seems like a natural response to the stress we’re all living through—and according to new research, indulging in these so-called “guilty...
Credit Cards
How to Get Your Free Credit Report Once a Week
The three major credit bureaus have teamed up to help people keep an eye on their financial health during the coronavirus pandemic. Equifax, Experian and TransUnion announced yesterday they’re all offering free weekly credit reports until April 2021.
Taxes
Non-Filers, Request Coronavirus Relief Payment for Your Kids by Tomorrow
If you don’t typically file a tax return, you’re running out of time to request the $500-per-child coronavirus relief payment for your kids.
social interactions
How to End a Video Call Politely
Now that we’re all doing more Zoom calls, Google hangouts and FaceTime sessions, we’ve started to run into that awkward moment where we might be ready to end the conversation, but the other person isn’t picking up the hint—and since most of us are physically distanced and sheltering in place...
coronavirus
What Does 'Peak Infection' Mean?
We are now at a point where the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States number in the hundreds of thousands, while the death toll is in the tens of thousands. Although these numbers are grim, the rate of increase is slowing down, a sign that all of...
explainers
What Is Contact Tracing?
Contact tracing is a critical tool for containing a disease outbreak. For COVID-19, it’s also a key part of plans like the World Health Organization’s guidelines for easing distancing restrictions. So what is contact tracing and how does it work?
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Some Kind Of Auto Lending Crisis Is In The Making
Auto lending in the midst of an economic collapse is never pretty, as people stop paying on their car loans to divert money to more immediate necessities like food and shelter. This collapse is no different.
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Doom Eternal
World Record Speedrun Uses Secret Teleporter Room
You never know what you’re going to see in a speedrun. The players working on beating Doom Eternal as quickly as possible, for instance, have found a way to enter a secret developer room that allows them to grab a BFG and complete the Mars Core mission much faster.
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Let's Rank The
Mario Kart
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