Новости за 25.04.2018

Kids can now ask Alexa to tell them a knock-knock joke on their very own device. Today, Amazon introduced a kid-friendly version of its ubiquitous smart speaker. The Echo Dot Kids Edition, which costs $79.99, is available for pre-order and starts shipping on May 9.

Browned butter is often used to make the rich richer and the decadent more indulgent, but its true power lies in bringing a bit of depth to a big pile of fresh, vibrant produce. Though I wouldn’t fault you pouring a bunch of melted, browned butter on a salad, this vinaigrette takes a more balanced (or some would say…

This week the statistical news site FiveThirtyEight released the most ambitious actor career analysis in its “Hollywood Taxonomy” series, examining the five types of Nicolas Cage Movies. Up to now, the site broke each actor’s work down to three or four types. But Nicolas Cage’s work is so famously all over the place…

It sounds weird, but when you click that power button on the start menu to shut down Windows 10, you’re not shutting down Windows 10. Sure, Windows 10 goes through the motions of shutting down. And your computer sure looks like it shut down. And it sort of did, but it didn’t.

It’s easy to conclude that people generally suck. Don’t they, though? There’s the driver who cut you off, the lady who appears out of nowhere to swipe the last Costco sample off the tray when you’ve been waiting patiently in line, the “friend” who’s forgotten your birthday three years in a row. I get why we’d assume…

When you read to kids, you do so much more than “reading”—you put on a performance and hold a conversation. You do voices, you show them the pictures, and you follow the special cadence of kids’ books. Using his book Hey A.J., It’s Bedtime!, children’s author and NFL player Martellus Bennett joins us on video to…

Sometimes you need a reasonable amount of cupcakes—like a dozen—but sometimes you need many more than that. Unless you have a whole mess of wire racks, and a bunch of counter space, cooling them down can pose a bit of a problem. Luckily, you can employ most ironing boards which, as Reddit user Something Else points out

There are a lot of gun terms thrown around in the media these days, like “clip,” “casings,” and “semi-automatic.” But if you’re not familiar with firearms, many of these terms might go over your head. This glossary of common gun lingo will help clear things up so you can be an informed part of the conversation.

Mint, one of the most popular budgeting apps available, is ending its bill pay feature on June 30, the company said on its website.

If you haven’t played Fortnite yet you probably know someone who has. The free battle royale-style game is pretty much unavoidable in 2018. Kids can’t stop playing it. Even rappers and NBA players are getting in on the action.

By now most users are aware of the security weaknesses of payment systems like Venmo and PayPal: You should only send money to people you know, you should not use it to buy products or services and you definitely shouldn’t use it to get paid by people you don’t know, who can simply cancel the transaction before it’s…

It’s been speculated for some time that Google has been working on some updates for the web-based version of Gmail, and the company is officially moving from tease to truth with its early-morning announcement today.

We’re sorry, Chaim Gartenberg. The Verge reporter recently learned a harsh lesson about the power of Google’s autocomplete feature when he tried to do an innocent search for a character from the brand-new God of War game. Wham! Spoiler, right there in the autocomplete field. He didn’t even make it to the…

Before Mari Takahashi joined entertainment company Smosh, her job was ballet dancing, and her career aspiration was to make a living teaching dance. Now she’s in charge of Smosh Games, a YouTube channel with over 7 million subscribers, where she regularly appears in videos like her Minecraft show MariCraft. She told…

This week we have a newlywed woman whose husband plays way too many video games, and it’s affecting their sex life. Game over?