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Some people may see their credit scores jump as much as 30 points, CNBC reports.

I’m a journalist. (Kind of.) I have to record calls a lot, to supplement my notes. When I make a call over Skype, I use Ecamm Call Recorder, a simple but full-featured Mac-only Skype extension.

Everyone who owns a desktop PC with a small monitor, or works on their laptops in their living rooms, has probably dreamed the same dream at one point: connecting their computer to their big-ass televisions. And why not? A television is a giant display, isn’t it? Why suffer a tiny monitor or laptop screen while your…

Happy weekend, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. This week we’re making a sparkling cocktail perfect for Mother’s Day or, you know, any Sunday really: the French 75.

Among the many sacrifices parents make when they have children, one of the most pressing for working families is the financial hit a mother’s lifetime earnings take.

When you travel internationally, there’s a whole song and dance of answering questions and declaring items you have to go through before re-entering the U.S. When Customs asks you if you have any food to declare, declare every food item you have—just in case.

It seems everybody knows someone who knows someone who got scurvy in college. So there was this guy, they say, who ate nothing but ramen for a month. Or pizza, according to one report from a Lifehacker staffer. Or porridge, according to one long-running Scottish legend.

As we’ve noted many times, Amazon is cluttered with fake reviews, and it takes work (and sometimes AI) to sift through them. BuzzFeed dives deep into the economy of these fake reviews, which includes a subreddit tragically named /r/slavelabour. (The name is kind of a joke, but a very sad and true one.) The whole piece…

I first heard about synesthesia when I was a kid, and it sounded amazing. People can hear colors! See music! What a fantastical, psychedelic world they must see. It was another 20 years before I realized that I had synesthesia too. I just didn’t realize because it wasn’t all that exciting.

When we last rounded up our staff’s Weekly Upgrades, our editors were moving into new apartments, working outdoors, trying new finance, and improving our own emergency preparedness.

Some things, like love or a delicious shrimp base, can’t be hurried, but a lot of things can be approximated. Though there is no substitute for a true dry-aged steak, there are two ingredients that food geeks swear help you get pretty close: koji and fish sauce.

Mother’s Day is a time for flowers, fancy brunches, and thanking your mom for putting up with your crap for all these years. But once upon a time the holiday was a more somber affair—a way for women to mourn fallen soldiers and pursue peace.

Not many of us aspire to be Moth-winning level storytellers, but being known for spinning a good yarn has its social uses.

Parents, you’ve heard the advice: When taking a long flight or road trip with little kids, make sure to bring activities. And so you do. As soon as the young travelers buckle their seat belts, you hand over a backpack or box full of fun stuff to keep them entertained for the duration of the ride, and then recline your…

Get excited, “HQuties.” The popular trivia app that you probably stopped playing months ago because it took you forever to win and you only got $2.14 is adding a big social component to the game today—and, going forward, to every Friday game. You’ll now be able to see the completely bogus answers your friends pick,…

Brighten up your day with discounts on Philips Hue smart lights, an adjustable standing desk, a camera-equipped drone, and more of today’s best deals from around the web.

It’s almost Mother’s Day, which means many of us are going to spend the day in conversation with our mothers—whether in person, on FaceTime, or over the phone.

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This week, New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman was accused by four women of physical assault during sex. Schneiderman responded by saying that the hitting, choking, and slapping he’s accused of were part of kinky “roleplaying.” All four women say they never consented to engage in these types of behaviors.…

Hello friends. It’s me, your devoted personal finance blogger, back to ask what questions you have about buying a house.

Can you remember the last time you wiped your MacBook and reinstalled everything? I’d guess somewhere around “never,” but there are plenty of reasons you might want to Exterminatus your system, ranging from the serious (a major error with macOS) to the so-so (your system feels sluggish after all the crap you’ve put on…