Новости за 14.08.2018

There is something extremely satisfying about a summer roll. Though I love a good egg roll, spring roll, or any other fried package of rolled-up food, the lighter, cooler, more chewy summer roll is the one I crave more often than not, particularly during these sweatier months.

It may not feel like it as you battle 104 degree subway platforms and pray for this summer to finally end, but the holidays are almost upon us. And that means starting to budget for gifts, flights, feasts and all the other Yuletide trappings.

When you tire of shooting doomsday preppers in Far Cry 5, instead of reselling the game for a mere fraction of what you paid or letting it collect dust in your garage for the next 26 years, why not make a bored kid’s day by donating it to your local library? In Reddit’s Gaming community, digital_russ shared how he did…

iOS: The words “Apple” and “free” are a bit like oil and water—just ask anyone who works at the company and doesn’t get to partake in the Silicon Valley custom of free lunches and dinners for all. However, Father Cook is feeling generous this month, and Apple is offering up the excellent Obscura 2 camera app for free.…

Man, people love to turn a couple of words into a graphic. Put Words Between Buns, a new word art generator from writer and game designer Ian Bogost, lets you make a rough approximation of a Burger King ad. Like so:

I have a good bit of tomato anxiety, particularly over beautiful, delicate heirlooms. I wait all year, dreaming of the simplest, most sublime tomato sandwiches, then promptly freak out when the moment arrives. After all, I don’t want to pick the wrong tomato.

If you cancel your MoviePass plan, but you want to use it again before your current plan time runs out, you need to be careful when you open the app. Vox reports that MoviePass has reversed some users’ cancellations after they opened the app. The problem is an ambiguous button marked “I accept.”

Parenting, I am learning, is like being the belayer to a roped rock climber—you’ve got to know when to hold on tight and when to give some slack. (No, I’m not a rock climber myself, but I once took an intro class using a Groupon.) You want to make sure your kids are safe and not making bonehead decisions, but you…

Most young people don’t learn the tenets of personal finance in school, but building solid habits throughout your teens and early twenties can help set you up for a truly prosperous life.

iOS: Augmented reality feels a little gimmicky—there are only so many games you can play on your coffee table, monsters you can drop into your backyard, and items you can sort-of measure. However, augmented reality apps that are thoughtful in their approach, like Fields, are incredibly fun to play with.

Do you have any idea whether you’re “safe” online? Online security and privacy are complicated, and risks vary by person: you might worry about getting harassed, hacked, or your boss finding your terrible old blog posts and using them as an excuse to fire you. Crash Override’s Automated Cybersecurity Helper helps you…