Новости за 07.12.2018

Landing that first job is a major milestone for most teens. Income means they can upgrade their phone, buy those ridiculously expensive sneakers they’ve been pining over or start piling up cash for their first car.

Alexa has long been able to respond to requests for specific music genres, moods, and playlists. Now, she can also help you curate and personalize said playlists and remember your preferences for the future.

There’s no shortage of budgeting apps out there, but sometimes, rather than futzing with categories, charts, graphs and daily alerts that you’re over a pre-set budget or have “irregular spending” in a certain category (ahem, Mint), you just want something simple to track the money you’re spending.

It’s frustrating when a recipe doesn’t immediately turn out how I envisioned it, but I always learn something. Just last night, I was working on a meaty situation in my Instant Pot and, though the meat was a little chewy for my liking, both the liquid and the vegetables in the bottom of the insert were delicious.…

While it wasn’t the only reason I picked up an Apple Watch Series 4 earlier this year, the electrocardiogram feature Apple demonstrated at its big September event was certainly one of the smartwatch’s most unique features. I doubt there’s anything wrong with my ticker, and Apple’s implementation still isn’t as good as…

It’s Friday, it’s almost the weekend, it’s time you downloaded a new video game. And as it happens there’s a really good PC game available right now for free. To celebrate the game’s five-year anniversary, Sega is giving Company of Heroes 2 away for free on Steam all weekend long, and lowered the price of its many…

The best feta cheese comes packed in a salty, funky brine, and that stuff is pure liquid wonderment. Just as any brine can be used to flavor food, leftover feta brine can be used to whip up cheesy rice; moist, flavorful pork chops; and a crazy tasty pan sauce. (It also freezes very well, which means you can stash it…

Google’s short-lived messaging service, Allo, is going the way of Google Reader, Google Health, and the Dodo bird. It’s not a surprise—Google began porting and integrating some of the more interesting features (like Google Assistant and web support) from Allo into Messages app for Android earlier this year, signaling…

There are plenty of great apps to keep track of your running mileage, and a clear winner when it comes to cycling (Strava, duh). But it’s a bit harder to pick a winner when you’re lifting in the gym. Until recently, all the apps were clunky and hard to use. Now...well, only some of them are.

I don’t remember the moment I stopped believing in Santa, but I remember the utterly perfect way my mom handled it when I finally asked.

MoviePass is switching up its subscription model once again in the new year, and users in major markets can look forward to paying more for their monthly subscription.

As I’ve written previously, iCloud can be a little confusing. It’s not meant to be—at least, I don’t think Apple intended it to be—but a number of people seem to get caught up by iCloud’s synchronization setup. While it’s wonderfully convenient to have the same photos appear across all of your iCloud-using Apple…

Some people are great at getting exactly the right thing and at a good price, too; for those of us who panic-buy a bottle of wine at the last minute, it might help to think of gift shopping from a different perspective.

Hot alcohol is not my favorite, but I will make an exception for mulled wine. In fact, if trying to force seasonal cheer by making mulled wine in 90-degree Florida weather—in December!— taught me anything, it’s that I’ll make many exceptions for mulled wine.