Новости за 21.06.2019

The next time you go to order pizza, or call someone to repair an appliance, make sure you aren’t getting scammed by a representative of a business that doesn’t actually exist.

Happy summer solstice, cats and kittens! Today is not only the longest day of the year, but the official beginning of summer or, as we like to call it, “patio pounder season.” What’s a patio pounder, you ask? It’s very simple: a summer sipper that goes down a little too easily, best consumed out of doors. And boy, do…

Your kid doesn’t want to do it. Clean his room. Finish her book report. Practice violin. Whatever the impossibly hard thing of the moment may be. As a parent, you might be tempted to resort to nagging, but that will just make everyone more frustrated. A better way to motivate kids, according to research from the…

In a perfect world, we’d all get to bed on time, enjoy our full seven to nine hours of sleep, and wake up refreshed at the same time every morning. But while that may be the goal, I’m guessing most of us enjoy the extra shut-eye that a day off allows. So how bad is it to sleep in on the weekends?

On Wednesday, lawmakers passed ranked choice voting for presidential elections in the state of Maine—which would effectively mean ditching its caucuses for a presidential primary based on voter preferences. Ranked choice voting is exactly what its name suggests; rather than vote for any single candidate, voters have…

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Many of us are feeling some combination of despair, outrage, and shock at reports of the conditions at the U.S. southern border. It’s devastating to learn that our government is separating children from their families, cramming people into overcrowded detention cells, and preventing refugees from accessing basic…

Whenever I plan a trip somewhere, it feels “official” once I book the flights, train tickets or rental car, but I’m never quite sure when to book a hotel. Should I do it as far ahead of time as possible to secure the best deal? Or should I wait until I’m actually at the destination and try my luck at Hotels Tonight or…

If you purchased a MacBook Pro at some point between 2015 and 2017, you should probably double check that it won’t spontaneously combust on you.

Summer—she’s here. The beach— she’s there too. Your body? Always there, babe!

Versus is a tiny website that does a tiny thing, and it does it very well. Enter a product or service—or anything at all—and Versus will tell you the alternatives. Search for Photoshop, and you’ll get comparable Adobe products Lightroom and Illustrator, and the competitors Gimp, Affinity, Procreate, Krita, and Pixlr.…

Android: How do you normally share search results from Google with your friends? I confess, I’ve never copied-and-pasted the gigantic URL for the results page to anyone else; I usually just use the deliciously passive-aggressive “lmgtfy.com” to help them out. Maybe I’m a jerk.

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Although many kids have been done with school for a couple of weeks now, it’s not truly summer until 1) the summer solstice and 2) the pool water is warm enough to swim in. As of today, at least one of those is upon us, which makes it a good time to review all things swimming and drowning related so we can keep our…

No contemporary smart home is complete without smart lighting. And while smart light switches might be a better choice for your situation than smart bulbs, Philips Hue smart bulbs are well established, and thus are easy to incorporate with other smart products in unique and interesting ways.

Being a regular at a bar is pretty simple—just show up a lot. But being a good regular, one that the bartenders actually like having around, is an art. It’s all about restraint. In addition to knowing when you should stop drinking, and how to not be an outright dick, the secret to having an enjoyable presence in a bar…

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You may not think of Europe as a place where you need vaccines before you go on vacation, but measles cases are at a record high in Europe this year. The CDC recommends that people traveling to any country outside the US take precautions against measles, so if you’re planning summer travel, now is a good time to check…