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Mac users take heed: A recently disclosed vulnerability present in the macOS Gatekeeper—otherwise known as the “Cavallarin” exploit—has reportedly been leveraged by adware creators. It’s times like these when we’re reminded of the best advice for keeping your Mac protected from these kinds of issues: When in doubt,…

How are the kids paying for weddings these days? With loans. For a party that lasts a single day. The Washington Post examined the the practice of taking out a personal loan to pay for your nuptial celebration. And while it’s not a surprising read, it’s still horrifying.

Living in the Bay Area, I’m lucky enough to have three relatively close airports to choose from when planning a trip. Both the San Francisco and Oakland airport are roughly a 20-30 minute drive from my house depending on the time of day, and if I need to I can catch a train to San Jose that will get me to its airport…

In spite of all the hippie propaganda that gets foisted upon me here in Portland, Oregon, I am of the opinion that kombucha is expensive soda for people who do a lot of yoga. I do, however, like the flavor of a lot of ‘buch, and I like it even more when I put ice cream in it.

When my son started kindergarten, my mom dropped a real bombshell on me: “Now that he’s in school full time,” she said, “the years are really going to fly by.” Thanks to her, I’ve noticed how each year since has gone by faster and faster, a fact that basically every adult I know can confirm.

The public betas for all of Apple’s latest operating system iterations are finally out (save for watchOS, per usual). We always warn people about installing these on their primary devices, because you don’t want the iPhone you rely on for work and socializing to start freezing up a lot with a buggy version of iOS.

There are more podcasts out there than you could ever try, but most of them are crap, or just aren’t your thing. How do you find the good stuff? I talked to Caroline Crampton, editor of the email newsletter the Listener, where she recommends three to five great podcast episodes every day. To find them, she listens to…

Even though it’s a bit of a time-sink, I’ve been using the new Harry Potter: Wizards Unite mobile game (iOS, Android) as a great excuse to get outside and walk around more. I kind of have to, since there’s a daily achievement that you can only unlock if you’ve wizard-walked your way through your neighborhood an easy…

It’s never been easier to read, thanks to our phones—we’re all carrying entire bookstores around in our pockets. In the video above, I share our favorite apps for reading books, listening to audiobooks, and purchasing comics.

I took two weeks off—two weeks, in a row—this month.

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When you find a particularly fantastic deal for a hotel stay at a beach town, you might see the rate skyrocket when you agree to book—these are “resort fees.”

Despite the recent inclusion of new automatic troubleshooting and problem-solving tools, the version 1809 update for Windows 10 introduced quite a few bugs. One of the latest (and more annoying) quirks is an issue that prevents your computer from shutting down or going to sleep in a timely fashion.

Bitters are used (almost entirely) to round out the flavor of cocktails, adding subtle—but much needed—bitter, herbal notes. Unless you’re a fan of bitters and soda, you rarely get a taste of the bitters themselves; they just make other things taste better.

Amazon has announced its annual Prime Day festivities, this year taking place over two complete days on July 15 and 16 with over a million deals.

The idea is so engrained we hardly even question it anymore—while our kids spend their summer vacation sleeping in, watching TV, swimming and playing freeze tag at camp, all that precious knowledge they learned throughout the school year is melting away.

Up to 25% Select Hardwood Flooring | Home Depot

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You can google up a recipe for anything, including sunscreen. Places like Pinterest are full of instructions for blending natural oils with zinc oxide to make something to protect yourself from the sun. Unfortunately, a DIY approach isn’t likely to make an effective sunscreen.

Parenting (from what I hear, anyway) is essentially a lifelong exercise in figuring things out as you go. Along the way, your kid has almost certainly been in a situation where you’ve wondered, hoo boy, are they going to have to discuss that with a therapist in a few years?

Ask a Clean Person and Style Girlfriend are teaming up to bring you the latest on what to wear for spring and summer... this week, they’re talking gym bags.

It’s an exciting time for Democrats who want to be president, with so many of them running at this early stage that we’re having two debates this week to accommodate 20 leading candidates. Twenty!

If you have two cats that aren’t getting along, Reddit user cputnik has a simple solution: Scratch them each affectionately under the chin with the same hand, repeatedly. “This will mix their pheromones together,” says cputnik, “and eventually they’ll think they’re from the same pack and share pheromones themselves…

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Even just reading about ticks makes me immediately spot check my limbs and start feeling itchy. (Sorry in advance for what this story will do to you.) But at the same time, I’m so paranoid about ticks that I can’t help but click on anything that might improve my chances of avoiding those little suckers, even slightly.