Новости за 08.08.2019

Now you can ask Alexa to slow down if she’s responding to you too quickly.

It’s fun to browse home listings online or watch shows like House Hunters. But if you’re not a homeowner, you might be feeling lost as to how to get started acquiring your piece of the American dream.

You don’t have to replace your iPhone’s battery at the Apple Store if you don’t want to—a $69 fix from Apple if your newer iPhone is out of warranty. If you do purchase a battery elsewhere, however, your iPhone is going to warn you that your new replacement battery needs service. Don’t stress about it. That’s just an…

Starting today you can get an Impossible Burger at your local Burger King. The plant-based burger is being rolled out to Burger King locations after successful tests at a few trial locations. That means if you haven’t yet tried one, now’s your chance.

The final Android Q beta—Android Q Beta 6—is now available for developers and enthusiasts to play with. This build gives us a near-complete picture of what the public release for Android Q will be like, which now includes some tweaks Google is making to its Camera app.

If you are a person who likes free things and a person who likes iced coffee (or tea), then I have some pretty good news. Starting at 2 pm today (August 8th), Starbucks is running a BOGO deal on icy cold beverages.

In this week’s truly heinous edition of Ask Polly, the letter writer casually describes what amounts to multiple attempts on her life by her in-laws. Not only do they refuse to acknowledge her deadly mushroom allergy, they seem to take pleasure in serving them every time she’s over for dinner. Nearly everyone who’s…

For many years, my mom has been telling herself—and anyone else who will listen—that she’s 45 years old. She’s not actively trying to deceive us (I’m 37, so I’m not falling for it); she’s trying to deceive herself. She’d read somewhere that if you tell yourself you’re a younger age, you’ll start to feel younger.

Heavy cream, in its liquid form, is a fairly neutral ingredient that can be added to sweet or savory dishes, to bring luxurious texture, rich mouthfeel, and glorious fat. But for some reason, once you whip it, it gets restricted to dessert applications, even though there is no real reason for it.

Airfare prices rise and fall unpredictably; when you book a flight months ahead, there’s no way of telling whether you grabbed the best possible deal unless you check booking websites obsessively.

If you want to do something, block off time for it. This includes everything from the task you have to finish at work to the walk you want to take with your family. The novel you want to write. The weekly game night or date night. The sleep you want to prioritize.

Unlike Jupiter and Saturn, Mercury isn’t making itself easy to be seen this month, but tomorrow morning might very well be your best chance—clear skies permitting, of course.

There seems to be no good way to get corn kernels off the cob. Most “hacks” involve precariously balancing an ear of corn in a bowl, slicing them off, and hoping you don’t slip and slice a finger along the way. Sometimes the bowl catches every last kernel, but more often than not, you get to chase down all the ones…

Pet Zone IQ Treat Ball | $6 | Amazon

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When I wrote about calculating the total out-of-pocket cost of your health insurance plan earlier this week, some of you asked why we should bother with health insurance in the first place.

There’s something so hopeful about first-day-of-school photos: clothes look a little brighter than usual (possibly because you’ve ripped the tags off just an hour before), backpacks seem massive enough to topple your children right over, and if you’re especially creative, chalkboards or whiteboards display a sweet…

OXO Good Grips Cold Brew Coffee Maker | $40 | Amazon

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Let the fall smartphone wars begin. Samsung came out swinging at today’s Galaxy Unpacked 2019 event in New York City. We watched the entire keynote so you don’t have to, and here’s a quick recap of the company’s biggest announcements.

Apple’s new credit card, called Apple Card, was announced this spring and isn’t available to everyone just yet—rollout for the card started this week. While a select few (a random drawing of people who signed up for the waiting list) get started using the card, let’s take a look at how it stacks up to your other…