Новости за 17.09.2019

The iPhone has a built-in blocking feature, but have you ever wondered what exactly happens when you block someone?

You loved it as a web series. Will you love it as a feature film? Between Two Ferns: The Movie arrives on Friday and while I remain skeptical, the trailer makes it look rather funny. Celebrities like David Letterman, Jon Hamm, Brie Larson and Chrissy Teigen join Zach Galifianakis for some deadpan faux talkshowing;…

Attacks on two Saudi Arabian oil plants last weekend could mean higher gas prices here in the United States. But for how long?

In general, the more pizza we have the better, so get ready for some good news. It is almost always better value to order larger-sized pizzas, according to math (well, an engineer). Here’s why.

PC gamers have plenty of launchers they can install to play all their games—including Steam, Epic Games, Battle.net, and GOG Galaxy, to name a few. The Rockstar Games Launcher is the latest app to join the club, and downloading it today (whether you need it or not) can score you a free copy of Grand Theft Auto: San…

Cheap shaker parmesan is not Parmigiano-Reggiano. The “real stuff” is nutty, slightly fruity, and filled with savory, crunchy crystals. It’s a luxury cheese, a fancy boy cheese, a cheese you should enjoy in fluffy piles atop the finest of pasta. The cheese that comes in a green shaker is not Parmigiano-Reggiano, but…

The Force only be with you if you go to sleep right now.

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If you have trouble writing and replying to emails, here’s a simple trick: Set a timer for three minutes. Now write that whole email before the time runs out.

If you’ve ever stood in front of your recycling bin—unsure if the trash in your hands is recyclable—and threw it in anyway, this article is for you.

X-rays and other medical images are supposed to be private, since they are part of your medical records. But a recent ProPublica investigation found patients’ images just sitting around on the internet for anybody to view.

You may have heard that college is expensive. There’s the tuition, of course, the room and board, the textbooks, the ridiculous amount of food consumed. But it can also be pricey just to try to get to college. Before you ever even go dorm-room decor shopping, junior has to be accepted to the school of his choice. And…

The launch date for Disney+ inches closer and closer. We only have less than two months until Disney’s big Netflix rival streaming service kicks off, and while you’ve lost the opportunity to score a huge, multi-year discount for Disney+, that doesn’t mean you can’t still be swayed into paying for all the geeky TV…

I am not ashamed to admit that I watched the first season of The Handmaid’s Tale on a seven-day Hulu free trial.

When attending a dinner party at someone’s house, it is customary to bring something, and for most people that “something” is a bottle of wine. This is perfectly fine, as long as you understand that you may not get to drink any of it.

It’s one thing to be frugal. You know what you want to spend money on, and you prioritize it. You know where you don’t want to spend money, and you minimize that spending. But you’re far from militant, and you can be known to cut loose with your money from time to time, while traveling or perhaps on special occasions.…

There’s a famous subreddit where people tell you whether you’re being an asshole. But sometimes you already know you’re the asshole, and you don’t know how to stop.

As easy as it is to just stay in and pop on your favorite streaming service while sitting on your couch wearing jammies, actually going to the movies can seem like an event. That, and the fact that ticket prices are out of hand. (Related: RIP MoviePass.)

Everyone thinks they’re an expert on your health. People in the chronic illness community know this well; so does anybody who’s publicly admitted that they’re pregnant, or depressed. How many times can a person hear “Have you tried yoga?”

Computers think they know who you are. Artificial intelligence algorithms can recognize objects from images, even faces. But we rarely get a peek under the hood of facial recognition algorithms. Now, with ImageNet Roulette, we can watch an AI jump to conclusions. Some of its guesses are funny, others…racist.

Long before we were talking to AI assistants on smart devices, we had Clippy—the cheery, animated paperclip mascot of Microsoft Office, who’s definitely-not-at-all-annoying tips and contextual actions “helped” users navigate Word, Excel, and the rest of the Office suite.