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“Racist boss harassed Puerto Rican employees and broke labor laws. Ended up getting deported.” “I got him thrown in jail and ruined his relationship of 5 years.” “Revenge of the Little Spoon.” “Apparently toothpaste-filled Oreos taste like real Oreos.” “Spam king gets spammed back and sent to prison.” “The Mad…

Goodbye, paycheck. Amazon and Target are currently running limited-time buy-2-get-1 offers on select PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch games this week, including the recently released The Outer Worlds and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and even Nintendo releases like Super Mario Maker 2.

When someone pisses you off on Facebook, the logical, natural response is to lob over the nuke—block them, and you’ll never have to deal with anything they say on the social network ever again. It’s a refreshing feeling, but it’s also a wee extreme for minor infractions.

Offshore banking is a thing you hear don’t hear about in normal, everyday, real life. It’s for news stories about tax-evaders who got caught. It’s for this season’s plot of of How to Get Away With Murder.

Apple released iOS 13.2 the other day, which adds some neat features for your HomePod—including the ability to detect and differentiate between multiple voices and pass audio from an iPhone to the Homepod by bringing the phone near the speaker. The bad news is that this update seems to be bricking some HomePods…

With Halloween just two days away and all the last-minute costume-making panic that is sure to ensue, it seems like a good time for a friendly reminder: Blackface is still racist and should not be a part of anyone’s costume, child or adult. You can be LeBron James, Barack Obama or Beyoncé without darkening your…

Apple TV Plus launches on Friday, November 1, and though the $5 monthly price tag and slowly-expanding device support make it an easy sell for the passionate Apple fans out there, those who haven’t already bought into the wider Apple ecosystem may need some convincing before they pony up the cash for yet another …

There is a balance in the universe. Most people hate black licorice, and so when they receive some in their trick-or-treat bags, or when they find black jelly beans amongst their easter loot, they can pass it along to their grandpas and other weirdos who actually like the stuff. But these weirdos should be careful.

As of Tuesday morning, the Kincade fire in Sonoma County, California has spread over 74,000 acres, forcing an estimated 174,000 people to evacuate their homes. (49 homes have been destroyed or damaged in its path so far.) According to tweets by Susie Cagle, a reporter for the Guardian, some evacuation centers have…

If you haven’t heard of Blinkist, a company that took $34 million in VC funding to sell people summaries of books, don’t worry! Blinkist honors authors and publishers by making summaries of their work, mostly without permission, and selling them for $100 a year. I’m all for pretending to read books. So I’ve decided to…

Gaining control of the jukebox can go to one’s head, particularly if that head is a little drunk. You can use this power for good, and play a song everyone will enjoy (like “Operator” by Jim Croce or “Dan Bilzerian” by T-Pain) or you could play “Monster Mash” 13 times in a row. You don’t even have to be in the bar.

If you want to earn extra points on your credit card or ditch the card’s annual fee, it might be worth calling the credit card company and threatening to cancel.

Getting around can get pricey. And with more ways to do so—ride-hailing, car rentals, scooters, regular bikes, e-assist bikes—well, your attempts at going car free could quickly add up to something that looks like a car payment.

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Show up in public with a pregnant-looking belly and suddenly everyone is all “When are you due?” and “Do you know what you’re having?”, as if the contents of your uterus are somehow their business. You will probably feel pressured to answer politely, but here is another option: lie.

Sure, you could sneak around, hiding your favorite treats in the box of the blandest cereal in your pantry, devouring them in secret once the kids are safely in bed for the night. But why do that when you can brazenly enjoy it right in front of them because they believe that piece of chocolatey goodness is actually…

Bluetooth is a handy feature that allows you to easily connect up your various devices, whether you’re trying to get your new wireless headphones to talk to your Android phone or connecting your Apple Watch to your iPhone. Bluetooth could also get you caught in the crossfire of teenagers sharing selfies with…

Even though you might not be able to update an ancient smartphone to the latest version of its operating system, you shouldn’t assume your device won’t have any critical updates for the rest of its life. This couldn’t be any more true for iPhone 5 owners right now.

New York City has claimed its latest victim: City Bakery has permanently closed its doors. It’s rare that the closing of a small businesses becomes near-national news, and it’s understandable that those of you who have never tasted the mythical hot chocolate don’t understand what all the fuss is about. Back in the…

Over the weekend, devastating fires in Northern California forced an estimated 200,000 people to evacuate—the single largest evacuation in Sonoma County in its history, the Washington Post writes. Meanwhile, just a few hundred miles south, the Getty Fire has already engulfed at least 500 acres in the Los Angeles area…

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Well, that was unexpected. With absolutely no fanfare whatsoever—not even a tease at last month’s big press event—Apple officially announced its brand-new AirPods Pro in a press release today. What you lack in Tim Cook stuffing tiny speakers in his ears, you gain in features. Specifically, noise-cancelling…