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We all—well most of us—live by certain unspoken rules of etiquette that make life a bit more civilized and thoughtful. We offer to bring food or drink when invited to a party, we hold doors open for strangers trailing close behind us, we say “nice to meet you” after being introduced to someone new. These standard,…

Though intended as a celebration if Irish heritage and culture, many tend to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a trip to the pub and a plate of corned beef—occasionally forgetting, perhaps, that there’s more to Ireland than depictions of leprechauns. It’s all in good fun, I suppose.

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Has this ever happened to you? You’re out and about, minding your own business, when suddenly your iPhone hits you with an “AirPods Left Behind” message. You panic, wondering where you could’ve dropped your expensive earbuds—until you realize they never left your pocket. What gives, iPhone?

We know that if we want to maintain our health, prevention and early detection of diseases or disorders is key. Still, seeing a physician regularly can be expensive and logistically challenging—and a lot of people simply don’t do it. While the home test kit universe is exploding (you can test everything from your…

Apple updated the iPhone SE for the third time at the Peek Performance event. From the outside, it looks the same, but like many things in life, what’s inside that matters.

It’s tax season, folks. While it’s tempting to put off doing your return until the last minute, it’s probably better to go ahead and do it right now. The main reason to file your taxes early—i.e., before the April 18 filing deadline—is to get in line to receive your refund. The IRS says it expects to process returns…

I’ve never played Dark Souls. I’ve never played Demon Souls. I played the first hour of Bloodborne, and it nearly broke me. You can imagine, then, just how overwhelming I’m finding Elden Ring. But, the things is, I’m having a blast—who knew you could have this much fun while failing?

Like movie theaters or in-person shopping, hotel room service was already declining in popularity before the pandemic all but killed the practice completely. For years now, hotels have been steadily cutting back or all-out eliminating their room service options. In 2016, for instance, the American Hotel and Lodging…

Crypto mania has pushed decentralization into the mainstream, but Bitcoin is only one example of how blockchain can create new structures not controlled by corporations or centralized entities. (Though it’s ubiquitous, plenty of people still don’t even know what blockchain is. If you’re one of them, stop and read an…

Whether you’re more of a houseplant person or an outdoor gardener, you probably know how quickly the costs of pots, soil, fertilizer, and tools can add up. And that’s without the plants themselves. Fortunately, there are (legal) ways of getting plants without having to shell out a lot of money. Here are a few to…

Oliver Stone’s Wall Street gave us the iconic, and chronically misused, aphorism “greed is good,” but the movies generally love to show us the opposite.
History is positively lousy with movies in which avaricious characters get what’s coming to them—whose greed is punished, in one way or another.

Real life tends to be…

This week, I’m answering important questions, like “which is cooler, Star Wars or Star Trek,” “What the hell is Elden Ring,” and “Can you just, like, move into your cubicle?” But most importantly: “Are there more doors or wheels?”

With COVID numbers falling and travel restrictions lifting, many people who’ve been road-tripping closer to home for the past two years are ready to take to the skies again. But do we still remember how?

Unlike most holidays, St. Patrick’s Day is less about the food, and more about the beverages. On top of that, what are largely considered the traditional dish and drink of the day—corned beef and cabbage, and green beer, respectively—are American inventions.

With more workers getting the green light to continue working remotely, those paying high rent prices in larger cities may be considering moving to a place with a lower cost of living. Unfortunately for them, a lot of other people have had the same idea, sending housing costs through the roof.

OneDrive is among the best cloud storage services around, but it has a problem—its tendency to bombard you with notifications and email spam. Upload photos to OneDrive, and the service starts hitting you up with “On this day memories” notifications on the regular. You’ll get a daily email from OneDrive asking you to…

Strikes are on the rise. Earlier today, Major League Baseball and the players’ union reached a (tentative) agreement for the 2022 season—it only took 99 days of a tense lockout to get there. Meanwhile, over in Minneapolis, teachers are entering their third day on strike in an attempt to secure smaller class sizes and…

On March 14, the nerdier side of humanity celebrates Pi Day, a holiday that “commemorates the irrational, transcendent, and never-ending ratio that helps describe circles of all sizes.” Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. It comes out to a figure that starts with 3.14, no matter the size…