Новости за 10.10.2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled falafels from the brand Earth Grown, which have been distributed across the United States for potentially having Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. The bacteria can cause illness if consumed, and symptoms include stomach cramps, bloody diarrhea, and vomiting.…

The iPhone 14 is less than a month old and it’s already stirring up software trouble. If you bought one, you may recall facing an immediate update as soon as you powered it on. Since then, Apple has apparently been hard at work, putting out other fires the iOS 16.0.2 update didn’t fix. That’s where iOS 16.0.3 comes in.

People love to argue about steak. It’s fun, because there are so many variables to disagree over: the cut (ribeye or New York?), the prep method (marinade or salt?), the cooking method (reverse sear? Sous vide? Simple pan basting?)...the possibilities for invective are endless.

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When my wife and I bought our house a few years ago, we were delighted by its century-old charm. Then I fell down the stairs—more than once. Upon sober inspection, it turned out our vintage stairs, designed and built in an era before concepts like “building codes” were a thing, were at an unusually steep incline, and…

Pull-apart bread never goes out of fashion—just ask any carb obsessed, bread baking nerd, like yours truly—but they’ve had a resurgence recently for those who don’t enjoy proofing dough for hours. Pull-apart bread is an easy, shareable, and cheap snack for your football-watching appetizer spread. Simply grab a tub of…

You might have given away your Facebook login info without meaning to, if you downloaded one of the more than 400 malicious apps designed to steal Facebook credentials from users. So it might be time to change your password.

Apple Music has its plusses, but most any user will admit Spotify’s playlists are a lot better. Traditionally, listening to a Spotify playlists requires you to use Spotify, which is not fun if you’re already paying for a different service. Luckily, there’s now a way for you to enjoy Spotify’s playlists within Apple…

It has been over a year since I started using MacroFactor, an app that calculates my TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) in real time. It’s a paid app, but as we noted when it came out, there are free tools that handle the same calculations. And whatever the method you use to track your TDEE, the results can be…

Especially after the last few years, kids’ academic skill levels are all over the place. Depending on how well your child did with online learning (or whatever else was going on in their lives), your child’s reading level may not be at grade level. You may be wondering if this is “normal” or if something else is going…

I know you’ve been waiting for a long time, but now that President Biden has taken a big step toward federally decriminalizing marijuana, it might finally be time for you to try smoking weed. There’s really not much to it—seriously, any idiot can do it—but there’s still a few mistakes you should avoid so you don’t…

Raising teenagers is tough. They’re still dependent on you for their everyday needs, but they also have a mind of their own—so while you can nudge them in certain directions, there is only so much you can do if they refuse to do something. When it comes to schoolwork, you can tell them about the importance of working…

It’s annoying for your Mac to decide, “Hey, we’re not actually going to use this picture anymore,” and revert your wallpaper back to a system default automatically. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to stop your OS from going rogue.

A toxic work environment has a way of eating away at your self-confidence, to the point that even after you manage to escape, the effects can carry with you to the next job. Whether it’s an overly critical boss or a company culture that kept you in constant fear of losing your job, recovering from a toxic work…

A bowl of hot oatmeal is a solid start to the day that can keep you feeling satisfied for hours, but there’s no denying that oats are vulnerable to blandness. Brown sugar and cinnamon can solve this problem for a couple days, but the repetition of the same few flavors can get painfully boring. To combat oatmeal…

Headaches can range from annoying to debilitating—and when it comes to treating them, you’ll want to use all of the available tools at your disposal, including both medication and non-medication options. While reaching for an over-the-counter headache medicine is an effective strategy, taking them too often can cause…

My two least favorite kitchen chores are cleaning out the fridge and taking out the trash. Both tend to be a little gross, involve some amount of bending over, and it’s hard to do the former without also doing the latter. I also tend to ignore both until they become un-ignorable, which makes these tasks grosser, and…