Новости за 19.04.2023

Instagram is the land of self-promotion, but it doesn’t allow you to easily share links in a post. If you have links you want people to see (and click), you can make them convenient to access from your bio. Well, as convenient as possible, anyway: Historically, Instagram limited us to one link in our bios at a time.…

As a taxpayer, you get a federal refund whenever it turns you overpaid taxes throughout the year or had withheld from your paychecks more than what you ultimately owe. If you enjoyed getting a few nice, big refunds in recent years, you might have been disappointed with your numbers when you filed your taxes—and you’re…

As the quote goes, “Born too late to explore earth, born too early to explore space.” It’s true: Barring some monumental development, our kind is destined to live the rest of our lives on Earth, leaving space exploration to some future generation that actually gets their act together. But just because you’re stuck on…

Inevitably, almost every conversation I have with anyone I meet turns into a food conversation. Maybe 80% of those are about eggs. It wasn’t until a recent egg conversation with Mashable Editor-in-Chief Alesha Williams Boyd that I understood that not everyone likes their eggs custardy. Here I was, thinking most folks…

Learning a new language is tough, man. Plenty of us have tried every app under the sun, put in the work day in and day out, and yet have no ability to hold a conversation with someone in this new language. Most of these apps’ methods of language learning are the same, involving a conscious effort to memorize new…

Driving has slowly become a mindless activity with advancements in navigation apps and even self-driving cars. But if you’re not paying attention, a steep toll fee could be waiting for you when you check your car back at the rental company, as Robert Watson thought he did after driving to New York City and racking up…

Last year over 50 million Americans received some form of stimulus check from their states. While these payment amounts weren’t as large as the federal stimulus checks for 2021 pandemic relief, they certainly made a difference for families getting slammed by inflation.

The latest generation of Apple Silicon Macs are mighty and fast, but they can’t natively run Windows. Fortunately, there’s a workaround—and it’s free. It requires using the free VMware Fusion Player and Windows 11's official ARM copy. Once installed, you’ll have a Windows 11 instance running inside an app on your Mac.…

You’ve heard all about ChatGPT, the AI chatbot you can use to answer any question—or, you know, write a thank-you note, craft a cover letter, or even have a spoken conversation. Now, as a savvy investor, you’re wondering: How can I get a piece of the AI pie?

Giving your yard a fresh new look for spring or upgrading your garden to create the serene outdoor space you’ve always wanted can get expensive quickly: Plants, soil, and other materials will add up if you’re not careful. However, there are ways to get landscaping materials for cheap, and sometimes even for free.

Store-bought pizza dough is one of my favorite bread hacking tools, maybe even my all-time favorite. We’ve made lazy zeppoles, pretzels, and cinnamon rolls from this versatile sack o’ dough, it was only a matter of time before we started slinging bialys, too. Go ahead and speed-thaw that frozen dough you’ve been…

Weather apps are notoriously easy to build and extremely difficult to police. Any developer can whip up an interface from a template, add a weather API (there are loads of them), and put it up on the App Store. That “innocent” weather app can then serve you ads, track your usage, and sell your data, including your…

Facebook may not be your social media platform of choice in 2023, but if you had an active account at any point in the last 15 or so years, you may be entitled to free money.

GameStop is having a buy one, get one (BOGO) free deal for Nintendo Switch, PS5, and Xbox games. There are 40 games to choose from in the deal, with big names like Zelda, Pokémon, Mario games, Call of Duty, Battlefield, and Saints Row on the list. You’ll also get free one- to three-day shipping if you spend over $59.

When one large movie screen isn’t enough, ScreenX is here to surround you with the most visual film experience possible—and for one day, you can try it yourself for just a few bucks. Participating Regal Cinemas locations across the U.S. are offering the chance to experience a ScreenX film on April 29 for $3 per person.