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coffin shaped wooden wedding card box on table
DIY

Build a beautiful wedding card box shaped like a coffin for some spooky storage

By Jean Levasseur

diy mechanical keyboard
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Build a mechanical keyboard from scratch with 3D-printed components

By William Elcock

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The best ways to select text on your phone and computer

By David Nield

person-riding-a-fully-loaded bike in the desert
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How to ride off on your first bikepacking adventure

By Alisha McDarris

hand holding android phone showing dynamicspot app on the home screen
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You can now bring iOS 16’s coolest home screen feature to Android

By David Nield

phone connected to computer over usb cable
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How to create a file transfer hub between your computer and your Android phone

By Justin Pot

A woman lying on her stomach on a couch, looking at her phone, wearing headphones, and with her feet in the air.
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The beginner’s guide to Substack’s new app

By John Kennedy

Three burgers getting cooked on a stainless steel pan while a hand with a spatula works with them
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Use the Leidenfrost effect to make your stainless steel pan non-stick

By Hugh Neill

wrist wearing apple watch
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How to make your Apple Watch battery last longer

By David Nield

Partially rotting pumpkin
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How to keep your pumpkins maggot and mold free for Halloween

By Matt Kasson / The Conversation

two hands holding us passports in a plaza in madrid spain
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8 things you need to know before traveling international for the first time

By Harry Guinness

Young hiker backpacker woman using trekking poles enjoying the Nuptse 7861m mountain during high altitude Acclimatization walk. Everest Base Camp trekking route, Nepal.
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Altitude sickness can ruin your hike. Here’s how to prevent it.

By Alisha McDarris

A person standing on a rock by the water under cloudy skies while looking at his phone—hopefully he has a good weather app.
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The best weather apps you can put on your phone

By David Nield

screenshot of numi calculator for ios
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Your computer’s calculator app stinks. Here are 4 better alternatives.

By Justin Pot

A young girl feeding a brown-and-white goat over a wire fence on a farm.
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7 ways to support a kid who wants to care for animals

By Noah Lederman

screenshot of android battery settings
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Stop Android from slowing down apps to save battery

By David Nield

A white camper van with curtains parked on a flat, open expanse of snow under blue skies, near some low mountains or hills.
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Now’s the time to get your van-life ride ready for winter

By Nick Hilden

screenshot of vertical sidebar on safari
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How to organize your browser tabs vertically—and why you should do it

By David Nield

illustration of woman navigator
Technology

Voyagers made it to Hawaiʻi thousands of years ago with no compasses. Here’s how.

By Kat Eschner

hand holding pot with lentils on camp stove
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Expert tips for cooking gourmet meals on a camp stove

By Alisha McDarris

Apple orchard.
Health

How to enjoy fall festivities during the COVID pandemic

By Rachael Zisk

What’s a pig butchering scam? Here’s how to avoid falling victim to one
Technology

What’s a pig butchering scam? Here’s how to avoid falling victim to one

By Cezary Podkul / ProPublica

Example of golden ratio in photography
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Learn the golden rules of photography (before you break them)

By Harry Guinness/Popular Photography

A bald man wearing a dust respirator and earmuffs working in a woodshop and milling his own wood to make it straight.
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Every woodworker should know how to mill their own boards

By Jean Levasseur

Screenshot of noisli platform
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19 free online tools you’ll want to bookmark right now

By David Nield

Restroom sign with figures in a holding position
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What to do when you’re trying not to poop

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A hard drive cloaked in shadow.
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What various weird computer noises mean for your machine

By Whitson Gordon

Your smartphone camera has great hidden features—here’s how to find them
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Your smartphone camera has great hidden features—here’s how to find them

By Jeff Carlson / Popular Photography

screenshots of the letterboxd mobile app
DIY

7 ways movie lovers can make the underrated Letterboxd feel like home

By David Nield

Best VPNs for multiple devices
Gear

The best VPNs for multiple devices

By Steven T. Wright

Person checking their phone and their laptop in a coffee house
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How to see if someone has been snooping on your devices

By David Nield

Screenshot of google tv
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How to ditch the default Google TV home screen and build something better

By Justin Pot

A young man standing among numerous houseplants and looking at his phone in front of a white wall with an acoustic guitar hung on it.
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A bit of care can keep your houseplants from sheltering harmful mold

By Ellen Airhart

An iPhone iMessage conversation about basketball, with an incorrectly sent message to a romantic partner at the end.
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7 tips and tricks to get more out of Apple’s newly updated Messages app

By David Nield

side by side comparison of dog photo with and without background
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4 free apps that remove photo backgrounds with little fuss

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

new android 13 player
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The new Android 13 features you need to be using

By David Nield

woodshop wall covered in hanging tools
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3 reasons to join your local makerspace

By Jean Levasseur

A woman wearing white headphones playing League of Legends on a triple-monitor setup.
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6 ways to fight back against motion sickness while gaming

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A black screen showing JavaScript code.
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Work faster in Google Docs and Sheets by creating your own shortcuts

By David Nield

macos restart screen
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How to stop apps from automatically launching when you start your computer

By David Nield

Serving Turkish coffee cup
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How to enjoy the flavor, history, and science of Turkish coffee

By Alisha McDarris

two phones on desk one android one iphone
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How to make Android look like iOS

By David Nield

A busy woman overwhelmed at work, holding her face in her hands in front of a Macbook laptop with some open notebooks around it.
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6 apps and tools to help organize your life

By David Nield

Trash folder
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Stop struggling with ‘inbox zero’ and just delete all your emails

By David Nield

TV in living room with netflix on screen
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When should you use a TV over a monitor?

By David Nield

How to replace an old or clogged car radiator
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How to replace an old or clogged car radiator

By Chris Rosales / The Drive

vehicle with open back doors overlanding outdoors with person laying on the back of the vehicle
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Overlanding is a relaxed blend of camping and road tripping. Here’s how to get started.

By Alisha McDarris

notebooks on yellow background
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The Opt Out: School devices are sharing your family’s data, but you can stop them

By Karina Montoya

phone next to coffee cup on table showing the twitter app
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11 Twitter bots that will make the most of your timeline

By David Nield

A person in a blue buttondown shirt using a Macbook laptop on a wooden desk with a plant and some books nearby.
DIY

Your inbox can do a lot more than just organize your email

By David Nield

expiration date on covid test
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How to check if your at-home COVID test has expired

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

This week is the last chance to order free at-home COVID tests
Health

This week is the last chance to order free at-home COVID tests

By Laura Baisas

organized desktop
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Teeny desk? Here’s how to make the most of it.

By Anthony Fordham

Person with earbuds and eyes closed
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How to find music and videos with zero plays—and discover the next big thing

By David Nield

Out of focus magnifying glass lens hovering over DuckDuckGo search engine homepage
Technology

Anyone can now sign up for DuckDuckGo’s private email service

By Andrew Paul

openemu showing nintendo game
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Macs are better at video gaming (emulators) than PCs. Here’s how to set up yours.

By Justin Pot

Hand under a go pro camera hanging in the air
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Get better video with these 7 GoPro tips and tricks

By David Nield

A person wearing a jean jacket and posting multiple photos to their Instagram story at once on an iPhon.
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The fastest way to post multiple Instagram story pics at once

By John Kennedy

How to engineer the best sandcastle
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How to engineer the best sandcastle

By Joseph Scalia / The Conversation

hands holding phone showing google maps in spanish
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Android 13 lets you change the language in individual apps. Here’s how.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A phone screen with the Kiwi Browser, Ecosia browser, Brave browser, and Firefox browser icons on the screen.
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7 alternatives to your phone’s built-in web browser

By David Nield

What to know about polio boosters, oral vaccines, and your medical history records
Health

What to know about polio boosters, oral vaccines, and your medical history records

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A homemade wooden DIY headphone stand on a lighter-colored wooden table, complete with a phone holder, a USB charging port, and slots for pens and pencils.
DIY

Start organizing your chaotic, messy desk with this DIY headphone stand

By Jean Levasseur

close up of girl's hand using smartphone with instagram app
Technology

This tool lets you find out for yourself how much Big Tech is snooping on you

By Andrew Paul