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A surfer with black skin and long brown dreads and a surfer with white skin and long brown hair both in red rash guard UPF shirts high fiving in the waves

Everything you need to know about UPF sun protection

By Julia Craven

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When the mustard shortage hits, make your own

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

How to take cool photos of cars

How to take cool photos of cars

By Mark Elias / Popular Photography

Starry valley of Carina Nebula against dust and light on a bluish universe in a James Webb Space Telescope image

Get alerts every time the James Webb Space Telescope drops a heavenly new look

By Maria Parazo Rose

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Websites use URLs to track you. Here’s how to stop them.

A fanned-out stack of printed photos on a white surface.

Organize your catastrophic digital photo library

By Harry Guinness

How to pick the perfect seat in a movie theater for sound and picture

How to pick the perfect seat in a movie theater for sound and picture

A van-life van with its back doors open and two camping chairs and a small grill set up behind it.

5 ways to keep your van-life rig organized

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How to make yourself laugh

By Hasan Merali

A woman walking on a street wearing headphones, viewed from her shoulders up, as she looks off to her right.

5 ways to find your next favorite podcast

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9 nature-inspired decorating tips to make your home a more relaxing space

By Sofia Quaglia

A brunette woman wearing pink headphones and looking away from the camera as she listens to music she owns that she put onto her Spotify playlist.

How to add your personal music collection to your streaming playlists

An old TV on a wooden table in front of a wall covered in orange square-patterned wallpaper.

7 ways to find new music, shows, and movies

An intricate maze of small lakes and waterways define the Yukon Delta at the confluence of Alaska's Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers with the frigid Bering Sea. Wildlife abounds on the delta and offshore where sheets of sea ice form during the coldest months of the year.

3 advanced mapping tools for your every cartographic need

By Anthony Fordham

Four people standing facing away from the camera, with their arms around each others' shoulders, in the middle of a field of golden grass under a blue sky.

Cloud storage is cheaper when you know how to share it

cat sitting on kitchen chair

How to keep even the fluffiest cats cool this summer

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Two people on their stomachs on a towel on a beach, looking at their phones.

Wireless sharing with Apple, Android, and Windows devices made easy

Two people sitting at a wooden table in an office space, with one of them writing in a paper calendar, and the other looking at a phone while working on a laptop.

Syncing Google and Apple calendars is less annoying now

By John Kennedy

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How to take good photos in bright sunlight

By Harry Guinness/Popular Photography

A few slices of pepperoni pizza.

The best way to reheat pizza (and some things you should never do)

By John Kennedy, Sandra Gutierrez G.

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How to keep your houseplants from dying this summer

By Ellen Airhart

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7 techno-savvy ways travelers can find food to fit their dietary restrictions

By Alisha McDarris

A woman standing at the back of a partially completed van conversion project, holding her arms out wide with a measuring tape held between them.

Vehicle conversion tips to fit any van-life budget

three glasses of beer on table

5 essential apps for brewing your own beer

microwave with metal

6 metal myths and tips for cooking

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Bearded dad holding a newborn baby in a blue onesie and reading a picture book

The best way to choose a parenting book

By Denise Bodman and Bethany Bustamante Van Vleet

A Honda Element parked off-road in an open area by a large rock

A beginner’s guide to choosing the perfect van-life vehicle

Yellow citrus home-brewed iced tea with lemon slices and metal straws in front of a black background

3 quick ways to brew refreshing iced tea at home

By Nissan Haque / Saveur

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Fireworks can trigger PTSD. Here’s how you can help yourself and others find ease.

By Sofia Quaglia

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The Chocolatey solution to faster, safer Windows software installation

Black and white portrait of a man

Make every photo a potential profile pic by learning how to pose

By Harry Guinness

A laptop computer with Wikipedia on its screen.

‘Adopting typos’ and other ways to edit Wikipedia

A woman with red hair wearing sunglasses and a black-and-white-striped shirt, laying on the concrete edge of a tiled swimming pool, looking at her phone, which she's holding above her face.

All you need to know to add closed captions to video calls, Netflix, and more

A white iPhone on a yellow background with the Snapchat ghost icon on the screen in landscape mode.

7 apps that will let you send disappearing messages

Sort your entire photo library with this AI

Sort your entire photo library with this AI

By Jeff Carlson / Popular Photography

Person frowning looking at computer

Here’s what Google knows about you—and how to change it

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Doctor talking to patient in office

A guide to preventing, spotting, and managing STIs

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A locked iPhone displaying its lock screen.

Smartphone security starts with the lock screen. Here’s how to protect it.

The Craiyon interface, showing a courtroom sketch of a sperm whale vs. a giant squid

5 ways to get Craiyon, formerly Dall-E mini, to bend to your will

By John Kennedy

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Where to find, edit, and remove everything your browser knows about you

Best logo design software

By Gabriel Morgan

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7 things Safari can do that Google Chrome can’t

Landscape photo of Yosemite National Park

A photographer’s guide to respectfully enjoying a national park

By Marissa Wu / Popular Photography

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You might be missing DMs on social media. Here’s how to fix it.

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5 tips to soothe your fear of flying

By Natalie Wallington

child jumping in pool with swimming goggles on

5 things you can do to reduce your child’s drowning risk

By Alexandra Frost

Revenue tracking program on a screen

Best personal finance software

Microsoft's internet browser, Microsoft Edge.

10 reasons to try Microsoft Edge now that Internet Explorer is dead

A DIY cutting board with accent borders made out of a different type of wood than the rest of the piece.

4 simple ways to upgrade your boring DIY cutting boards

By Jean Levasseur

Taking mobile portrait outside of a person holding two ice cream cones.

Simple tricks for taking better outdoor portrait photos with your phone

By Harry Guinness/Popular Photography

Apple iMac screen showing notch

How to hide or customize your MacBook notch, if you’re into that

A blonde person wearing a medical face mask and standing in a mostly empty airport while holding onto a white rolling suitcase.

Your up-to-date guide on international travel during COVID-19

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

The main page of Netflix on a web browser.

Watch anything you want without signing up for every streaming service

A black vacuum cleaner set against blue carpet, with its path a slightly darker, cleaner color than the rest of the floor.

The germiest places you might not be cleaning

air pollution over a city

You can now use Google Maps to find fresh air

By Colleen Hagerty

A person sitting at a light wooden desk in front of an Apple desktop computer, scrolling through Instagram on their iPhone.

How to craft an exquisite Instagram story collage

A Roblox character standing in the middle of a street in a virtual city.

A parent’s guide to the vast world of Roblox

By Jean Levasseur

Prepare for hurricane season by getting these key documents in order

Prepare for hurricane season by getting these key documents in order

By Amal Ahmed / Southerly

5 travel essentials your phone can replace

5 travel essentials your phone can replace

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4 Google Docs features you didn’t know you were missing

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Gymgoer with tattoos and black tank top and baseball cap practicing hot yoga with blocks on a mat

Infrared hot yoga mimics the power of the sun. But is that … good?

By Kate Baggaley

person holding phone connected to earbuds

4 tips for listening to more podcasts, faster

A baby sea turtle on a beach near some sea turtle tracks, and some people in the background.

Safely share the beach with endangered sea turtles this summer

By Alisha McDarris

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The best way to pack your car for any road trip

By Alisha McDarris