HP Wants You to Subscribe to Your Next Printer

For as long as they’ve been around, inkjet printers have sucked. They’re difficult to keep a consistent connection to, and they’re always running out of ink. They’re the bane of any home office setup: If you hit the print button, you need to mentally prepare for some issues. HP’s vision for the future is … […]

Consider Adding a Solar Water Heater to Your Home

You know how expensive energy can be—and it’s not getting any cheaper. Bills piling up is one reason why people look into solar energy solutions for their homes, but when people think solar they tend to focus exclusively on generating electricity and getting off their local grid. And while traditional solar panels are a great […]

The Best Pans Depending on What Style of Eggs You’re Making

As the adage goes, where there’s a will, there’s a way … to fry eggs. But that doesn’t mean it’s gonna be pretty: Some pans are just better for cooking certain styles of eggs than others. Using the right pan can mean the difference between a runny yolk with crispy, lacy edges, or crusted-on, dried-up […]

‘Lapse’ Is a Twist on Photo Sharing Apps

In recent years there’s been a shift away from sharing everything with everyone on social media, to a more deliberate and private approach: Photos of birthdays, weddings, and vacations are now just as likely to be shared in smaller group chats or private stories as they are in public Facebook or Instagram slideshows. To put […]

How Low-E Windows (or Coating) Can Save You Money

Your home’s windows can be a major source of heat loss in winter and can absorb heat from sunlight during the warmer months. While using shades and drapes can help cut down on heat transfer from your windows, there are times when you want to pull them open and let the light in. When you […]

You Can Use Flags to Disable the Touchscreen on a Chromebook

Chromebooks come in different form factors, from gaming-focused machines to models with a detachable keyboard that are basically like Surface Pro powered by the ChromeOS. In fact, more Chromebooks are now coming with touchscreen capabilities, but if you’re someone who doesn’t see the value if having a touchscreen on your laptop, you can disable the […]

The Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch on Netflix in March

March is coming in like a roaring lion on Netflix. The 800-pound gorilla of the streaming world is dropping 3 Body Problem, an epic science fiction series from the creators of Game of Thrones, a new series about crime among the British aristocracy in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, and a fantasy flick starring Millie Bobby […]

The Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch on Prime in March

Amazon’s Prime video service is having a very males-between-the-ages-of-18-and-34 month in March. (Did no one tell them it’s Women’s History Month?) There’s the premiere of dude-bro comedy Ricky Stanicky starring John Cena; a remake of 1980s beefy-dudes-punching-faces epic Road House; and the second half of season 2 of grown-up super-hero cartoon Invincible, for nerd-lier young […]

How to Migrate to Pocket Casts After Google Podcasts Shuts Down

Google is doing as Google does: shutting down a service. This time, it’s Google Podcasts, an application the tech giant launched just six years ago. Google Podcasts will be entirely gone at the end of March, according to Google, at which point you’ll need to get your podcasts onto some other service. Here are Lifehacker […]

Google Structured Data Carousels Beta Documentation Added

Google has added new structured data carousel beta documentation, also known as host carousel. Google wrote that this is “a new carousel rich result that’s in beta, which is a list-like rich result that people can scroll horizontally to see more entities from a given site (also known as a host carousel).”

Google Court Document Says Search Quality Continues To Improve

Google has posted its post-trial debrief document for the DOJ trial that talks about many different things, including stating that its search quality continues to improve. We covered its statement that Microsoft Bing Search had search quality issues earlier.

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Ranking Volatility, Tons Of Google Bugs, Most Read Articles, Bing Deep Search & Quality & SEOs Not Loving Google

We had two periods of Google Search ranking volatility this week, one last weekend and one on Thursday or so. Google court documents say search quality has improved and not degraded. Google dropped the see more results in the local panel this week for a period of time until it fixed…

Latest inflation numbers give mortgage rates some room to fall

A key Fed inflation metric, the PCE price index, continues to drop toward the Fed’s 2 percent inflation target, falling from 2.6 percent annual growth in December to 2.4 percent in January.

Zillow teams up with Howard Hanna to offer Listing Showcase

The technology platform is designed to improve marketing for listings. Now, Howard Hanna agents will get to exclusively offer the tool to their clients in Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

New rules for scoring mortgage borrowers coming in Q4 2025

Fannie and Freddie’s federal regulator wants lenders to synchronize adoption of bi-merge credit reporting with more inclusive FICO Score 10T and VantageScore 4.0 scoring models.