Your Mac’s menu bar can be home to a host of nifty utilities. From managing your calendar to adding a virtual sticky note, there’s a great menu bar tool for almost everything. I recently discovered another useful app called Folder Peek, which lets you place any folder from your Mac on the menu bar. You […]

Just about everyone is wrong about sunscreen. On one hand, there’s a low murmur in online spaces questioning the safety and effectiveness of sunscreen, with people like Primal Physique, a “transformation coach,” posting TikTok videos claiming that sunscreens contain dangerous ingredients and should be avoided. On the other hand, there are people like you and […]

We’ve talked a lot about the “don’t break the chain” method of building habits over the years, where you visually mark the completion of a habit every day to help you build it. The classic method is to put an “X” on a paper calendar every day. The longer your streak goes on, the more […]

Google is finally expanding the number of Android phones that can access Gemini through Google Messages. Previously, the feature was only available on certain Pixel devices, as well as Samsung Galaxy devices including foldables and the Galaxy S22 and beyond. Now, Google has updated its help pages to indicate that the feature is finally available […]

Google Chrome has had a rough go of things this year. Just back in May, the Google-built browser suffered from at least four zero-day exploits, all of which Google was able to fix in a pretty timely manner, forcing Chrome users to update pretty often. However, a new exploit appears to be making the rounds, […]

From Walk the Line to Oppenheimer, biopics can introduce audiences to inspirational and complicated individuals who achieved greatness through innovative thinking or sheer determination. However, these two films, and many others in the genre, aren’t really for family viewing. To help kids learn about important people throughout history—and maybe find their own inspiration to shake things up—we’ve selected […]

Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions you’ll make in life—home equity accounts for nearly a third of people’s net worth, making it the largest piece of their financial puzzle by far. People who own homes are also richer than those who continue to rent, so it’s not surprising that home ownership […]

If you have some mix of Apple, Windows, and Android devices it can be a pain to quickly send a file from one to the other. Airdash is an open-source program that solves this problem—just install the app on all your devices and you can send files directly, meaning nothing of yours is ever stored […]

One of the best ways to define a garden space is with a path. Before considering hardscape options like concrete or stones, consider some cheaper options. Softer options like wood chips, clover or recycled pavers are all going to be better for the garden, easy to upkeep, and richer visually. Wood chips are an ideal […]

July is a big month for sports with the 2024 Olympics in Paris as well as Netflix sports docs: Simone Biles Rising, which follows the gymnast of the Paris Olympics, and LALIGA: All Access, which goes behind the scenes with the Spanish football league, are set to premiere at some point in the coming weeks. […]