The long Memorial Day weekend is (almost) here, and many retailers are already offering deals on laptops, TVs, headphones, and Bluetooth speakers. If you need a new speaker to power your summer lounging, consider these Bluetooth-enabled models, ranging from small clip-on portable speakers to ones that can supply the music for an entire house party. […]

Google Maps Street View changed the game for digital exploration: Anywhere Google’s cameras have been, you can check out for yourself, without ever needing to leave your house. Of course, if you’re uncomfortable with your house appearing on Street View, you don’t need to sit back and let the other explorers of the internet spy […]

If you live in the Midwest, you know the region is already in the middle of a tough tornado season. Hurricane season, meanwhile, looks like it will be more intense than last year. Then there are earthquakes, which can happen at any time on the west coast (and hit the east coast just last month). With so many disasters […]

Your Kindle reading experience can go far beyond what’s available on the Kindle store. If, like me, you’ve only been buying your reading material from Amazon (or borrowing e-books from your local library), it’s time to explore what your e-reader can really do. Amazon has a dedicated program called Send to Kindle that you can […]

The release of iOS 17.5 brought with it a somewhat troubling bug, as many users reported old, deleted photos resurfacing — some from more than ten years after they were deleted. While Apple has resolved this bug in iOS 17.5.1, many are still curious to know what caused the issue in the first place. While […]

If you happened to catch my advice on Tuesday to update Chrome as soon as possible, it might come as a surprise to see me repeating myself just three days later. Nevertheless, it really is time to update Chrome again, as Google has disclosed yet another zero-day vulnerability impacting its popular browser. The company announced […]

All the best organizational methods call for you to find a place for every item in your home. Yes, “the cabinet” counts, broadly, but even that can be improved upon. Even though you don’t see it all the time, having the insides of your organizational spaces, well, organized will make it easier to access the […]

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/credit-card-close-shot-selective-focus-567634105 Apparently, more than a third of us use credit cards to buy things just to get the rewards. It’s easy to see why—rewards, miles, and points are basically free stuff and money that can us cash on shopping, travel, and many other things. And there are various strategies to maximize your rewards and get […]

Gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts nearly two decades ago and across the U.S. back in 2015, yet somehow, queer movies are still mostly a trickle at the box office (unless you count Barbie…which you can). Bros, which came out in 2022, was marketed as the first mainstream gay romantic comedy ever released by a […]

A highlight of Max’s June lineup is the season two debut of House of the Dragon (June 16), the HBO Original drama that tells the story of House Targaryen, 200 years before Game of Thrones begins. New episodes will drop on Sundays at 9 pm ET through August 4. Max’s HBO Original documentary slate this […]

In a major shift away from traditional internal combustion engines, a growing number of states are adopting rules that will effectively ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and light trucks by 2035. The states are following California’s lead with its Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) regulation, which sets yearly increasing quotas for automakers to […]

A bunch of headphones and earbuds are on sale leading up to Memorial Day weekend. While there aren’t quite as many discounts as we might expect from something like Prime Day, a few of the items I found are at or very close to the lowest price they’ve ever been, after looking at price-checking tools. […]

If you have some maintenance tasks to tackle, or you’re looking to boost your DIY game, having the right tools can make a big difference. Building a starter kit of good quality cordless tools or upgrading the batteries for your existing set can be expensive—but buying tools with batteries that don’t last very long, or […]