Your vacuum is an all-purpose cleaning tool—thanks to the many attachments included, you can use it to get dirt, dust, and debris off of everything from your floors to your mattress to your ceiling fan blades. But you do need to pick the right tool for the job (and know how to adjust your vacuum […]

Whether you have an iPhone or an Android, your smartphone likely takes great photos. That’s why, in 2024, there’s no reason why your high-quality images should look like crap when you send them to friends and family. Different messages platforms handle this compression differently: iMessage and RCS, for example, allow you to send high-quality images […]

Your PC needs another update. Microsoft just released its April 2024 patch for Windows, which contains fixes for a whopping 149 flaws. While all of these vulnerabilities are important to patch as soon as possible, this update is particularly critical, as two of the 149 flaws are zero-days. Zero-day vulnerabilities are security flaws that have […]

When you need to destress, there’s not much better than putting on a movie populated by a cast of characters you just want to hang out with, either because they’re likable or just interesting. These are movies don’t need to be particularly plot-driven, nor even to have much in the way of “plot” at all. […]

Until June 15, several retailers are including NBA store gift cards worth up to $200 with the purchase of certain Hisense products, like the Hisense Class U7 Series or the Hisense Class U6HF Series—both of which are discounted and available in multiple sizes. How the gift card deal works The gift cards are included with […]

Many gardeners like to use raised beds to grow their bounty—they create a lovely border, limit weeds, and are easier on your back—but they can also be quite costly to fill, especially if they’re more than a foot high. You don’t need to buy several bags of soil to get good quality, nutrient-rich material for […]

There are plenty of children’s books being adapted into movies this year. Some look faithful to their source material, such as Dreamworks’ The Wild Robot. Others, like the live-action film Harold and the Purple Crayon, have me already wondering why Hollywood is messing with a good thing. When compiling this list of movies based on children’s books, […]

Pop quiz: You want to lift 185 pounds. How many plates do you put on each side of the barbell, and what sizes? If you didn’t immediately answer “a 45 and a 25, of course,” perhaps a little primer on plate math would help. Yes, you count the bar Let’s start with the basics. When […]