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Some of the first mass-produced laundry detergents were bars of soap that were used with a washboard and washtub. Powders and liquids became the detergents of choice for modern washing machines, which became increasingly popular in the…

ChatGPT might be the coolest tech on the block right now, but it’s not immune from the issues all software faces. Bugs and glitches affect anything running code, but the stakes are higher than a crummy user experience: The wrong bug could…

On the beautiful, sunny days of spring, bird poop will suddenly appear on all your patio, railings, and outdoor furniture. Online, there are all kinds of suggestions for what you can use to remove the icky white stain once you’ve scraped…

“The ‘swing’ lift is a great favorite in France,” the weightlifter and barbell-maker Alan Calvert wrote in 1911. He described it “rapidly coming into favor in England, along with the ‘snatch’ lift.” But while the snatch grew in popularity,…

Post-Easter festivities might have you swimming in a sea of colorful eggs. In case your boiled egg bounty is getting monotonous, I’ve got a surefire way for you to spice things up: Drag you sanctimonious eggs to hell with hot chili-garlic…

AirDrop has been a source of pride for Apple users for more than a decade now, and a sore point for many who want a simple solution for sharing files between Windows and Android. But after years of struggling with different standards and…

Video memes made with algorithms are suddenly everywhere. Their sudden proliferation may herald an imminent explosion in the technology's capability.

From the most thorough travel plans, to excruciatingly detailed journals, to elaborate to-do lists: My life motto is that you have a goal, your goal needs a spreadsheet. And when your goal is to manage your money better, a customized…

It’s a bad day when you don’t get those concert tickets you had your heart set on. It’s arguably a worse day if you get scammed and your personal information gets stolen. It is definitely the worst day if both of those things happen at…

A fake website is a scammer’s attempt to seem like a reputable business, when in reality, they don’t actually provide any goods or services: Their “business” is to trick you into thinking they do, and to get you to pay for it. There are…