TECHNOLOGY

Clippy—Microsoft’s Most Hated Helper—Is Ready to Make a Comeback (Sort Of)

Your least favorite anthropomorphic paper clip is back. And this time, he’ll keep his mouth shut if it looks like you’re writing a letter.

"Mom! These commercials are ruining Hannibal!"

TV Commercials Are Getting Much Louder—Here's Why

The number of complaints to the FCC about excessively loud commercials is up 140 percent. In a lot of cases, there's not much they can do about it.

20 Epic Fails From the History of Pop Culture

From Hitler sitcoms to digital fur technology, here are 20 pop culture projects that didn’t work out so well.

Which Websites Do People Spend the Most Time On?

According to internet user data, these are the five websites people are most likely to visit when they're browsing online.

For when you're finally ready to leave your high school crush in the past.

How to Deactivate (or Delete) Your Facebook Account

Here’s a handy how-to for deactivating Facebook, deleting Facebook, and understanding the difference.

A Sealed Copy of Super Mario 64 Sold for a Record $1.56 Million

An unopened copy of the 1996 Nintendo game 'Super Mario 64' was sold for $1.56 million, setting a new record for most expensive video game ever sold—just two days after a sealed copy of 'The Legend of Zelda' was auctioned off.

Edward Furlong and Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

20 Facts About Terminator 2: Judgment Day

'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' remains even a miracle of ingenuity, hard work and of course deep, deep pockets.

In 1989, This Old House Made a Pretty Spot-On Prediction About What the "House of the Future" Would Look Like

‘This Old House’ host Steve Thomas once bore witness to some pretty good predictions for the future (and also some bad ones).

Heading to the Beach? Here's How to Protect Your Phone from Water, Sun, and Sand

If you bring your smartphone to the beach this summer, take these steps to keep it dry, cool, and sand-free.

George Bailey and his custom wheelchair.

A 70-Pound Sulcata Tortoise With a Rare Disease Can Now Walk Thanks to a Wheelchair

Rescue tortoise George Bailey can now get around with a custom wheelchair that should help bring him out of his shell.

Beyoncé Knowles performs during the 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards in Edinburgh, Scotland.

20 Defining Pop Culture Moments of the Past 20 Years

From Beyoncé to Baby Yoda, the past 20 years have been jam-packed with moments that will long live in the memory of pop culture enthusiasts.

Your iPhone does a lot when you're not looking—Low Power Mode makes it do less.

What Does Your iPhone’s Low Power Mode Really Do?

Sure, you know it’s a great way to save the battery on your iPhone, but do you know how it actually works?

All Out of Cloud Storage? Here’s How to Make More Room

Whether you use iCloud or Dropbox, this is what you need to do to free up digital storage space in the cloud.

Amazon Wants to Share Your Wi-Fi With Your Neighbors—Here’s How to Opt Out

On June 8, Amazon Sidewalk will start connecting your smart devices to outside WiFi networks. Here's how to opt out of it.

Genealogy Basics: 8 Tips for Tracing Your Family Tree Online

There are tons of online genealogy sources at your fingertips—but the sheer amount of information might seem intimidating. Here's how to get started tracing your family tree.

What Do iPhone Ringtones Sound Like A Cappella? This Group Recreates Those and Other Iconic Tech Noises

The ‘crunch’ you hear when you toss a file into your trash folder in Microsoft Windows? Just as satisfying a cappella.

This Chrome Extension Makes Cluttered Webpages Print-Friendly

A free Google Chrome extension called PrintFriendly is designed to make cluttered webpages clean and printable.

11 Facts About Napster

Napster forever changed the way we listen to music. Here are 11 facts about this industry-changing computer software.

Wondering What to Read Next? Whichbook Lets You Search for Books By Mood

Instead of searching for books by genre or similar titles, Whichbook tells you what to read next based on your mood.

Why Washing Machine Timers Get It Wrong

You set your washing machine for a 50-minute cycle. Sixty minutes later, it's still spinning. Here's why it lies to you.

Save Hundreds of Dollars on Tech With Amazon’s Renewed Page

Amazon’s Renewed page is a treasure trove of refurbished, pre-owned, and open-box products ranging from pricey computers and home entertainment systems to kitchen blenders and gaming consoles.

The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen or Spring Garden by Vincent van Gogh, stolen from the Singer Laren museum in March 2020.

Interpol’s New App Allows Anyone to Help Track Down Stolen Art

The next time you come across a portrait stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, you can alert Interpol without making a single phone call.

Watch This Mesmerizing Video of a Typewriter in Slow Motion

Invented in 1961, IBM’s unique Selectric typewriter is one of the most innovative machines of its kind.

The face of a person who's just set their default font to Garamond.

Don’t Love Calibri? Here’s How to Change the Default Font in Microsoft Word

Customize Word’s font settings to your liking, whether you’re a Times New Roman traditionalist or totally fluent in Wingdings.

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