Tech
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Want To Talk to Your Pet? FluentPet Gives Your Animals a Voice
Apart from barking, whining, and the occasional howl, even the smartest dogs can only communicate so much. But thanks to recent breakthroughs in alternative and augmentative communication (A.A.C.) devices, pet owners across TikTok have successfully taught their dogs and cats…
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EBT on DoorDash: Here’s What You Need To Know
Born a decade ago as a restaurant delivery service, DoorDash has since grown to become a global marketplace delivering everything from food and groceries to personal care products across more than 7,000 cities in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan.…
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Welcome to the Future: You’re Now Able To Pay for Groceries Using Your … Hand?
Forget tapping your card to pay for a weekly grocery haul. Amazon One, a palm recognition service from Amazon Web Services, enables shoppers to pay for their groceries with just their hand. The service recently reached over three million uses across the…
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Is Your Rent Too High? Find an Affordable, High Quality of Life City Using This Interactive Map
Let’s say you’re looking for the perfect place to live: somewhere with cheap rent, plenty of sun, and legal weed. With MoveMap, a free, interactive tool that lets you sort locations by everything from the cost of living to median…
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Remember CB Radios? They’re Back, 10-4
CB radios were — and still often are — a practical tool on the road, especially in a trucker’s life. But back in the 1970s and ’80s these portable communication devices were at the heart of a pop-culture craze. Suburban…
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This Company Is Fighting Food Waste by Making Fabric Out of Your Leftovers
Did you know the fashion industry is slowly killing our planet? Fashion contributes to roughly 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions, and many of the clothes we wear (about 60%) are made from plastic, which — dun dun dun — never fully…
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AI Says This Mac and Cheese Recipe Is Worthy of a Michelin Star. Here’s What It Really Tastes Like
People have asked ChatGPT how to do pretty much everything. How to cheat on a test. How to build a bomb. How to make a decadent, fat-laden recipe, which is…
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Influencers Are, Well, Influencing: More Consumers Use YouTube, TikTok To Shop Online
There was a time when fashion magazines and TV helped tell us what was cool and worth our money. We’d then go to the mall, find it, and buy it.…
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Do You Pay for Unlimited Data? You’re Probably Wasting Your Money, According to a New Survey
If you’re like most Americans, you’re probably overpaying for your mobile plan, according to a new report from WhistleOut. The survey found that while the majority of Americans use 15GB…
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‘Well Down the Path of Enshittification’: Consumers React to Lawsuit Claiming Amazon ‘Tricked and Trapped’ Prime Subscribers
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for allegedly duping millions of consumers into signing up for its paid Prime subscription service. The legal complaint, filed Wednesday, also claims that…
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I Stopped in My Local Amazon Go Store — Here’s How It Compared to 7-Eleven
Last year, I noticed that a new Amazon store had opened near me — not Amazon Fresh, or that weird Amazon 4-Star experiment that crashed and burned, but a small…
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You Should Never (EVER) Use ChatGPT For These 5 Tasks
As more and more of us are realizing that ChatGPT is a pretty handy (and terrifying) helper, we should know, too, that it can’t do everything. There are some tasks…
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Is Venmo Safe? Here’s Everything You Need To Know About the Payment App
Thanks to the rise of peer-to-peer payment apps, going Dutch has never been easier. Just pull out your phone and ask for their username. But if you count yourself among…
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iDiskk Phone Jail Review: Break Your Phone Addiction With This $25 Timed Lockbox
iDiskk Phone Jail iDiskk’s timed lockbox can help you tackle phone addiction without breaking the bank. Every day, I waste around 4 to 5 hours staring at my phone. That’s…
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Could ChatGPT Double as Your Business Partner? Here’s What You Need To Know
Starting a business can be an exhilarating yet daunting journey, filled with tough decisions, stresses, and uncertainties. But if being your own boss is the ultimate dream, could harnessing the…
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The OfferUp 8: Here Are the Strangest Items I Saw for Sale This Week (6/12/23)
There are treasures untold in the world of OfferUp. It’s like every person on “Storage Wars” dumped out the contents of their units and put it up for sale on…
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Should You Ask ChatGPT for Investment Advice? It Depends
Investing in the stock market can be both exciting and intimidating. With countless stocks to choose from and myriad factors to consider, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Fortunately, advancements in…
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ChatGPT Can Make Planning Your Next Vacation a Breeze. Here’s How
Traveling is one of life’s greatest pleasures, but the sheer amount of time and effort it takes to plan a trip can turn people off from the experience entirely. Luckily,…
