Tech
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‘Charging More for Less’: Netflix Customers Outraged With Second Price Hike in a Year
In a world where inflation seems to be the new trend, Netflix, not to be outdone by the price of avocados, has decided to raise its prices for the second time this year. In a letter to shareholders, the streaming giant…
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10 Free Online Resources You Shouldn’t Miss Out On
It’s common knowledge that the internet has a wealth of free resources and information. YouTube, Wikipedia, Reddit, and Khan Academy are obvious examples. But those are just four out of the 1.5 billion websites live on the World Wide Web.…
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12 Nostalgic Things You Experienced as a Child That Are Gone Forever
There’s nothing like a nostalgia-packed AskReddit thread to take you back in a virtual time capsule to the days long since passed. Naturally, when you ask a bunch of online strangers to share insights on various things from their childhood…
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Wildly Useful Apps That Are Somehow Free
In an era that’s marked by a multitude of apps that are specifically designed to make navigating this whole existence thing a bit more effortless and less anxiety-inducing, it can be difficult to discern which apps are worth downloading. Thankfully,…
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Rocket Money Review: App Offers Easy-To-Use Budgeting Tools but Isn’t Without Problems
Tech companies don’t have your best interests in mind. There’ve been enough privacy settlements, data breaches, and data mining scandals to prove that. It’s normal, then, to wonder if you can trust an app like Rocket Money — one of…
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I’ve Been Reporting on Prime Day for Years, and These Are Always the Best Items To Buy
If you ignored the last set of deals, yet another Amazon Prime Day is taking place on October 10 and 11 (now they’re calling it “Prime Big Deal Days”), offering deals on thousands of items in time for the holidays.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
