February 15, 2020
Check Chrome and Remove Any of These 70+ Malware Extensions
Another day, another batch of crappy Chrome extensions that you shouldn’t be using. Once again, Google has identified a number of bad actors its Chrome Web Store and given them the boot—but that doesn’t automatically remove these malware extensions from your browser, so you might want to do a quick cross-reference of any extensions that sound a little odd.
Tech Essentials
How to Outsmart Your Hotel Room TV and Use Its HDMI Ports for Anything You Want
Hotels can be stingy about what guests are allowed to do with their TVs. For example, if you try to plug your own device into your room’s TV to watch your own content, odds are good that are nothing will happen. Hotel TVs are usually plugged into external boxes that...
Travel
Use This Southwest Hack to Switch to a Less-Miserable Flight
Every budget traveler knows a particular flavor of regret: that moment when you’re standing in the security line at 5 a.m., cursing yourself for picking the cheapest flight on the schedule.
Windows
How to Fix the User-Profile Bug in Windows 10's Latest Patch
Here we go again: The latest Windows 10 patch, KB4532693, might stick you with an annoying bug. Some Windows users who have installed it have reported that their Windows user profile—and all the data and apps therein—weren’t loading when they logged in.
Travel
Amtrak Tickets Are Buy One Get One Free This Weekend
Train travel can be a relaxing, low-stress way to get around the country while also catching some of it out your window during your journey.
Streaming
Stop Paying for YouTube TV Through Apple's App Store
If you’re paying for your YouTube TV subscription through Apple’s App Store, now’s the time to switch your payment method.
3-Ingredient Happy Hour
Make Your Negroni With Dry Vermouth
Ninety percent of the drinks I order at cocktail bars are Negronis. The holy trinity of gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth possess a near cosmic, peanut butter and jelly-esque affinity for each other that renders their combination almost error proof. Too much gin? Still pretty good. Super shitty ice? Whatever...
sex
Spermicidal Condoms Are No Good
A condom that can actually kill sperm sounds like a pretty good deal when it comes to birth control, right? But it turns out they aren’t any more effective than regular condoms, and they can actually increase your risk of STDs.
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The Sony PS5 Is Making the PS4 Look Cheap
Bloomberg is reporting that Sony is having a problem driving the price down on this year’s PS5. The console is expected to launch later this year, but Sony is struggling to get the cost of manufacturing below $450 per unit.
The Root
Gayle King Says She Accepts Snoop’s Apology; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Calls Him Out
On the heels of Snoop’s mama making him apologize to Gayle King for trash-talking her, calling her names, issuing a veiled threat against her and thereby opening her up to harassment from his legion of loyal fans, the veteran journalist says she accepts his apology and apologized herself for any...
Jalopnik
What The Hell Is This Thing Found Under A Panel In An Old Toyota Land Cruiser?
First, I’d like to say that this is precisely the kind of shit I love: those delicious little mundane mysteries of life, just waiting to be revealed under every scrap of filthy carpet. This time, that carpet is in an old Toyota Land Cruiser, and the mystery is a strange...
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Trump's Attempt To Roll Back Fuel Economy Standards Continues To Blow Up In His Face
The Trump administration formally proposed rolling back Obama-era fuel economy standards in August 2018, but two new reports suggest that the rollback may not end up happening at all. That’s thanks to some remarkable—even for this crew—incompetence.
Kotaku
Jedi: Fallen Order
Almost Couldn't Include The Word 'Jedi'
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