February 16, 2020
You Can Watch Shows for Free on Redbox's New Live TV Service
If you’re looking for something to watch this holiday weekend, now you have one more place to look. Redbox, the company behind those DVD rental boxes at gas stations and grocery stores, launched its own free television service this week.
Shopping
What's Open and Closed on President's Day 2020
Tomorrow is President’s Day. It’s a federal holiday, which means a lot of people are off work, it also means a lot of places that are typically open on Mondays are closed.
Glasses
Don't Buy Glasses Online if You Have a Strong or Complicated Prescription
When you’re buying new glasses, shopping online can be an easy and often cheaper alternative to visiting a traditional eyeglass store. As it turns out, depending on your prescription, it can also mean that those glasses you buy might not be quite as useful.
DIY
Why Your 'Check Engine' Light Is On
Driving a car is one of those things in life that works best when you don’t have to worry about how everything works and comes together. You have enough to pay attention to on the road without having to worry about what’s going on under the hood. But then one...
Loner Week
What to Do When Your Kid Has Trouble Making Friends
Making friends doesn’t come naturally to all of us—or to our kids. Or sometimes, the making part isn’t as challenging as the keeping part. But it’s heartbreaking to think our kids might be lonely or excluded from their peers, particularly at school. But how much—if anything—can parents do to help...
Pets
Your Essential Oil Diffuser Could Make Your Pets Sick
Pets can be loving, but mysterious little creatures. Most of the time they’ll let you know how they’re feeling, but it can be hard to tell when they’re sick. Pet illnesses can seem so vague and amorphous, sometimes—a little puking here, some weird lethargy there—and it can be hard to...
Loner Week
The Best Workout Videos to Do Alone
There’s nothing like a YouTube video when you want to do a workout but just want everybody to leave you the heck alone. No classmates, no passers-by on the sidewalk, and you can even ignore the people you live with if you find a room to yourself and close the...
Browsers
Block Bloated Web Ads With These Hidden Chrome 80 Flags
Chrome 80 dropped yesterday, and the usual advice applies. If your desktop browser hasn’t already updated itself, or you aren’t sure, go visit its “About Google Chrome” page either by clicking on the triple-dot icon in the upper-right corner of your Windows browser or the “Chrome” menu of your Mac...
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Kotaku
Someone Accurately Recreated
Red Dead Online
In
Dreams
Red Dead Online is a game that has improved a lot since it first launched back in late 2018. But it still has some issues. One of the most annoying is how often players get kicked from the game, often randomly with no warning. Someone recreated that experience in Dreams.
Jalopnik
An Audi E-Tron Towed A GM EV1 From Tulsa To Austin, Range Was Affected
There isn’t a lot of data out there about how towing affects EV range, largely because there is such a diversity in trailer aerodynamics and mass. Thanks to the Oklahoma Chapter of the Electric Auto Association, we have some idea of how towing a 4000-pound car trailer affects the range...
Kotaku
Sunday Comics: Peeps?
Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.
Gizmodo
New Documents Reveal One Driver’s Agony and Confusion During the Fatal Tesla Model 3 Crash in Florida
New documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this week reveal the agonizing experience of one of the drivers involved in the fatal crash with a Tesla Model 3 in Delray Beach, Florida in 2019. The Tesla crash in Florida is one of two recent cases that have...
Gizmodo
The First Trailer for Syfy's
Vagrant Queen
Promises a Sassy Space Opera Adventure
A queen on the run. A deadbeat. A mechanic. And a whole galaxy looking to shoot ‘em, or hunt ‘em down, or toss ‘em out the airlock. Sounds like fun.
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