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You Can Design a Custom Day Planner for Your iPad or Other Tablet

There’s something just plain tangible about using a pen and paper to plan out your day, which is why many people prefer a paper day planner to a to-do list app or calendar. The problem: A paper day-planner is yet another thing to carry around, which feels silly if you’ve already got an iPad or […]

Asking AI for Help With Elf on the Shelf Was a Mistake

I never wanted an Elf on the Shelf. But last year, just when I thought we were exiting the believing-in-Santa years, my daughter saved up her money and asked me to drive her to Target to buy an elf. So now I have to put this thing in a new cute and creative position every night. […]

Here’s When Max Is Cracking Down on Password Sharing

Last month, Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Financial Officer Gunnar Wiedenfels confirmed that Max would soon start cracking down on password sharing. The news, while disappointing, was far from shocking, seeing as rival platforms like Netflix and Disney+ rolled out similar policies before. Back in November, Wiedenfels said Max would begin shutting down password sharing, first […]

Finally, Threads Has Search Filters

Although Threads supposedly has many more users than Bluesky, the Meta-owned social network appears to be taking its competition seriously. After adding Bluesky inspired features such as the ability to pick your own default feed, Threads is now adding one more—a better search. Specifically, Threads now lets you search posts by date and from specific […]

Spotify Wrapped 2024 Is Here, and It’s All About AI

Spotify Wrapped 2024 is finally here—and not a moment too soon. It seems most of Spotify’s competition, including Apple Music, YouTube Music, and even Amazon Music, have already launched their annual recaps for 2024. But if you subscribe to the world’s most popular music streaming service, it’s your turn to recap your year in listening. […]

My Favorite Air Purifier Is Still on Sale After Cyber Monday

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. I was not necessarily in the market for a new air purifier when I went shopping last week, but as trips to Costco usually go, I left the bulk-shopping megastore with many unexpected wonders—one […]

How to Cast to a Roku From Your Phone

One of the main selling points of Roku streaming devices and televisions is that they support such a wide range of apps and services—but you’re not limited to the apps you can install directly via the streamer. You can also beam content to your Roku directly from an iPhone or Android device. As long as […]

This iPhone and Mac App Lets You Edit Your Bluesky Posts

If you’re one of the 24 million or so people who have joined Bluesky, the upstart rival to Elon Musk’s X that has exploded in popularity since the Nov. 6 election, you may be reveling in all the ways it feels like “old Twitter.” You may also be lamenting some of those similarities, as the […]

You Now Have to Pay for Nintendo’s ‘Animal Crossing’ on Your Phone

Several months ago, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp players received some disappointing news: Nintendo announced that online service for the game would end on Thanksgiving Day, effectively ending users’ ability to play it.  “Since service began on November 21, 2017, for approximately seven years, we have been honored to see everyone’s lovely, diverse campsites grow and […]

Eight Emergency Kits You Need (and What to Put in Them)

We may earn a commission from links on this page. We all have emergencies on our minds, apparently—FEMA reports that more than 80% of Americans have gathered supplies for an emergency, and people are buying more emergency kits than ever before. Those kits plus an evacuation plan (and some basic knowledge of first aid) would […]

All the Gardening Tasks You Should Do in December

It’s December, and many of my gardener friends across the U.S. have yards blanketed in snow. In the Southwest, friends are just starting to get serious about vegetable gardening for the season, and here in the Pacific Northwest it’s been cold but without a lick of moisture, which is a welcome break. Piles of leaves […]