It’s that time of year again: Warm-weather adventures have shifted to cozy winter evenings at home with a warm blanket and your favorite movie. Colder nights also mean the holidays are here, and for many, that requires a tighter budget as they buy gifts and travel to visit family. If […]
Time to deck the halls, folks, because December 1 is National Christmas Lights Day! Before the invention of electric lights, families would balance candles on the branches of their Christmas trees—a risky practice that naturally led to several house fires. Electric Christmas lights were first invented in 1880 by Thomas […]
One unfortunate side-effect of our modern buy-everything-online lifestyle: package theft. A box or pile of boxes left sitting on your front stoop makes an easy target for “porch pirates,” some of whom follow delivery trucks and scoop up packages moments after they’re dropped off. This has turned into a serious […]
Black Friday is best known for dirt-cheap TV deals, but what if the TV you already own just needs a little help getting into the Internet age? Lucky for you, the companies that sell TV media streamers are also doing the Black Friday discount dance. Updated: Deals and availability confirmed on Thursday, Nov. 22, 6:32 […]
This summer, Vermont made headlines when it announced plans to start paying remote workers $10,000 to move to the state. Now, a U.S. city wants in on the action, too. A new program — Tulsa Remote — will pay remote workers $10,000 to move to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a year. […]
Everyone wants to get in on Black Friday this year, and T-Mobile is no exception. Looks like the majority of T-Mobile’s deals will include a few extra lines you need to be aware of that tie you to the carrier, but that’s to be expected. The deals still include some […]
NASA has sent a number of high-tech robots to the Red Planet already, but we don’t normally hear about how things like entry and landing went until after the fact. That’s going to change with the entry of the InSight lander, which is scheduled to touch down on Mars on […]
Calling an Uber or Lyft used to be like choosing between Pepsi and Coke—you decide which one you like, and fall back on the other if it’s the only choice available. Now both companies want riders to feel committed to a favorite, thanks to new loyalty rewards programs. The programs […]
Hackers siphoned off thousands of Healthcare.gov applications by breaking into the accounts of brokers and agents tasked with helping customers sign up for healthcare plans. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a post buried on its website that the hackers obtained “inappropriate access” to a number of […]
You may want to experiment with a Thanksgiving lunch instead of Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22. Best Buy and Walmart have both announced that their in-store Black Friday sales will kick off on the evening of Thanksgiving Day. Best Buy will open its stores from 5 p.m. local time on […]
