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There’s a bit of everything going on this week on the young people’s Internet, from popular YouTubers vying to date a robot, to the surprisingly profitable enterprise of smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups across international borders, to stanning for a free streaming service you’re probably overlooking. There’s also a cat in a blender, but I don’t want…

Sometimes you just don’t know what you’re missing. For years I thought I was a maximally efficient suitcase-packer, and scoffed at packing cubes. How could they possibly improve upon what I’m already doing? But one day I got a set, and realized I’d been living like a fool. If you’d like to have a similar…

TikTok is the app in the U.S. right now. There’s a good chance you use it yourself. (Perhaps you just broke away from a binge to come read this article.) But the app’s fate, in the U.S. at least, is uncertain: Lawmakers seem poised, if not ravenous, to either force a sale of the app…

If you’re struggling to find the motivation to clean your home, you can turn to specific methods, inspiration, and checklists—or you can look within yourself. Well, maybe not within yourself, but at yourself. One Redditor suggests filming a time-lapse of yourself as you go, and here’s why. “It can be very satisfying and motivational to watch…

Real space exploration takes a long time. Pluto is roughly 10 years away from Earth, given you’re traveling on a speedy ship like New Horizons. The nearest planet outside our solar system, however, is about four lightyears away, which means it would take about 81,000 years to reach by New Horizons speeds. You’d need to…

One of the best parts of buying a new PC is deleting all the bloatware and replacing it with your favorite programs. Of course, you probably have a list of apps you install by default. But if you only stick with what you know, there are likely some hidden gems you’re missing out on. Here…

Photo: JKstock (Shutterstock)Scrivener 3 is giving their lifetime subscription for 50% off until March 2—both Mac and Windows user can get the program for $30. If you haven’t heard of Scrivener before, it’s a popular writing software that makes writing a lot more structured and easy to organize.What is Scrivener 3?Scrivener Review 2021: #1 Best…

Photo: dezy (Shutterstock)Planning a date for Valentine’s Day is tricky. You want it to be special, but roses and a reservation feels cliché. Stay in and cook dinner together if you want—but if you’re looking to get out and do something a little different this year, we’ve got some ideas to get you started.(On the…

Photo: Farknot Architect (Shutterstock)On a Mac, there are plenty of video editors that will happily take your money. But for simple editing, you don’t need to spend a dime. There’s iMovie, of course, which offers enough tools to chop together a video. But for the simplest of edits, don’t bother: You can, instead, use QuickTime…

Photo: Gorodenkoff (Shutterstock)Love it or hate it, you can’t deny: TikTok is addicting. What makes it so addicting isn’t necessarily the quality of the videos (although there are plenty of great ones). Rather, it’s the impressive algorithm that quickly learns what you like and delivers you relevant videos one after another. While many now get…