These Are the Best Smart (and Dumb) Bathroom Scales

Keeping track of what you weigh is pretty important, even though there arereasonable arguments againstkeeping track of ittoomuch. Here are some great ones. The price is accessible, but it still comes with a ton of features. It’spopular on Reddit, where users praise it for helping them get over scale anxiety. It’s a versatile option that’s great for small bathrooms. The best cheap scales Don’t need the bells and whistles? ThisGE digital scale($21....

April 5, 2024 · 1 min · 79 words · Jennifer Bradford

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Friday, April 5, 2024

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Green category - To hang on to. Blue category - Words you say as you sniff and taste. Purple category - Wordplay with elements....

April 5, 2024 · 3 min · 442 words · Stephen Anderson

Ways to Stay Safe (and Impress Your Coworkers), According to Former CIA Agent

That’s how we need to be. I use a flip phone, and I’ve never sent a text message in my life. Hanson isn’t advising adopting the hyper-vigilant lifestyle of spies in war zonesjust basic situational awareness. One time I was almost kidnapped," Hanson said. They look at me. I look at them. Well, as soon as I saw that, I turned the other way and took off running. Listen, you donotwant to be in a fight, Hanson said....

April 5, 2024 · 2 min · 303 words · Sarah Griffin

How to Fact Check Google’s Gemini AI

As we are learning, artificial intelligence chatbots like Gemini can be mighty powerful. They can also bevery wrong. Gemini is a helpful research tool that can generate ideas and data. However, before you roll playing with Gemini, remember the golden rule of fact-findingconsider the source. Also, know the second rule:AI chatbots aren’t search engines. Throw in sophisticated reasoning, and you have an extraordinary bank of information. But begin your fishing expedition with skepticism because the first-generation multi-modal engine is far from perfect....

April 4, 2024 · 2 min · 389 words · Gene Johns

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Thursday, April 4, 2024

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Were about to give away some of the answers. Scroll slowly if you dont want the whole thing spoiled. (The full solution is a bit further down....

April 4, 2024 · 2 min · 345 words · John King

How to Choose Between Target-Date Funds and Index Funds

While both aim to grow your nest egg over the long term, they go about it quite differently. What is a target-date fund? The fund starts out aggressively invested in stocks when you are younger. As you approach the target retirement year (i.e. The funds remove the need for manual portfolio rebalancing and asset allocation shifts over time. You simply choose a fund with the target year closest to when you expect to retire....

April 3, 2024 · 2 min · 245 words · Sean Kaiser

How to Take a Picture of a Solar Eclipse With Your iPhone

Still, an amateur with a iPhone can take pretty good snaps of the eclipse with the right preparation. That’s true for some cameras, but your iPhone should be fine, orso Apple says. For best results, you have to prepare a bit, and maybe get some gear. This will eliminate the glare that can ruin any picture of the sun. Eclipses don’t happen every day, so you don’t want to muck it up by going handheld....

April 3, 2024 · 2 min · 233 words · Joshua Wheeler

The Best Apps to Keep Your Spring Cleaning On Track

(All apps are available for both iOS and Android, unless otherwise noted.) There are also game options, where you compete against in-app characters to earn points by cleaning. Android|iOS The best for scheduling: Sweepy Dont know what to do? Dont know where to start?Sweepywidely belovedby cleaning geeks around the internetgenerates a schedule for you every day. Get it done and you get the money back. If you struggle with the motivation to clean, this might be your way out....

April 3, 2024 · 1 min · 121 words · Megan Scott

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, April 3, 2024

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Green category - What you do after someone deals. Blue category - Something you might obsess about in the mirror. Purple category - Labels on a half-legible map, maybe....

April 3, 2024 · 2 min · 415 words · Kevin Martinez

How to Start Your Own Podcast

Its easy to assume they are easy to produce because most are audio only, but dont be fooled. They can take a lot of time to put together, especially when youre first starting out. Also, podcasts do best when theyre released consistently. Podcasting can be fun work, but its still work, and should be treated as such. Pick a format There area variety of common podcast formats, from co-hosted conversations to interview shows....

April 2, 2024 · 7 min · 1394 words · Stephen Young

Today's NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Tuesday, April 2, 2024

If you want an easy way to come back to our Connections hints every day,bookmark this page. Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Connections answers. And farther down the page, Ill reveal the themes and the answers. Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need! Green category - Serpentine. Blue category - A classic fairy tale. Purple category - Delicious with the right sauce. BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Connections puzzle!...

April 2, 2024 · 3 min · 443 words · Lori Benson

10 Ways Listening to Your Health Apps Can Backfire (and What to Do Instead)

This post is part ofFind Your Fit Tech, Lifehacker’s fitness wearables buying guide. Here are a 10 ways your fitness apps can steer you wrong, and what to do instead. From those two numbers, the little chips in your phone cant help but calculate your pace. Im running 12-minute miles?! you might say as you check your watch. Well, next time Ill have to run faster. The real workout starts when the warmup ends....

April 1, 2024 · 3 min · 489 words · Charles Harrison

5 Times Weather Played Foul For An Invading Army

A dejected Napoleon retreats from Moscow after failing to capture it during the French invasion of Russia in 1812. Oil on canvas by Adolph Northen, 1851. Napoleon’s army during a blizzard. Painting by Vasily Vereshchagin. French retreat from Russia. Painting by Illarion Pryanishnikov. The sudden conflagration caused a wave of panic to descend over the Armada. It had lost more ships and men to cold and stormy weather than in direct combat....

April 1, 2024 · 2 min · 392 words · James Williams