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There are about a thousand different ways you can try to repel mosquitoes, but in my experience, very few of them are 100% effective — and the ones that are shouldn’t live on or near your skin every day. You can’t always control when you’re going to get bit, but there are a couple of … Read more

Amazon is extending its Prime Day deals this weekend (you can see our favorite deals here) and what’s even more exciting is that these offers are now available to everyone, including non-Prime members. This presents a fantastic opportunity to grab the highly anticipated LEGO Star Wars 2024 Advent Calendar which is currently a best-seller in … Read more

Electric cargo bicycles come in two configurations. The first are front-loader bikes, also known as bakfiets or Long Johns, which suspend a cargo box between the rider and the front wheel. The other layout is a midtail or longtail, which extends the rear end of the bicycle to accommodate more bodies and gear. Both shapes … Read more

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who … Read more

Meta has a suggestion for folks like me who forgot to go outside and look at the Northern Lights on Thursday night: just use AI to fake it! But Threads users who replied to Meta’s idea, posted along with three AI-generated images of the Aurora Borealis Meta last night, seem to disagree. The images show … Read more

Japan’s startup sector, despite being one of the biggest in the world, has lagged behind other regions like the U.S., China, and the U.K., in terms of the number of unicorns and the scale of venture capital investment. For years, an aging population, overall economic deflation, and salarymen’s inclination to work at traditional, big corporations … Read more

As part of the antitrust action against Google, the Department of Justice has proposed a remedy that would split Android and Chrome away from Google. This is because Google was found to be abusing monopoly powers during the trial in August 2024. I agree that Google abuses its power, and severe penalties should be imposed … Read more

Peek inside the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, and you’ll spot an Exynos 2400e processor. While hardly remarkable for global audiences, Exynos on US soil is somewhat of a rarity — you’ll have to go back to the Galaxy Note 5 and S6 era for the chip’s previous appearances. The US is home turf for Qualcomm’s … Read more

“Boeing said Friday it will cull 10 percent of its workforce — roughly 17,000 jobs,” reports the Washington Post, “as the aviation giant grapples with mounting losses and manufacturing disruptions amid a machinists strike that has dragged into a fifth week.” Executives, managers and production employees will be affected by the cuts, chief executive Kelly … Read more

Things are firming up for a big Halloween week for Apple, with the company’s next operating system updates reportedly coming early in the week and hardware launches coming a few days later. Ahead of those hardware launches, we’ve recently seen what appears to be one of the most significant physical product leaks in years, while … Read more