Monthly Archives: December 2020
How to get in-stock alerts for everything from toilet paper to a PS5
Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better. During the great toilet paper and Purell shortage of 2020, my savior was Nowinstock.net. As coronavirus cases crippled the U.S. in the spring, cleaning wipes and soap were also hard to get online and in store. With store shelves left […]
Emily Blunt's 'Wild Mountain Thyme' might secretly be the strangest movie of 2020
Good new movies aren’t hard to come by, even in a year as strange as 2020, and neither are bad ones. But it’s not every week you stumble upon a film so baffling that you forget about “good” or “bad” completely, and know only that you need to talk about it immediately with anyone you […]
Apple's MagSafe Duo, which comes without power adapter, isn't compatible with Apple's 29W adapter
Here’s the problem with shipping phones and other gadgets, which inevitably must be plugged into a socket at some point, without a power adapter: technology advances, standards change, and often times your old power adapter won’t work with the new device. Case in point: Apple’s own MagSafe Duo charger, which (amazingly, for a charger) comes […]
Save on an 8-piece entertainment bundle (that includes PlayStation Plus)
TL;DR: For introverts, gamers, and movie lovers, gift the Entertainment & Streaming Mini Bundle Ft. PlayStation Plus, which is on sale for $129.99 as of Dec. 11. What do you get for the person who has everything? A jam-packed entertainment bundle full of boredom-busting apps and subscriptions. For a limited time, you can snag eight […]
Taylor Swift announces new album 'evermore' dropping tonight. Yes, another one!
Taylor Swift is good to us. She really is. The Grammy-winning singer announced on Thursday she’s releasing her ninth studio album, evermore at midnight ET on Thursday night. The new album, Swift wrote on Twitter, is the sister album to her eighth album folklore — which was also announced as a surprise album in July […]
Instagram and Facebook users report messaging issues
Can’t use Messenger right now? It’s not just you. Users reported issues using Facebook and Instagram on Thursday morning, particularly regarding the messaging services of each platform. Reports began around 9:30 a.m. GMT for users primarily in Europe both also in other parts of the globe, according to Down Detector (owned by Mashable’s parent company, […]
5G is getting faster, but the U.S. is lagging behind
5G is catching on quickly. According to a new report by Speedtest, the next-gen mobile network has seen major adoption this year. 5G has also gotten a lot faster, though speeds vary tremendously depending on where you live. Based on more than 60.5 million Speedtest results from the third quarter of 2020, the report shows […]
15 Netflix original TV series and movies we loved in 2020
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Why Americans need to join the electric kettle fan club
Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better. Much like its healthcare, the U.S. kitchen is woefully incomplete by international standards. As beautiful as your Caesarstone countertops, ice-making fridges, and windowsill herb gardens may be, American cooking spaces lag significantly behind in functionality. This isn’t due to factors […]
Myst’s Oculus Quest makeover is the coolest way to revisit this classic
Ditch that CD-ROM drive and CRT monitor — you don’t need them to play Myst anymore. Well, to be fair, you haven’t needed them for a while. 1991’s island-based puzzle box Myst has been remade and re-released what feels like 20 times now across a variety of platforms, but none of those iterations have truly […]