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Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer as the default Windows web browser back in 2015. Six years later, Microsoft is rather forcefully replacing that version of Edge with a newer model.

Big Bird blew some minds on Friday afternoon, but his cousin from Brazil was the day's unexpected star.

Former president Donald Trump fiercely advocated for getting rid of Section 230 in his final months in office. Now that Democrats control the White House and Congress, a few of them have proposed their own reforms to the landmark internet speech law.

If we've learned anything over the past year of pandemic-fueled social isolation, it's that our home internet stinks. Maybe it was never meant for everyone in the house to use it all day, every day. At the very least, it's easy to put a number on just how bad your internet is.

Elon Musk's satellite internet experiment Starlink is still in the primordial stages of development, but apparently people are already using it.

China has almost reached the red planet.

The Chinese probe Tianwen-1 is just days away from entering orbit around Mars. That means it's already close enough to get some pretty good looks at Earth's neighbor, and one of those early looks has been beamed back home and released by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA).

Image: CHINA NATIONAL SPACE ADMINISTRATION HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

The image was captured on Feb. 5 and released on Saturday. We know from CNSA's... Читать дальше...

There's a line in the movie Kicking and Screaming — the 1995, Noah Baumbach directed, postgrad coming-of-age film — where a character half-jokingly tells a friend, "I'm nostalgic for conversations I had yesterday."

Instagram is a fun social networking platform that's super-easy to simply open and use. But if you're up for a little bit of tinkering under the hood, there are some really nifty tips, tricks, hints, and hacks you can take advantage of to get even more out of the free service. 

With missions from three nations expected to reach the Red Planet this month, 2021 might be the most illuminating year in the history of Mars research.

Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching and you, dear reader, are single. After nearly a year of wafting through the waters of pandemic dating, the wormholes of Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, and all the other mainstay apps — you may be sick of it. 

If you have an opinion about whether children should attend in-person school prior to widespread vaccination against COVID-19, chances are you've already been vilified by someone, somewhere. 

If a deep spring cleaning wasn't on your to-do list this time last year, it almost certainly is now that you're stuck inside for the foreseeable future amid a global pandemic and a relatively harsh winter. We're talking scouring baseboards you haven't looked at in years, vacuuming windowsills, spot-cleaning your sofa, stripping your laundry, mopping that hard-to-reach spot behind your toilet — hell, even scrubbing out your dishwasher filter (thanks, TikTok). You're in the big leagues now, baby, and Lysol is your ace. Читать дальше...

The navigation on your phone is super useful, but constantly looking down to look at the map is dangerous. Upgrade your setup and enhance your driving experience with a car mount designed to keep your navigation app closer to eye level.

TL;DR: As of Feb. 6, Homvare Foam Rose Teddy Bears are an additional 15% off, with prices ranging from $42.49 to $63.74 when you use promo code VDAY2021.

TL;DR: Learn how to be a podcaster with the 2021 Start Your Podcast Bundle, on sale for 97% off. As of Feb. 6, get access to all 23 hours of podcasting content for only $29.99.

TL;DR: As of Feb. 6, get a pair of the highly-rated Beats Solo Pro headphones for only $159.99 — a 46% savings. 

TL;DR: Boost your artistic abilities with this Learn to Draw Comic Book Characters Bundle, on sale for 97% off. As of Feb. 6, get the full bundle for only $19.99.

SAVE 68%: A one-year subscription to CyberGhost VPN is on sale for £3.45 per month as of Feb. 6, saving you 68% on list price.

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TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Markup iOS Pro Lite is on sale for £36.60 as of Feb. 6, saving you 74% on list price.

We wouldn't go as far as to say that football can solve all of life's problems, but it can help with pretty much everything life throws at you. Feeling down? Watch a live game. Nervous? Catch up on last night's action. Bored? Watch highlights from your favourite match.

Parler wanted Donald Trump, and badly. 

The team behind the social media platform known for its far-right friendly approach to content moderation and, more recently, hosting issues, reportedly offered Trump a 40 percent ownership stake in the company. In exchange, the now-former president would've needed to primarily post to that site — giving other social media platforms, some of which (at least for now) banned him, short shrift. 

So reports BuzzFeed News, which writes that it remains... Читать дальше...

More and more apps have enabled end-to-end encryption, but what exactly is it, and why is the government trying to get around it? Read more...

Fresh off of receiving multiple Twitter bans, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is now testing the limits of other online platforms.

Google Maps can do so much more than get you from Point A to Point B. Here's how to maximize all that Maps has to offer.  Read more...