Google is set to release Chrome 97, the next update for the company’s popular desktop and mobile browser. The update comes just under two months after Chrome 96, and with it, brings some interesting changes to the browser. While most of these concern developers, day-to-day users will notice a few fun features, as well.
The highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to drive a surge of infections across the country. According to the CDC’s COVID data tracker, the seven-day average for COVID-19 hospitalizations increased by more than 40% during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. And in light of this current wave, many…
“Dry January”—like its sister month, “Sober October”—is, for me, marked by a sudden influx of annoying PR emails: seltzer, soda, tea, and juice brands fill my inbox with all sorts of beverage “recipes” aimed at people who are trying not to drink. Most of them are elaborate, but knowing how to make a fancy mocktail isn’…
Without diving too deeply into the divided responses to Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections, it’s clear that late sequels are becoming increasingly the norm. If a once-popular property can be revived, it will be, if there’s even a single cast member still alive (though technology, I suppose, is making even that…
The new Netflix movie Don’t Look Up has generated some...strong responses from critics and social media. The quickly moving zeitgeist has shifted from its initial assessment (“It’s bad!”), to more measured takes that praise the film’s unique virtues, to hyperbolic promises that it will serve as a watershed moment in…
Toilets are funny things. When we have easy access to a clean, working one, we don’t think about them too much. But when we’re stuck someplace without one, toilets quickly become an obsession—and when one in your home malfunctions, it is promoted to The Most Important Thing in Your Life, Currently. You simply haven’t…
For lawn care and all manner of outdoor (and indoor) DIY projects, your shed is often your main storage vessel. All those tools and materials can get pretty spendy, though—especially if you’re buying it all new. Luckily, there are plenty of used items you can snag that are still good quality and save you the sticker…