A few months ago, my colleague Ana Suarez wrote about her prized shoe rack from Amazon. For me, this blog was Good, because a) I, like Ana, love shoes and own a lot of them, and b) I love organization even more. Alas, even though I already had my own six-shelf shoe rack and an over-the-door shoe holder, a significant…

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Recently, a stalker found and attacked a Japanese pop star, in part by using an eye reflection to figure out what train station she uses. (He then waited for her at the train station and followed her home.) This got us wondering: how easy is it to get clues about somebody’s location from their selfies?

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Landlords usually have one big question when you inquire about a rental: Do you have enough money to pay for it? Coughing up your last pay stub is often enough to convince the powers that be that you’re responsible enough to pay the rent each month, and some landlords even spell out the minimum monthly income they…

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Besides forcing society to examine what comedy really is, TikTok drives all sorts of discourse, both political and not. But after one user posted a behind-the-scenes look, it has people talking about Panera’s macaroni and cheese, which is reheated from a frozen state to a servile temperature in—horror of…

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We all knew Google would announce its Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL during today’s Made by Google 2019 event, but the company showed off a handful of other devices, too: a new Pixelbook Go laptop, an update to the Pixel Buds wireless earphones, and a new Nest smarthome speaker (and mesh wifi system).

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