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Intricate network of tree roots and moss on a forest hillside, showcasing nature's resilience.

Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots

Close-up of glowing jellyfish swimming gracefully in deep green ocean waters.

A species of jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii can revert its adult cells back to a juvenile polyp stage when injured or starving, effectively restarting its life cycle, and biologists have so far failed to identify any natural limit to how many times it can do this.

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A Japanese man named Jiroemon Kimura, who lived to 116, was born in 1897 when Queen Victoria still ruled and died in 2013, meaning a single human life personally overlapped with the invention of the airplane, the atomic bomb, the internet, and Instagram

A lively view of Hollywood Boulevard with iconic landmarks and busy street life under a clear sky.

The Hollywood sign originally read HOLLYWOODLAND when it was built in 1923 as a real estate advertisement for a housing development, and it was only meant to stand for 18 months, but nobody ever got around to taking it down and the city eventually adopted it as a landmark

Almost all of the world’s internet traffic does not travel by satellite but through fibre-optic cables lying on the ocean floor, a hidden web of wires crossing the deepest parts of the sea to connect the continents.

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WinX DVD Ripper: Quickly Rip and Digitize DVDs

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I Just Replaced Adobe Illustrator With This Browser Based Alternative

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Use Pake to Turn Websites Into Desktop Apps — No Bloat, No Browser Dependency

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VideoProc Converter AI: Easy 1-Stop AI Video, Image, Audio Tool

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Stop Using Capcut! This Secret Open-Source Browser App Is a Video-Editing Beast

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How to Use WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Desktop in 2026

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Discord Botched Age Verification – Here’s How They’re Fixing It

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How to Download Videos from X (Formerly Twitter)

How To Fix Snapchat’s Most Annoying Audio Glitches

Snapchat Audio Driving You Crazy? Here’s the Rapid Fix

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How to Hide Telegram Chats Without Permanently Deleting Them

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In the early 1980s, a Dutch radio broadcaster figured out how to transmit video games over standard commercial radio broadcasts — and teenagers across Europe would sit with blank cassette tapes waiting for the local station to broadcast a series of high-pitched squeaks and buzzes that they could record and load into their home computers

Sony’s PlayStation 2 was so computationally advanced when it launched in 2000 that the government of Iraq reportedly imported over 4,000 of the gaming consoles — sparking an intense military investigation over fears that the systems would be chained together to build a crude, low-cost supercomputer capable of guiding long-range missiles

The legendary video game Pac-Man doesn’t actually have an ending—instead, a single 8-bit integer overflow bug causes the game’s internal counter to glitch out at Level 256, violently corrupting the right half of the screen into a chaotic mess of random symbols and rendering the final stage completely unplayable.

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How to Play The Legend of Zelda on PC

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What Is NVIDIA DLSS? Upscaling and DLSS Alternatives Explained

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Apple has quietly become the largest watchmaker in the world by unit sales, shipping more than twice as many watches as the entire Swiss industry combined — but the Swiss industry, which dismissed the Apple Watch in 2015, has discovered something more interesting: they’ve held onto the high end, and Rolex alone is now closing in on Apple Watch by revenue

Why You Need A Travel Router For Public Wi Fi (and How To Set It Up)

Why a Travel Router is the Best Investment for Your Next Trip

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9 Ways to Repurpose Your Old Tablets and Put Them to Good Use

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11 Ways to Repurpose Old Phones

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I Finally Moved Away From My Synology NAS, and I Don’t Miss It

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How to Record Your Computer Screen Using YouTube

Did you know that with a quick tweak you can use YouTube to record your computer screen? Keep reading to see how it works.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 16, 2016

How to Disable Web Push Notifications in Firefox

How to Disable Web Push Notifications in Firefox

Firefox now has the ability to receive desktop-style web push notifications from select websites. For those who find it annoying, here’s how to disable web push notifications in Firefox.

By Derrik Diener – Aug 15, 2016

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How to Set an Expiry Date for Google Drive Share Links

Looking for a way to share files in Google Drive for a limited time? This script allows you to set an expiry date for Google Drive share links.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 15, 2016

DuckDuckGo Search Tips You Should Know to Boost Productivity

12 DuckDuckGo Search Tips You Should Know to Boost Productivity

Whether you’re a new or experienced DuckDuckGo user, you may want to boost your productivity. Here are some DuckDuckGo search tips you should know.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 14, 2016

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How to Block All Mentions of Pokemon Go on Facebook

Are you frustrated that Pokemon Go is filling up your Facebook feed? Here’s how you can block all mentions of Pokemon Go in Facebook.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 13, 2016

5 Ways to Get a Better Deal from Your ISP and Lower Your Internet Bill

If the price of your Internet continues to rise every year, follow these five tips to get a better deal from your ISP and lower your Internet bill.

By Cosette Jarrett – Aug 12, 2016

How to Install Extensions in Microsoft Edge Browser

Microsoft added extension support for the Edge browser in its Anniversary Update. Here is how you can install extensions in Microsoft Edge.

By Vamsi Krishna – Aug 12, 2016

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Save and Restore Browser Sessions in Chrome, Firefox and Vivaldi

Ever wanted to save a set of browser tabs and return to them later? Here’s how to save and restore browser sessions in Chrome, Firefox, and Vivaldi.

By Ayo Isaiah – Aug 11, 2016

Open the Current Tab in Incognito Mode in Chrome [Quick Tips]

How to Open the Current Tab in Incognito Mode in Chrome

Looking for an easy way to open the current tab in Incognito mode in Chrome? If so, this extension is one you’ll want to install right away!

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 10, 2016

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MTE Explains: Full-Width Text on the Internet and Its Origins

Ever noticed full-width text “L I K E T H I S” on the Internet? There’s a lot more going on than you might think. Let’s discuss the origins of this trend.

By Paul Ferson – Aug 9, 2016

How to Turn Off Facebook Live Notifications [Quick Tips]

How to Turn Facebook Live Notifications Off [Quick Tips]

If you’re tired of seeing Facebook Live Notifications while browsing Facebook, here’s a quick tip to help you disable them right from the website.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 8, 2016

How to Log Out of a Number of Websites at Once [Quick Tips]

How to Log Out of Multiple Websites at Once [Quick Tips]

Want to log out of multiple websites at once? Super Logout is a website that lets you log out of dozens of sites at once. Check it out.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 7, 2016

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Apply Prisma Effects to Your Photos from Your Desktop

Prisma is an app that uses artificial intelligence to apply filters to photos. Here’s how to apply Prisma effects from your desktop using Telegram.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 7, 2016

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How to Save the Browsing History of Incognito Mode in Chrome

Sometimes you just need to save your browsing history in Chrome while in incognito mode. This is how you can save the browsing history of an incognito session.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 6, 2016

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How to Improve Your WordPress Password Security with bcrypt Hashing Algorithm

By default, WordPress is using MD5 hashing to protect your password. Here is how you can improve WordPress password security by using bcrypt hashing.

By Damien Oh – Aug 5, 2016

Zoho Notebook - Yet Another Beautiful Note Taking App for iOS

Zoho Notebook: A Beautiful Alternative to Evernote Note-Taking App

Looking for an Evernote alternative thanks to their not-so-user-friendly policy update? Zoho Notebook for iOS is a great contender and has better features.

By Jeffry Thurana – Aug 4, 2016

Are Ad Blockers Bad for Consumers?

Many people are using ad blockers to block ads. The question is will publishers be hurt by ad blockers and will users suffer as well?

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez – Aug 3, 2016

How to Open Google Chrome Settings in a New Window [Quick Tips]

How to Open Google Chrome Settings in a New Window [Quick Tips]

Want Google Chrome Settings to open in a new window instead of a new tab? This quick tip will show you how to do so by modifying a flag.

By Mahesh Makvana – Aug 3, 2016

Manage Your Docker Images in Google Chrome with Simple Docker UI

Manage Your Docker Images in Google Chrome with Simple Docker UI

Simple Docker UI is a Chrome-based app that allows you to install, manage and tweak Docker images. Here’s how to install, set up and use it.

By Derrik Diener – Aug 3, 2016

Organize Chrome Extension Buttons to Suit Your Preference

Organize Chrome Extension Buttons to Suit Your Preferences

Are your Chrome extension buttons out of control? If you’re using a lot of extensions, here’s how to rearrange and organize Chrome extension buttons as desired.

By Karrar Haider – Aug 1, 2016

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When Sony shipped the first Walkman in 1979, chairman Akio Morita insisted on a second headphone jack and a “hotline” talk button, convinced it would be rude for one person to listen to music alone — and within a few years buyers had ignored the sociable features so completely that Sony quietly dropped them

Jun 15, 2026

Russia still custom-builds the Soyuz return seats for ISS crew members using plaster casts taken weeks before launch, because astronauts grow as much as five centimetres taller during a long-duration stay and a seat moulded to their Earth-shaped spine would no longer fit the body that comes home

Jun 12, 2026

Mycorrhizal fungi colonised plant roots roughly 450 million years ago and biologists now suspect plants could never have moved out of the oceans onto bare rock without them, meaning every forest on Earth — including the redwoods, the Amazon, and the boreal belt — is still running on a partnership older than trees themselves

Jun 11, 2026

Close-up of a young adult using a smartphone outdoors, highlighting modern technology and connectivity.

The “CrackBerry” nickname stuck for a reason — and the variable-reward psychology that hooked early-2000s executives on their BlackBerrys is the exact same machinery now running every push notification on every smartphone in your pocket

Jun 11, 2026

Intricate network of tree roots and moss on a forest hillside, showcasing nature's resilience.

Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots

Jun 10, 2026

Close-up of glowing jellyfish swimming gracefully in deep green ocean waters.

A species of jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii can revert its adult cells back to a juvenile polyp stage when injured or starving, effectively restarting its life cycle, and biologists have so far failed to identify any natural limit to how many times it can do this.

Jun 10, 2026

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