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5 Things You Might Not Know About Your Phone

Nifty tips to squeeze more juice out of a dying battery, how to properly hold your device, and why to save those big purchases for your laptop (the millennials are on to something!).

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What’s It Like to Live at the Edge of the World?

Dispatches from people living in and journeying to the ends of the Earth: befriending roombas at the South Pole, online shopping in remote islands, and spending 500 days alone in a cave.

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Tuesday, November 26
Rolling Stone

The 99 Best Movies of 1999, Ranked

From ‘Phantom Menace’ to ‘The Matrix,’ ‘Fight Club’ to ‘The Virgin Suicides’ — we rank the standouts of a truly outstanding year at the movies.

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The New Yorker

How Old Age Was Reborn

“The Golden Girls” reframed senior life as being about socializing and sex. But did the cultural narrative of advanced age as continued youth twist the dial too far?

Vanity Fair

What’s the Greatest TV Show of All Time?

On the penultimate episode of Still Watching, hosts Hillary Busis, Richard Lawson, and Chris Murphy hand out awards designating which programs deserve to be named the best drama, comedy, and reality series in television history.

GQ

Everybody Wants Adam Brody (Again)

Decades after ‘The O.C.’ made him an icon, the heartthrob-turned-character-actor stepped back into a romantic-TV lead—and found his audience waiting for him.

The New Yorker

A Revolution in How Robots Learn

A future generation of robots will not be programmed to complete specific tasks. Instead, they will use A.I. to teach themselves.

Lifehacker

‘PDF to Brainrot’ Is Certainly One Way to Study

Online learning sites are making PDF to brainrot generators that use current slang and brainrot style videos to help kids study. Do these things work? Do they help kids learn? I tested four popular PDF to brainrot sites to find out. (Spoiler: they’re terr

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