One of the most annoying aspects of Spotify's free tier is the ads. Every half hour or so, the service injects a bunch of ads that interrupt your listening. There are two ways to get rid of the ads: either pay for Spotify Premium, or use any of the Spotify ad blockers I've listed in this guide.Consider Spotify PremiumIf you can afford Spotify Premium,...

Car insurance is a necessity, but it's not one-size fits all. There's a minimum coverage required by your state, but that may not be enough to fully protect you financially. Purchasing more robust insurance with higher limits will provide greater peace of mind that you're covered if something goes wrong on the road. So, how much car insurance do you...

The 2000s, in some ways, feel, culturally, neither here nor there: They don’t have the strong neon vibe we associate with the 1980s, and lack the grunge appeal of the ‘90s. There’s plenty to appreciate, however, in movies over the decade that was bookended by blockbusters: Lord of the Rings in the early years, and Iron Man, Dark Knight, and Avatar at...

You can get this KitchenAid food chopper on sale for $49.99 right now (reg. $119.99). It has a 3.5-cup capacity, two speed levels, and one-touch operation, great for dicing, meal prep, dressings, and dips. You can use the top’s opening to add liquids while you use the chopper, and the BPA-free container and stainless steel blade are dishwasher safe....

Social media platform TikTok's misinformation policy is fairly robust, at least on paper. It explicitly bans content that contains "medical misinformation about vaccines or abortion" and "misinformation about voting," as well as a general prohibition on content that "undermines public trust." (You have to go to Twitter/X for that kind of thing.) But...

While one point of gardening is to be enjoying the great outdoors, using tech doesn’t take anything away from that. In fact, I’d argue it enables being outside, because you don’t have to be tethered to paperwork or books—all you need is on your phone or tablet. Although I had long embraced using spreadsheets for charting what I was planting in seed...