Telegram is one of the world's most popular messaging apps, but many of its privacy features, like end-to-end encrypted chats, aren't actually enabled by default. Not only are these features a bit buried, there are also ways to control what personal information of yours Telegram users can see, such as old profile pictures. If you use Telegram regularly,...

From the earliest days of cinema history, cartoons were never just for kids, and it’s important not to confuse the medium with a genre. Animation has produced movies that are charming, romantic, harrowing, musical, magical, dystopian, funny...and pretty much every other adjective you might use to describe a story that you’d find in a live-action. That...

I get some recipe inspiration from food blogs and bizarre social media trends, but I have a particular fondness for poring through culinary magazines from other countries. Can I read all the languages? Well, I can read the spirit of the food (and a translation app doesn’t hurt). One of my favorites, La Cucina Italiana, included a pasta recipe recently...

If I seem to yap about the Pareto principle a lot, it’s only because it’s so widely applicable. Also known as the 80/20 rule, the principle essentially says that 80% of results come from 20% of your effort, which is valuable to keep in mind when planning your to-do list or studying for a test. It means you can focus on the basics, get rid of anything...

We humans go to a lot of trouble to keep our plants healthy indoors. And while some of us often jokingly think of greenery as our “plant-babies,” plants and humans are very different organisms. While humans may benefit from using coconut oil as a moisturizer, plants do not derive from the same benefits from it, whatever the collected wisdom of the internet...

You can get these Mezzo bone-conduction headphones on sale for $39.96 right now (reg. $69.95) using the promo code MEZZO. They rest over your ears while bone-conduction technology sends sound waves to your inner ear, allowing you to stay aware of your surroundings without disturbing anyone around you. It comes with a dynamic sound range with deep bass,...