How to Clean a Toaster Oven: Tips and Tricks
Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Add vinegar to dish soap for extra degreasing: Need a meaner substance? You don’t want to use it all the time, but vinegar does help degrease a pan or an oven when simple elbow grease won’t do. And while it’s a little harsher than basic dish soap, it won’t do a lot […]
How to Clean Everything On Your Bed (2025)
If you use a duvet cover over your comforter instead of a top sheet, Holliday-Bell says washing it every two to four weeks along with your comforter is typically sufficient, depending on your personal preference and usage. I know it’s tempting to leave your duvet cover in place for months at a time since they’re […]
How to Arrange Your Room for the Best Sleep
Rohrscheib also suggests keeping your sleeping area away from vents, since sudden temperature changes can make you too warm or too cool during the night, which can increase ”sleep fragmentation and restlessness.” When it comes to electronics, experts say you should consider removing them completely from your room. That includes TVs, smartphones, tablets, and laptops. […]
How to Get Windows Games Working on a Mac
There are all kinds of reasons to prefer Macs over Windows-based PCs. Gaming isn’t one of them. That isn’t to say that you can’t game on a Mac—modern Apple Silicon computers are fairly powerful. The problem is that many popular games don’t offer downloads that will run natively on a Mac. Search the Mac App […]
How to Create a Recovery USB Drive to Fix Your Computer
The process of creating the USB recovery drive can take some time—about two hours based on my testing, though the speed of your system and USB drive will play a part in that—and you’ll see a message on screen when the job is done. When your recovery USB drive is called upon, you need to […]
Anietie Aliu, PhD, discusses how to improve breast cancer screening disparities
In a recent interview with Contemporary OB/GYN, Anietie Aliu, PhD, from the University of Surrey, highlighted a study evaluating racial disparities in breast cancer screening and how these issues might be alleviated. The study reviewed various research articles to identify barriers that Black women face in accessing breast cancer screening and examined the effectiveness of […]
Google Calendar Malware Is on the Rise. Here’s How To Stay Safe
While software makers and app developers continue to make their wares safer and less open to attack, you can never get complacent with digital security—and you need to be aware of all the different methods of attack that bad actors use to get at your accounts. Those methods include targeting Google Calendar: An app so […]
How To Get Rid Of Clothes Moths And Protect Your Wardrobe
AMIT ISRAELI Tips to get rid of clothes moths 1. Deep clean your wardrobe Moths like undisturbed corners that are dark and warm. Remove everything from your wardrobe, vacuum all the corners and drawers, and wipe all your surfaces with a detergent-soaked cloth to kill off larvae. Then wash all of your clothes (and curtains […]
Does Chocolate Go Bad? How to Store It, Freeze it, and Ship It
If you’re keeping your bonbons much more than a week before eating, this is when we start talking about fridges and freezers. Nothing That Isn’t Cold Can Stay “I rarely advise my customers to refrigerate or freeze their bonbons, but it’s not because it can’t be done. It’s more that it requires a few steps […]
How to Turn Off Apple Intelligence on an iPhone, iPad, and Mac
apple Intelligence isn’t as big a success story as Apple may have expected. The suite of artificial intelligence features—introduced late in 2024 in iOS 18.1—has received mixed reactions. Some capabilities, like automatically transcribing voice notes and recordings, creating custom emojis, and proofreading, are handy. Others not so much. Apple came under fire for inaccurate notification […]