a blencher was any “person or thing employed to turn or frighten away”—a category that included scarecrows. The term comes from the Old English blench, meaning “to cheat, elude, turn aside.” ...

Is your old phone too old to trade in for a shiny new iPhone 16 or similar upgrade? If you won't get much cash back, take a moment to consider this popular alternative: Recruit your smartphone as ...

All you need is a quick app download and maybe a dedicated phone mount for placement, and your old phone can become a reliable home cam to watch over home offices, kids' rooms or play areas ...

You know him as country’s newest bad boy, but for this Cosmo Centerfold interview, the 29-year-old “Bar Song (Tipsy)” singer ...

However, you can quickly turn an old Android phone into a tracker by giving it the correct configurations and app, which will save you money and help reduce the world's electronic waste by ...

I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals ...

The mobile phone may be sweeping away the traditional wired phone, but that doesn’t change the fascinating history and technology of the older device. At [This Museum Is Not Obsolete] they have ...

That’s pretty old school. But we’re still tying things onto birds these days. Here’s some modern tech that uses sun-up/sun-down to track travel habits.

Instead, you'd let your fingers do the walking right over to that heavy, dusty Yellow Pages—you know ... the tool we used to navigate and now are more likely to frame and use as old-timey art. Almost ...

Beyonce showed off her new Marilyn Monroe-inspired haircut while supporting her mom, Tina Knowles, at the 2024 Glamour Women ...

full of trinkets both historic and old-timey tacky. But now this frequent Best of Denver winner is in danger of being closed and redeveloped by the city, unless Denver residents prove they can't ...

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