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How to Take Control of Your News Feed With Google’s Preferred Sources Feature

Follow these steps to add your favorite sites (like Mental Floss) to your Preferred Sources list.

AOL Is Finally Pulling the Plug on Its Dial-Up Internet Service

How Your Android Phone Can Alert You to Earthquakes Before You Feel Them

7-Eleven’s New Delivery Robots Are Using Public Transportation in China

7 Retro Toys From the Atomic Age

From a dollhouse with a nuclear bunker to an atomic energy lab with real uranium, some of these toys from the ‘50s and ‘60s have us scratching our heads.

When Nintendo’s Game Boy Helped Video Games Grow Up

Despite its name, the Game Boy's mission was to lure adults into the world of video games.

12 Facts About the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Eighty years after the first—and only—deployment of atomic bombs, here’s a look back at one of history’s most devastating acts of war.

Computers

Definition Detective Quiz #51: Guess the Meanings of These Obscure Words

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

The 20 Most Commonly Confused Word Pairs in America, According to Google Data

If you’ve ever Googled any of these words to figure out the difference between them, you are far from alone.

What’s an ‘Egress’ Window—And Why Is It Important?

Brushing up on some boring window terminology could mean the difference between life and death. (Seriously.)

Definition Detective Quiz #50: Guess the Meanings of These Obscure Words

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

Map Shows the Hardest to Pronounce Town Name in Every U.S. State

You’re probably botching a few of these—read on to find out how to say them correctly.

The Right Way to Pronounce ‘Gyro’

If you ask for a “jye-roh” in Greece, prepare to get some funny looks.

Definition Detective Quiz #49

We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?

Why Are Police Officers Called “Cops”?

Cutting down on syllables is just one reason ‘cop’ became synonymous with ‘police officer.’

Phones

You’re Probably Charging Your Phone Wrong

Discover the truth behind some of the biggest smartphone battery myths, like whether charging your phone fully—or overnight—is actually as bad as some tech experts suggest.