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How to Prepare Your Home and Family for Wildfires
Clear away combustibles. Keep flammable materials at least 5 feet from your home and 30 feet from decks, overhangs, and wood piles. Avoid outdoor furniture that easily catches fire, like wicker or untreated hardwood. For more ideas, check out this CalFire guide on creating a defensible space. Keep the yard clean. Regularly remove dead leaves, pine needles, and plants from gutters, under…
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You Can Get a Lifetime of AdGuard’s Family Plan on Sale for Just $16 Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’re tired of websites bombarding you with intrusive banners, pop-ups, trackers, and ads, this AdGuard family plan is worth a look: It’s a lifetime subscription that is currently $39.99 on StackSocial (down from $169.99), but it gets even better—applying…
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I just tried ChatGPT deep research to dive into my family history — here’s what happened
With tech giants like OpenAI, Google, and xAI making deep research more easily accessible to casual users, understanding how to best utilize this feature can be helpful. Deep research is a meticulous process that delves beyond surface-level information, aiming to uncover comprehensive insights across numerous websites and available data, then delivering results in mere minutes. To harness the full potential…
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Microsoft 365 Personal vs. Microsoft 365 Family features and pricing
UPDATED 1/17/2025: Microsoft 365 is a subscription service offered by Microsoft that provides various productivity and collaboration tools. It’s essentially a cloud-based version of the familiar suite of Office apps but with some additional benefits. The company offers two subscription plans: Microsoft 365 Personal, for one user, and the Microsoft 365 Family plan, for up to six people. The new plans…
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Microsoft 365 Personal and Family now cost more – The 2025 price increase explained
Yes, Microsoft has increased the prices for its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscription plans by $3 in the United States. Thus, the “Personal” plan now costs $99.99 per year or $9.99 per month, and the “Family” plan costs $129.99 per year or $12.99 per month. You will pay more to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other apps and…
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You Can Now Let Trusted Friends and Family Control Your Google Home
Credit: Allison H. Smith / Shutterstock.com Smart home controls mean you never have to manually flip a light switch again or get up to adjust the thermometer. In your home, where you know the routines and voice comments and, most importantly, have access to the home hub, they’re ideal. But for house-sitters or visiting family and friends who simply want…
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8 Signs It’s Time to Dissolve Your Apple Family Sharing Plan
Family Sharing lets up to six people share Apple subscriptions and services. It’s not always suitable for everyone, or it may run its course as members of your group get older. Here are some tell-tale signs that it might be time to break up the band. 1 Your Kids Are Old Enough to Pay For Themselves When your kids are…
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Christmas Movies You Definitely Shouldn’t Watch With Your Family
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The naughty Christmas movie is a venerable sub-genre, going back at least as far as 1974’s Black Christmas, a movie that scandalized audiences with the dual ideas that not only are people super horny during the holidays, they also are occasionally contemplating murder. Black Christmas does not make our list…
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7 Reasons You Should be Using Apple Family Sharing
Apple Family Sharing is one of the most valuable and powerful features of the Apple ecosystem. If you live with family members who use Apple devices or services, then you really should consider forming a family sharing group, for these and more reasons. 7 Shared Subscriptions Are a Huge Money Saver Individually, Apple subscription prices can add up quickly, but…
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All Major Announcements from Jump Festa 2025 Day 1: Jujutsu Kaisen, Dandadan, Spy x Family & More
Day 1 of Jump Festa 2025 was full of surprises. The anime fandom was expecting several major announcements from popular IPs, and that’s what they got. From Jujutsu Kaisen fans to Spy x Family fanatics, the first day of the event had something for everyone. If you’re wondering what were the major announcements on Day 1, here’s the complete roundup.…
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