'How A $10K Poker Win Changed How I Think'
When amateur player Alex O'Brien unexpectedly won an online poker tournament, little did she know that she'd be pitted against one of the game's most controversial players.
When amateur player Alex O'Brien unexpectedly won an online poker tournament, little did she know that she'd be pitted against one of the game's most controversial players.
Strap on that thinking cap.
A TikToker who's waited tables in Japan and the US perfectly captures the difference between how patrons of each country order.
Nothing fills downtime like a card game. So if you're looking for some games worth keeping around the house, these six are worth picking up.
CNN's Brianna Keilar put Franklin Graham on the spot about whether he believed the 2020 election was legitimate.
Despite all assertions that the site isn't powered by its sexual content, the platform is synonymous with porn. What is it really?
A recent 12,000-person survey revealed that the great majority of expats are happy with their lives abroad — but those living in Taiwan are the happiest overall.
Elise Lamsdale has come up with a foolproof method for getting someone to say their name in the least awkward way possible.
Though smartphones are becoming ever more high-tech and multi-functional, a growing number of young people are giving them up. Here's why.
The subject of a new Netflix miniseries, Halston once ruled over New York's fashion world. But the designer with a devil-may-care approach to his business dealings attempted too much, too quickly.
Kevin Pillar was able to walk it off, but this has got to be one a Major League player's biggest fears.
In Westchester County, New York, writer and editor Adriana Velez learns what her 17-year-old son eats when it's all up to him.
How a controversy over Amy Chua hosting students at her house has turned the campus on its head — again.
The Cybovac E30 Robot Vacuum Cleaner has an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 on Amazon due to its Alexa integration and app-enabled smart features.
If nature were a horror film.
TikTok is full of funny, weird, diverse and unique talent. So why are its biggest stars so… boring?
Duke the dog was caught by surprise when he was lifted into the air by a dust devil.
How would you feel about being able to pay to control multiple aspects of another person's life? A new app is offering you the chance to do just that.
It can be a helpful health measure for large groups of people, but it won't tell you much about yourself.
Sometimes the early inception of a technology feels stranger than fiction.
A decade after its release, the first "Thor" movie remains a pivotal moment in the history of the MCU.
Don't settle for plain vodka. Mix it up with some delicious infusions.
If you ever wondered how sports broadcasters have no problem correctly pronouncing the names of sports team players, here's an easy explainer.
From "All Star" to "Hallelujah" and all points in between, this is how the music for the 2001 blockbuster came together — and why it still resonates 20 years later.
Keep this tiny crowdfunded pen with you, and it might just be the last one you'll ever buy.
Now that we're vax'd up, we plan on spending our weekends kicking it at the beach. These lovely slip-ons are handmade in India with comfort and durability in mind.
Do you like my curtain? Thanks, it has pockets!
The material obtained by ProPublica sheds light on the radicalization of a Jan. 6 defendant whom prosecutors have characterized as a "serious danger… not only to his family and Congress, but to the entire system of justice."
When the kid doesn't want to go, there's no use rushing them.
The pandemic is burnishing California's reputation for costly housing.
An online lending platform called Kabbage sent 378 pandemic loans worth $7 million to fake companies (mostly farms) with names like "Deely Nuts" and "Beefy King."
There are spots in the video where the visuals are lost, but according to Global News, the woman was able to save the kayaker after she flagged down a pontoon boat.
In 2016, working long hours led to stroke and heart disease that killed 745,000 people.
Well, this is certainly an unexpected way to hear live music.
I loved Belle, my one-eyed puppy. But could I convince everybody else that she was a star?
If you won't at least consider a Danny DeVito-themed bathroom, we don't know if we'll have much to talk about.
Watch this tourist vlogger attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 80 hours.
Celebrities fade in and out of fashion, and so do the magazines that cover them. Here are 11 retro celebrity magazines that covered classic movie, music, radio and television stars.
As the new head of the Emoji Subcommittee for the Unicode Consortium, Jennifer Daniel has a vision for how to make these symbols work for everyone.
It's not easy treating a patient when she is your spouse.
Crypto savings accounts that pay yield to borrow your tokens may sound tempting, but there are no guarantees.
Do me a favor and think about how you feel right now. When you look around you, does something — perhaps someone — catch your eye? Is there a constant tingle in your nether regions? Guess what, friends: it's the Horny Time. (From 2015)
Matt's Off Road Recovery makes an insanely steep recovery.
How seven young superstars rewrote music-biz rules and became the biggest band in the world.
Gary Haase has amassed the world's most expensive Pokémon card collection, valued at over $10 million. So why isn't he cashing in?
The Action Lab makes ferrocell, explains how it works and shows how you can use it to look at magnetic fields.
After moving to Greece to work for call center giant Teleperformance, workers say they were exploited.
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel's twin $10 million investments in two Senate candidates made him one of the key early figures in the 2022 election.
If you want to be safe on a safari, here are the tips you should follow.
Organizations are clear that post-pandemic working will be hybrid. After that, the details get hazy.
Greek and Roman statues were often painted, but assumptions about race and aesthetics have suppressed this truth. Now scholars are making a color correction. (From 2018)
This is why it's not good to take a selfie while you're biking.
Four years after escaping her marriage, the former Spice Girl talks about confidence, family — and why the pandemic has led to a rise in abusive relationships.
The oldest known "quasicrystal" made by humans has been discovered at the New Mexico site of the 1945 Trinity bomb test.
The best scientists are the scientists answering questions we've never even dreamed of.
Lois Lew operated the improbable, ill-fated machine with aplomb in presentations from Manhattan to Shanghai. 70-plus years later, she's telling her story.
As a diagnosis, it's too vague to be helpful — but its rise tells us a lot about the way we work.
What if "Harry Potter" was populated by Hollywood actors like Adam Driver, Meryl Streep and Keanu Reeves?
The most significant change that Starlink is bringing to the world is high-speed internet with the lowest latency.
It will never be the same after Trump and COVID. And that's a good thing.
Step one to making a new friend. Don't step on said friend.
The billionaire's space internet project could connect millions of remote American homes. If it actually works.
"I figured, all those other guys are cheating," he said. "I know she was going to vote for Trump anyway."
Which will prevail, hand grenade or box?
Fleeing virus-devastated economies, migrants are traveling long distances to reach the United States and then walking through gaps in the border wall. The Arizona desert has become a favorite crossing point.
Drones were sent out more than once to situations described as "fake COVID testing."
George Placidi set off from the United Kingdom in November 2015, and he took a picture every day of himself cycling across 19 countries.
The way we currently tell if someone is human online — the CAPTCHA — is, according to Internet backbone provider Cloudflare, costing us collectively 500 years per day.
A roundup of the most interesting questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.
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