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Hacked personal devices shut down the internet
On the morning of October 21 parts of the internet went down. That’s right, the internet. How’d they do it? They used other people’s internet-connected devices (maybe yours!) to carry out a certain kind of attack. Find out what you can do to protect your devices.
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Weekly tech news roundup for November 18
Reviews for this year’s hottest toy, the NES Classic, are in (and yes, it does have at least one major flaw). Also this week: Twitter rolls out anti-troll features, Amazon’s pre-Black Friday deals have started (but there’s a catch), and there’s a Kickstarter remote you just might want if you’ve got lots of connected devices. All this, and more in today’s roundup.
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These Healthy Side Dishes Brighten Up Your Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving is a day for family, friends, and yes—indulgence. But that doesn’t mean that every dish needs to be full of butter and cream to be delicious. These lighter-than-average Thanksgiving sides make delicious additions to your table, and are less caloric to boot.
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The right and wrong ways to defrost a turkey: answers from the internet
The joy of a frozen turkey is that you can buy it well in advance of your holiday and eat it later—as long as you defrost it safely. If you defrost your turkey wrong? Well, you could be inviting bacteria to join you for dinner.
I scoured the internet in search of the best and worst ways to go about defrosting your Butterball. Here are your answers (including a way to cook the turkey straight from frozen, if you missed your defrosting window!).
Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Whitney Houston
When people discuss pop music, a few acts always seem to come up as the best of all time. Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince–and maybe Timberlake, or Bruno Mars for the younger music aficionados. Well the artist I’m listening to today is the most awarded female act of all time per Guinness World Records and has sold an estimated 200 million records worldwide.
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