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🐣 Easter Sunday is just two weeks away. Now’s the perfect time to add these to your basket, I mean cart.

Spring into breakfast with this cute bunny-shaped mini waffle maker (33% off).
These colorful Play-Doh eggs (32% off) are great for keeping little hands busy.
Shh … I won’t tell if you keep a four-pack of Peeps marshmallows ($12) all to yourself.
Have everyone enjoy your holiday feast with these ergonomic utensils (29% off).
Wine lovers, this aerator funnel (38% off) filters out sediment but keeps every drop of flavor.
Stumped? Check out this Easter basket idea extravaganza.

🔥 Bring the heat: Cozy up next to this 7-inch portable firepit (13% off) on your patio to end your night on the right note.

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Netflix wins (for now)

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88% of users watch it daily. Here’s why it’s still the top dog.

🙏 Can AI predict the next pope? Not really, but they’re giving it a shot. Grok and Gemini picked Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s former number two under Pope Francis. ChatGPT went with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. But even the bots will tell you it’s a guessing game. The process is way too secretive for data to crack … for now.

514% jump

Taobao downloads spiked this month. The Chinese shopping app is now the No. 2 free iPhone app, behind DHgate at No. 1. Folks are buying directly from China after watching TikToks of luxury items being relabeled and marked up. Now for $12.99, you too can own a “Gucchi” belt with radiation.

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⚠️ Flying a drone? Be careful. They’re getting way too close to planes, especially around major U.S. airports. Some have come within 50 to 300 feet of passenger jets mid-flight. Most people don’t even realize they’re flying in restricted zones. The FAA is now testing jammers and lasers to stop it. Yep, it’s that serious.

📁 Too many tabs? It’s easy for things to get out of control. Try Chrome’s Tab groups to keep your flow tidy. Just right-click on any tab you have open > Add tab to group > New group. Give it a name, highlight color and drag any tabs into the group. Ah, no more chaos. Still lost, but now color coded like a beautiful breakdown.

💍 Heard of The Knot? It’s that wedding planning site where you find vendors like photographers and dressmakers for your big day. Vendors pay thousands to advertise on it, and now they’re saying The Knot is sending them fake leads, aka “brides” who don’t exist (paywall link). That’s how you end up on Santa’s knotty list.

💔 Melinda Gates dishing about the breakup with Bill: In her new memoir, she says the marriage lacked honesty and trust. Turns out his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein (yep, that one) didn’t help either. Want all the juicy deets? The book’s 30% off right now. The most shocking reveal? She stayed married through Windows Vista.

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🤔 Lyft’s up to something: This is crazy. A Toronto woman took a ride with her roommates and later got a text with a transcript of their private convo from inside the car. She called Lyft, and first they said it was a pilot program. Then Lyft blamed the driver. Now, it’s saying it might’ve been a pocket dial. Next update lets your driver live-tweet your breakup in real time.

$328,739.18

The amount raised for an 81-year-old waitress. She told a customer she couldn’t afford to stop working, so a kind stranger posted the story on TikTok. Now Betty’s trading in the diner shift for well-earned rest. Her reaction? “I think I better get a financial adviser!” You and me both, Betty.

Psst … keep it down: Got a late-night request for your Amazon Echo? Just say, “Alexa, turn on whisper mode.” Now whenever you whisper to Alexa, she’ll whisper right back.

⏰ Take a rest: BreakTimer is a free app that reminds you to take a breather. Because apparently just blinking isn’t enough, now they want you to breathe? You can set how often and how long breaks should last. If you’re busy, just skip or snooze it. The countdown resets if you’re away from your computer.

💸 Reality check: Publishers Clearing House … more like clearance house. The prize patrol biz just filed for bankruptcy with only $490K in the bank. They racked up $40 million in debt and owe $26 million in lifetime prizes. It’s not the end of those giant checks (for now).

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How much longer a day on Uranus just got. Scientists studied a decade of data from the Hubble Space Telescope to more accurately measure the planet’s rotation. Turns out it now takes 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds for one full spin. Hey, why don’t scientists trust Uranus? Because it’s always up to something cheeky. Come on, that was funny.

Check your laptop battery: On Windows, get a detailed report that includes usage, capacity and battery life estimates. Open the command prompt by hitting the Start menu, then typing in cmd or cmd⁠.⁠exe in the Run command box. Press Enter. Now, smarty-pants, type or paste in the following: powercfg /batteryreport

Buy Now, Pay Later? Credit bureaus are catching up

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Those interest-free installment plans used to be invisible. Even if you missed a payment. Not anymore.

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3,700 miles

How far a man’s body was flown from the UK to Michigan to be stored in a liquid nitrogen cryogenic chamber. The goal? Freeze now and hope science figures out how to bring him back to life later. Think advancements in AI, stem cell research and nanotechnology. Hey, it’s a long shot, but when you’re already dead, what have you got to lose?

⏩ Reelly speedy: You can now watch Instagram Reels at 2x speed, like on TikTok and Netflix. Just hold down anywhere on the left edge of your screen or above the heart on the right side while watching a Reel. You’ll zip through it without missing a beat. Bless the algorithm for realizing we’re all too impatient for anything longer than 15 seconds.