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Every time you flush your toilet, a cloud of water vapor hits microscopic poop particles on everything in your bathroom – including your toothbrush. Dale Smith / CNET Your toothbrush is more than likely covered in shit – unless you are one of the few civilized people who put down the toilet seat before they flush, that is. The reason? …

A new Friends reunion special is coming soon. NBC If you're afraid of friends leaving Netflix, here's a reason to cheer: the cast of the eternally popular show from the 1990s is filming a reunion episode. Unofficially the name where they met again, the unwritten special will be filmed on the original soundstage used to photograph Friends. Last year, fans …

Your Amazon Echo has several hidden options that you should use. Tyler Lizenby / CNET You are probably using your Amazon Echo ($ 100 with Amazon) for to play music to turn on your smart home devices and to to call . But do you really use Alexa when you only use it for the basics? There are, after all, …

Android 11, the next major update to Google's mobile operating system, is now available for developers. Angela Lang / CNET The latest mobile operating system from Google, Android 11, has fallen for developers this week. And although Google may be ready every Android release named after sweets and desserts the search giant is still following its schedule to send important …

View Joker and other 2020 Oscar winners from your couch. Getty Images Parasite may have cleaned up at the Oscars this month, but many films, actors and actresses have also shared the spotlight during the Academy Awards . Heavy favorite Joaquin Phoenix won for his role in Joker . Renée Zellweger won the best actress for her interpretation of Judy …

View Joker and other 2020 Oscar winners from your couch. Getty Images Parasite may have cleaned up at the Oscars this month, but many films, actors and actresses have also shared the spotlight during the Academy Awards . Heavy favorite Joaquin Phoenix won for his role in Joker . Renée Zellweger won the best actress for her interpretation of Judy …

Khamosh Pathak If you follow interesting hashtags on Instagram, you will come across many messages that you may want to keep later. Here's how you can use the Save feature to save messages for later and organize them into collections. Saving messages and creating collections Saving a message on Instagram and adding it to a collection couldn't be easier (finding …

Have you ever wanted to make a link that goes to a specific part of a long webpage? Chrome 80 makes that possible with a new deep link function called "Scroll To Text Fragment." This feature requires no special efforts from the developer of a website. You can create deep links to any web page on any website. However, these …

You can clean up most clogged toilets with nothing more than soap, warm water and a little time. Dale Smith / CNET Over the years, I have practiced and honed ancient art to unclog a clogged toilet without using a plunger. Why not just buy a piston? Simply put, I never needed washroom sorcery because of this specific piece . …

Wyze The world of smart houses often feels like a confusing walled garden. But with the Wyze Smart Home Starter Pack, everything is cheap and easy. For just $ 100 you get eight smart home products that are easy to set up and offer an easy path to smart routines and home automation. This starter pack contains a mess of …