| Kinder Surprise Eggs, a hollow chocolate candy with a toy hidden inside, are banned from import into the United States because FDA regulations ban the inclusion of non-nutritive objects in confectionery products (unless the non-nutritive objects have functional value).  | |
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| Netroots (a combination of the terms Internet and grassroots) is a term used to describe a campaign, movement, or political activism that is sparked, promoted, and conducted solely via the Internet. Popular online sources that are used include: social media websites, blogs, podcasts, newsletters, wikis, etc. | |
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| If you’ve spent the extra money for a 4K TV, monitor, or laptop, you’d probably like to have something to watch on it. Unfortunately, several years after the first sets came to the market, we’re still severely lacking in actual sources for ultra-high-def video content. Options are limited: as of early 2017, here are the online and pay TV services that offer 4K content. | |
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| Google Drive is great—you can access your files from anywhere, on pretty much any device, and sync them between your computers. But there’s also another great feature: sharing. If you have a file that someone needs, it’s as easy as a few clicks (or taps) to shoot them a download link. | |
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| Oh look, another Facebook app—this time Messenger—is adding its own version of Snapchat's popular Stories feature, where photos you post to a feed get automatically deleted after 24 hours. Facebook did a good job adding Stories to Instagram, but they're potentially a less natural fit for some of their other apps. | |
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| If your gadgets never leave your side, what better place to charge them then next to your bed? With some inexpensive parts and a few minutes of time, you can upgrade your nightstand into an all-in-one charging station for your gear. | |
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| If you have a large batch of files to compress and you want to add password protection to each of them, what is the simplest or quickest way to do so? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. | |
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| If your Amazon Echo can't hear you from the other room, or if you just want to control it when you're away from home altogether, you can do so with the Amazon app (on iOS) or a handy third-party app (on Android). | |
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| You’ve set up parental controls in Netflix, and worked to make YouTube kid-friendly, and your kids already love it. But there are several other channels you can add featuring only kid-friendly content, from Sesame Street to Pokemon to GI Joe—all for free. | |
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| The Nest learning thermostat can tell when you leave the house and save energy by turning off the heat or A/C. If you’re leaving home for vacation, however, you can save a lot more by turning your thermostat off entirely. | |
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| When Windows Firewall is enabled with default settings, you can’t use the ping command from another device to see if your PC is alive. Here’s how to change that. | |
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| You know what’s exciting? New games, game updates, and system updates. You know what stinks? Waiting for them to download. Thankfully, you don’t have to wait—with a couple of simple tweaks, you can easily make sure your PlayStation 4 or Pro always has the latest goods. | |
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| In photography, shutter speed, also called exposure time, is the length of time the digital sensor (or film in an older camera) is exposed to light while taking a picture. | |
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| Feel like you aren’t getting the best picture from your shiny new TV? Want to make sure you’re watching movies as they were intended to be seen? Here’s what you need to know about HDTV picture quality, and how to adjust your set for the best image. | |
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