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• We asked interior designers to share which bedroom trends and designs missed the mark this year.
• Floating beds and open-concept bathrooms aren't exactly functional or practical.
• Modern-farmhouse and industrial bedroom designs are becoming less beloved by designers. 

We asked interior

UPDATE: Dec. 19, 2023, 12:30 p.m. EST Apple is halting sales of its new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models due to a patent dispute. Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart are some places you can still buy one even after the Apple Store-specific freeze goes into effect online on Dec. 21 and in stores on Dec. 24.

A trepidatious Iceland has waited for this moment for over a month: a large crack in the ground has started to spew up lava. In mid-November, hundreds of tremors—earthquakes that portended the eruptions to come—forced the evacuation of the nearby Icelandic village of Grindavík and at least one famous tourist…

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• My family moved from the US to Spain because of my husband's job in the military. 
• While my kids didn't speak Spanish, the adjustment was easy. 
• Returning to the US was harder for them than moving to Spain. 

In August 2019, my husband, three children, and I embarked on our next journey as a military family. My active-duty husband received

Wi-Fi router manufacturer TP-Link is finally uniting its two smart home brands under one app, Tapo. The company has made smart gadgets since 2015, but confoundingly under two separate brands: Tapo and Kasa.

Both brands offer very good smart plugs, switches, lights, connected ca

After over a year of being grounded, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket embarked on its first cargo mission since a fiery anomaly led to a mission failure in September 2022.

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Beeper claims it has a new fix to let you send iMessages from your Android phone — but the change requires that you own or have easy access to a trusted Mac.

First, I’ll quote part of an explanation from Beeper about how its iMessage service works — and how Apple has been able to shut things down. From a message posted to Reddit:

When you connect iMessage on

• A US regulator has ruled that the newest Apple Watches infringe on another company's patents.
• Apple now faces having to pull the Series 9 and Ultra 2 models from its store shelves.
• Days ahead of the ban, Apple's engineers are reportedly working furiously on a potential

Your dad’s favorite streamer, Ninja, will attempt his best Dick Clark impression (or do the kids only know Ryan Seacrest now?) and will host his own New Year’s Eve event that will stream on Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok. According to a report in Variety, the event, known as “Ninja’s NYE,” will feature appearances from other top

Rick and Morty’s seventh season wrapped up Sunday night with “Fear No Mort,” another standout episode in what’s been one of the Adult Swim series’ strongest installments yet. But if you don’t have Adult Swim access and have been dying to see what you’ve been missing—including the new voices for Rick and Morty—here’s…

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• President Joe Biden's current approval rating is not where he and his campaign want it to be.
• His approval ratings are historically bad, worse than any president since at