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I’m leaning against a teal lunch counter with the sound of robots whirring behind me, and Steve Ells is telling me about “mise en place.” It’s French culinary lingo for the prep a chef does before cooking, translating to “everything in its place.” But the founder of Chipotle is describing himself, and the decades of…

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Remember fast-food kids meals with specially marketed pop culture toys? They just don’t make ‘em like they used to.

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Google released a new top-level domain that lets website creators throw .meme at the end of their URL on Tuesday, and I for one am already terrified of the websites about to be created.

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Just in case you needed a new fear to keep you awake at night, here’s this possibly fanciful tale of arachnid infestation. A UK man claims to have gotten a gnarly swollen toe while on a cruise from having a wolf spider lay eggs inside it. Though the toe injury appears to be real enough, some experts have already cast…

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The naysayers will tell you privacy is a lost cause. Don’t listen to them. Protecting your information is about taking small but meaningful steps, and thanks to a free new app from Consumer Reports, it’s easier than ever before. The non-profit just rolled out a tool called Permission Slip. Downloaded it, enter a few…

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What We Do in the Shadows is back for season five, and the hilarious vampire sitcom is funnier and weirder than ever.