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It's been a year and a half since we last tackled some of life's most vexing struggles in the pages of the AARP Bulletin. And in that time--what do you [...]

WELL, WE GOT HERE! That fantastical world portrayed in the sci-fi of our youth, in which most every task can be done instantly and easily from a handheld device, has [...]

Smartphones have sophisticated photography modes. When to use what * PORTRAIT MODE What it does: Blurs the background while keeping the subject in focus. What it's for: Single subjects, where [...]

When you get a new computer, it seems lightning fast. But after a few years, it slows ... and slows. The reasons aren't a mystery: With age, the number of [...]

YOUR PHONE dings with a notification. After checking, do you find yourself then mindlessly scrolling through social media or playing a game? There's a reason for such Pavlovian reactions and [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell NEARLY 36 MILLION older Americans report falls each year, and a fifth of those result in injuries, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [...]

Your Inner Panda Learning to Love By Lexi Pandell Being 13 can be a lot. You know, like how whenever you feel a really intense emotion, you transform into an [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell YOUR SMARTPHONE may soon take a big step toward replacing your wallet. You can already store digital, working versions of your credit and debit cards, and bus [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell WOULD YOU pass around a photo of your home to the world? Google has been doing something like that with Street View. Here's how to request that [...]

The article titled "THE FLAT EARTH COMPANY" is a story about a couple named Mark and Francie who are on their way to their wedding in Idaho. During their journey, they come across a concrete truck belonging to "The Flat Earth Company," sparking a conversation about conspiracy theories. While arguing about their wedding seating chart, they get into a car accident with the concrete truck, resulting in their car being buried in concrete. The article delves into their relationship dynamics and the challenges they face in planning their wedding. In a remote location with no cell reception, they find themselves trapped in their car, uncertain of when help will arrive. As they wait, they contemplate their relationship and the decision to marry, grappling with conflicting emotions and fears about their future together. Eventually, they hear signs of rescue, offering them a glimmer of hope. [Extracted from the article]

The article, titled "Big Thumb," is a personal narrative by Lexi Pandell about her experience as a nail artist competing in nail art contests. She shares her encounters with Claudia, a talented competitor who consistently outshines her. Despite feeling jealous and frustrated, the author acknowledges Claudia's skill and talent. The article explores themes of competition, jealousy, and self-acceptance. In the end, Claudia offers the narrator a job in the city, giving her a chance to pursue her passion for nail art. [Extracted from the article]

FOR MORE than 20 years, Kim Komando has been one of America's most popular voices in personal tech. The 58-year-old can be heard on more than 500 radio stations, as [...]

Byline: Allan Roth, Lexi Pandell, Joe Eaton, Beth Braverman Countless books, TV shows and movies present invisibility as a superpower--a powerful gift that enables you to do as you please. [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell Don't expect your grandkids to spread their newest sports trading cards across the bedroom floor. And that piece of artwork for sale online? It might not go [...]

Byline: Chris Morris, Nathan Meunier, Lexi Pandell What draws nearly half of all older Americans--and an even larger percentage of those younger than us--to play so many games on a [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell JOHN ROMERO, 53, AND BRENDA ROMERO, 54 (John: Doom; Brenda: Wizardry 8) John: We spent the year of 1993 making Doom. We knew it didn't exist anywhere. [...]

Fast-food restaurants want you to order your meal by entering it on a touch screen. Supermarkets would prefer that you scan your own groceries at checkout. Many parking garages have [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar, David Hochman, Lexi Pandell, Ellen Stark FOR THE PAST year, our country has been mired in not one deep crisis, but three: a pandemic, an economic meltdown [...]

One of Moore's mentees, Michael Seum, now the vice president of design at Kohler, summed up Moore's mentality this way: "We're not going to focus on the design. Back then - this was the spring of 1979 - Moore was a young industrial designer living in New York City and working at Raymond Loewy Associates, the famous designer of everything from NASA's Skylab space station to home appliances. Features WHEN PATRICIA MOORE was 26, she looked in the mirror and saw an 85-year-old woman. MOORE DRESSED AS "OLD PAT" "WE ARE LIVING IN A VERY FRAGILE SHELL. [Extracted from the article]

Byline: Lexi Pandell THE LIST of businesses that the pandemic has helped is short, but one is live video service Twitch. In the first month of social distancing, its hours [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar, Lexi Pandell STEP 1 CONSIDER YOUR CONDITION Telemedicine is effective for issues that are relatively mild, such as: Nonthreatening coronavirus symptoms (such as mild fever or cough) [...]

Dan Kadlec, 63, San Francisco, semiretired journalist. When I joined a fledgling poker league in 2006, none of us were much good. Our 10-person game in Westchester County, New York, [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell LAST SUMMER, two friends in their 70s were locked out of a Rolling Stones concert in Arizona. They had purchased their tickets from a resale site that [...]

MICHAEL ESPARZA loves to play games on his smartphone, with one big complaint: 'Every five seconds, there's a new prompt popping up to buy stuff.' By 'stuff,' the 65-year-old from [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell What are the signs? You may discover that your home page has been changed, see bookmarks you don't recognize or get odd search results, indicating a malware [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell What if we had a key to our computers that was more secure than a password, something that no one could steal or replicate? We already do, [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell Considering how much of your personal, private information zooms around online, it's important to know which companies and industries have customers' backs. Here's how industries are addressing [...]

Byline: Michael Frank, Risha Gotlieb, Lexi Pandell, Lance Whitney NOT TOO LONG AGO, all you did to watch TV was plug in the set, flick it on, and sit back [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell NEIGHBORHOOD discussion groups and email threads are nothing new, but Nextdoor has become a go-to community networking site, with groups for 85 percent of the neighborhoods in [...]

Byline: Risha Gotlieb, Tiffany Kelly, Lexi Pandell, Jason R. Rich I can never wake up till I smell the coffee. Mmmmmm, coffeeeee.... HOW ABOUT this? Your alarm goes off. You [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell Companies are developing pain remedies that use headsets to immerse people in virtual worlds. In clinical trials and studies, patients said they felt a 24 percent pain [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell JOANNE CONTE has long suffered the same challenges as the other 1.25 million Americans with type 1 diabetes. In the past, she's monitored her glucose levels by [...]

Byline: Lexi Pandell Three words cancer patients should know: Watson for Oncology. IBM's artificial intelligence supercomputer can take test results and comb through tens of millions of medical documents to [...]

Byline: BY Lexi Pandell Not-So-Gray Matter VIBRANT NEW IMAGING GIVES SCIENTISTS A BEAUTIFUL-AND REVEALING-VIEW OF YOUR MIND. Hrenologists used to have a monopoly on brain scans: They'd feel around on [...]

Byline: -LEXI PANDELL HOW TO EAT TODAY Power Bowls You are depriving yourself of the vitamins and minerals you need to thrive. Not-so-fun fact: More than 90 percent of Americans [...]

Byline: LEXI PANDELL DAMON CASAREZ ICE CREAM MACHINE HOW DRUMSTICKS COME TOGETHER The only thing standing between delectable ice cream and a sloppy, sticky mess is a few degrees. Luckily, [...]

Byline: -LEXI PANDELL SAVE ME MONEY FOR NOTHING We're all lazy online shoppers, and not just with those one-click Buy buttons. We want what we want, now, even when it [...]

Byline: LEXI PANDELL IAN TEH HOW TO MAKE CONDOMS DIP THEM, WASH THEM, ZAP THEM- AND ENLARGE THEM The sun is coming out and your clothes are coming off. It's [...]

Byline: -LEXI PANDELL SLOW BURN HOT NEW GAME Jack kerouac spent 63 days as a fire lookout in the summer of 1956, and he was bored out of his mind. [...]

Byline: -Lexi Pandell THE X-FILES FACTOR WRITERS WHO REDEFINED TV The 1993 show The X-Files created our modern television landscape, with its dense story arcs and gory forensic police procedural [...]

Byline: -LEXI PANDELL ECLECTICISM ON DEMAND Ingels playfully calls his firm BIG, and his approach to architecture BIGamy. Rather than adhere to a single aesthetic, he tailors his ideas to [...]