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If you don’t have Disney+ are you really doing 2020 right? 

On Jan. 1, the streaming service dropped a  preview of the content it will release in the New Year. 

From the highly anticipated Lizzie McGuire reboot to The Mandalorian Season 2 to Marvel Studio’s first original series for the streamer The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, you’ll want to be glued to your TV throughout 2020. 

Catch up with everything that’s currently on Disney+ here.  Read more…

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A lot of the time New Year’s resolutions are a bit too ambitious.

If you want to read 50 books or travel the world in the new year, go for it. But life is extremely chaotic, so this year I’ve decided to set far more realistic goals. Instead of setting out to do one huge thing in the new year, not getting around to it, and feeling like you’ve failed yourself, try making some extremely simple resolutions that’ll still make you feel great.

If you’re searching for the perfect resolution, here are 20 totally doable ones to consider. Most of our suggestions can even be completed in a single day, so you could probably go full-on overachiever and tackle all 20 with ease. Read more…

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Happy New Year!

A trailer for the chilling sequel to A Quiet Place is here, and it’s just as eerie and terrifying as we feared. 

After the deadly events of the first film, things continue to be downright terrible for the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) as they journey into the outside world. From the looks of things, even more horrors await them. 

A Quiet Place Part II, directed by John Krasinski, hits theaters March 20.  Read more…

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As your friend who shops for expensive calendars at Paper Source knows, New Year’s resolutions are mostly a scam by Big Planner. Still, if you’re going to make one, may we humbly suggest you turn your attention to your relationship with technology.

Technology can make our lives easier and more fun. However, it has also damaged our relationships, our country, our planet, and our sense of self. 

At this point, we all know that resolutions aren’t necessarily the best way to make changes in our lives. So how do we alter our relationship with technology? We asked BJ Fogg, who founded the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University, for his advice.  Read more…

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After the world lost both One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl in 2012, Netflix stepped up seven years later to fill the void left by both shows with Spinning Out. The drama series, which is set at a skating rink and ski lodge in Sun Valley, Idaho, showcases the competitive spirit and romance that ensues between a group of skaters who spend practically all their time at the lodge or practicing at the rink. 

The series follows four figure skaters and one skier gunning for the Olympics: sisters Kat (Kaya Scodelario) and Serena (Willow Shields), fellow skaters Jenn (Amanda Zhou) and Justin (Evan Roderick), and Marcus (Mitchell Edwards), a skier who is friendly with Kat. If that wasn’t enough, Spinning Out also centers around Kat and Serena’s mother, Carol (January Jones), and Kat and Justin’s skating coach, Dasha (Svetlana Efremova). Read more…

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Every big company is going to release something noteworthy in 2020, but all we’ve are got is rumors and dreams to work with right now.

That’s not going to stop us from speculating about the potential for revolutionary tech. Think beyond brighter screens, better cameras, and other incremental changes. These are things we expect to see in 2020 that could really shake things up. 

Affordable 5G phones and more expansive networks

By now, you probably at least know what mobile 5G is. Carriers like Verizon are already advertising their 5G networks on TV, even though very few devices even support it in the cities where it’s available. The worst part is you can’t really get a 5G-compatible phone for less than $1,000 right now. Read more…

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The Witcher‘s blend of fantasy, realism, and straight-up folk rock ballads make it one of the more interesting new shows to come out of Netflix in 2019. It is not, however, one of the streaming network’s most straightforward. 

Taking place over three timelines, The Witcher weaves all over the place and bamboozles its viewers on purpose, making it hard to discern where and when its characters are at any given time. Whether or not this timeline gambit effective is a question for another time, but for now it’s given Witcher fans (witchies?) a pretty puzzle to parse until Netflix releases Season 2. Read more…

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American Girl dolls are ready for 2020. 

The Girl of the Year doll for 2020, unveiled on Dec. 31, will be the first with hearing loss. Her name is Joss Kendrick, and she’s a competitive, Southern California athlete who, according to her story, was born deaf in her left ear. 

The doll will come with a hearing aid as an accessory that helps her hear out of her right ear. 

Created in consultation with a team of experts in hearing loss, surfing, and competitive cheerleading, the new doll marks a broader shift in inclusion efforts at Mattel, the parent company of American Girl. 

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One huge change coming in 2020 is a new data privacy law called the California Consumer Protection Act, or CCPA. And its effects will be felt far beyond the Golden State.

The CCPA is basically California’s equivalent to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. The law, which was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last year, grants California residents new privacy rights and consumer protections. It goes into effect at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2020. And, even if you aren’t a resident of California, it could affect you.

What is the CCPA going to do? 

Residents of California will have the right to know what personal data is being collected about them and the right to request that this information be deleted. They will also have the right to know the details of how their data is being used, who the data is sold to or shared with, and they can request that their data not be sold to third parties. In addition, Californians will have the right to request access to their personal data. Read more…

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Greetings to you and your headache in this, the new decade! 

For many, kicking off a fresh year means funneling a mix of champagne and peppermint schnapps down your gullet, then spending the first 48 hours of January regretting it. Luckily, with the streaming wars in full swing, you won’t be alone in your bed of shame, tequila, chestnuts, ham, green bean casserole, and Twizzlers.

Here are 20 streamable movies — ranked by comforting capabilities — to keep you and your New Year’s Day hangover company in 2020. 

Now, take some ibuprofen, champ. 

20. Booksmart (2019) 

Directed by Olivia Wilde, Booksmart has been called the Superbad of female friendships — which really undersells just how spectacularly original it is. Starring Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Deaver, with an exquisite performance by Billie Lourd, this coming-of-age, buddy comedy follows two high schoolers on their last night out before graduation. Perfect for that hair of the dog strategy. Read more…

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