• CLOTHING
    Clothing retailer Next to run first ever Black Friday sale

    Anyone who’s ever braved the Boxing Day sales will know that Next is THE place to be. And despite also being known for its summer sales too, East Midlands-based clothes giant Next hasn’t previously taken part in Black Friday. But now the firm has confirmed to Chronicle Live that it will launch discounts across fashion, home and […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Stock kitchen with proper tools

    KATIE WORKMAN | Associated Press It’s that time of year: We’re all on the on-ramp to the holidays. With feasts, parties and other events ahead, it’s a perfect time to make sure your kitchen is ready and raring to go. Here are 11 items the well-stocked holiday kitchen should have: Roasting pan and rack. For a turkey, ham […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Home & Garden: Turkey Soup Times Three

    There are three phases of a Thanksgiving turkey: the holiday meal, the leftovers, and the soup. How you interact with the turkey in all of its incarnations is largely a matter of tradition. The meal can be tinkered with, but many hold out for immutable traditions — the creamed onions, the marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes, the […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    ICYMI: Top 5 home & garden stories this week

    WATCH: Now that’s how you renovate a kitchen! For her new BBC2 series At My Table, Nigella is ensconced in a brand-new kitchen, a place of wonder and brick-sized waffle irons; a veritable treasure trove of culinary hardware and all-round foodie grooviness. Nigella Lawson. Picture: Reuters 5 hacks to get the most out of your […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Millions of Computers Affected By Intel Firmware Flaws

    Security experts are awaiting more details from chipmaker Intel about two classes of vulnerabilities in remote management software and firmware that could put an organization’s most trusted data at risk. See Also: Ransomware: The Look at Future Trends The vulnerabilities – affecting enterprise and consumer computers – exist in a variety of chips that Intel has […]

  • COMPUTERS
    The Future of Bitcoin is Threatened by Quantum Computers

    A Different Kind of Computing While much of the world is captivated by the meteoric rise of bitcoin’s value, others are focused on the technology behind the cryptocurrency: blockchain. The decentralized digital ledger tech is built upon a peer-to-peer network, and it is far more secure than the centralized systems used by traditional banks and financial […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Grow a Year-Round Indoor Salad Garden

    With this technique, you can grow all the salad greens you need with a kitchen cupboard and a windowsill. PHOTO BY PETER BURKE A very simple idea put me on the path toward growing a year-round indoor salad garden: I wanted fresh salad greens throughout winter. This desire occurred to me one fall afternoon as […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Sponsored: Fall / Winter gardening tips for new homeowners

    In many parts of the country, the advent of fall and winter means a winding down of garden-related tasks. Protecting outdoor plants, moving pots indoors and prepping bulbs for germination is the sum of it. But in Northern California, with our year-round growing season, gardening activity can rise to a fever pitch in autumn. New […]

  • Home and Garden events

    Boerner Botanical Gardens: Holiday Gift Fair with Santa, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 3. Workshops, special events and activities for all ages. Whitnall Park, 9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners. Information: (414) 525-5653; www.boernerbotanicalgardens.org Origami Ornaments. Dec. 5. $10/$15. Holiday Wreath Making. Dec. 6 and 7. $30/$35. Lynden Sculpture Garden: Lynden offers holiday giftmaking workshops in November and December for […]