Chill Your Holiday Drinks With Frozen Cranberries
The cranberries are quite good, but if not pickled they are not the most delicious side dish. Instead of letting them skate alone, I force […]
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Now That Net Neutrality Is Dead, Here Are the Internet Providers You Can Choose From
Today, the FCC, in a 3–2 vote, chaired by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioners Michael O’Rilly and Brendan Carr, repealed Obama’s bill that makes […]
Continue reading »I’m Gretchen Rubin and This Is How I Work
Four years ago, we talked to Gretchen Rubin, author of the best-selling “Project Happiness” and “better than before” about that , how it works . […]
Continue reading »Last Days of Delivery If You Want to Receive Gifts Before Christmas
Free Shipping Day is tomorrow, but as we noted, some retailers offer free shipping throughout the season. And some of us always inevitably buy gifts […]
Continue reading »Make Chocolate Cannabis Gel for Adult Dreidel Play This Hanukkah
Dreidel is a kid’s version of gambling, at least that’s what I thought as a kid! According to history , he traveled all over Europe […]
Continue reading »Christmas Gifts That Will Save You Money
Socks are a great example of a bad holiday gift from an indifferent giver (or a relative who doesn’t really know you), but if you […]
Continue reading »How to Use Pandora Premium Without Paying for It
Since the launch of Pandora Premium, fans of the service have been faced with a choice: stick with the free radio service or go streaming […]
Continue reading »The Best Tips and Advice From Our Readers to Save Money
More than half of Americans have less than $ 1,000 in savings accounts. But we can do better. Earlier this week, I wrote a very […]
Continue reading »How Do You Get Started on Your New Years Resolution?
You probably have some downtime during the holidays, whether it’s a few weekends at work ( you should ) or the winter break after exam […]
Continue reading »You Can Save Time and Money While Traveling With the New Google Tools
Google Flights is my best helper for finding cheap travel deals , but they didn’t always predict the best times to book, so I also […]
Continue reading »No Fancy Tools Are Needed to Peel Peppers
Any pepper is a pain in the ass. Irregularly shaped, filled with bitter ribs and anywhere from 12 to 850,000 tiny seeds that make their […]
Continue reading »Why Is It so Nice to Cancel Plans at the Last Minute and How to Do It
There’s something magical about canceling plans at the last minute – yes, I’ve heardanecdote from John Malani . You can immediately do whatever you want […]
Continue reading »How to Arrange an Overnight Stay
As a child, there is no party better than a pajama party. Staying up late, learning to burp the alphabet, eating candy before you vomit […]
Continue reading »Best Denver Colorado Hacks From Our Readers
This week on Hack Your City, we received over 125 comments with tips about Denver, Colorado. Some themes: There are great hikes and great breweries, […]
Continue reading »How to Get Rid of Home Fever When You’re Stuck Inside This Winter
Here, on the East Coast, winter has finally come: this morning the temperature was 22 degrees, the wind was cold to 9. It’s cold! For […]
Continue reading »How to Deal With Sudden Unemployment
As someone who recently lost his job quite (read: very) publicly, I had to quickly adapt to the routine of unemployment. Of course, firing a […]
Continue reading »How to Put a Child to Bed in a Hotel Room
As a parent, you often don’t remember how much easier life was as a child until you try to do something simple, like staying at […]
Continue reading »Don’t Believe Everything You See
Welcome back to Mid-Week Meditations , Lifehacker’s weekly dip in the pool of stoic wisdom and a guide to using its waters to meditate and […]
Continue reading »How to Type Accents and Symbols on Any Keyboard
Whether you’re doing your Spanish homework or swapping jokes with your French-speaking amoureux, spelling correctly in a foreign language is essential if you’re trying to […]
Continue reading »2017 Lifehacker Employee Favorite Emails
Twitter and Facebook and news posts all prove that the best form of one-to-many communication is email newsletters. Lifehacker staff follow up on newsletters for […]
Continue reading »Processed Foods Have More Fat Than Before, but Less Sugar
In a November government report, there is good and bad news about how the nutritional value of processed foods has changed over time. The good […]
Continue reading »You Can Play This HQ Trivia Knockoff on Your Android Phone Right Now
Android: In a few short months, HQ Trivia has gone from being a cool new app to a full-fledged phenomenon, gathering hundreds of thousands of […]
Continue reading »How to Install Beta Android 8.0 Oreo on Galaxy Note 8
Samsung has already released the beta of Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S8 , but if you’re using the company’s latest smartphone, you’re still […]
Continue reading »Making Peppermint Bark Yourself Is Incredibly Easy
The vibrant chocolate crust sprinkled with delicacies is a festive treat that always inspires a lot of enthusiasm. (Williams Sonoma may charge $ 30 a […]
Continue reading »We’ve Answered Most of the “How To” Questions on Google
Google Trends just posted its Year of Search for 2017 , which featured the top 10 searches. As it turned out, Lifehacker answered nine out […]
Continue reading »How to Survive in Deadly Black Ice on Winter Roads
Black ice is almost impossible to see, it can form almost anywhere on the road and can send your vehicle into oncoming traffic. It is […]
Continue reading »Best Fitness Hacks of 2017
We all want to be in shape, but sometimes you just need extra acceleration to get to the gym, make a workout decision, or deal […]
Continue reading »This Is How to See the Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight
Every December, as the Earth traverses the trail of asteroid 3200 Phaethon covered with debris, we little humans catch a glimpse of the burning debris, […]
Continue reading »Make Galette Instead of Pie for a Less Stressful Getaway
Pie is one of those things that some people just have a knack for. I’m not so lucky. For people like me, dessert is a […]
Continue reading »Here’s What’s in Store for and Out of Netflix in January 2018
New Year is almost here! If this is a roller coaster in 2017, you need a movie theater to help you unwind after a long […]
Continue reading »Why You Should Encourage Your Child’s Very Specific Obsession
My friend Karen says her son Christopher got into garbage trucks when he was about 18 months old. He went crazy whenever he saw him. […]
Continue reading »Free Shipping Day This Friday
Hundreds of retailers are offering free shipping with no minimum purchase on December 15th as part of their annual National Shipping Day. Sure, Prime two-day […]
Continue reading »How to Remove Keylogger From HP Laptop
If you are using an HP laptop , chances are that someone else will see everything you type. The company recently confirmed that a keylogger […]
Continue reading »Wear an Ugly Christmas Sweater on These Airlines to Be the First to Board
The ugly Christmas sweaters this year aren’t just for holiday parties. On December 15th, Alaska Airlines is giving customers early boarding if they put on […]
Continue reading »How to Sign up for Health Insurance If Your Loan Is Frozen
Consumers signing up for health insurance on the Federal Health Exchange may have tougher times this year due to the Equifax data breach, according to […]
Continue reading »The Study on Male Flu Was Made to Laugh
Hearing about this CNN , Time and the Guardian , you might think that this is a major medical breakthrough in the fight against “male […]
Continue reading »I Am Brian Fox, Author of the Bash Shell, and This Is How I Work
Brian Fox is an open source software titan. As the first employee of the Richard Stallman Free Software Foundation, he wrote several of the core […]
Continue reading »Best Crime Shows, Stories & Podcasts of 2017
Vacation season can be a sugar overload – consider the case of heiress Sunny von Bülow, who fell into a coma that she never woke […]
Continue reading »What to Do If You and Your Partner Haven’t Had Sex in a Year
You have problems, I have advice. This tip does not contain powdered sugar – in fact, it does not contain sugar and can even be […]
Continue reading »You Will Soon Be Able to Pre-Order IOS and Mac Apps
In response to the minimalist trend of destroying wishlists and desktop downloads , the iOS App Store has added a feature that lets developers open […]
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