How to Use Microsoft Translator Advanced Offline Languages
Microsoft just updated its Translator app for iOS , Android and Amazon Fire devices to support new optimized language packs that are (supposedly) 23 percent […]
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Men Makeup Guide for Beginners
Who said that men should not use cosmetics and other beauty products intended for women? With the help of a few nice people at the […]
Continue reading »Apply Tape to Your Apple TV Remote
Apple, a well-designed company, equips its Apple TV with a completely black and horizontally symmetrical remote control. This means that if you find the remote […]
Continue reading »How to Help Your Teen Get More Sleep
When it comes to teens getting enough sleep, many forces are at work against them. Beginning early in school wreaks havoc on their circadian rhythms. […]
Continue reading »Sorry, You Still Need to Read the Terms of Service Docs
Does anyone read the Terms of Service for anything they buy or subscribe to? And I don’t mean “look at it to acknowledge its existence”; […]
Continue reading »Automatically Open YouTube Links in an Uncluttered Viewer
If you like using an alternative site to watch YouTube videos (like the minimalist Tube we recently shared , or the more minimalist Surprise.ly that […]
Continue reading »Reminder: the Oxygen Mask Must Cover the Mouth and Nose
If you’ve ever flown an airplane, you’ve heard the chatter about an oxygen mask. If you looked up from the phone, you even saw the […]
Continue reading »You Should Watch “Jeopardy!” in the Morning
The morning routine is highly personal (and perhaps taken too seriously, as one writer recently discovered ). However, we can all agree that morning television […]
Continue reading »To Bake Your Bread Better, Use Filtered Water
Baking beautiful bread requires skillful manipulation of three complex factors: technique, equipment and ingredients. Poor technique is responsible for most poor results, but a sudden […]
Continue reading »How Can We Understand Our Body Without “our Body, Ourselves”?
Our Bodies, Ourselves began as a brochure on women’s health in the early 1970s, but soon evolved into a textbook for every young (and old) […]
Continue reading »Take Your Boards to the Next Level
At this point in our board trial, one of two things has probably happened. Either you have been doing the same bar all the time, […]
Continue reading »What to Do If Your Child Cannot Poop
When kids turn a simple walk in the toilet into a marathon, the question shouldn’t be just, “What are they doing there?” but “What are […]
Continue reading »How to Show Confidence in an Interview
Now that you’ve polished your resume and practiced a little bit of ego inflation , you’re ready for your interview. You probably have the answers […]
Continue reading »How to Choose the Right Turntable
Vinyl sales have grown exponentially over the past 12 years – 2017 was a record year (pun intended). Vinyl accounted for 14% of all physical […]
Continue reading »Top Dublin Travel Tips From Our Readers
Our readers in Dublin have been generous and friendly in giving advice this week (so friendly that as New Yorkers we fear being tricked). Several […]
Continue reading »How to Survive a Facebook Hack
Here we go again. Radware’s threat research group recently announced that over 40,000 Facebook users were tricked into downloading the Relieve Stress Paint app with […]
Continue reading »There Is Always Something You Can Do to Improve Your Circumstances.
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 »What You Need to Know Before Your First Pilates Lesson
Many of us have practiced Pilates at least a little; Pilates-style exercises can be found in many workouts that include yoga or bodyweight exercises. But […]
Continue reading »Improve Chrome Security With These Extensions
Google Chrome comes with its own built-in security measures to alert you to dangerous websites and weed out phishing attacks , but it never hurts […]
Continue reading »How to Recognize a Fake Video
By using increasingly sophisticated methods of creating fake videos or deepfakes, video editors can actually change the face of the video. (According to our sister […]
Continue reading »How to Share Facebook Messages With Non-Facebook Friends
As widespread as Facebook is, not everyone uses social services. Maybe they hate social media, or they are frustrated with Facebook’s constant “ oops ” […]
Continue reading »Don’t Bring Flowers to the Party
Your intentions are good. You learned a long time ago that a polite guest never shows up empty-handed at a dinner party, and you’ve stuck […]
Continue reading »How to Install New Bluetooth Volume Controls in Android P on Current Phone
Android: It looks like Google is finally adding a long-missing feature to Android in its next big update. When Android P comes out this fall, […]
Continue reading »Disable Autoplay Videos With Latest Chrome Update
Chrome 66 is out, and if you’re the type of person who doesn’t care when a new update hits your web browser, you might want […]
Continue reading »How to Stop Kids From Buying Anything on Fortnite
There are plenty of tales of anxious parents about losing their kids – or, as Chicago Tribune writer Thomas Pace describes “these zombies that were […]
Continue reading »Throw Away All Your Romaine Lettuce [updated]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently urging consumers, restaurants and retailers to throw away any shredded romaine lettuce . This includes store-bought […]
Continue reading »Actually, the Rules of Table Salt
For years, I have politely refused to store pedestrian salt in my pantry. Inspired by the belief that real chefs use kosher salt – and […]
Continue reading »Visit Black-Owned Coffee Shops in the US
Worried that your local Starbucks might call cops over to you because of your race ? Want to show that you care about how the […]
Continue reading »Get Off the Couch and Start Running With the C25K App
iOS / Android: I hate running. I’ve always hated running. Every time I decide to (again) try running, I think about how much I would […]
Continue reading »What Happens When Every Citizen Receives a Universal Basic Income
Later this year, Stockton, a city in California with a poverty rate of 25%, will conduct an unusual experiment: its approximately 100 residents will receive […]
Continue reading »How to Decipher Financial Aid Letters
Congratulations, hail! If you received a letter of financial assistance from a prospective undergraduate or graduate program, it means you have completed the FAFSA correctly […]
Continue reading »How to Install Minesweeper on Your Mac
If you’ve been a die-hard Apple fan since you first touched your keyboard, chances are you’ve never experienced the thrill of Minesweeper – one of […]
Continue reading »I’m Kevin Gibbs, Creator of Google Suggest, and This Is How I Work
Kevin Gibbs has created something you can use every day. Gibbs created Google Suggest before founding workplace software company Quip and selling it to Salesforce. […]
Continue reading »You Have an Extra Day to File Your Tax Return After the IRS Website Crashes
Congratulations procrastinators, you have an extra day to file your tax return this year thanks to a timely glitch on the IRS Direct Pay page. […]
Continue reading »What If You’re a Ghost
This week we have a guy who met a beautiful girl on a dating app, had a great conversation with her, and then met up […]
Continue reading »Automate Quarterly Tax Payments With This App
For many aspiring freelancers (and some seasoned vets), quarterly taxes are a nightmare. Either you don’t know you have to pay them and you’re caught […]
Continue reading »Amazon Mobile App Made International Shopping Much Easier
Amazon updated its mobile apps on Tuesday to make shopping easier when in another country. The new version of the app lets you browse Amazon […]
Continue reading »This Android App Will Lock Your Phone for 30 Minutes If You Use It Too Often
Android: Smartphones and apps are designed to be addictive , and many people (myself included) find it hard to resist Twitter notifications or new Instagram […]
Continue reading »Uncover Evil Design Tricks in Subreddit Asshole Design
You open what looks like a banknote, but it’s just spam. You click on the donation process too quickly and they convert your one-time donation […]
Continue reading »Check Your Phone Less With Customizable Text Vibration
I get three kinds of texts: Texts from my wife that I want to read right away Lifehacker Podcast Producer Levi Sharp Lyrics That Come […]
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