Aim to Get $ 10,000
When you are a budding investor or investor, starting from scratch can seem like a daunting task. You have finance professionals who advise you to […]
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How to Extend Battery Life and Minimize Data Usage When Traveling
It’s summer now and we all have a passion for travel. It’s important to get out and see the world, but it’s just as important […]
Continue reading »Cheese Mayonnaise Is What You Need to Make
When it comes to hamburgers, I prefer to keep things simple. Thin broken tortilla, good melted cheese, maybe a little onion, tomato and pickles. I […]
Continue reading »How to Access Articles in Paid Scientific Journals
Every time you see flashy headlines about a new study, or some marketer says that “studies show” that their diet or product has a specific […]
Continue reading »Set a Different Alarm for Each Day of the Week
Every Wednesday this YouTube series adds a new music video in which the crying frog says, “Today is Wednesday, boys.” Wouldn’t one of these wednesday […]
Continue reading »Present Your Little One With a Roller Coaster With a Laundry Basket
When it comes to toddler hackers, it has all the winning ingredients. 1) You probably have materials. 2) YOU MUST SIT. And 3) It’s a […]
Continue reading »Don’t Include These Things on Your Tinder Profile
Have you wondered why you don’t have a match on Tinder or Bumble? We think these apps are for photography only, but if you’re out […]
Continue reading »Sync Your to-Do List Across Firefox Browsers and Android Devices With Mozilla Notes
As I mentioned this morning , Mozilla recently released two new apps as part of its Test Pilot program: one to sync passwords between your […]
Continue reading »How to Use Instagram’s New Questions Feature
People have always been able to reach out to the Instagram users they follow and get replies to their comments using the messaging feature built […]
Continue reading »How to Make Siri and Alexa Understand What You Are Saying
If speaking out loud from Alex (or your digital assistant) seems unnatural, you are not alone. I have Siri while she’s alive, but I can […]
Continue reading »Pack a Boppy Pillowcase When Flying With a Baby
When my child was an infant, I had a deep relationship with something called Boppy. A ubiquitous baby product, this is a pillow designed to […]
Continue reading »Track Fraudulent Use of Your Social Security Number With Capital One Credit Wise Tool
Capital One’s Credit Wise , a free loan tracking tool, will now alert you if and when someone uses your Social Security number to apply […]
Continue reading »IOS ‘Lockbox’ App Allows Firefox Users to Quickly Prompt for Their Passwords
Update 3/26: Mozilla’s Lockbox tool is now available for Android , in addition to the firmware . There are many awesome password managers out there […]
Continue reading »How to Maintain a Friendship
It’s easy to be close to friends and family during big life events like weddings, big birthdays or a new job. These are huge events […]
Continue reading »I’m Elana Karp, Chef at Plated, and This Is How I Work
At How I Work, we like to find people with particularly challenging jobs. Cooking recipes in a mail-order kit delivery service seems like a daunting […]
Continue reading »How to Replace Damaged (or Destroyed) US Currency
Anyone who has ever run their wallet in a washing machine wondered what to do with a ruined wad of money. Your local bank can […]
Continue reading »Get a Quick Banana Pudding With This Milkshake
If there’s one thing I’m missing in my life in the south, it’s the ability to waltz into the grocery store and grab a plastic […]
Continue reading »How to Use YouTube Incognito Mode
Android: Sometimes you want to watch a YouTube video so it doesn’t show up in your story. For those moments when you need to go […]
Continue reading »How to Hide Weed From Kids
Marijuana is becoming legal in more and more places, which means more and more people are bringing pot home. Whether you prefer discreet vape cartridges, […]
Continue reading »These Coca-Cola Tricks Are As Pointless As They Are Entertaining.
In pursuit of life hacks, madness can be consumed. The whole world becomes both a hammer and a nail. Is the power cord a jump […]
Continue reading »IOS 11.4.1 USB Restricted Mode Not As Secure As It Looks
“Ahhh!” you think to yourself. “Apple finally made it impossible for the police to see what’s on my confiscated iPhone.” Not really. Apple today ditched […]
Continue reading »Help Teens Relieve Stress With These Hacking Tricks
As a teenager in 2018, I don’t know how this is done. Imagine having the same list of problems that you had in high school […]
Continue reading »7-Eleven Give Out Free Slurps on July 11
This Wednesday, July 11, from 11 am to 7 am, 7-Eleven convenience stores are giving away free Slurpees as part of the 7-Eleven Day chain’s […]
Continue reading »How to Block Privacy in a Fitness App
Who knows where you ran last week? If you’re interested in privacy, it’s probably just you … and your running app. But our fitness apps […]
Continue reading »Why Roth 401 (K) Is (Almost) Always Better Than Traditional 401 (K) [update]
Everyone loves a Roth IRA , but there is one drawback: there are income limits starting at $ 189,000 for a couple and $ 120,000 […]
Continue reading »What Cooking Utensils Do You Bring on Vacation?
Hello and welcome back toWhat’s Cooking? , an open thread where you can share your brilliant thoughts, tips, recipes and opinions on all food related […]
Continue reading »How to Avoid Hidden Airline Fees
If you use online services to compare flight prices in stores, be careful with the buyer: many deals are actually burdened with hidden fees. I […]
Continue reading »What You Need to Know If Your Child Loves Toy Guns
Is playing with guns bad? Parents are sometimes nervous when they hear shouts of “Explosion! Slam! “When they come off the top of the stairs, […]
Continue reading »Save Whatever You Copy on IOS and MacOS With Paste 2
Mac: When updating Lifehacker’s Mac package for 2018, some readers noticed that I didn’t include any clipboard management apps this time around. Nothing personal; there […]
Continue reading »The Biggest ‘unusual Articles’ From Wikipedia
I have to warn you, you are going to spend a lot of time studying useless little things. The Wikipedia authors have compiled a list […]
Continue reading »PSA: Maybe Wait to Install IOS 11.4 on Your IPhone
If you haven’t updated your iPhone to iOS 11.4 yet, you might want to wait a bit. It is reported that there is a bug […]
Continue reading »How to Maximize Your High Deductible Health Insurance Plan
If you have a high deductible health plan (HDHP) and end up needing an emergency or elective surgery that brings you closer to or exceeds […]
Continue reading »How to Quickly Disable Fingerprint and Face Recognition on Your Phone
Opening your phone with your fingerprint or face recognition is cool and convenient. But in the United States, enabling Touch ID or Face ID basically […]
Continue reading »How to Turn Off Galaxy Apps Notifications on Samsung Phone
As most Galaxy owners are probably aware, Samsung phones come with their own Galaxy Apps store, which includes items such as new fonts and Edge […]
Continue reading »Should You Raid a Retirement Account to Buy a Home?
Is the home worth your retirement savings? This is the question that the reader has been puzzling over this week. Every Monday, we address one […]
Continue reading »Stop Posting Photos of Strangers on Social Media
Taking a photo of someone without their consent and posting it on the Internet is a shitty job. This is aggressive, inappropriate, and may even […]
Continue reading »Why Is It Better to Make a Cobbler Instead of Pie
Baking is not so much a food as a hobby, and I tend to gravitate towards very simple recipes that I can compose on a […]
Continue reading »Get Ready for Next Year’s BBQ Right After This Year’s BBQ
There may be no feeling more debilitating than waking up the next day after a big outdoor party just to see your house and backyard […]
Continue reading »How to Free up Space on Your IPhone
So, you’re running out of space on your iPhone. You may not have been able to download this new movie you bought to your device […]
Continue reading »The Essential Parenting Guide to Marvel Movies
I don’t know if you’ve heard of this underground trend, but from the looks of it, superhero movies from the Marvel Universe have become very […]
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