Order Your Christmas Gifts Online Today or You’re Out of Luck
If you still need to order your Christmas gifts online, you can do so by tomorrow and receive them by the 25th. Of course, if […]
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Amazon Prime’s 2-Day Delivery Promise Dies
Having a baby in 2018, as my wife and I just gave birth, means becoming an Amazon household. We are not proud of this. We […]
Continue reading »How Can I Use My Smart Speaker to Prevent My Assistant From Spying on Me?
Since this is Lifehacker’s last column of tech tips before that big Boxing Day next week, it’s only fitting that this week’s question comes from […]
Continue reading »Let Your Friends Know That You Are Being Followed With Apple’s Shortcuts Feature
Going home, to a bar or restaurant alone can sometimes be scary, especially if you are a woman. One Reddit user has come up with […]
Continue reading »Marinate All Pork in Shio Koji
If I had to pick my favorite 2018 ingredient, it would be shio koji . Made with fluffy grafted rice, salt and water, this traditional […]
Continue reading »Ask Permission Before Giving Advice to Your Teen
It can be very difficult to talk to teenagers. “How was your day?” “Fine.” “What have you learned today?” “Nothing.” “How are you …” “UM, […]
Continue reading »How to Recognize a Fake Trend
Ankle-length scarves ! What a ridiculous trend! Twitter users ask each other how such a silly thing as ankle-length scarves can be real. “Well – […]
Continue reading »Best Annuities of 2018
Life hacks are our life. Sometimes we treat them very strongly and the world needs to know about it. These are our best rants of […]
Continue reading »How to Keep Your Internet Connected Device From Being Followed
Usually a fun holiday can sound something like this: you wake up on the morning of December 25, run to your tree, unfold everything in […]
Continue reading »How to Get Free Food, Drinks and Hotel Amenities
It’s easy to assume that almost everything you’ll find in a hotel comes at a price, especially if you’re burned out after raiding a minibar […]
Continue reading »You Should Write a Year-End Family Newsletter Even If You Don’t Have a Family
When I hear “holiday newsletter” I think, “These are the milestones that each of my seven children have achieved this year!” This is what the […]
Continue reading »What You Need to Know About Baby Powder and Asbestos
We recently learned that Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of baby powder, had known for years that their talcum powder contained trace amounts of asbestos […]
Continue reading »Test Your New IPad Pro 2018 for a Right Bend When You Buy It
Whether you received it as a gift or gifted it to yourself, there is a little extra prep work you need to do if you […]
Continue reading »Best Food Articles of 2018
You must eat, and you must eat as lightly and deliciously as possible. Here are all the sweet and savory messages that helped plummet a […]
Continue reading »How to Get Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for Free
Video games are a popular holiday gift, and publisher Ubisoft is seriously cheering itself up this winter by giving away one of their best releases […]
Continue reading »Check Out These Indispensable Christmas Apps
I am not happy to report that humbug.com has nothing to do with the holiday season – alas, not marleywasdead.com, but I am sure that […]
Continue reading »How Not to Fail on YouTube, With Aquila Hughes
Comedian and YouTuber Akila Hughes joined in on “How To Fail” during our recent recording of a live podcast for The Upgrade. While the large […]
Continue reading »Before You Have a Second Child, Consider Your Mental Health.
There are many factors that influence the decision about whether – or when and how – to try to have a second child. The size […]
Continue reading »Top Travel Tips in Kansas City From Our Readers
Kansas City sounds like a lot of fun and now I’m hungry and really want to have a drink from the TikiCat tiki bar. I […]
Continue reading »Why Are Stars Suing Epic Games Over Fortnite Dance Moves?
The storm is good for Fortnite. No, not the blue wave that pushes you forward – the legal storm. Earlier this month, the trio of […]
Continue reading »Prepare Korean Sauna Eggs in an Instant Pot
I am always amazed at how many different ways there are to cook and eat eggs. Within the mixed food genre alone , I have […]
Continue reading »Best Fitness Posts of 2018
This year we have set ourselves the challenge of paving the way for new paths in weight lifting, cardio, yoga and more. Along the way, […]
Continue reading »How to Fall Asleep When Your Baby Is Born
You may have one of two responses to this heading. First, an outburst of laughter at the simple stupidity of trying to help parents of […]
Continue reading »33 Rules of the Art Critic
Art, as we all know, is about following a certain number of rules passed down to you by another person. The latest title New York […]
Continue reading »How to Keep Apple From Sending Spam on Your Phone
What could be worse than Carpool karaoke? Receive Carpool Karaoke notifications on your iPhone if you haven’t watched it for a long, long time. Apple […]
Continue reading »How to Build the Perfect Gingerbread House
I am not an architect. I don’t know how to understand blueprints, make things stable, or even really understand what a “model” does. I am […]
Continue reading »Sous Vide Your Holiday Ham
I love holiday ham, especially when paired with a sticky sweet frosting. The salty, greasy pork slices taste good and you won’t have to worry […]
Continue reading »How to Quickly Switch Twitter Chronology to Chronological Order
Twitter just made it easy for you to switch your home timeline between the most recent tweets and the most popular tweets on your timeline […]
Continue reading »Smooth Out Gummy Candy With Potatoes
Marcella Hazan is most widely known for her 3 -way tomato sauce , but her experience is not limited to pasta and what you put […]
Continue reading »How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence
There is a school mind, a street mind, a business mind, but we tend to forget about smart feelings: emotional intelligence. Like your ability to […]
Continue reading »Best Etiquette Advice of 2018
At Lifehacker we devote a truly infinite amount of energy to the contemplation of proper etiquette. How to share a check, how to chat with […]
Continue reading »I Am an Actress Anjali Bhimani and This Is How I Work
You can recognize the voice of Anjali Bhimani from Overwatch . You may have seen her on Broadway or on shows like Modern Family , […]
Continue reading »How to Buy the Perfect Gift With Lifehacker Staff
Buying gifts can be … stressful. It is often difficult to know what to buy for a friend who loves movies or a son-in-law who […]
Continue reading »Best Advice From the Book How I Work 2018
Every week at Lifehacker, we interview successful people about their careers and work habits in the How I Work column. And every week we ask […]
Continue reading »How to Save Money on Your Trip to Disneyland in 2019
If your plans for 2019 include a trip to Disney, it’s worth planning ahead. Disney updated its ticketing system for 2019 so that multi-day tickets […]
Continue reading »This 3-Way Sausage Sauce Will Improve Your Christmas Morning
Christmas morning is a busy time, especially if you have kids, but it’s also time for a very tasty breakfast that you can take your […]
Continue reading »Buy Toys That Allow Children to Play Like Adults
It was Hatchimals two years ago. Decades before, it had been Elmo to tickle me . Remember Tamagotchi digital pets ? Cabbage Patch Kids and […]
Continue reading »Get Over Yourself and Start Writing in Comic Sans
Anyone who writes for fun or profit is afraid to sit down to work only to end up staring at a blank document for hours. […]
Continue reading »Microwave Every Ingredient in This Croquembush
Holiday entertainment is all about getting the most out of it with the least amount of effort. It’s hard enough to beat the huge pile […]
Continue reading »How to Join the Facebook Boycott This Week
Any day is a good day to boycott Facebook, but today is especially wonderful. Yesterday, the Senate Intelligence Committee released two reports on Russian propaganda […]
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