Where to Donate to Help Victims of Christchurch Shooting
The city of Christchurch in New Zealand is rocking after a devastating terrorist attack on two mosques that killed 49 people. Here’s how you can […]
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How to Communicate in a Truly Remote Location
These days, we can rely on our phones to communicate almost anywhere. But if you are traveling in a really remote area, you may find […]
Continue reading »Get Rid of Your Kid’s Bad Day With a Magic Spell
Sometimes the mood is felt first thing in the morning. Your child wakes up in a bad mood and you think, “Well, today should be […]
Continue reading »How Paying Your Minimum Credit Card Leads You Into a Debt Spiral
If you have a credit card, in theory you should know how missing a payment or paying less than your total balance every month can […]
Continue reading »Check Your Local Laws Before Booking Summer Airbnb
If your summer travel plans include being on Airbnb, your vacation may be more challenging (and expensive) than you expected. Miami Beach is taking harsh […]
Continue reading »How Can I Search for Comments in PDF?
Confession time. Tech 911 is a bit of a puzzle this week because the wide world of PDFs is confusing at best and generally more […]
Continue reading »Why Digital Detox Doesn’t Work
Being without a phone is a luxury these days. If you can handle it, you’re either on vacation or you have a staff to handle […]
Continue reading »Use This GIF to Breathe Better
In her newsletter, My Sweet Dumb Brain, Katie Hawkins-Gaar writes about the importance of time to breathe . Not unconscious breathing that you do to […]
Continue reading »Celebrate Pi Day With Our Favorite Pie Tips
Ah, pi day. A day that combines two things that I love in theory, but which I have more problems with than I would like […]
Continue reading »Samsung Galaxy S10 + Has the Fastest 4G Speeds (so Far)
Nobody likes to wait until some information is downloaded to the phone. Whether it’s blank web pages or buffering streaming sites, we turn to our […]
Continue reading »How to Support a Climate Change Protester
A year ago, schoolchildren across the country staged mass strikes and protests to pressure their representatives to support effective weapons legislation . Now this generation, […]
Continue reading »Remove These Malicious Apps From Your Android Right Now
Digital security researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of ad-serving malware in over 200 Android apps, some of which have been downloaded by millions […]
Continue reading »How to Identify and Report an Illegal Job Posting
Earlier this week, Epicurious director David Tamarkin excitedly tweeted that they needed a “spicy, food-obsessed editorial assistant.” Within 48 hours, the publication was ruthlessly criticized […]
Continue reading »Leave the Roots of the Onions Intact for Easier Chopping and Dicing
By this time, I could already chop the onion in my sleep: cut it in half, cut the stem and root, peel and cut into […]
Continue reading »Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Verizon’s New 5G Data Plans
5G continues to roll out slowly around the world as more companies announce plans to launch 5G networks in 2019. The latest of these is […]
Continue reading »How to Sign up for the Android Q Beta Now
The Ultimate Lifehacker Android Guide ): title The Ultimate Lifehacker Android Guide Don’t be discouraged by the many (many!) Android settings and apps. Control your […]
Continue reading »I’m Pastry Chef Stella Parks and This Is How I Eat
Stella Parks, also known as “BraveTart”, knows more about cake than most people do. She is CIA trained and has experience in restaurants, but it […]
Continue reading »What Is a Cyclone Bomb?
On Wednesday, a “cyclone bomb” hit Colorado . While the term sounds like something out of science fiction, it’s quite real: “bomb cyclone” is a […]
Continue reading »You Guys Know What Pi Is, Right?
Happy Pi Day! What is pi? If you’re returning to old memories of geometry lessons, stop right here. Pi is the real thing in real […]
Continue reading »How to Use the Highchair Safely
A highchair may seem like the perfect place to hold your toddler or toddler while you eat or try to cook dinner in the kitchen. […]
Continue reading »Having Problems Playing on Your PC? Update Windows 10
If you’ve noticed that some of your Windows 10 games have been unresponsive in the past week, you’re not alone. Microsoft has confirmed that a […]
Continue reading »How to Prevent Roommates From Messing With Your Amazon Echo
The first time I realized something was wrong was when at 9 p.m. I started getting reminders on my iPhone of upcoming appointments – not […]
Continue reading »How to Plan Your Day When You Work From Home or Freelance
I have been working as a full-time freelancer since 2012 and most of my work is done at home, that is, in my home office. […]
Continue reading »How to Get Money If You Don’t Have a Reserve Fund
Financial emergencies come to all of us, and when they arise, you need a cache from which you can get at least some of the […]
Continue reading »Spice up Google’s Carmen Sandiego Game With a Real Theme Song
There has always been a place in my heart for Carmen Sandiego’s old school “educational and entertaining” games, because they taught me decently a little […]
Continue reading »Water Is All You Need to Revitalize Raw Vegetables
Many things in life get wet with moisture, such as paper or expensive blow-dried hair. But plants don’t work that way. Water makes them plump, […]
Continue reading »Do Not Use a Bristle Brush to Clean Your Grill
The burgers are good, but the bristle burgers are definitely not. It turns out that the small, coarse, spiky bristles on barbecue brushes can fall […]
Continue reading »How to Enable Chrome’s New Dark Mode
Google announced that the latest update for the Chrome browser, Chrome 73, has begun rolling out to Windows , Mac and Linux platforms. While these […]
Continue reading »What the Hell Is Going on With Brexit? Check Out These Flowcharts
Today is an important day for the Brexit negotiations. Members of Parliament are discussing a “no deal” exit, a plan that would have the UK […]
Continue reading »Compliment Other Parents When You See Them Doing Well.
On the One Bad Mother podcast , hosts Biz Ellis and Teresa Thorne end each episode by telling each other, “You’re doing a really good […]
Continue reading »What Is Hyperemesis?
Amy Schumer vomited 980 times since she became pregnant, said she was a reporter York Times the New . She has hyperemesis of pregnancy, and […]
Continue reading »Drive-Thru Employees Can Hear You Even If You Can’t Hear Them
Your car may seem like a secluded world in which you can fart, argue with your family, or complain about waiting at the driveway; in […]
Continue reading »How to Save Important Voice Messages for IPhone and Android
It is almost inevitable that at some point we will all need to securely and securely store our voicemail. Whether it’s a message from a […]
Continue reading »Brie Oil Is the Best Complex Oil
Do you know that scene from Twin Peaks where Jerry Horn gets so excited about his brie and butter sandwiches? It was me last night, […]
Continue reading »Should You Invest in a 401 (K) or Roth 401 (K)?
Welcome to The Statement, Lifehacker’s new weekly personal finance newsletter. I’m Alicia Adamchik, author of the Lifehacker money article , and every Wednesday I cover […]
Continue reading »How to Know If Your Child Is Ready for Early Childhood Education
Ever since my son was a baby and he was about two and a half years old, he has been in kindergarten 45 hours a […]
Continue reading »Prepare the Garlic Before Adding It to Your Sous-Vide Bag
The words “this is too much garlic” never left my lips. Garlic should be added to recipes with wild enthusiasm – should double if not […]
Continue reading »If You Work Full Time, Calculate Your Hourly Wage
When you work full time, you can track your expenses and budget using a percentage of your income to try to figure out what you […]
Continue reading »I’m Jad Abumrad, Founder and Co-Host of Radiolab, and This Is How I Work
As the creator of Radiolab , Jad Abumrad is responsible not only for one of the most respected radio shows and podcasts, but also for […]
Continue reading »How to Know If You Have a 737 Max Booked and What to Do If You Have One [updated]
After two fatal Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crashes in the past six months, many passengers and airlines have begun to wonder if these planes […]
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