Category: Tech

Maybe you got bitten by a technical bug and became a Commodore Collector. Or you were cleaning the house of a loved one and found […]

My hours after work are precious, and nothing is more annoying than hearing the familiar slack thump interrupting my afternoon nap. (I’m not sixty, I […]

In an ideal world, you would pay for super-fast internet service, plug your cable modem into a fast enough router, and get blazing download speeds […]

By design, most Alexa-based devices can be fully controlled by voice commands right out of the box – just say “Alexa” and your Echo speaker, […]

See if this scenario sounds familiar: you’ve put on your best Zoom shirt for daily work checks, you’ve poured wine for a weekly meeting with […]

One of the most useful features on any Windows PC or Mac is the ability to schedule it to turn on at a set time […]

I try not to move if I can avoid it, so I stayed in ultra-expensive Silicon Valley, working remotely for Lifehacker, instead of living like […]

I often write about some pretty serious and escalating technical issues for Lifehacker’s Tech 911 column. It could be … a lot. For a little […]

Few things are worse than finding out that you are missing phone photos taken over the years after you thought you took them right. I […]

The old postulate that more is better has not been respected in the world of technology for some time, especially in photography. Cameras are getting […]

The tech industry has a tremendous amount of work to do in the fight for racial justice and equality. But while recruiting black staff and […]

We previously showed you a hack that will unlock custom backgrounds for your Microsoft Teams video chats, allowing you to put yourself in front of […]

I can’t count how many times my friends have asked me why something they have is not working or charging properly, and I researched the […]

I miss movies; more importantly, I avoid going to the movies. But I also completely forgot about all of Hollywood in the last three months […]

Chrome OS has come a long way since its humble beginnings as browser-based. You can now use the operating system to install Android apps, access […]

All the time, only a fingerprint or a drawing on the screen is distracted, and when you are driving, it is simply not safe. The […]

Removing finished books from Kindle has always been possible, but with one catch. Anything you delete from your device is saved to your account. It’s […]

I love a good scavenger hunt – not when the search targets are “photos that I wanted to keep forever on my device, but now […]

I don’t really pay much attention to the power poles in my area – as long as they are solid and not sparks, weird buzzing […]

Yes, there are places in this world where you can’t connect to the internet – and I’m not talking about remote tropical locations where it’s […]

I love it when I get real frustration from time to time with the weekly 911 tech support questions and answers; it keeps me on […]

Give your bored teen the opportunity to come up with one of the most inventive ways to “be present” in Zoom chat I’ve ever seen, […]

During a pandemic, there is not much you can do – at least if you are smart. You shouldn’t go to the mall (even if […]

Your Google Home is a great device for asking the weather, setting alarms , controlling your smart home, or even creating a network of connected […]

This is a common problem: you or someone you know spent money on an incredibly fast internet connection, but they still can’t get their wired […]

If you curse your home Wi-Fi network when working from home, here’s some good news: The FCC recently approved a new Wi-Fi connectivity standard, Wifi […]

There are few things I like more than the well-executed use of silly backgrounds in video chat. While this unusual feature was previously exclusive to […]

When it comes to privacy issues, the best advice is the simplest one: don’t mix work and play. This means you don’t need to install […]

One of the challenges of working from home – something that many of us do for the first time – is the constant compulsion to […]

Microsoft’s big office communications app, Microsoft Teams, has a fun new feature that makes it as wacky as Zoom. Now you have the opportunity to […]

Whether you are upgrading or buying a new desktop or laptop, one day you will have to say goodbye to a computer that you have […]

Convincing your friends and loved ones to stop spreading nonsense on the Internet seems like a Sisyphean task – one that you probably gave up […]

I’m tired of answering the question: “Which video chat should I use?” I don’t know which one is better because I don’t know what your […]

My new Dungeons & Dragons playgroup has been gathering for almost the past few weeks, but we still can’t decide which service offers the best […]

If you’ve previously had all of your tech needs handled by your company, but they’ve since sent you to work from home with little more […]

Sometimes it is much easier to write down how you do something and send it to the person than to try to describe it for […]

Working from home requires reliable communications, and while many of us are likely participating in more Zoom calls lately, paying for a premium or enterprise-grade […]

What a week we’ve had! It seems like it’s still Monday, but maybe it’s just me. We helped identify cable modems and internet service provider […]

In today’s Tech 911 – Lifehacker’s support column dedicated to your work from home questions all week – we turn to an old favorite: Microsoft […]

911 Tech Support Day 3 is here to answer your questions and I go through reader comments like it’s my job. What it is. This […]