Category: Tech

I remember the first digital camera I have ever used. It was about the size of a salad bowl and stored images on a 3.5-inch […]

I’ve always felt a bit out of the ordinary nerd stereotypes. I don’t wear glasses, there are no real pockets in my women’s clothes, so […]

I feel like graphing calculators were really the “thing” for most people in that year or two in high school when you were forced to […]

I am very happy to live in a time where I can just hop on the internet anytime, instead of dialing and waiting for the […]

Having a favorite notebook is even more difficult than having a favorite pen . You write on a stack of paper. But the subtleties and […]

We have strange weather, right? I don’t know where you live, but I’m guessing it’s on the same planet as me, and here in the […]

Even though I had a lot of access to PC games and consoles as a kid (oh, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was amazing), I […]

I type all day. I swipe and click on my phone. I jot down notes on paper. I’m happy with my predominantly digital life. But […]

Digitizing vinyl is much more difficult than ripping a CD. External CD drive on Amazon costs $ 26 ; a turntable with digital output costs […]

You may not have had to do pure math in years, but you do mental math every day. Or maybe you google math problems ten […]

Analog week is a strange concept for me. As a senior technical editor at Lifehacker, I am screen-locked for most of the day. I’d like […]

I had my first formal typing class in high school, long after I learned to type. There weren’t enough computers for everyone, so some of […]

When I find it difficult to write, when I feel stuck or distracted, or like I’m the biggest impostor in the world , I force […]

When I was choosing the letter for this week’s Tech 911 issue, I was reminded how happy I am to have solar panels in my […]

I am sorry. Last week in Tech 911 , Lifehacker’s tech tips column, I answered a question from Lifehacker editor-in-chief Melissa . She technically reads […]

When the boss says, “I have a problem,” my ears perk up. Lifehacker is fine; we were not blown up by PAM . However, Melissa […]

Welcome back to Lifehacker’s weekly tech tips column, Tech 911 . As always, I want you to send me emails about all the problems you […]

Good news: I’m not sick anymore. The bad news is that my stomach will vomit when they invariably kill my favorite bad guy, Chubby Thanos, […]

Welcome to another installment of Lifehacker’s tech advice column , brought to you by a ton of DayQuil – thanks to whoever gave me the […]

I might as well rename this column to “Wifi Master” given how many of you have asked questions about wireless networks in the past few […]

Between all this talk about Family Sharing for Apple’s new Plus services and the fact that I finally set up a home Netflix account on […]

Like the Michael Myers of those Halloween movies, some things in life are (seemingly) inevitable. Taxes. Politics. Your neighbor’s Wi-Fi networks that are strong enough […]

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 […]

The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi ): title The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless networking is tricky, but not necessary. Let us help you. […]

The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi ): title The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless networking is tricky, but not necessary. Let us help you. […]

The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi ): title The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless networking is tricky, but not necessary. Let us help you. […]

It happens to the best of us. You take care of your day by tapping on your smartphone while traveling through your little slice of […]

A few years ago, I finally made the decision to stop buying an optical drive when building a new PC because I can’t remember the […]

In this week’s tech tips column on Lifehacker – keep asking questions guys! – we help the reader who has too many important articles who […]

In this week’s tech tips column on Lifehacker, I’ll tackle the internet’s biggest annoyance. Don’t yell at YouTube influencers or people who are better than […]

Welcome to Lifehacker’s first column of tech tips in 2019! This week’s question from Lifehacker reader Mike is something that many of us have had […]

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 […]

This week’s question for Lifehacker’s tech-advice column comes from Nate . While his query has a bit of a business theme, it still applies to […]

As I wrote earlier , iCloud can be a little confusing. It shouldn’t have been – at least I don’t think Apple planned it this […]

How do I fix what’s broken? Specifically, how do you access your smartphone – to erase all important data from it, presumably before sending it […]

I’m the type of person who hates losing old copies of digital things – photos, messages, emails, videos, etc. Although I doubt I’ll ever walk […]

How many people are still using AOL Mail? I assumed they were all three, but apparently many of you are still clinging to your aol.com […]

Gmail contacts can be a little confusing, especially if you realize that the popular email service automatically dumps everyone you chat with on the Internet […]

It’s time to tackle another tricky issue in this week’s Tech 911 column, which is almost entirely about the questions you email us. Keep them […]

Hey! In this week’s Tech 911 – a column that attempts to answer all your questions by email (send us your questions by email ) […]