Category: Tech

In this week’s Tech 911 column, Lifehacker’s advice column for everything geeky, we answer a question from a reader who has a problem setting up […]

In this week’s tech tips column , we tackle one of the oldest and most common questions – we see it on the Internet, and […]

Welcome to Tech Etiquette, Lifehacker’s new advice column in which we try to condemn the lawlessness of the so-called digital age. Everyone has their own […]

Welcome to Tech 911 , Lifehacker’s weekly tech tips column. We have a slightly new look! Hope you enjoy it because I love it. This […]

The computer ate my term paper! We’ve all been there. You delete an important file – perhaps even accidentally delete it (on Windows) – or […]

I’ve already talked about this and will repeat it: it’s important to keep your devices up to date. Even though I admit that there are […]

In this week’s Tech 911 advice column, a Lifehacker reader wants to automate a tedious and annoying process: installing a fresh copy of Windows (presumably […]

While I always recommend updating to the latest and greatest version of whatever software you are using, this may not be the best option if […]

Welcome to yet another week of Tech 911 , Lifehacker’s advice column designed to answer your most pressing and unusual technology questions. This week we’re […]

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 […]