How to Keep People From Spying on Your Phone
Sometimes when you show a photo to a friend or relative, they will rudely flip through other images. We have a way to do this. […]
Continue reading »Latest Posts
How to Find Free Skin Cancer Screening Near You
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the United States, but it can be difficult to find a dermatologist to check your […]
Continue reading »Fried Leeks Are Great for Scrambled Eggs
The green parts of the leek are lacking in love. Almost every leek recipe tells you that you don’t need them, that they are too […]
Continue reading »How to Clean a Backyard Trampoline
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert, advice columnist, and New York Times bestselling author of My Boyfriend Is Boiling In My Purse … And Other […]
Continue reading »Where to Check Your Credit Score for Free
With the abundance of personal finance apps, sites, and services available, you no longer have to rely on just a free copy of your credit […]
Continue reading »Where to Buy Flowers for Mother’s Day at the Last Minute
Attention! Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 13th. It’s not too late right now to order your mom something cool on Amazon Prime, or even […]
Continue reading »Make It Easier to Record and Share Videos From Your Screen With the ‘Loom’ Chrome Extension
Suppose you are trying to eliminate a family member’s computer, you want to show a friend some of the problems you have with your system, […]
Continue reading »How to Make Cheap Side Dishes That Seem Trendy
When planning a massive meal, it can be easy to focus too much on the essentials, but filling the side dishes is equally – if […]
Continue reading »Top Reader Tips for Traveling the Disney World
This week, we hacked into a theme park instead of a city, writing an openly intimidating 275 comments full of tips for visiting Disney World. […]
Continue reading »The Only Thing Holding You Back From Cultivation Is You.
Welcome back to Mid-Week Meditations , Lifehacker’s weekly dip in the pool of stoic wisdom and a guide to using its waters to meditate and […]
Continue reading »How to Use the Confusing New Gesture Controls in Android P
Android P contains many exciting new features , but it also brings huge changes to the way you control your smartphone. Google is replacing familiar […]
Continue reading »The Most Efficient Way to Keep Your Resume up to Date
Finding a job is difficult even in the best circumstances, and when you are not prepared for it, it becomes even more difficult. Optimistically, we […]
Continue reading »Best Way to Enable Sound in Web Games and Apps Disabled by Latest Google Chrome Update
Google’s latest update for Chrome made big changes to how the browser handles autoplaying videos, but it now causes a lot of audio issues in […]
Continue reading »When Can I Eat Romaine Lettuce?
The CDC is still finding people who developed E. coli associated with romaine lettuce : there were 12 more this week, bringing the total to […]
Continue reading »Don’t Pay Anyone to “Help” You With Your Student Loans
Beware of companies that charge you a commission in exchange for cutting student loan payments, making loan payments for you, changing your repayment plan, consolidating […]
Continue reading »Why Antihistamines Should Not Be Used to Prevent Alcohol-Induced Flushing
For some, sipping on cocktails does more than just tipsy, it makes your skin red as beets. There is an old way to prevent skin […]
Continue reading »Make a Large Batch of This Shrimp Base and Use It in Every Meal
In this age of instant food gadgets and meal kits, recipes that take over an hour are often optimized and optimized or completely ignored. But […]
Continue reading »You Probably Already Have Cousins in Your DNA Database
The DNA database led police to the Golden State suspected murderer through data uploaded by distant relatives. Now, population genetics researchers have calculated the likelihood […]
Continue reading »Three More Great History Podcasts That Aren’t Hardcore Story
When these business school bullies bullied you for your worthless doctorate in medieval literature, they didn’t see the history podcasts appear. Now it’s pretty damn […]
Continue reading »What to Do If Someone Takes Out a Student Loan in Your Name
Identity theft takes various forms, one of which may involve obtaining a student loan in your name. Wouldn’t that be a pleasant surprise! Since the […]
Continue reading »How to Use Equipment on Outdoor Fitness Tracks
If you’ve ventured out to find fitness routes for the Lifehacker Fitness Challenge , you may have spotted some mysterious unmarked equipment. What are you […]
Continue reading »How to Get the Android P Public Beta for Your Phone Right Now
Android: Earlier this year, Google offered app developers (and adventurers) an early look at Android P. The company is now releasing an official public beta […]
Continue reading »Improve Your Singing With the IOS Tone App
iOS: Some people become karaoke gods the moment they pick up a microphone, leaving us mere mortals wondering how they managed to summon Freddie Mercury […]
Continue reading »Create Searchable Live Audio Transcriptions With Otter
iOS / Android: There is one part of reporting that I absolutely despise: transcribing. Whenever I interview people, I always record the interview on audio […]
Continue reading »I’m the President of the Joyce F. Brown Fashion Institute of Technology, and This Is How I Work.
This year, Dr. Joyce F. Brown celebrates his 20th birthday as President of the New York Institute of Fashion, SUNY School of Arts and Business, […]
Continue reading »How Much Should You Pay Your Nanny in 2018, Depending on Where You Live
(Editor’s note: For an updated 2019 version of this publication, click here .) To find out how many babysitters are in attendance these days, it […]
Continue reading »How to Try to Reconnect With Someone Who Is Gone
This week we have a man who met the girl of his dreams, but work got in the way before romance could bloom. Is there […]
Continue reading »How to Buy Tickets to BlizzCon
Feeling lucky? The first of two batches of tickets to Blizzard’s major gaming convention, BlizzCon, goes on sale this week (Wednesday May 9th and Saturday […]
Continue reading »How the Twitter Password Error Could Have Happened
Twitter revealed last week that it accidentally saved some users’ passwords in plain text , and therefore suggested that all users change their Twitter passwords. […]
Continue reading »Make a Customized Nitric Oxide Liqueur
Giving homemade liqueurs is my favorite party trick. They are fun to set up, inexpensive to make and – if you have a whisk siphon […]
Continue reading »Make a Check-in Reminder for Friends Who Have Been Through Traumatic Events
Life throws many unpleasant experiences in our path – for example, death in the family, unpleasant breakups, or excruciating trauma – but a good friend […]
Continue reading »Know Your Rights With the Collector
When you are approached by debt collectors, they can try any number of tactics to get you to pay off your debt. Some of them […]
Continue reading »What to Do If Your Child Is Sensitive to Seams and Clothing Tags
As you know, small children are difficult to dress. Any parent who ran into a naked child six minutes before he was supposed to be […]
Continue reading »What’s the Best Gift From a Hotel?
Tiny bottles of shampoo, soap and lotion are slowly disappearing from hotel rooms. And not in the usual way, when you collect them all in […]
Continue reading »How to (Knowingly) Part With Your Phone
Hack your notification badges . Shades of gray . State the reason why you are going to look at your phone. There are endless tactics […]
Continue reading »Play Mario Kart in Your Browser With This CSS Clone (Updated)
Suck lightning. Fortunately, the painstaking work of software engineer Stephen Cook does not include any of these (cheating) tricks. In its simplified version of Mario […]
Continue reading »What Are You Feeding Your Mom This Sunday?
Hello and welcome back toWhat’s Cooking? , an open thread where you can share your brilliant thoughts, tips, recipes and opinions on all food related […]
Continue reading »The Student Loan Payment Option Recommended by Your College Can Further Increase Your Debt
According to a CNBC report , student loan repayment options promoted by colleges could double or even triple the amount owed by borrowers. According to […]
Continue reading »Can a DNA Test Really Help You Lose Weight?
We are all unique. Put a thousand people on the same weight loss diet and you will see a number of results. Some will lose […]
Continue reading »Keep Track of Everything on the Clipboard With the Clipy App for Mac
Mac: How would we do not like , Clipy is not a version of Clippy for MacOS , this little animated clip for the securities […]
Continue reading »