Make Your Children Spend a Clean Spring With You
Spring has arrived, and many of us will be doing general cleaning, such as washing windows or deep cleaning kitchen appliances. Many spring cleaning jobs […]
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Easily Identify All Devices on Your Network With the Fing App
What’s on your network? You can always open your router’s web interface to see what devices are connected, but you will probably just get a […]
Continue reading »Stop Labeling Kids With Their ‘learning Style’
Perhaps you took a quiz as a child: What kind of student are you? Would you answer questions such as, “When you see the word […]
Continue reading »You Can Now Merge Your Spotify and Hulu Together for $ 12.99 Per Month
If you’re already a Spotify Premium customer, do we have an offer for you: you can now get both Spotify and the Hulu Limited Ads […]
Continue reading »Top Travel Tips in Charlotte, North Carolina From Our Readers
“People are much more friendly and polite than New York,” says Reader Gibs , one of the most active contributors to our Charlotte Travel Advice […]
Continue reading »You Have to Do the Right Thing Because That’s the Right Thing to Do
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 »Check Out This Free Digital Collection of 6,000 19th Century Children’s Books
The Florida University of Baldwin’s Children’s Historical Literature Library has a digital archive of 6,000 children’s books from the 19th and early 20th centuries that […]
Continue reading »Is the Income-Driven Student Loan Repayment Plan Right for You?
Income-based payments are a great option for people with high student loan debt but low salaries. Monthly payments are based on your discretionary income and […]
Continue reading »How to Clean up Before the Housekeeper Arrives
The old “cleaning for the cleaning lady” image is not entirely dumb: while you should leave the actual cleaning to the person you hired to […]
Continue reading »How to Distrust Computers After Connecting IPhone
iOS: Every time you connect your iPhone to your computer, you see the same pop-up on your phone asking if you should “trust” it. This […]
Continue reading »Why Is Pornography That I’ve Never Searched on Google Showing up in My Search History?
No questions too strange and no problems too small for the Tech 911 . This week we’re researching a question from a reader who discovers […]
Continue reading »You Can Repair Your Own Electronics Without Voiding Your Warranty
The FTC has sent out warning letters to six major companies selling cars, phones and game consoles, informing them of the illegality of canceling warranties […]
Continue reading »Baby Wet Wipes Do Not Cause Food Allergies
It would be awful if baby wipes caused food allergies, right? It’s a good thing we don’t have any proof of this (phew). A recent […]
Continue reading »What to Do If Your Picky Eater Is a Teenager
What will happen if your picky child does not grow out of this? What if you’re begging a 15-year-old to just try a green vegetable? […]
Continue reading »Ask CPA All Your Latest Tax Questions
Tax Day is next Tuesday, but if you haven’t filed your tax return yet, you still have time to ask all your questions to Mark […]
Continue reading »Plain White Vinegar Is the Dishwashing Hero You Need
Fat makes food taste good, but fatty foods can linger in the air — and on dishes — long after the meal is finished. If […]
Continue reading »How to Clean a Dusty and Dirty Desktop
The Ultimate Lifehacker PC Building Guide ): title The Ultimate Lifehacker PC Building Guide Building your own desktop PC is a lot of fun. We’ll […]
Continue reading »You Can Still Contribute to an IRA to Save on Taxes for 2017
If you haven’t filed your 2017 tax return yet, you still have time to save money by making a contribution to your IRA. This is […]
Continue reading »How to Clean Your First Aid Kit in Spring
Don’t try to invite me to a dinner party because I don’t have to look into your bathroom to tell you this: you have a […]
Continue reading »You May Need a Permit to Work From Home
I moved to a new city last fall, and this spring I learned that I need a housework permit to work as a freelancer from […]
Continue reading »I’m Mapbox CEO Eric Gundersen and This Is How I Work
You may not recognize the name Mapbox , but you’ve seen the company’s work on CNN, Snapchat, Instacart, and the Weather Channel. (You can also […]
Continue reading »Your Organic Food Is Treated With Pesticides Too
The Environment Working Group has released its latest list of “dirty dozen” fruits and vegetables suspected of containing pesticides. ( This is a misleading list […]
Continue reading »How to Check If Cambridge Analytica Had Your Facebook Data
Facebook launched a tool yesterday that lets you see if you or your friends have shared information with Cambridge Analytica, a Trump-affiliated company that has […]
Continue reading »My Girlfriend Is Jealous of My Girlfriend
This week we have a man with his best friend, but his girlfriend is jealous. Some people have problems that require the delicate advice of […]
Continue reading »We Run a Live Tax Blog at the Last Minute
If you have delayed paying your taxes until the last minute because you just don’t know what you are doing, fear not – tomorrow, April […]
Continue reading »How to Use Instagram’s New Portrait Mode
” Portrait Mode ” has been around since Apple released the iPhone 7 Plus, and bokeh photography has been around long before that. Most high-end […]
Continue reading »Give the Kids Cash Instead of a Credit Card
There are many tips on how to give your child a credit card. Find the one with the lowest interest rate. Don’t sign the card […]
Continue reading »How to Clear a Crowded Gmail Inbox (Manually)
There comes a time when enough is quite simple. I’ve been putting off the task of organizing my vast Gmail inbox for months, if not […]
Continue reading »Here’s the Data Facebook Can Pull From Your Selfies.
The Wall Street Journal today listed all the data that Facebook can get when uploading a photo , based on Facebook’s privacy and data collection […]
Continue reading »How to Protect Your YouTube Account From Hackers
If you have amassed decent YouTube subscribers, you may be at risk. Earlier today, hackers managed to capture and erase some of the most popular […]
Continue reading »It Takes 90 Hours to Make a New Friend
You probably know that adding people to your inner circle takes time, but how long it actually takes to go from strangers to friends has […]
Continue reading »How Student Loans Affect Your Credit Score
I won’t pretend that paying off student loans is a positive financial experience, but there is some good news for borrowers: if you pay your […]
Continue reading »What Cleaning Do You Never Miss?
Different people have very different thresholds for maintaining order in our homes, and one person’s “slight oversight” can become another’s “unforgivable squalor”. Personally, I can […]
Continue reading »Motivate Yourself to Cook With a Cocktail
I hate doing dishes more than any other household chores, but due to my job and the lack of a dishwasher, I end up doing […]
Continue reading »Get Rid of Your Kids’ Storage Boxes
I appreciate the many boxes, baskets and chests that kept my child’s avalanche of toys. They are pretty – we have some braided ombre. They […]
Continue reading »Here’s What Happens to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Yesterday we touched on the core requirements of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and the need to strengthen federal oversight of student loan companies, […]
Continue reading »Despite Recent Research, Pasta Is Not a Magic Weight Loss Product.
If there’s research that shows pasta in a good light, it’s hard to ignore. Everyone loves pasta, right? I do. Chances are you, too. Barilla […]
Continue reading »How to Play the Best Games With Game Designer Seth Scott and YouTuber Brian Lewis
Our guests this week are video game designer Seth Scott, creator of Membrane for the Nintendo Switch, and YouTuber Brian Lewis, creator of the Magic: […]
Continue reading »How to Prune Your Book Collection According to Professional Scribes
“So many books, so little time” – maybe the eye-rolling slogan is a little worse than “Keep calm and carry on,” but it’s also literally […]
Continue reading »Make Wikipedia Your Laid-Back, Scientific Homepage
If you like the distraction when starting your browser, if you find Twitter and news sites too conspicuous, and a blank page too mundane, try […]
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