What to Do Before Another Market Crash
Besides Gary Cohn , there will be another correction (or crash) in the market at some point, and you will want to be ready when […]
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Girls Can Take Free Coding Workshops This Month at Microsoft Stores
While you can pass on some statistics to a girl about why she should consider a career in STEM, it is far more encouraging to […]
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International Men’s Day was November 19. You missed it, probably because companies don’t find indulgence in men as profitable as indulgence in women. (In a […]
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It’s time to jump ahead for summer time , but who came up with this bizarre practice? And why? If you just answered “Benjamin Franklin” […]
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Sorry, but your new Android phone is already out of date. Google unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system earlier this week, and […]
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Getting started with an email can be tricky, but it’s even worse when you go crazy after submitting the same formulaic answer to a question […]
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iOS / Android: Spotify is great for music sharing and third party plugins. Apple Music is great for offline playback. So I juggle with both. […]
Continue reading »This Podcast Writing Course Will Help You Work on Your Dream Novel
The podcast “Tim Clare’s Sofa to Writing 80K” is a delightful, intense, and inspiring eight-week journey to writing a novel. For the best experience, enter […]
Continue reading »Put Your Emergency Information on the Child Car Seat
We hope you have never had a serious car accident with your children. But being prepared is good, and this advice from parents can help […]
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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 »PSA: Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday
Daylight saving time officially turns 100 this year. This day was established on March 19, 1918 by the federal government as a way to save […]
Continue reading »Try Samsung Galaxy S9 on Any Android Phone With This App
If you’ve been thinking about buying a Galaxy S9 but aren’t entirely sure if you’re ready to grit your teeth, Samsung has created a way […]
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Bonjour! This week we asked for tips on Paris . Here are some highlights from the 148 responses. If you learn anything, let the Parisians […]
Continue reading »Get Rid of Bad Habits With a Counter-Intuitive Approach
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 »What to Do With Fried Bone Marrow Bones
Eating bone marrow is an experience best described as “intuitively decadent.” Once seared, the juicy meat oil inside the bones can be scraped off and […]
Continue reading »How Not to Email Naked Photos to Everyone You Know
Email can be a magnet for errors. Sometimes these errors are trivial: you add an extra letter to the proper name somewhere in the message; […]
Continue reading »When Rating Something Great, Give It the Maximum Number of Stars.
This Uber / Airbnb / restaurant was really great, you think to yourself as you sit down to write a review. You enter whatever you […]
Continue reading »Start Writing Electronic Notes in 2018
Have an iPad in your bag, Surface Pro on your desk, and still jotting down notes on a slip of paper? Don’t be an animal. […]
Continue reading »Retain the Serial Number of Your AirPods to Replace Lost Parts
If you lose one of your AirPods , Apple will take care of you (it won’t come cheap ), but if you lose the included […]
Continue reading »How to Respond to the Latest Market Drop
Gary Cohn stepped down as chief economic adviser to President Donald Trump on proposed steel and aluminum tariffs , causing the Dow to plunge 300 […]
Continue reading »If You Are Traveling to Japan, Konbini Is Your New Favorite.
Traveler, let me give you my most useful advice for visiting Japan: Konbini is life. This is a one-stop shop where you can buy literally […]
Continue reading »How to Prevent MoviePass From Tracking Your Location
Just yesterday, we learned that MoviePass actively tracks your location – and not only when you’re in the theater or otherwise using the app. Your […]
Continue reading »How to Remove Burnt-on Debris From the Instant Cookware Rack
Sealing a pile of food in a pressure cooker like the Instant Pot means you can’t really stir the contents, which can cause a slight […]
Continue reading »Your Financial to-Do List for March
Yes, tax day is almost here, but it’s not the only item on your to-do list this month. You will also want to take a […]
Continue reading »Here Is a Playlist of Songs You Know but Cannot Name
Hey, what is this song? Ask the MetaFilter 52 commentators for different tunes , mostly classical and big bands , which you will recognize immediately, […]
Continue reading »Omega-3s Aren’t That Good for Your Heart After All
Omega-3s were supposed to protect us all from heart disease and other health problems, but it took a while for the evidence to calm the […]
Continue reading »GeForce Now Lets You Stream Games on an Hourly Basis
You can have an ultraportable laptop or an entry-level MacBook, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to enjoy Triple-A gaming. Nvidia’s game streaming […]
Continue reading »How to Teach a Child to Hold a Pencil
I recently attended a kindergarten orientation meeting where, to my relief, the principal said that there are only two things that parents need to do […]
Continue reading »I’m WhatsApp Product Designer Charlie Deets and This Is How I Work
Charlie Deets, Lead Product Designer at WhatsApp , makes decisions that affect over 1.5 billion users every month. This means solving some unusual tasks, such […]
Continue reading »This Meditation Track Will Make You Love Running and Yourself
iOS / Android: When I run, my inner monologue sounds like an argument between a good coach and a bad coach. One voice tells me […]
Continue reading »When Your Roommate’s Boyfriend Is Delayed
Some people have problems that require the delicate advice of a qualified professional. Others just need a random guy on the internet to kick them […]
Continue reading »How to Get Started With Google Lens
Android: Be thrilled, Android fans who don’t own pixels. Almost 10 years have passed since the launch of Google Goggles , an application that allows […]
Continue reading »The Best Way to Fold Your Socks
A dirty sock drawer means a dirty life. You deserve a better start to your day than finding the right match. You can replace all […]
Continue reading »Feed Your Child Dinner at 15:00
School-age children have a period of gastrointestinal chaos, and this period lasts every weekday from 3 pm to 6 pm. At about 3 pm, when […]
Continue reading »Investing Is Just Part of Your Financial Puzzle
Investing is an important part of a healthy financial life. You want your money to grow, and aside from winning the lottery, investing is the […]
Continue reading »The New IMessage Extension for the Google App Is Awesome
iOS: in Google Monday announced a major update of its application for iOS . If you only interact with Google on your iPhone by typing […]
Continue reading »Why Do You Need a Measuring Tape in the Kitchen
For better or worse, cooking always requires a certain number of measurements. Usually these measurements are made either by mass or by volume, but sometimes […]
Continue reading »MoviePass Tracks Your Location
We’ve all waited for other shoes to drop on a super cheap movie service with unlimited viewing and finally it happened. In a recent presentation, […]
Continue reading »This Is the 2-Minute Podcast on Brushing Our Teeth We’ve Been Waiting For.
Two minutes is an odd time to stand by the sink with a brush in your mouth. And if you don’t use an electric brush […]
Continue reading »How to Turn Off All Twitter Retweets
The Atlantic just presented a great argument for disabling retweets for everyone you follow on Twitter , but they don’t tell you how. So, we […]
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