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Your Twitter feed is probably littered with photos. Photos, videos, and GIFs can add a lot to a tweet, but can upset the visually impaired […]
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Americans have borrowed about $ 1.48 trillion in student loans, and about 70% of undergraduate students borrow money to go to college, according to research […]
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Over the past few months, Coinbase has become almost synonymous with Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies . The popular digital currency exchange hits the headlines […]
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New Year’s Eve, a new set of bizarre tweets from the President: This time, he and Kim Jong-un are bragging about the relative size of […]
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MacOS: Once Apple finally implemented right-clicking, Mac apps loaded up a context menu with additional functionality. MacOS even includes a few of them by default. […]
Continue reading »Why Getting a Flu Shot Is Still Smart
Every year, a new flu shot is given to match the specific flu strains that are spreading around. This year’s shot is just a normal […]
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I’ve always dreamed of Opinionpedia to summarize the subjective stuff that Wikipedia doesn’t account for: is a certain group considered stupid, or a city considered […]
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When I met Patrick Marran it was a cold December evening in New York. My girlfriend and I had just given up trying to break […]
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Looking through the handbook section on illnesses in my daughter’s preschool orientation, the principal told the parents, “If we made every child with a runny […]
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Awards season is fast approaching, which means you should watch a lot of films – so you can express your smart and good opinion of […]
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With the end of the world hanging over us due to climate change, it is important to consider not only our own mortality, but also […]
Continue reading »How to Protect Yourself From Meltdown and Specter, the Latest Processor Security Flaws
Almost every device you have has a couple of security flaws that could allow hackers to steal information such as passwords and other personal information. […]
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve heard a lot of people say they want to ditch some particularly exciting aspects of modern technology in […]
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We asked Seattle for advice. We received over 250 comments. If you’re heading to Seattle soon, read the top 67 comments in the Staff section […]
Continue reading »Increase the Power of the Radiators With Aluminum Foil
Whether you’re on the path of a cyclone bomb or somewhere else in a really cold world, you might want your radiators to pump out […]
Continue reading »You Don’t Need to See Numbers When You Weigh Yourself
Some of us are too obsessed with numbers. Perhaps most of us. Unfortunately, if you step on the scale every morning to see if you […]
Continue reading »“Ask a Neat Person Because Your Parents Want More of Your Promiscuous Questions.”
“Ask a Cleaner for Parents,” our cleanup column on parenting and all the hassle it brings, deals with everything from removing greasy stains from sticky […]
Continue reading »Is There Such a Thing As a Morally Healthy Investment?
Today, so-called activism is about getting you to spend your money. Some feminists will buy a smash-the-patriarchy mug to stick to a man, while others […]
Continue reading »Moisturize Your Hands While Washing Dishes
My job is 50% writing, 25% cooking, 10% eating and 15% washing stupid dishes. I hate washing dishes because it’s very boring and also because […]
Continue reading »Always Add an Extra Day Off to Your Vacation Plans
Even if you’ve had a vacation filled with rest and relaxation, a trip home is often enough to destroy and disorient you. The next time […]
Continue reading »If You Order Delivery During a Cyclone Bomb, a Lot of Tips Are Better.
The east coast is currently being shaken by a ” bomb cyclone “, which means a blizzard in the north and snow in the south. […]
Continue reading »Remove Pedals When Teaching Kids to Ride a Bike
The traditional method of teaching kids to ride a bike is to wait until they have mastered the art of locomotion with learning wheels, and […]
Continue reading »Have Fun With Your Partner in the New Year
Most of us make the decision to become better than ourselves: we vow to quit sugar, train three days a week, dust off our resume, […]
Continue reading »How to Push a Car Out of a Snowdrift
The morning after heavy snow here in Brooklyn, we city dwellers always wake up to the same terrible, desperate noise: the sound of millions of […]
Continue reading »Make Your New Year’s Decision Smaller
New Years decisions are usually associated with a big aspirational goal: I will study every day, I will write a book, I will never eat […]
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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 »Difference Between Emergency Contraception and Abortion Pills
In a recent episode of Black Mirror, one character (not a spoiler if I don’t tell you who, right?) Tries to terminate another’s pregnancy using […]
Continue reading »I’m the Inventor of Buckyballs Craig Zucker and This Is How I Work
Serial entrepreneur Craig Zucker is best known for creating Buckyballs , the most famous brand of rare earth magnet toys that users can fold into […]
Continue reading »How to Get the Job Done on a Snowy Day
For kids, snowy days are the best days. There is no school! And white fluffy things to frolic in! And no school! However, for working […]
Continue reading »Change Your Money Habits by Changing Your Money History
What do you think about money? Are you a thrifty person or a wasteful person, or do you avoid thinking about it at all costs? […]
Continue reading »Win a Powerball With $ 150 Million More Than the Current Jackpot
The Powerball jackpot currently stands at $ 460 million , one of the largest in history. But the pot is not that big – even […]
Continue reading »How the Bombing Storm Will Affect Air Travel
Later this week, the East will fall a massive super-cold storm, through a process known as “bombogenez”, and it will have a huge impact on […]
Continue reading »How to Pump Your Own Smelly Gas in Oregon and Live to Share It
My condition is in crisis. If anyone in Oregon dreamed of a better and easier 2018, those dreams were shattered when they heard about a […]
Continue reading »Do’s and Don’ts in California With Recreational Marijuana
Hello Californians! Now that California is finally selling recreational marijuana, you might be thinking, “Great, now I can get rid of this card.” But if […]
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I love raw carrots. Crunchy and sweet, you can dip it in hummus or ranch dressing. Raw apples have the same charm, and raw red […]
Continue reading »Turn Google Calendar for Last Year Into an Annual Report
I’m a big fan of annual charts and graphs like Spotify’s 2017 Wrapped , or even designer Nicholas Felton’s personal annual reports . Here’s another […]
Continue reading »These Facebook Groups Help You Master Instant Banking
Instant Sweat has been a toy kitchen to give and receive this holiday season, but their black box vibe can be a little intimidating at […]
Continue reading »How to Get Portrait Mode on Your Non-Pixel Android Phone
If you’ve been craving for portrait mode on your friend’s Pixel 2 (or iPhone), now there’s a way to get it – provided you have […]
Continue reading »How (and Why) to Replace the IPhone Battery
Do you have an iPhone 6 or 6s? You are most likely dealing with a slightly slower smartphone due to the fact that Apple said […]
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