It’s New Year’s Eve, which means a lot of us will be drinking. Depending on how 2019 went for you, you might be potentially drinking a lot. My Limit is a free app that can help you monitor that consumption so you keep it within safe limits.
If travel is in your plans for the first half of 2020, then you may want to check out Southwest’s final sale of 2020. The airline is offering deep discounts on some one-way flights today, with flights from the continental U.S. and Hawaii running as low as $39 and flights within the continental U.S. coming in as low as…
If you’ve looked at Instagram Stories over the past week or so you’ve probably noticed at least one friend showing off who they might be if they were a cartoon character.
New Year’s Eve, a 2011 rom-com that takes place in the hours leading up to the New York City ball drop, is a terrible movie. You probably know it because every actor—save for those in a similar holiday-movie with an ensemble cast, Valentine’s Day—was in it. Still, with massive star power and a hell of a budget, New…
As we begin a new year and, arguably, a new decade, there are a few things I think we can safely do without. Here are three nutrition myths that I believed, or maybe wanted to believe, at the start of the decade—and why I’m leaving them behind.
You know that Google search bar you see when you open a new tab in Google Chrome? Well, it’s not a “true” search field. It actually just redirects all the activity to your browser’s address bar and doesn’t return any search results within the new tab page. Frankly, it’s little more than a useless decoration—at least…
My favorite part of of interviewing people for How I Eat is bullying them into showing me the inside of their fridge, but my second favorite part is getting delicious advice on how to eat, drink, and live. Choosing my favorite excerpts from each interview was quite a challenge and—though I think I chose well—you…
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This is my last post as a Lifehacker staff writer, so I want to leave you with some meta-advice. When you want to learn a new skill, don’t use just one book, or app, or YouTube tutorial. Try a lot of them, stick with a couple of them, and occasionally consult others.
I don’t mind helping out friends, loved ones, and extended family members when some device or service goes wrong, but it can be tricky when they don’t quite understand how to describe the problem—or even the things they’ve done to fix it. Having found myself in this position quite a few times, I’ve come up with a few…
I’m lucky: As a kid, I had excellent examples of how to be a fun aunt, and even as a teen, I knew it was a role I wanted to play in adulthood. And because my younger brother has autism—severe enough so that having his own family is not in the cards—that meant I needed to marry someone who had siblings who wanted kids.
A recent security breach has leaked the information of over 2.4 million Wyze security camera users. The compromised database was left unsecured and publically accessible, and it appears that the information was being collected and stored by the Alibaba cloud computing company in China.
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If you want to stick to your New Year’s Resolution or any new habit, don’t hinge it on a single behavior. Instead, come up with as many different behaviors as you can think of—or what Stanford social behavioral scientist BJ Fogg calls a “Swarm of Bs.”
Received another $50 to the Cheesecake Factory this holiday season? Here’s how to exchange it for something you might actually use. As part of its MileagePlus Gift Card exchange program, United Airlines is offering to buy your unwanted gift cards and exchange them for actual award miles through the airline.
Ready to make a clean break with the old year and enjoy some fresh air, exercise, and adventure? State parks across the country are hosting free guided First Day Hikes, and you can find one near you here.
A good condiment can make a meh meal worth eating. When doused or dipped in the right sauce or spread, formerly unappealing foods become tantalizing, and your fridge should be stocked with a few flavorful friends to help make eating more fun. Below you’ll find our favorite dressings, condiments, and sauces of 2019 (a…
Tiny hacks may feel, well, small, but they can change your life in big ways. Here are the best little life hacks we published this year.
A swiveling surge protector, Calphalon cookware set, stainless steel straws, and a Star Wars LEGO sale lead off Monday’s best deals from around the web.
Security researchers have identified a number of vulnerabilities in Ruckus-branded access points and routers. As tends to be the case, they all affect the router’s UI—allowing an attacker to log in as an administrator regardless of your password and, in doing so, control your router from afar.
There is a lot to talk about when it comes to kids and gaming. We want to encourage their love of gaming because we love gaming, too. But we don’t want to introduce them to something before they’re ready, we want to capitalize on the bonding experience gaming can provide—and we want to remember that not all gaming has…
2019 is dead and gone, and with it, we bid a bitter farewell to the dregs of Netflix’s streaming coffers, the meager end-of-year scraps they’ve been tossing our way these past weeks. 2020 starts with a bumper crop of modern classics that it’s hard not to be at least a little bit pleased by: we’ve got a slew of James…
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When you’re trying to find something to watch on Netflix, sometimes you want to know what others outside of Netflix thought about the show. That’s where zRate can help. The Chrome extension brings in rating info from IMDB and occasionally Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, and offers information about the program’s plot,…
It’s that time of the year where all of us start to think about how we’re going to improve our lives in the following year. Maybe we’re going to start running or spend time more time with friends or family. Whatever your hopes and dreams are for 2020, you’re likely to be a lot more successful at them if you frame them…
Hulu is a streaming service whose content depends a bit on what’s available on regular broadcast television, but the service has a number of unique movies and series available as well.
A 55" Roku-powered Hisense TV, eufy doorbell camera, 8-week Washington Post subscription, and Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle lead off Sundays’s best deals from around the web.
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If you’ve been waiting seemingly forever for your Global Entry renewal to go through, you’re not alone. U.S. Customs announced this week that it has more than 350,000 Global Entry applications to get through.
I work alone at home now, which is glorious. Before I did; however, I worked in an office like most people, and like most people, I had coworkers that I would prefer to not have elongated conversations with.
A major winter storm is headed to the Midwest. If you happen to be there or traveling there, then that might potentially throw a wrench into your travel plans this weekend.
Everlane’s popular Choose What You Pay Sale, a TurboTax Premier Download + $10 Amazon Gift Card, and an Orgain Protein Gold Box lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web.
Taking care of your skin is a lot like voting - too many people (namely men) don’t understand the very concrete impact it has on our daily lives.
Have you heard the increasingly optimistic news about credit? The average credit score is the highest it’s been in eight years: 682. That’s according to Experian’s annual State of Credit report, which looks at the broad picture of what’s happening with our credit. And it’s a VantageScore increase of seven points over…
Chances are good you may have received one or more holiday gifts this year that you’d rather not own.
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The holidays are a time of excess, and the excess is starting to take its toll. Beyond the generalized fatigue and slight bloat, my seasonal mania is starting to fade, and it turns out that Christmas Claire may have overdone it with the food and alcohol purchasing (once again).
Despite the slow spread of 5G networks and the relatively underwhelming state of most 5G devices, plenty of early adopters and curious customers are joining the 5G hype train. If you acquired a new 5G device this holiday season, you’re probably wondering where exactly you can use it.
“Ladies and gentlemen” is a common way to address a group of people, particularly in a formal, public setting. Long seen as a standard and polite—if not old-fashioned—way to address a group, its day has come and gone. Not everyone identifies as either a lady or a gentleman, and luckily, there’s an easy fix for…
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We’ve done some strength and flexibility benchmarks, so I suppose it’s only fair we do one for cardio. Your Fitbit or Apple Watch may give you some numbers, like a VO2max, but I prefer a simpler test.
If travel is one of your plans for 2020, Alaska Airlines is offering a deal today that might make at least one of those trips a little more affordable.
The year is ending and a new decade is upon us, which means a chance to reinvent ourselves and embark on new adventures. It also means more video games. As the new year approaches, we ask: what are your video game resolutions?
You might say that 2019 was not a good year for vaping. At the beginning of the year, vaping still enjoyed its status as a popular, potentially safer alternative to smoking cigarettes. That is, until we realized that certain types of vapes could cause sudden illness and even death.
It’s the most important meal of the day, but it’s easy to get in a breakfast rut. Luckily, 2019 was the year we added pickles to our breakfast sandwiches, cornstarch to our scrambles, and caviar to our breakfast carbs. These are the best things we did to and with breakfast this year, and you should try them all.
A Jachs’ Sweater Sale, a Google Nest Learning Thermostat Bundle, and a Series Gold Box lead off Friday’s best deals from around the web.
This year in How I Work, we interviewed academics, comedians, politicians, activists, reporters, entrepreneurs, engineers, executives, authors, and artists, learning about their careers and their work habits. These are our favorites.
In 2019 we learned a lot about things like what to eat, how pregnancy works, and whether a few famous health hacks are worth your time. Here are some of our favorite health posts from this year.
If you’ve ever checked out of your Airbnb several hours before your flight begins boarding, you might think to yourself: What exactly do you do with your luggage if you want to explore your destination a little while longer? If it were a hotel, the answer’s easy; you could leave your things at the front desk for a few…
52 weeks, 52 Tech 911 columns—minus one or two weeks when I was on vacation and simply couldn’t answer your wild and crazy technology questions from afar. Though Lifehacker is all about service and productivity, I find a special joy in our weekly Tech 911 tech-advice column. That’s not because I write it. Well, not …