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Lees meerIn case you’ve missed it, it’s Evil Week over at Lifehacker HQ—a week dedicated to doing morally questionable things the right way. Yesterday, we shared strategies on how to get out of virtually anything just by using your kids as an excuse. On the …
Lees meerEmerson College, founded in 1880 as the Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art, is one of the country’s most prestigious liberal arts colleges. We talked to its twelfth president, Lee Pelton, about his academic background, his p…
Lees meerWhen someone pisses you off on Facebook, the logical, natural response is to lob over the nuke—block them, and you’ll never have to deal with anything they say on the social network ever again. It’s a refreshing feeling, but it’s also a wee extreme …
Lees meer“Racist boss harassed Puerto Rican employees and broke labor laws. Ended up getting deported.” “I got him thrown in jail and ruined his relationship of 5 years.” “Revenge of the Little Spoon.” “Apparently toothpaste-filled Oreos taste like real Oreo…
Lees meerGoodbye, paycheck. Amazon and Target are currently running limited-time buy-2-get-1 offers on select PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch games this week, including the recently released The Outer Worlds and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and…
Lees meerOffshore banking is a thing you hear don’t hear about in normal, everyday, real life. It’s for news stories about tax-evaders who got caught. It’s for this season’s plot of of How to Get Away With Murder.Read more...
Lees meerThere is a balance in the universe. Most people hate black licorice, and so when they receive some in their trick-or-treat bags, or when they find black jelly beans amongst their easter loot, they can pass it along to their grandpas and other weirdo…
Lees meerApple released iOS 13.2 the other day, which adds some neat features for your HomePod—including the ability to detect and differentiate between multiple voices and pass audio from an iPhone to the Homepod by bringing the phone near the speaker. The…
Lees meerWith Halloween just two days away and all the last-minute costume-making panic that is sure to ensue, it seems like a good time for a friendly reminder: Blackface is still racist and should not be a part of anyone’s costume, child or adult. You can …
Lees meerAs of Tuesday morning, the Kinkade fire in Sonoma County, California has spread over 74,000 acres, forcing an estimated 174,000 people to evacuate their homes. (49 homes have been destroyed or damaged in its path so far.) According to tweets by Susi…
Lees meerIf you haven’t heard of Blinkist, a company that took $34 million in VC funding to sell people summaries of books, don’t worry! Blinkist honors authors and publishers by making summaries of their work, mostly without permission, and selling them for…
Lees meerShow up in public with a pregnant-looking belly and suddenly everyone is all “When are you due?” and “Do you know what you’re having?”, as if the contents of your uterus are somehow their business. You will probably feel pressured to answer politely…
Lees meerIf you want to earn extra points on your credit card or ditch the card’s annual fee, it might be worth calling the credit card company and threatening to cancel.Read more...
Lees meerGetting around can get pricey. And with more ways to do so—ride-hailing, car rentals, scooters, regular bikes, e-assist bikes—well, your attempts at going car free could quickly add up to something that looks like a car payment.Read more...
Lees meerSure, you could sneak around, hiding your favorite treats in the box of the blandest cereal in your pantry, devouring them in secret once the kids are safely in bed for the night. But why do that when you can brazenly enjoy it right in front of them…
Lees meerOver the weekend, devastating fires in Northern California forced an estimated 200,000 people to evacuate—the single largest evacuation in Sonoma County in its history, the Washington Post writes. Meanwhile, just a few hundred miles south, the Getty…
Lees meerBluetooth is a handy feature that allows you to easily connect up your various devices, whether you’re trying to get your new wireless headphones to talk to your Android phone or connecting your Apple Watch to your iPhone. Bluetooth could also get y…
Lees meerEven though you might not be able to update an ancient smartphone to the latest version of its operating system, you shouldn’t assume your device won’t have any critical updates for the rest of its life. This couldn’t be any more true for iPhone 5 o…
Lees meerWell, that was unexpected. With absolutely no fanfare whatsoever—not even a tease at last month’s big press event—Apple officially announced its brand-new AirPods Pro in a press release today. What you lack in Tim Cook stuffing tiny speakers in his …
Lees meerHow fast can vampires take over the entire human population? Omni Calculator gives you not one answer, but six, based on vampire mythologies from Dracula, Salem’s Lot, Interview with the Vampire, Twilight, and True Blood, plus some custom scenarios.…
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