We’ve all been tempted by those too-cheap-to-believe $10 packs of charging cables. Cables feel like a thing that should be cheap, and the prices charged by first-party manufacturers like Apple and Samsung can be hard to justify. But be warned: thos…
Lees meerIf you’re using an online service like LegalZoom or FreeWill to create your will, don’t assume you can sign and store your will online as well. Print it out, have a notary present at the signing ceremony, and store a hard copy in a safe, secure plac…
Lees meerI like sugary cereal. My mother did not allow it in the home, and so I spent many summers at my grandmother’s, devouring bowls of the stuff while watching the charismatic and compelling Stick Stickly. Sometimes I would mix the cereals—Rice Krispies …
Lees meerIf you combine FOMO with aphasia, you get the feeling of going on Twitter or Reddit or Facebook, seeing everyone clearly talking about something, but not knowing what that thing is. You check the trending topics, but they’re just full of posts sayin…
Lees meerThere’s a certain path through fitness that a lot of us have taken. First you take each workout as it comes: do this class, or tag along with that friend at the gym. Then, you realize that you can make progress in your sport—whether that’s lifting, …
Lees meerHave you ever spent a while browsing a website, adding items to your cart, but when you finally got to the checkout page, you decided not to buy? Maybe you reconsidered whether you really needed those items. Or maybe your credit card was in the next…
Lees meerIf you have a house, you probably have some sort of hot water heater. But there’s no universal temperature for “hot” water—this is something you have to set yourself. So what’s the ideal hot water heater temperature? Here’s what you need to know.Rea…
Lees meerBecoming a new parent is, well, hard. It’s wonderful, thrilling, exhausting, terrifying, amazing and hard. Becoming a new parent of multiple children at once? That’s a whole different ballgame. Read more...
Lees meerIn a world drowned by existential fear—caused mostly by late-night WebMD searches—Lifehacker stands firmly against the bullshit. Read more...
Lees meerAndroid 10 is the latest version of Android, and it’s chock full of new features, like improved security, gesture-based navigation, updated parental controls, and support for foldable screens. And with every update of Android comes a few new and imp…
Lees meerOne of our favorite to-do apps—the appropriately named Todoist—is getting a big upgrade today. You’ll see it start rolling out within the next 24 hours or so, and all the new features that make Todoist even easier to use are worth waiting to try out…
Lees meerTwo Ohio counties planned to sue a group of companies for their role in the opioid epidemic, but at the last minute the parties reached a $260 million settlement. Here’s what that means for the counties and companies involved, and for the possibilit…
Lees meerParents have plenty of reasons to fight against traditional gender stereotypes. We want our girls to pursue STEM careers, we want our boys to feel comfortable expressing sadness or fear, and we also want to not assume that their outward gender appea…
Lees meerThe Pixel 4 and 4 XL have barely made it into the hands of reviewers, and a major security flaw has already been discovered: the phone’s new facial recognition will let your face unlock your phone whether you’re awake or not. Read more...
Lees meerIf saving up three to six months of expenses in an emergency fund feels like advice that’s wise but nearly impossible to achieve, there’s growing evidence that you don’t need quite that much money stashed away to cushion you from financial emergenci…
Lees meerI am what is known as an “indoor kid,” which means I am often woefully underprepared for any sort of outside activity, even those geared towards children. Such was the case this weekend, when I went to a pumpkin patch, and ended up covered in a not-…
Lees meerNot only can you play shuffleboard in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Gowanus, but you can even join a league, as I learned from a friend who plays in one, despite being a good 35 years from retirement. There are more obvious amateur sports in town: so…
Lees meerEarlier this month, fed up with baggage fees, one traveler wore what looked like every item of clothing from her suitcase to save on excess luggage fees, as seen in her Facebook post. But if you’d prefer not to wear all your clothes at once—and are…
Lees meerEvery time you turn around, it seems, someone wants you to sign up for a credit card—and no place is worse for getting a sales pitch than an airplane. You can’t run, you can’t hide, and you’re probably tired and dehydrated. You’ve surely averted you…
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Lees meerThose looking forward to the upcoming Disney+ may want to double-check their preferred devices can actually run the streaming service in the first place. According to Linux developer Hansdegoede, Linux PCs, Chromebooks, and some Android devices are …
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