In case you’ve missed the news this week—and avoided social media entirely—on Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump. This announcement comes in response to Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s p…
Lees meerSubscriptions are all the rage, and it’s easy to see why. Everyone loves a “buffet” model for content—see Netflix, et al—where you can just pay a single reasonable monthly fee for unlimited access to a body of stuff you’re interested in, be it docum…
Lees meerIf you fry a lot of bologna—and you should—you have probably noticed two things, one being that it smells divine. But the second, less pleasing phenomenon you might have observed is that it has a tendency to balloon up, lifting up and away from the …
Lees meerI have used the term “special needs” freely and often throughout my life. I have a brother with autism, and the phrase is pretty versatile and, I thought, inoffensive.Read more...
Lees meerFinding any accurate health information online can be a daunting task these days, and when it comes to abortion, there are anti-abortion groups specifically trying to mislead people who just want information on their own pregnancy and options for en…
Lees meerYou don’t need a perfect credit score to access the best rates on loans and credit cards—but if you wanted a perfect score anyway, how would you go about getting it?Read more...
Lees meerEvery week, we share the shortcuts, workspaces, and productivity tips of our favorite experts. This week, we’re going behind the scenes at Lifehacker. I’m Joel Kahn, and this is how I work.Read more...
Lees meerIs your iPhone getting blown up with spammy messages? Then you should probably update to iOS 13 if you haven’t already. iOS 13 includes a couple of new tools for blocking junk emails and robocalls, and carries over the iMessage blocking options from…
Lees meerJust because you can buy something online, doesn’t mean you should. Trichloroacetic acid, a main ingredient in the kind of chemical peel you would get from an esthetician or a dermatologist, is easy to obtain but it’s not safe to use yourself at hig…
Lees meerSex toys have lost much of their stigma in a post-Fifty Shades world, but those on the hunt for a good vibrator or cock-ring might still have some trouble finding one at a Walmart. Thankfully, there are lots of great websites offering a wide variety…
Lees meerThe ubiquity of camera phones has turned every layperson into a semi-professional photographer, and social media makes it even easier to spread photographs and video over the internet like wildfire. Sometimes, those photos and videos even end up cha…
Lees meerAs the current presidential administration continues to threaten the integrity of our public lands, it’s more important than ever to preserve our national parks.Read more...
Lees meerAfter hesitating to pull the trigger for months, this afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced plans to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.Read more...
Lees meerWater can’t exactly go bad, if what you have is truly just water and it’s in a sealed bottle. There aren’t any nutrients for bacteria to eat, so it’s not like you can get food poisoning. So why does bottled water have a “best by” date on it? Read mo…
Lees meerIf you’re trying to furnish your home for little-to-no money, you quickly learn (maybe while using a plastic storage bin as a coffee table) that it can be a hassle. But you don’t always have money to throw at the problem to quickly get decent furnit…
Lees meerWhen you’re following a recipe, you’ll probably notice that it provides two pieces of guiding information: how long you should cook an ingredient, and what that ingredient should look like before moving on to the next step (or plating). For the best…
Lees meerGrilling season may be coming to a close, but a good coleslaw knows no season. If you’ve saturated your palate with the usual, slightly sweet slaw dressing this summer, try mixing things up with the some salty and sour pickles.Read more...
Lees meerIf you bought a new iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, or Mac after September 10 this year, then you can get a free year of Apple TV+ (normally $5/month). The streaming service launches November 1, after which you’ll have three months to activate y…
Lees meerMerriam-Webster officially added the singular non-binary “they” to their dictionary this year, signaling a major shift in how we view and accept gender-neutral pronouns and putting the kibosh on people who refuse to use they/them because it’s “gramm…
Lees meerIt’s been a few days since iOS 13 arrived and brought its system-wide dark theme to iPhones, and already the list of apps that support the new dark UI has expanded beyond the initial batch. While more apps have been updated to support iOS 13's …
Lees meerWhat would you do if you received a large amount of inheritance money? If you want to be financially prudent about it, the answer is nothing—at least, not for a year.Read more...
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