College Students Can Now Get Sirius XM for $4 a Month

If you’re currently enrolled in a college or university, then Sirius XM has a deal for you. The satellite radio company is offering students the ability to get its Premier Plan for $4 a month, $9 off its traditional price of $13.Read more...

You Can Now Defer Your Student Loans While Undergoing Cancer Treatment

Last year, a law went into effect that should allow cancer patients to pause their federal student loans while undergoing treatment and for six months afterward. But there was no way to actually request a deferment—until now. Read more...

How to Try Out Apple's New iCloud Website (and Reminders)

Apple’s Reminders app—an incredibly helpful way to stay organized on iOS and macOS—is once again available via your web browser, thanks to an updated version of Apple’s iCloud website. But you won’t see this, as well as Apple’s other changes, unless…

Don't Wear Contact Lenses While Showering or Swimming

Contact lens technology has improved drastically since the days when your only option was putting hard plastic chips on your eyeball. But even with all the optical advancements, there are still some activities doctors recommend that you avoid while …

New Users Can Get Free Spotify Premium for 3 Months

If you haven’t tried Spotify Premium yet, now you can take the music service for a test drive for three months for free before you’ll have to start paying for a subscription.Read more...

What Are Your Favorite Apps for Taking Notes?

The internet and subsequent rise of smartphones and cloud storage have revolutionized the act of taking notes. It’s easier than ever to save your thoughts (since we almost always have a connected device within arm’s reach), access them from a variet…

How to Identify Scam Listings on Airbnb

On a recent Reddit thread, u/brunoflourenco shared their experience with an Airbnb listing in London—which turned out to be a fake. “We get there, knock on the door, the guy comes out and looks really confused,” they wrote. “We tell him that we are …

Take This Quiz to Learn How to Tip When You Travel

Many of us know how to tip when we’re in a restaurant, coffee shop, or hair salon. What about when we’re traveling? Aside from the taxi and rideshare drivers, who else gets a tip? Are we inadvertently neglecting any of the service workers that make …

David Allen's Favorite Productivity Books for Fans of 'Getting Things Done'

David Allen, author of the productivity bible Getting Things Done, shares his five favorite books on productivity in a new interview on the site Five Books. GTD fans will recognize titles like Atul Gawande’s Checklist Manifesto and Daniel J Levitin’…

If Your Google Calendar Events Just Disappeared on Your Mac, Try These Temporary Fixes

That’s what I get for not touching my Mac in a day or so. Thanks to a tip from Lifehacker reader David (no relation), we can now confirm that Mac users are probably having one heck of a time trying to manage their schedules today. If you synchronize…

David Koch Escaped the Climate Hell He Helped Create

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Everything You Need to Survive Back-to-School Season

My son starts third grade next week, and this is the first year where instead of being all, “Yay for friends and learning!” he’s more like, “yeah, school, great.” I can understand how he feels. He’s got nine months of work ahead of him and dude woul…

Three Myths About Sparkling Water, Debunked

Whether you call it seltzer, sparkling water or soda water, this bubbly beverage is getting popular by the day, with Americans guzzling it at increasing rates. And though it’s frequently marketed as part of a healthier lifestyle—specifically one tha…

What Happens to Your Campaign Contributions When a Presidential Candidate Drops Out?

On Wednesday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee officially dropped out of the presidential race, just days after John Hickenlooper also called it quits (and announced his Senate bid). As of June, both former candidates raised nearly $8.5 million in cam…

How to Get Android's New 'Focus Mode' Early

The imminent launch of Android 10 (née “Android Q”) will bring a host of new things to do, and several built-in Android apps are also prepping a few fun features that you can try out right now—no Android Q needed. These include Google’s own Digital …

How to Delete an Instagram Message You Sent by Accident

A few weeks ago I attended a music festival with some friends. At some point, I was scrolling through Instagram Stories and then put my phone in my pocket. When I took it out a little while later I realized that I had apparently sent DMs to a number…

Buy the Thing You Love in Every Color

At the beginning of the summer, I did a bold thing. I drove myself to Target, I tried on a few different items and settled on a pair of comfortable shorts and a cotton tank top that I proclaimed my “work-from-home outfit of the summer.” And then I b…

Is Vaping Making People Sick?

The CDC recently announced that it’s found over 150 people with serious respiratory illnesses and a history of vaping. We don’t know yet whether vaping caused them to get sick, but an investigation is ongoing. Here’s what you need to know. Read more…

Get Southwest Fare Deals as Low as $49 Today

As we mentioned last week, you probably shouldn’t book a flight on third-party sites like Expedia or Travelocity or you might miss out on some airlines’ sales. And right on cue, Southwest announced a sale on flights departing as soon as September a…

Keep Your Friends Off Their Phones With This Game

When hanging out, especially over drinks, it’s become a normal habit to simply pull your phone out and check it while someone is talking to you. We do it even though it’s rude, and even though we hate it when a friend does it to us. We can’t help ou…