You might have heard this simple tip before: Place a dry fluffy towel into the dryer with your wet clothes. The towel supposedly absorbs the moisture, reducing the drying time and using less energy. This does work, but with one caveat. | Continue reading
If their incompetence seems strategically designed to get you to do their work for them, here's what to do. | Continue reading
If you find yourself inundated with spam, the problem may be that you're doing too much to avoid it. | Continue reading
What can you actually find out from the Freedom of Information Act? | Continue reading
Revenge is a dish best served by a murder of crows. | Continue reading
How far away is that building? That tree? There's an easy way to tell. | Continue reading
Two years ago, my son Jacob (then 3) and I built his first computer together. I installed Debian on it, but never put a GUI on the thing. It's command-line, and has provided lots of enjoyment off and on over the last couple of years. The looks of shock I get from people when I ex … | Continue reading
FreeYourMusic might help solve music streaming's glaring data portability issues. | Continue reading
If you have an older Mac, or your newer one’s just running a bit too slowly for your liking, you can disable some of the cosmetic animations to speed it up a bit. Defaults-Write has a solid collection of different Terminal commands that’ll do just that. | Continue reading
Winning isn’t everything, but it sure is nice. When you don’t see eye to eye with someone, here are the best tricks for winning that argument. | Continue reading
It’s one of those grocery store formalities that many shoppers ignore: When you’re checking out, you’re sometimes asked if you’d like to donate to a charity prior to swiping your card. | Continue reading
Could you grow enough food to feed yourself and your family if you wanted to—or needed to? | Continue reading
There’s actually some meaning behind those names and they may even help you navigate a city. | Continue reading
If you're Roman dictator Julius Caesar, you should beware the Ides of March. The rest of us don't have to worry. | Continue reading
Are you really ready to play four Wordles at once? | Continue reading
If you're ready to buy, the best time is (often) now. | Continue reading
If you find that it’s hard to look away from your phone, there’s a good reason for that: it was designed that way. A few years ago, former Design Ethicist at Google and founder of the non-profit Time Well Spent Tristan Harris made the rounds, talking about how technology is engin … | Continue reading
Is it time to stop using Chrome? We’re certainly ready to put the resource-hogging browser out to pasture, especially given the recent news that a hopeful fix from Microsoft for Chrome’s memory-hogging issues has been thwarted by Google itself. | Continue reading
Coyotes can be found in every state except Hawaii. | Continue reading
How (and why) you should be tracking every little thing about your life. | Continue reading
Like computers, coffee is complex, easy to sink money into, and attracts a vast swath of opinions. And like computers, there is a wise middle path you can walk to get top-notch coffee at home without spending MacBook-like money on brewing gear. | Continue reading
You may not have gym class anymore, but rope climbing can still be a good workout. And knowing how to climb a rope could be an invaluable skill in some emergency situations. Here are a few methods you can practice. | Continue reading
Hitting the streets to make your voice heard is a fundamental right in the United States, and it’s part of our country’s lifeblood. Whether you’re headed out in support or dissent, you should know what you’re getting into before you go. Even if you think the event is purely peace … | Continue reading
And how to protect your own data from the next attack. | Continue reading
Gaze into the heavens in December and see these spectacular celestial bodies and occurrences. | Continue reading
There are ways of doing it in a polite way that doesn't leave anyone's feelings hurt. | Continue reading
It's no secret that we're huge fans of the simple but powerful AutoHotkey scripting language, and we use it religiously to automate Windows tasks and save time. Here's a handful of useful scripts and tricks to help you become an AutoHotkey expert. | Continue reading
Realizing everyone you meet is massively flawed isn’t cheery, but it explains a lot. | Continue reading
We've spent 100 years trying (and failing) to lose weight on 1,200 calories a day. It's time to stop. | Continue reading
I’m not saying you should follow the five-second rule rule...but you can if you want to. | Continue reading
Ask Google Street View (and its competitors) to blur your house from their photos. | Continue reading
There are some seriously creative ways people are fake-working. | Continue reading
Is it an interesting security hack, or a PSA to keep your computer safe? (It's both.) | Continue reading
Microsoft wants you to browse with Edge, but you can say no. | Continue reading
Yahoo and Verizon’s new search engine, OneSearch, is a very different product compared to the Yahoo search of eras past. OneSearch not only ditches the Yahoo branding (for obvious reasons), it also claims to not use cookies, store search history, or share user information. | Continue reading
Mobility is more useful in the real world, but you can't have mobility without at least a little flexibility. | Continue reading
After a lost year in the pandemic, you might be feeling like time is slipping through your fingers. Here's how to stop it. | Continue reading
Plain text has long been a favorite here at Lifehacker, but over the years most people have moved away from it in favor of specialized to-do apps, notes apps, writing apps, or whatever else. I still use plain text for just about everything, but never thought much about why I do. … | Continue reading
Some companies attempt to set themselves apart by branding themselves as more than just a business. Instead, companies like these purportedly hold higher purpose. The only thing is, these identities are usually propped up by loads of rhetorical bullshit. | Continue reading
Imagine you wake up to a smoldering piece of machinery in your yard, still smoking and sizzling after screaming towards Earth from space. This is an extremely unlikely scenario, but it remains true that space junk happens. Of all the scientific instruments we launch into the stra … | Continue reading
A sleep divorce may help you avoid a real one. | Continue reading
The internet wouldn't be the same without Caterina Fake. In 2004, she launched Flickr, one of the largest photo hosting and sharing sites. Later, she co-founded Hunch, which aims to personalize the web through recommendations and a massive Taste Graph. Caterina is also Chairm … | Continue reading
In case “not getting a deadly virus” isn’t enough of a reason to offer up your arm for a couple of doses of the vaccine, Krispy Kreme wants to give you a little extra encouragement—in the form of free doughnuts all year. | Continue reading
It can be a hard habit to break. | Continue reading
Later this year, Mozilla will update Firefox’s desktop design with the new Proton interface. The visual overhaul is expected to include: | Continue reading
Try these science-based tips. | Continue reading
Last night, Twitter lit up with claims that Parler, a social media platform surging in popularity among Trump supporters—especially since the election—was hacked. Parler’s CEO John Matze did damage control today, strongly denying the claim, but the rumors continue circulating on … | Continue reading
The holidays are usually a time to gather family, revisit hometown pleasures, and celebrate friendsgiving. But this year, coronavirus is the guest we didn’t plan for and definitely don’t want to invite into our homes. There are a myriad of reasons why large family gatherings shou … | Continue reading