LGBTQI Will The Equality Act Actually Do Anything?Lifehacker - Josh Ocampo On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act—an act that provides sweeping protections for the LBGTQ community and the first of …
Lifehacks Create a 'Noticing Wall' for Your KidLifehacker - Michelle Woo A while ago, my mother-in-law bought some math and reading workbooks for my six-year-old daughter. When I asked my daughter if she wanted to check …
Pasta How to Make Pasta Without a Pasta MachineLifehacker - Claire Lower Fresh pasta is preferable to dried in most cases, but I do not have a pasta machine, nor am I in possession of very much upper body strength. Because …
Facebook How to Disable Facebook's Automatic Face Recognition Setting (If You Can)Lifehacker - Brendan Hesse For all its posturing that privacy is a major concern, Facebook sure does keep undermining itself. The latest gaffe: Some users are reporting that …
Luggage How to Avoid Gate-Checking Your LuggageLifehacker - Nick Douglas Why are there a million categories that decide when you board a plane? The Intelligencer explains: Airlines figured out that random boarding is …
Google How to Save Your Jump VR Content Before Google Deletes ItLifehacker - Brendan Hesse Google’s giving yet another service the axe—this time it’s the company’s VR content-editing service Jump VR. Google just announced that the service …
Aldi What to Know Before Your First Trip to ALDILifehacker - A.A. Newton The Cult of ALDI is real and it is powerful. Fans of the chain love its distinctive approach to the customer experience just as much as they love its …
Lifehacks When You're Cooking, Use a Wooden Spoon to Taste FoodLifehacker - Claire Lower Even if you’re following a tried-and-true recipe, you should still taste your food as you cook it. A whole slew of other variables can arise during …
Lifehacks Go Ahead and Eat Lunch at 11 a.m.Lifehacker - Beth Skwarecki It feels a little sad to be waiting outside a restaurant at 10:55 a.m., hungry and feeling like you have failed at planning your meals like a normal …
HBO How to Cancel HBO Now That Game of Thrones is OverLifehacker - Emily Price With Game of Thrones officially behind us, you’re probably asking yourself a lot of tough questions. One of the biggest questions GOT fans have been …
Employment You Don't Need All the Qualifications Listed in a Job PostingLifehacker - Nicole Dieker If you’re job hunting and you find a potential job where you only meet some of the requirements, go ahead and apply. Worst-case scenario, you don’t …
Facebook Use 'View As' to See What You're Sharing Publicly on FacebookLifehacker - David Murphy It’s back—sort-of. Facebook has officially resurrected its “View As” feature, a way to see what your profile looks like for people-who-aren’t-you. …
Kayaking You Can Kayak in Europe for Free, If You Pick Up TrashLifehacker - Josh Ocampo All over the world, our oceans, lakes, and rivers are full of trash. There’s a heap of plastic garbage swirling around in the Pacific Ocean right now …
ETFs That ETF That Pays You to Invest Is Probably Not a Good IdeaLifehacker - Lisa Rowan You’ve heard of no-fee ETFs. But what about an ETF that pays you to invest in it? Sounds too good to be true, right? But it’s exactly what Salt …
Lifehacks Plan to Retire Even If You Don't Plan to RetireLifehacker - Nicole Dieker If you’re one of the people who has decided to solve the retirement problem by “working for as long as possible,” it’s time to ask yourself what …
Hotels Use Up Foreign Currency by Paying Down Your Hotel BillLifehacker - Joel Kahn On a recent trip to Mexico, just as I was about to check out of my hotel and head to the airport, I realized that I had about 1,000 extra pesos in …
Recycling Use Old Greeting Cards as BookmarksLifehacker - A.A. Newton Tossing old greeting cards can be guilt-inducing, even for ruthless de-clutterers—which means they have a way of piling up. If you’ve got a stash of …
Lifehacks Stop Letting Your Baby Sleep in a Car Seat Outside the CarLifehacker - Michelle Woo It may seem convenient to let your sleeping baby continue snoozing in their car seat after you’ve reached your destination, but this could be putting …
Play buttonBooks How to Read More Books Without Stalling OutLifehacker - Nick Douglas Filmmaker Max Joseph wants to read more than one book a year—he wants to read one a week. So he asked a few voracious readers for advice, in a …
Lifehacks Make Space for Your Bicycle on the Road With a Pool NoodleLifehacker - Eric Ravenscraft If your city doesn’t have bike lanes, it’s up to every car that passes you on your bike to determine how much space to give you. They often suck at …
Grubhub Reminder: Grubhub and Seamless Are Shitty to RestaurantsLifehacker - Josh Ocampo We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Pick up the phone the next time you decide to place a delivery order. By contacting a restaurant …
Lifehacks The Case for Overcooked RiceLifehacker - Claire Lower Eating is a sensory experience, and sometimes it’s a good idea to re-set your senses. Maybe you’ve been eating too many aggressively flavorful foods, …
Lifehacks Make a Blanket Fort Using Command HooksLifehacker - Michelle Woo The first time my 6-year-old daughter tried to make a blanket fort, she had the joyful ambition of a child. Unfortunately, she did not have the …
Lifehacks How to Spruce Up Your Home's Entryway for Less Than $100Lifehacker - Meghan Moravcik Walbert This spring, I am all about freshening up the outside of my home. Maybe because much of my winter was devoted to the deep, dark basement, as soon as …
Amazon How to Give a Portion of Your Amazon Purchases to Pro-Choice OrganizationsLifehacker - Meghan Moravcik Walbert If you’re an Amazon customer and you’re disgusted with the onslaught of six-week abortion bans being signed into law, you can set your account to …
Lifehacks Let the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Wake Your Kid UpLifehacker - Brendan Hesse If you have trouble motivating your child to get out of bed in the mornings, you may want to consider employing the help of some animated characters. …
Google Play How to Delete Your Google Purchase HistoryLifehacker - David Murphy Yes, Google is tracking your purchases, but this isn’t a new thing. Google’s collection mechanisms—information it pulls in from your Gmail—have been …
Algorithms How to Outsmart Algorithms and Take Control of Your Information DietLifehacker - Nick Douglas “Certain algorithms,” says Tim Cook, “pull you toward the things you already know, believe, or like, and they push away everything else. Push back.” …
Lifehacks Get a Free Vehicle History Report Before You Buy a CarLifehacker - Melanie Pinola To check out a used car's history before you buy it, you can order an AutoCheck or CarFax report for $30 or $40 or use this hidden search technique …
Air Travel What to Do If You Miss Your FlightLifehacker - Josh Ocampo There’s no greater panic-inducing moment than being stuck in a slow security line, knowing you have minutes (or even seconds) before your flight …
