Apps How to Use Valve's New Steam Chat AppLifehacker - Brendan Hesse Steam has mainly been a gaming marketplace for PC games over the years, but Valve appears to be doubling down on the platform’s social aspects with …
Lifehacks Here Are the Best Account Security Methods, According to GoogleLifehacker - David Murphy Everywhere you turn, someone is handing out advice about account security and privacy. And while it never hurts to be reminded about all the ways you …
Lifehacks Anonymize Your Android Browsing with Tor's New AppLifehacker - Brendan Hesse After several months of testing, the first stable, public build of a Tor browser for Android is finally available on the Google Play Store. For those …
Vitamins How to Find Vitamins That Have Been Tested for ContaminantsLifehacker - Beth Skwarecki Supplements, including vitamins, aren’t subject to the same testing requirements as drugs. The FDA takes a hands-off approach, allowing companies to …
Lifehacks Ask for the Table You Actually Want at a Restaurant, DammitLifehacker - Josh Ocampo If you’re ever sat at an undesirable table at a restaurant—like one right next to a bathroom or in between two others with barely enough room to …
Burritos Put Your Burrito in a Mug Instead of on a PlateLifehacker - Claire Lower Some ideas do not get the praise they initially deserve. This was the case with Copernicus’ heliocentric solar system back in the 1500s, and it’s the …
Lifehacks Don't Let Boredom Get in the Way of Your GoalsLifehacker - Nicole Dieker We all know how exciting it is to start a new habit. Today we’re going to be the type of person who wakes up early! Packs their lunch before work! …
Lifehacks What's Coming and Going From Netflix in June 2019Lifehacker - Nick Douglas You need to watch a ton of good movies in the next week or two, because in June, Netflix is losing Apollo 13, 101 Dalmatians, Friday the 13th, I Am …
Lifehacks Be Upfront About Your Parenting Responsibilities in the WorkplaceLifehacker - Michelle Woo When I was 23, I worked at a newspaper. Just about every day, my boss would remark that she needed to head out at a certain hour to pick up her …
Billionaires Billionaires Can't Save Us From Student LoansLifehacker - Lisa Rowan By now I’m sure you’ve seen at least a headline about the Best Graduation Speech of 2019 So Far: Robert F. Smith shocked 396 new graduates last …
Windows 10 The Best New Features in Windows 10's May 2019 UpdateLifehacker - David Murphy Microsoft officially launched the Windows 10 May 2019 update today for all to consume—all who haven’t already been beta-testing it for months, that …
Lifehacks I'm National Geographic Photographer Mark Thiessen, and This Is How I WorkLifehacker - Nick Douglas In their latest issue, National Geographic showed readers how smokejumpers fight wildfires in the Alaskan forest, with images by photographer Mark …
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 …
Lifehacks 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 …
