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Microwaves
Use a Lemon to Clean Your Disgusting Microwave
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Microwaves are all about convenience. Got something you need to heat up? Pop it in the microwave and it’ll be warm in seconds. Given its purpose as a …
How-To's
How to Set Up 'Guest Mode' on Your Android
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
No matter how clean or secure your phone is, we all experience some anxiety when someone borrows it—even if only for a few minutes. For better or …
How-To's
What to Tell Your Kid Instead of 'Five More Minutes'
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
“Five more minutes!” is a thing parents say to their young children when it’s time for them to wrap up whatever they’re doing—swimming, having a …
How-To's
The Best iOS 13 Tricks You Haven't Tried Yet
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
I’ve been playing around with iOS 13 since the developer beta first launched—bugs and all. Since it’s now available for public consumption, I thought …
YouTube
How to Remove Channels From YouTube's Suggestions
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
I watch a healthy amount of YouTube each day, but I usually roll my eyes at the various recommendations I see on the website or app. No matter how …
How-To's
How to Be Inspired, Not Discouraged, by Fitness Instagram
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Fitness Instagram can be a place of powerful inspiration. It can also be a soul-sucking morass full of impossibly fit people doing things you could …
How-To's
How to Get Re-Inspired at Work
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Who among us has not woken up one day to find themselves deeply ensconced in a good old-fashioned workplace rut? It certainly happens with the job …
Mozilla
Fool Advertising Trackers with Mozilla's 'Track This'
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Nobody likes annoying internet advertisements, that’s for sure. And it’s even creepier when you visit one website, do the web’s equivalent of a …
Instagram
How to Make Your Instagram Account as Private as Possible
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
In an interview last week regarding privacy concerns, Instagram’s CEO, Adam Mosseri, wants you to know: Your privacy isn’t at stake (for now). “We …
How-To's
Forget Social Media and Start a Blog in a Google Doc
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
When social media leaves me exhausted, I always feel better by switching to one-on-one or group chats. But I never thought of this method, via …
How-To's
How to Get Rid of Pins and Needles in Your Hands
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
It happens when you least expect it: one minute your hand is functioning as usual, and then next it’s partially numb, but also feels like you’re …
Emoji
Use Emoji to Track Your Mood With 'Thyself' Chrome Extension
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
How do you feel right now, in this moment? Good, now which emoji best represents that feeling? Thyself is a free Chrome extension that tracks your …
How-To's
Use Your Calendar to Record What Actually Happened
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
I spent four years working as an executive assistant, and one of my responsibilities was to make sure my boss’s calendar was 100 per cent accurate. …
How-To's
Work Backwards From the Life You Want
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
A lot of us have these fantasies of what our lives will be like after we’ve achieved a certain milestone. After we’ve gotten the job, met the right …
How-To's
Everything You Need to Know About Firefox Preview on Android
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Mozilla is taking another stab at mobile browsing with a new version of Firefox on Android. We’ve been playing around with the recently released …
How-To's
To Get to Bed Earlier, Take More Breaks During the Day
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
It might seem a little counterintuitive. Sure, you want to go to bed earlier so that you feel refreshed in the morning. Maybe you’ve been meaning to …
How-To's
When You Earn Extra Money, Don't Save It All
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
I took two weeks off—two weeks, in a row—this month. It was the first time I’d been on holiday for two consecutive weeks since I started freelancing …
How-To's
How to Fix the Windows 10 Shutdown Delay Bug
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Despite the recent inclusion of new automatic troubleshooting and problem-solving tools, the version 1809 update for Windows 10 introduced quite a …
How-To's
How to Slow Down Time, According to Reddit
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
When my son started nursery, my mum dropped a real bombshell on me: “Now that he’s in school full time,” she said, “the years are really going to fly …
How-To's
Don't Feel Guilty for Having 'Only' One Child
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
We all know the stereotypes. Only children are maladjusted. They’re selfish, spoiled brats. Only children are, quite simply, weird. And by not having …
Google Calendar
How to Keep Spam Out of Your Google Calendar
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Scammers and spammers have been wriggling their way into unsuspecting users’ Google Calendars for years now, but there’s been a swell of headlines on …
How-To's
Motivate Your Kid by Having Them Imagine the Future
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Your kid doesn’t want to do it. Clean his room. Finish her homework. Practice violin. Whatever the impossibly hard thing of the moment may be. As a …
Sleep
Is It Really So Bad to Sleep Late on the Weekends?
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
In a perfect world, we’d all get to bed on time, enjoy our full seven to nine hours of sleep, and wake up refreshed at the same time every morning. …
AirPods
How to Customise Your AirPods' Double-Tap Controls
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Here’s a hidden little secret that you might not have known about—or have long since forgotten. The side of each Apple AirPod has a double-tap …
How-To's
How to Figure Out When Your Freelance Workday Is Over
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
If your workload is only limited by the number of hours you are willing to put in, how do you decide when you’ve worked “enough”? Whether you’re a …
Sleep
How Long to Nap for the Biggest Brain Benefits
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Waking up from a refreshing nap feels great. You’re no longer exhausted, have more energy and can focus on what you need to get done. The problem is …
How-To's
Report Suspicious Sites to Google Using This Chrome Extension
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
If you’ve used Chrome for any length of time, you’ve probably stumbled across its scary red interstitial—otherwise known as the Google Safe Browsing …
How-To's
To Find Out if Something's Good, Search for Posts From Your Internet Friends
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
You keep hearing about a certain TV show or podcast or video game. Should you try it out, is it for you? You could watch trailers and see the best …
How-To's
How to Tell If You're Boring
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
Boring people are everywhere—at work, at your kid’s school, maybe even at home. But perhaps the only thing worse than be trapped in a dull …
How-To's
Why Leaving Work Undone Can Make You a Better Employee
lifehacker.co.uk - Staff
How do you know whether you’re getting the right things done at work? You might want to ask yourself what you’re leaving undone. At ThriveGlobal, …

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