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So, it’s time to make your first real estate investment. Whether you’re buying yourself a condo or house, or looking to flip one for profit, you’re taking a big step. We asked experts for some advice.Read more...

Even if you spend a decent amount of time, money, and effort keeping your garden, lawn, and/or other parts of your landscape looking good, you may be leaving out some of your yard’s largest residents: Trees. It can be easy to forget about trees, especially when they were already on your property when you moved in.Read more...

One day, you’re sitting in your living room watching TV or reading a book, and suddenly see something out of the corner of your eye. It was tiny, dark-colored, and fast, but you didn’t get a good look at it. You spot another one and track it across the room until you discover a whole colony of these insects living…Read more...

Regular readers of Lifehacker’s food and drink vertical, Skillet, are probably quite familiar with air fryers, and may own one themselves. As one of the must-have cooking appliances of the past few years, air fryers have been earning their places on kitchen counters thanks to their ease of use, and ability to make…Read more...

You probably remember the tastiest snack you’ve ever had, whether you grabbed it at a standard American gas station or a friend’s mom served it up when you were a teen. Most of the time, you can just go out and buy your favorite treat whenever you want. But what about when you can’t because it isn’t widely available…Read more...

Everyone has their own preferred methods for learning—whether it’s reading in silence, taking notes while listening to fast-paced classical music, or doing some serious Googling with a TV show they’ve seen a million times playing in the background.Read more...

Saying yes to forever with the love of your life is the easy part (we hope). Saying yes to the dress, however, is not as simple as television would like to make it seem. There are expectations to manage (both yours and others’), there are way more options than you ever thought possible, and there are probably some…Read more...

I am, to quote my favorite show, the tiredest I have ever been in my life. There is no real reason for it, except for the fact that I’ve been having incredibly active, involved dreams every night, which is not entirely restful. I feel dull and draggy, and not inclined to shake or stir a single drink.Read more...

The first of monthly child tax credit payments worth up to $300 per child were sent out yesterday, but what should you do if it hasn’t arrived yet? Well, delays are expected—even for direct deposits set up with the IRS—so don’t panic just yet. Here’s a look at what to expect for delays, and the steps you can take if…Read more...

Potatoes are one of the most versatile vegetables around. You can boil ‘em, mash ‘em, and stick ‘em in a stew, but you can also shove them into sandwiches and waffle them into new and interesting conformations. We’ve already covered mashers pretty extensively, but there’s still so much more to say. Here are 10 tasty…Read more...

Every month has a full moon, but only July can lay claim to the moon named after an animal with majestic antlers: the Buck Moon. This particular month is already a blockbuster for celestial events, with the Perseid meteor shower at its crux. But this month’s full moon provides yet another reason to keep your head…Read more...

Pendant lighting is an easy way to update your home without the hassle of an intense rewiring project. (It’s also a semi-permanent change you can make to your apartment that adds character without pissing off your landlord.) Pendant lights come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and styles, from sconces and hanging…Read more...

As Derek Zoolander wisely put it, wetness is the essence of life. Whether you like drinking water or not, it accounts for about 60% of your body weight, and plays a pretty important role in making sure your body functions normally. But statistics aside, there are some myths about hydration that refuse to die. Some are…Read more...

If you’ve enabled automatic updates on Windows 10, you’ve probably noticed the addition of a new—and rather annoying—weather and news widget in the taskbar. It’s called “News and Interests,” which Microsoft added to Windows 10 with the version 1909 update, and it highlights everything that’s wrong with Windows 10: …Read more...

It’s full-on summertime, and the living is… kind of weird. People continue to get hurt imitating TikTok, a pop star visited the White House to get kids to take the damn vaccine already, and everyone on the internet is learning a lot about wild pigs. This is not the future I was promised by the science fiction movies…Read more...

Moving in together can be an exciting time for any couple, but it can also turn into a disaster. If you’re still in the honeymoon stage or just in a major hurry to split rent and save money, you might be willing to skip through the checklist of ways to know you’re ready for this big step. But we’re still going to list…Read more...

Most of us have worked in a company that is, to put it bluntly, full of shit. For those who have endured a number of these environments over the years, the ability to detect it is almost a sixth sense. But now there’s a useful framework for quantifying office bullshit—one to help you evaluate the types you’re dealing…Read more...

You may want to rethink your dog’s raw food diet: According to a recent study published online in the International Journal of Food Microbiology, raw dog food commercially available in Europe contains drug-resistant Enterococcus bacteria. Scientists from the University of Porto and Instituto Universitário de Ciências…Read more...

Drought season is, once again, upon us. If you’re in an effected area, you’ll need follow your state’s water restrictions—but we can (and should) all find ways to conserve water year-round. You’re probably aware of a few small measures you can take toward sustainability in your home, such as turning off the water…Read more...

All-cash offers on homes are all the rage lately, but is it as good an idea as most of us think? While they make for an attractive offer to the seller, you’ll want to consider the consequences of tying up your money into a fixed asset like a home, as you could make more money long-term by taking on a mortgage and…Read more...

If your iPhone or iPad has been running slower than normal, all it might need is a clearing the device’s browser cache for a quick performance boost. Every browser app stores a cache of website data like cookies, saved login info, images, and more. This helps pages load faster the next time you visit, and it lets you…Read more...

After we shared how to unshrink your clothes, we were asked if it was possible with pants—so, naturally, we went to find out. Adjusting your pants’ waistline is especially helpful if you’re someone like me, whose waist tends to sit right in between most factory-grade sizes. Of course, you can work with a tailor to get…Read more...

Running can be as simple as putting one foot in front of the other, but if you do a lot of running you’ll discover things about yourself and your sport that you wouldn’t have guessed at the beginning. Recently a redditor asked for a shortcut to some of that secret knowledge: “Experienced runners: what’s something you…Read more...

You can make easy money taking online surveys, but they typically don’t pay more than a few bucks an hour, way less than you’d get with a part-time job paying minimum wage. Still, as a diversion, it pays better than scrolling through Twitter, especially if you’re stuck waiting somewhere like the airport or DMV.Read more...

To our 2021 eyes, the original Space Jam was pretty modest in its ambitions: Reinvent the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters by teaming them up with fictionalized versions of real NBA stars like Michael Jordan. That, of course, was before Warner Brothers owned about 33% of everything ever conceived of by…Read more...

Vacuums suck! Or rather, problems arise when they stop sucking.Read more...

Coming from a catfish-eating family, I never had much use for salmon until I moved to the Pacific Northwest. The two fishes couldn’t be more different in texture, flavor, or styles of preparation, but finally, at nearly 35 years of age, I figured out my favorite way to make salmon, and it involves the air fryer.Read more...

A small tile project like a backsplash can be a DIY project—as long as you have the right tools. However, tiling jobs—including that backsplash project—often call for a wet saw to accurately (and safely) cut the tile. A wet saw provides a steady stream of water over the blade to create smooth cuts and reduce the level…Read more...

Temperatures across the country continue to climb, and people are spending more time outdoors—so naturally, there’s a recall of sunscreen products from pharma giant Johnson & Johnson. Specifically, it’s for five of the company’s aerosol sunscreens from their Neutrogena and Aveeno brands, the Food and Drug…Read more...

After the design overhaul of Firefox 89, the version 90 update is comparatively timid. But it focuses on two important things—privacy and tracker blocking. If you’re a fan of Firefox and its continued mission of protecting your privacy and automatically blocking trackers, you’ll like this update.

Every time you head out to a new location, there’s a good chance you instinctively pull up Google Maps to help guide you there—there’s no better tool out there for navigation and traffic updates. But even if you use it practically every day, there’s a good chance that you haven’t made the most of some of its better …Read more...

In the past year, as more people have been working from home, physical therapists have been seeing an increase in patients with “dead butt syndrome,” or DBS for short, which is pain, numbness, and tingling in the butt, which can often extend to the lower back and legs. If you’ve ever stood up after sitting for a while…Read more...

If you’ve ever received an email from your bank, accountant, lawyer, or doctor (or any number of other professionals), you’ve also likely seen a disclaimer at the bottom of the message regarding confidentiality. It may have read something like this:Read more...

With the real estate market superheated right now, some homes are selling within days—and even with cash offers well over the asking price. What that means, though, if you’re looking to sell and you think your house will sell quickly, is that you may be able to negotiating a lower commission with your real estate agent…Read more...

I love peaches—I could eat a peach for hours!—but I do not love removing the stubborn, literally clinging stone from the center of the fruit. Fortunately, I follow some very smart people on social media, and those people often have solutions to everyday annoyances such as these. (I honestly hate to be all “You’ve been…Read more...

After years of annoying Joy-Con drift issues plaguing Nintendo Switch consoles, there may finally be a permanent fix.

Switching up your yard usually means ripping up the grass, tilling, and fertilizing the soil to prep for new vegetation, but why not just cover it up? Sheet mulching uses a simple form of composting to repurpose your lawn by revitalizing the soil and building nutrients for new plants. Using cardboard, green compost,…Read more...

In this article, I will not tell you how to get rid of your hip dips. However, if you are here because you want to get rid of your hip dips, this is essential reading. Because hip dips, as a bodily flaw, are 100% bullshit.Read more...

If you’re accustomed to swiping through a sea of profiles on Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, or any of the major dating apps, the process of searching for a decent match can be exhausting. But while an app’s instant affirmation might be encouraging, it might be better to slow things down once you do meet someone you like.Read more...

Any excuse to eat ice cream is as good as any other, so why not take advantage of National Ice Cream Day this Sunday, July 18? Here’s a look at who’s offering discounts or free ice cream this weekend.Read more...

Dads are catching up to moms in their hunger for advice on being successful in both the workplace and within their family roles. And with a wide variety of podcasts more readily available these days, fathers (or dads-to-be) have plenty of options for shows about how to better step up and make the most of fatherhood.Read more...

It’s not easy to quit Instagram—and you probably don’t even want to completely quit the app. The memes, updates, and reels are important to you, after all. But many of us could do with spending a little less time on Instagram.

Whipping your own cream is not a hard task, but it does require a certain amount of equipment, and that equipment requires washing, which makes whipping cream mildly inconvenient in the middle of the day or after a big dinner—the two moments I happen to crave espresso con panna (espresso topped with whipped cream).Read more...

It’s possible you have a few photos on your iPhone or iPad that you’d rather not stumble upon—or have anyone else stumble upon, such as a picture of your ex, a troubling memory, or other, uh, unmentionables. If you’re not ready to delete or offload them, but you don’t want them seen by the wrong eyes, you can hide…Read more...

Not everyone has organized address books, mostly because we end up saving someone’s email address in one contact and their phone number in another. If you recently realized that yours is a mess and preventing you from finding what you need quickly, you can use Google Contacts’ Merge & Fix tool to bring some order to…Read more...

Most people have at least one flaky person in their life, whether it’s a friend, family member, or co-worker. These are the people who promise to come to something, only to forget or cancel at the last moment. There are a number of reasons why people are flaky, but the common seems to be that most of them have a hard…Read more...

Google just released a new Google Drive desktop app for Windows and Mac to replace the Backup and Sync and Drive File Stream tools, which are shutting down on October 1. Google recommends all users migrate to the Drive desktop app by September to avoid any syncing interruptions, but don’t lament the loss of those…Read more...

Depression bears an association to bleak weather, but melancholy isn’t always associated with the colder seasons. In fact, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) doesn’t only strike in the winter; it can still rear itself when the weather is warm and sunny—and it might even hit certain people harder in the summer months.Read more...

As gas prices continue to climb beyond $3 a gallon this summer, you might be thinking about ways to offset your monthly gas expenses. With costs expected to climb further—possibly past $3.30 before we reach fall—it looks like won’t see relief anytime soon. In the meantime, we have some tips that might help ease the…Read more...

Sprouts are versatile little plants you can add to bread, salads, and sandwiches; they offer a range of tastes from subtle to even spicy; and they can keep your glucose levels low. They can be an acquired texture in a meal (with some being stringy or crunchy) but the wide variety of sprouts allows you to be selective.…Read more...