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I have hilariously bad circulation in my extremities, which means that I wear thick socks and slippers 24/7 from October to May. This year, I got extremely cushy slippers for Christmas—and proceeded to immediately spill all kinds of bullshit on them while cooking dinner for my family. Tragic.

Everybody likes a little treat now and then. But I’ve recently learned a shocking (to me) fact: Not all kids love sweets. Also (this one is much less shocking) not all parents want their kids to have sweets—or other junk food—on a regular basis. And when it comes down to it, it’s a good idea to teach our kids that a…Read more...

Some hacks are not for everybody. If the idea of damaging a book makes you feel faint, please scroll past this post and go lie down until you’re ready to read about some less terrifying life hacks. But if you’re not squeamish, let’s talk about why cutting books in half is a genius idea.Read more...

I’m used to yelling at my Google Home and Amazon Echo, not so much my web browser. However, Mozilla is now testing voice-control capabilities for its Firefox browser, and you can join me in screaming at your screen—which is actually a little more fun and useful than it might sound at first glance.

If you’ve finally upgraded that old iPhone 6 to a brand new iPhone X or 11, you might be wondering how to take a screenshot. Previously, all it took was a simultaneous press of the side button and home button. But with the loss of the home button in the iPhone X redesign in 2017, the button combination has changed. In…Read more...

Can we just chill this week and watch The Queen (Friday) and skip Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (Wed.)? I’d much prefer to watch Helen Mirren and her corgis bustle around England than endure a docuseries about “the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza” but I feel like it’s my civic duty as…Read more...

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Fortunately, we’re at a point where most of the airports in the United States offer free WiFi in some form. Yes, sometimes you have to watch an ad to get there, but it’s there.

Sometimes you just want to go somewhere, anywhere, that might be warm. Other times where you live might be an inferno, and you’d do anything to be somewhere less humid where a jacket is required. No matter what your climate dreams, Nomad List’s Climate Finder can help you find the right spot, or at least offer a…Read more...

If you’re looking for a way to spend Martin Luther King Day, you might want to put visiting a National Park on the list. National Parks in the United States are offering free admission today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.Read more...

While your math teacher (or your kid’s math teacher) might not let them lug a laptop into their calculus class, I still think it’s awesome that Microsoft is finally giving the good ol’ Windows Calculator a boost of geekiness. If you thought “Scientific” mode was fun, you haven’t seen anything yet—coming soon, to…Read more...

A huge Timbuk2 bag sale, 2TB Crucial internal SSD, smokeless grill, and Anker headphones lead off Monday’s best deals from around the web. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone!

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The 2020 SAG Awards are tonight. This year’s awards show marks the 26th for the SAG Awards, and the third awards show of 2020 so far.

This year I’m trying to meditate more, which has involved a pretty deep dive into all of the meditation tools you can find on the internet, specifically the free ones.

San Francisco’s 49ers are taking on Green Bay’s Packers today in the NFC Championship game, which will determine which of the two teams are headed to this year’s Super Bowl. And over in Missouri, the Chiefs will be taking on the Titans in the AFC Championship game to determine the same.Read more...

A BioBidet sale, Pandemic board game, iPad Pros, and a BitsBox subscription offer lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

SpaceX was expected to perform an escape test for the Falcon 9 rocket Saturday, but had to reschedule the event to Sunday “due to poor splashdown and recovery weather.” Instead, the test has been rescheduled for Sunday, with the 6-hour test window opening up officially at 8am ET.

When it comes to learning a new language, Duolingo is typically my go-to. I’ve reached a point where I’ve determined I’m probably never going to be entirely fluent in another language, but whenever I travel somewhere where I don’t typically speak the native language I try to get the basics down before I get there.…Read more...

Elite airline status can be great to have. Having status on an airline typically offers perks like upgraded seats, free checked bags, and earlier boarding groups. It’s a great perk for having flown with an airline a great deal the year before. But what if you flew a bunch this year, but something like having a newborn…Read more...

There are many things that separate Apple’s products from its competitors. One of the most iconic is the Lightning port, Apple’s proprietary charging and connection cable that most of its products have been using for some time—but that could be changing very soon. Members of the European Commission will vote on…Read more...

This month in the Lifehacker Fitness Challenge we are taking on the ab wheel, aka ab roller, aka “crap, I fell on my face again.” Last week we did a plank on the wheel, but today we’re going to use it as intended with one small tweak. And friends, I have something shocking to report: it works.Read more...

Sending your kids off to college is a big parenting rite of passage; it can also be terrifying. Suddenly, instead of seeing them every day, you don’t know where they are, what they’re doing or who they’re with. Parents of teenage girls, in particular, worry about their safety during a time when the #MeToo movement has…Read more...

Great news, friends: it’s citrus season, my favorite fruit season. Some people go bananas for berries, but every winter I make it my mission to devour every clementine, satsuma, kumquat, and obscure lime I can get my hands on, while also exploring the wild world of citrus hybrids. It’s a particularly fun time to play…Read more...

I had a feeling something was off the other day when I was doing some Googling. As it turns out, Google has redesigned its search results page a bit, adding in favicons, a big “AD” icon for sponsored results, and shuffling around the placement of site URLs.Read more...

Xbox One owners can now stream games from their consoles to their Android smartphones and tablets. PC and PlayStation players have had similar streaming options available for a while now but, until today, Microsoft limited Xbox One streaming to Windows PCs.

If your New Year’s resolution has crashed and burned in a spectacular fashion, you might be thinking you’re out of luck until next January 1. It’s not a resolution unless you start it on the first day of the year, right?

We already know that we need a certain amount of rest, every day, to maintain our health and prevent burnout. But a lot of us don’t take that rest, even if we desperately need it, because we feel like we ought to spend our time being “productive.”Read more...

My love for the McMuffin and McMuffin-esque breakfast sandwiches is not a secret. The tender English muffin, salty meat, melted cheese, and perfectly round egg create a beautiful breakfast bite. Making your own version at home is not an excessively difficult task, but the round, steamed egg is crucial.Read more...

You know when a recipe instruction is total bullshit? When it says something like, “grab four large potatoes and a medium onion.” What do these measurements even mean?!? I’ve seen potatoes the size of a small cat before—is that the standard for large potatoes? Is it just the biggest potato I can find in the bin, or is…Read more...

Panic attacks can be scary, especially in the moment that you realize that you’re having one and that it’s going to get worse before it gets better. The good news is that a panic attack will pass. You just have to ride out these next few minutes.Read more...

It’s the refrain heard round the world every afternoon or early evening. Parents everywhere are asking, “How was school?” And their children are responding, “Fine,” much more concerned with procuring a snack and a good TV show than chatting about their day.Read more...

Bluetooth technology has been allowing our electronic devices to communicate with each other for 20 years now. Yet, Bluetooth connections between devices can still fail, or give you all kinds of issues when you’re trying to set them up. Here are some troubleshooting techniques to try when pairing Bluetooth-enabled…Read more...

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Over for the Washington Post, writer Natalie B. Compton described, in detail, why exactly sleeping on flights is so damn difficult. Perhaps it’s being surrounded by sneezing, coughing, and otherwise restless passengers around you that makes it hard to sleep soundly. Or, as Compton writes, it’s just the harsh…Read more...

Netflix must figure we’re all out watching Oscar contenders in the theater; why else would they leave us with so few decent streamables with which to fill our long weekend? Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. Here are Lifehacker’s choices for what to stream on Netflix each day of your minibreak.

It may seem like everybody you know gets weird about their eating every January—maybe it’s Whole30, maybe it’s a sugar “detox,” maybe it’s a wholehearted commitment to keto. What to do if you’re not on that bandwagon and it’s all a bit too much? Anti-Diet author and registered dietitian Christy Harrison has some tips…Read more...

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.

One can get finicky with pan sauces. (I, for one, am guilty of this.) Various thickening agents, aromatics, and even cream all bring certain charms to the pan, but my favorite (and incidentally easiest) pan sauce to make is mostly butter.Read more...

If you’ve been craving romaine lettuce for months, I have good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that you have terrible taste in salads. The good news is that, according to the CDC, it’s safe to eat romaine again.Read more...

For the past couple of years, I’ve been using a bullet journal to track all kinds of things. Work assignments and appointments, my son’s soccer games and karate classes, my workouts, even what I made for dinner. (The dinner tracking is particularly helpful whenever I find myself in a rut—spaghetti again?—because I can…Read more...

Microsoft has finally released the official, stable version of its Chromium-based Edge web browser. And while that doesn’t mean that your old-school Edge is going away today, Microsoft will start rolling out the Chromium browser in small batches before eventually replacing it via Windows Update this summer.Read more...

Last year was stressful at best for investors at all levels. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates several times after years of growth. President Trump really leaned into his trade war with China. The stock market hit some notable highs and lows. And financial pundits threw around the word “recession” so much that we…Read more...

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This morning, the Wall Street Journal released its annual ranking of major U.S. airlines, basing its decision on factors like the number of on-time arrivals, canceled flights, and delays (and using 2019 flight data, available from the Department of Transportation). Somehow, ranking below even low cost-carriers like…Read more...

You may already know that I’m in favor of batching administrative tasks like email. Unless you have the type of job where your primary task is to stay on top of an inbox, there are a lot of advantages to setting boundaries around when you look at your email and when you keep the app closed and the notifications turned…Read more...

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Everyone, at some point or another, has been tempted to eat potpourri (the forbidden chip). The mixture of dried flower petals and spices always looks invitingly crunchy, if a little dusty. You should not eat potpourri, but you should eat these roasted radish slices, which will certainly scratch that itch.Read more...

As the parent of an only child, I do not believe many of the prevailing stereotypes about singletons. They are not, as a group, spoiled, maladjusted, selfish, weird people. Any child can be any of those things, regardless of how many siblings they have.Read more...

If you only do one small thing for your finances this year, could you make sure it’s to leave your terrible old bank that’s still charging you fees out the wazoo?Read more...