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If you live in earthquake country, this week’s 6.9 and 7.1 earthquakes in California probably have you a bit on edge. Put that nervous energy to good use and get your two emergency kits ready.Read more...

Buying airfare at the airport is, at best, a relic of our past, like getting dressed up to fly or smoking while at cruising altitude. At worst, it’s a great way to get yourself into the special screening line at security. But Melissa Yeager of the Arizona Republic found that if you’re patient and like going to the…Read more...

The talk coming from the back seat of my car was starting to make me uncomfortable.Read more...

If you’ve finally gotten that job (or that raise), it can be easy to assume that you don’t have to worry about money anymore. You’ve got that steady paycheck, after all.Read more...

Staying home is almost always preferable to going out, particularly before noon. Going out for brunch means standing in line, drinking weak mimosas, and (depending on the establishment) being around children. But all of that can be worth it if the place has a good eggs benedict, mainly because hollandaise sauce is…Read more...

If you’re someone who works at a desk most of the day, you may have taken steps to improve your posture and comfort at your workspace. Perhaps you installed an ergonomic keyboard, or sit on an exercise ball or with a back-supporting cushion to help minimize pain caused by long periods of sitting. But if your commute…Read more...

Email tracking can be a shitty practice. I can’t think of a better way to describe the latest reports that Silicon Valley fad Superhuman—a $30/mo email service—kept tabs on how many times email recipients opened a message.Read more...

When you’re down on your luck, it’s easy to assume that there’s no help—but there are a wide range of programs and benefits in the United States that can help get you back on your feet.Read more...

It’s prime season for farmers’ markets: local tomatoes, avocados, blueberries, corn, all the best produce in the Northern Hemisphere. But my favorite greenmarket stand is the one that sells lamb meat and wool. (It took me a little while to make the connection!) Yes, I’m in love with Catskill Merino, which sets up shop…Read more...

Mary Poppins Returns (Tuesday) is actually supposed to be good, so I’m going to suggest you give it a whirl before you assume it’s too PG or too family-oriented for you. That Emily Blunt is delightful and we all know it.

No matter what airline you’re flying on or where you’re going I can guarantee you one thing: power will be at a premium.

We all have moments where we’re not quite as confident as we’d like to be. You know, those moments right before a big presentation or while you’re waiting outside your boss’s office waiting to ask her for raise.

Almost half of American families don’t make enough money to regularly cover basic expenses like rent and food. A few years ago Leanne Brown made headlines with her book “Good & Cheap” which helps you plan recipes for the week working with a budget of $5 a day, the average food stamp allotment for someone in the United…Read more...

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Two-factor authentication is one of those things that’s a good idea to set up pretty much everywhere that will allow you to.

Last week, the LightSail 2 officially made its first contact with Earth. The solar-powered spacecraft will be sailing around Earth’s orbit for the next year, all part of a mission to prove that solar sailing is a viable mode of space exploration.

Looking at old social media posts is an easy way to get a quick snapshot into what was going on in your life during a certain time period.

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A few months ago during a layover in Atlanta, I came across an unusual sight: facial recognition being used in the boarding process.

Next time you want to return something to Amazon, you don’t necessarily have to pack everything up again and head to the post office. Starting this month, Amazon is allowing items to be returned via the mail as well as in person at any Kohl’s location, with the exception of stores in Anchorage, Alaska.

Being able to read things quickly is great, but only if you’re able to comprehend what you’re reading. Blazing through 200 pages of reading in an hour or two is certainly impressive, but if you don’t remember anything you’ve read then it’s also kind of pointless.

Last week, we asked you to fill us in on your favorite password managers. After combing through your responses, testing out a few new ones, and getting a sense for what other popular picks may be out there, we’ve come up with a list of the best password managers available.

Ticks are best known for latching on to you in the woods, sucking your blood, and spreading Lyme disease—but not all ticks are alike. There are different species, living in different areas, and they don’t all transmit the same diseases. According to the CDC, the ticks to watch out for include these:Read more...

Your career is probably going to peak 10-20 years before you retire. After that, you’re likely to reach the unhappiest point in your adult life. If you’re not ready for it, the late-career decline can unsettle you and make it much harder to transition into retirement, or even retire at the age you planned to. To deal…Read more...

In my household, the kids’ bathroom is also the guest bathroom. And has always been the dirtiest, because kids. No matter how much I tried to keep it presentable, it wasn’t uncommon for the sink in there to be coated with a multi-layer film of toothpaste, spit, and please-don’t-make-me-think-about-it. And we won’t…Read more...

Nobody in the history of the world has ever brought precisely enough buns for a barbecue—either they run out in an hour, or the host gets to figure out what to do with 48 leftover hot dog buns. If the latter sounds like you today, you can use those extra buns to make some truly excellent croutons.Read more...

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In January, the city of New York filed a $21 million lawsuit against a ring of real estate brokers illegally renting out properties in the city to over 75,000 guests on Airbnb. In Barcelona, Spain, the government has shut down more than 2,000 listings and warned tourists to check the legality of their rental…Read more...

Welcome back to Tech 911, Lifehacker’s weekly tech-advice column. Before I get to this week’s question, one quick summer reminder: The mailbag is looking a little sparse, since you are all probably out having fun in the sun instead of sweating it out with some perplexing PC issue. Please send me any and all…Read more...

If you’re looking for something a little sweet to take with you to that friend’s cookout today, you might want to swing by Krispy Kreme.

“Stranger Things 3" is officially out today. If you opted to spend Independence Day outside celebrating with friends rather than glued to your television, then there’s a good chance you might potentially end up running into a spoiler or two before you get caught up on your binge-watching.

Independence Day is a holiday for most folks in America, which means a lot of your friends and family likely have the day off as do a lot of people working at places you might frequent, such as a restaurant, supermarket, or store. That’s great, in that the majority of your friends can probably attend your holiday…Read more...

“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 lightsaber battle with their pals, making galactic slime. And then, when the time is up, here is what happens: The kids seem shocked, confused and might start sobbing. I have…Read more...

“Search Best Sellers” is a shopping site that helps you find the bestseller lists for every product category on Amazon. As the site explains, while Amazon keeps a list for the most popular products in hundreds of categories, it doesn’t let you search for these lists. Search Best Sellers does.

With so much focus on grilling, Independence Day desserts are often an afterthought, unless they take the form of the dreaded flag cake—the American flag bikini of the dessert world. But there are a lot of delicious, easy, non-flag-cake desserts you can make for today, or for the rest of the summer, since they are not…Read more...

Police stations are a popular spot for exchanging used goods for cash in our Craigslist/Offerup/Letgo/eBay/Nextdoor-filled lives. In fact, many police stations have launched “safe zones” specifically for your cash-based transactions with local strangers.Read more...

As we gear up for the great American grilling day, there’s something important you need to know that you may not have thought about: if your marinade has had raw meat sitting in it, it’s full of raw meat germs.Read more...

Visit any restaurant with a children’s menu and it’s likely you’ll see crayons scattered across tables that will be disposed of after a single day’s use.

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Babies cry. It’s a feature, not a bug. Sure, we all know this before getting into the whole parenthood thing, but I don’t think any experience—being seated next to a tiny screamer on an airplane, holding a shrieking nephew as his bottle is prepped, or even living above an infant in full sleep-training mode—could ever…Read more...

Never fly with fireworks (or anything even close to fireworks). Fireworks are considered explosive devices that could ignite mid-flight, and the TSA will confiscate them from any carry-ons or checked luggage.Read more...

With the news that my favorite series for random bingeing is leaving Netflix, and knowing fully well that I’m not going to sign up for even more streaming services, I contemplated buying all of The Office last week. I didn’t pull the trigger, however, because I have no idea whether the prices I was seeing were killer…Read more...

So your kid is heading off to college, and you want to give them one last hurrah before they enter the great land of dorm room pranks, energy drinks and figuring out how the hell to be an adult. What to do? Throw them a trunk party.Read more...

Very few things, particularly at the moment, make me proud to be an American, but there certainly is a lot to drink about. The cocktail is an American invention, so I guess we can celebrate that, and we might as well do so with an Americano, an Italian drink named for its popularity with American expats (immigrants!)…Read more...

So much of death is a mystery, between how and when we’re going to go, if there’s anything beyond the grave—you know, all the pleasant stuff. But while a lot of this is out of our control, there is one aspect of our impending deaths that we usually can choose: what happens to our body.

Jumping back and forth between your phone and your PC can be annoying. Some messaging apps have web clients, so you don’t have to open your device to carry on a conversation. But there’s an easier way to reply to messages, check notifications, and open your Android device’s screen without having to take your eyes off…Read more...

My dad was the first person to introduce me to shadow puppets. When my sister and I were tiny kids, he would tuck us into bed, turn off the lights and then cast an image of a dog against the wall. He’d curl in his index finger, lift his thumb and open and close his pinkie while barking. Sometimes, he’d do a bunny or…Read more...

If you haven’t booked a summer getaway yet, here’s your chance: Until Thursday night, Frontier Airlines is having a major sale and offering one-way tickets for as little as $25 this summer.

If you spend any amount of time listening to the radio in your car, you’ve probably heard a few “six months same as cash” ads. If you’re not in the market for a mattress, washing machine or used car, you probably don’t think much about these ads. But someday, you will want to make a large purchase for a tangible item.…Read more...

Divorce is hilarious! That’s why HBO made a whole show named after it (season 3 just started, SJP fans represent). It’s also why there’s a funny subreddit called r/DivorcedBirds. It explores tropes you didn’t even realize you had stored in the back of your mind about divorce, breakups, mid-life crises, and the…Read more...