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Every week, we share the shortcuts, workspaces, and productivity tips of our favorite experts. This week, we’re going behind the scenes at Lifehacker. I’m Abu Zafar, and this is how I work.

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You can buy just about anything on Amazon. But just because you can get a product quickly via the ecommerce retailer doesn’t mean the product is guaranteed to be safe.Read more...

This week we chat with productivity legend David Allen about GTD, or “Getting Things Done,” his gold-standard time management philosophy. Lifehacker staffers share their productivity secrets as well. Find out what old-school device Two Cents writer Lisa Rowan uses to keep herself on track, how social media editor Tim…Read more...

Welp, there seems to be another reason to hold off on updating to iOS 13: Users have discovered that the “Location” privacy setting—which requests access to your device’s geographical location data—is being automatically reset from “Never” to “Ask Next Time” in certain apps.

Linguist and Because Internet author Gretchen McCulloch asked her Twitter followers to share the words that they can’t actually spell without relying on spellcheck. The answers she got will comfort and edify you.

With the latest iOS update, the Apple health app can now tell you about the noise levels you’ve been exposed to—both from the environment around you, and from your headphones. Here’s how to set it up, and what to do with that information once you have it.Read more...

As of the release of iOS 13, almost all Apple devices come with Siri pre-loaded, making Apple’s AI assistant even more ubiquitous than it already was. But while Siri is a helpful tool that most users can find a use for—especially in conjunction with the Shortcuts app—both Siri vets and newbies can get even more out of…Read more...

Whenever I meet someone who, like me, is of Middle Eastern heritage, it’s guaranteed that within five minutes of learning this fact, I will turn the conversation to kibbeh. From there, we will inevitably take a detour into misty-eyed recollections. We will also likely argue over the “proper” way to make this staple of…Read more...

We used to think of “The Talk” as that one intensely awkward conversation where your parent sits you down to tell you about sex (you already know what it is) and to strongly suggest you not have it (maybe you already are). But now we know that The Talk is actually a whole series of talks that don’t center solely…Read more...

Emergency rooms aren’t always for life-or-death emergencies: sometimes you have enough time that you can make a choice about where to go. (If your child is the one who needs care, for example, you should know where to find the nearest pediatric-ready ER.)Read more...

Your first few years after college are like getting thrown into a bad game show. You need to balance a new career, a bevy of new living expenses, an eventual retirement to start saving for, and student loans with a grace period that’s far too short. And don’t forget: You need to build credit, so your finances look…Read more...

It’s the first day of a new season—which means it’s a great time to start something new.Read more...

On Monday, UK-based tour company Thomas Cook abruptly collapsed, impacting 150,000 travelers’ plans and laying off “tens of thousands” of employees. At airports like the one in Menorca, Spain, hundreds of travelers have been left stranded at their gates.

Hello. It’s me, Claire. I’m the food editor here at Lifehacker, and as we’re taking a look at how the Lifehacker staff works, I thought I’d show you how I eat. In order to maintain the conversational flow of How I Eat, I had my boyfriend conduct the interview. Below you will find answers to all sorts of interesting…Read more...

There’s a reason the New York Times calls them “The Minecraft Generation.” Today’s kids and teens have been raised on the game, cutting their teeth on survival mode and moving on to creating complex, multiplayer worlds within Minecraft. But Minecraft’s vast community (112 million people log on per month!) are doing…Read more...

Human memory is as fascinating as it is fallible. You can lose years worth of Spanish lessons, but can still recite the opening scene of Goodfellas. You remember what you were wearing at your best friend’s wedding, but can’t recall what you wore last Wednesday. You are certain you got a 730 Verbal on your SATs, but…Read more...

Every week, we share the shortcuts, workspaces, and productivity tips of our favorite experts. This week, we’re going behind the scenes at Lifehacker. I’m Tim Mulkerin, and this is how I work.Read more...

For months, we’ve been talking about our topsy-turvy economy and what it could mean for your finances if we experience a recession. And while the sheer occurrence of a recession isn’t anything to get worked up about on its surface, there’s the issue of the Great Recession still weighing on a lot of us.Read more...

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A few years ago, Twitter replaced its chronological listing of replies to a tweet with “conversation ranking,” prioritizing replies from people you follow and the author of the original tweet. In 2018, in a move to curb abuse, the ranking system began incorporating other factors like the number of accounts a user has…Read more...

Storage space is something you’ll probably never think about. That is, until you’re suddenly out of space on your iPhone and your dog is being so adorable and you can’t take that perfect pic.Read more...

Ryan Murphy’s The Politician is the Netflix Original you’re either dying to see or would rather die than see, and your wishes/fears come true when it premieres on Friday. Ben Platt plays a kid running for student body president in a high school with enough palace intrigue to rival the court of Louis XIV. I have sat…Read more...

In a few weeks, I’m traveling to Denver. Instead of buying a round-trip flight; however, I instead opted to buy two one-way flights on two different airlines. The reason? It was cheaper. A lot cheaper. And I managed to get great seats on both flights.

Whenever you sign up for a new app or service you probably are also agreeing to a new privacy policy. You know, that incredibly long block of text you scroll quickly by without reading?

The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards are tonight. The festivities officially kick off at 8am ET/ 5pm PT and will be broadcast on FOX.

If you’re planning on flying somewhere in the next few months there may be no better time to buy a plane ticket than this weekend.

Google removed two apps from the Google Play Store this week after it discovered they were serving adware to users. The apps, Sun Pro Beauty Camera and Funny Sweet Beauty Selfie Camera, had been downloaded over 1.5 million times, ZDNet reports.

This year Amazon is once again making some Thursday Night Football available for Prime members to stream through Prime Video at no additional cost beyond having a Prime membership.

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Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. A screenshot made the rounds earlier this week that allegedly listed all the Samsung devices that were going to receive Android 10. The list caused an understandable excitement for some Samsung owners, hopeful that the latest version of Android would hit device of…Read more...

There are a lot of apps you can download on Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store. That’s obvious. What’s not so obvious is that even though both companies do a pretty good job of (mostly) catching bullshit apps, there are still plenty that sneak through because they just toe the line between scammy and barely…Read more...

If you have asthma and you feel like it’s gotten worse lately, it’s not your imagination: Late September is informally known as asthma “peak week” because several asthma-exacerbating factors converge.Read more...

It probably started as a once-in-a-while treat at a birthday party or out at a restaurant. But once your toddler got a taste of that sweet, sweet juice, bland old milk and water just didn’t have the same appeal. And now, juice is all they want to drink.Read more...

If you’ve ever gone shopping for a bra, you know how frustrating it can be. Between bra sizes being a myth and hormone levels changing the size of breasts throughout the month, it’s an uphill battle. Fortunately, this graphic offers a few pointers that may help.Read more...

iOS 13 is here, and like Android 10, Apple’s newest OS update brings an official dark mode to your iPhone. Apps can have their own special looks when you’re using dark mode, too, and the fine folks at Gadget Hacks have provided a long list of various apps that currently support this feature. Some of the standouts…Read more...

The screwdriver is not a bad drink, but it’s not a great drink. The combination of orange juice and vodka isn’t hard to swallow, but I’ve never been like “You know what I really crave right now? A freakin’ screwdriver.”Read more...

The greatest gift that home cooking has to give is happiness, and few things make people happier than a slice of pizza. So, on this National Pepperoni Pizza Day, I’d like to talk about just how easy it is to make pizza at home—even a fully loaded, stuffed-crust monstrosity.

When Paul, a freelancer based in New York, couldn’t get a response from a consulting client who owed him money, he thought he might have to take legal action. I’ll download the contract, he thought, as he dug back through his inbox for a link to the document he had signed months before using business automation vendor…Read more...

There is nothing too smart or too stupid for a mnemonic. They can teach you features of specific neurological disorders, or they can teach you how to open a jar. Here are some of the cleverest memory aids that you might not know yet, as catalogued by Wikipedia.

Tonight, 10 Democratic presidential candidates will take the stage in Iowa individually to discuss issues affecting LGBTQ Americans, like the Equality Act, bans on conversion therapy, and some candidates’ controversial records on marriage equality. This will be the first of two forums on LGBTQ issues. (The other is…Read more...

As Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we’re discussing what to do if you go over the mileage restrictions on your lease, balancing the CarMax cost with the solid warranty, and the best…Read more...

If you want the most options and the least competition, the first week of fall is a great time to buy a home.

McDonald’s may be a hamburger restaurant, but it’s the fries that keep them coming back. Oddly, the fries that made McDonald’s famous—the ones that truly set them apart from their fast food rivals—are not the fries they serve today. The original golden fry from the Golden Arches was cooked in beef tallow, which gave…Read more...

Among the near-constant discussion of an impending recession, you may have noticed some rumbling about our worsening national deficit. But you may be confused about how that national debt happens, and what it means for how the country’s finances are run.Read more...

How’s the cycling going? If you’re new to our fitness challenge, this September we’ve been hopping on our bikes (indoors or out) for some cycling workouts. If you’re having fun and want to take it to the next level, here are some beginner training plans to try.Read more...

Whistleblowing seems to be in the news a lot, lately. And it makes us ordinary schmoes wonder: How would we handle ratting out our colleagues, or our superiors, if we had to—either to protect other consumers and citizens or merely to cover yourself? If a worker sees some dirty deeds and want to call attention to them,…Read more...

When my son was four, my husband and I took him and his then two-year-old sister to spend the day on a Florida beach. The scene was picture perfect: The sun was shining, we’d managed to remember sunscreen and beach toys, and both kids were content to build sand castles in front of our beach blanket. When my husband…Read more...

Some of the most influential people in history kept detailed journals of their lives, including Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison and Frida Kahlo. Those journals served two purposes: a permanent record for posterity and, presumably, a cathartic release for the people writing them.Read more...