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Let’s start with this: Dads are not babysitters. After all, a babysitter is someone who “takes charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.” Therefore, when a dad is caring for his child, he is not “babysitting;” he is “parenting.”Read more...

Dropbox just did a crappy thing to its “Basic” users—free users, that is. The company quietly added a new caveat that limits these accounts to a mere three devices. To use your Dropbox account on four or more devices, you must pay for the service’s premium version, which will cost you at least $9.99 per month or…Read more...

Recently, as I stood in the checkout line at my local grocery store, the unusual sight of an employee running caught my eye. I realized almost immediately that he was rushing to collect the Automated External Defibrillation (AED) device fixed to the wall in front of my lane. I am a Registered Nurse and I knew that…Read more...

It was a pretty small amount of money Sharon Davis lost, which is typical. Davis is a professor of sociology at the University of La Verne in California, and as with many American workers who go to an office and sit at a desk as a member of the professional class, her employer-sponsored benefits included the chance to…Read more...

Hello, and welcome back to Will It Casserole?, the column where I take your delicious concepts and re-imagine them as casserole creations. It’s been a while since we’ve casseroled together, and this split pea soup situation is truly a return to form.Read more...

The job search can be brutal; just getting that first interview feels like an enormous hurdle, even if your resume is airtight. And if it’s not? Well, this is how you explain a past job ending badly to a prospective employer.

Looking for some new music to lose yourself in this weekend? Look no further. Each year, NPR’s All Songs Considered team puts together a 100-song playlist for the South By Southwest music festival, and it never fails to deliver new artists and genres.

The city of Christchurch, New Zealand, is reeling following a devastating terrorist attack on two mosques that has left 49 people dead. Here’s how you can help the community affected by this mass shooting.Read more...

We can rely on our phones for communication almost anywhere these days. But if you’re hiking in a truly remote area, you could end up miles from anywhere with signal. Here’s how to prepare.Read more...

Sometimes you get the vibe first thing in the morning. Your kid wakes up in a foul mood and you think, “Well, this should be a fun day.” Or they’re grumbling the moment you pick them up from school, quashing that excitement you felt about seeing them after a long day.Read more...

If you have a credit card, you should, theoretically, know how missing a payment or paying off less than your total balance each month can lead to a debt spiral. The interest rate on credit cards is very high compared to other financial products, and it compounds when you don’t pay your balance off in full each month.

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Confession time. This week’s Tech 911 is a bit of a head-scratcher, because the wide world of PDFs is confusing, at best, and typically more frustrating than anything else. There are a ton of different apps you can find that let you open, edit, and mess around with PDFs. Some of them are free and meh, a few of them…Read more...

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Being without your phone is a luxury these days. If you can manage it, you are either on vacation, or you have a staff to handle all your digital grunt work. For the rest of us, tech is both a distraction and a necessity. And a digital detox doesn’t do much to change that.Read more...

In her newsletter My Sweet Dumb Brain, Katie Hawkins-Gaar writes about the importance of taking time to breathe. Not, you know, the unconscious kind of breathing you do to stay alive, but thoughtful, slow breathing, to help you stay grounded and feel your place in the world.

If your employer-sponsored FSA opts for a grace period rather than a $500 year-to-year rollover, tomorrow is your last day to spend the money in your account before your employer takes it back for itself (our health care system is great!).

Ah, Pi Day. A day that combines two things I love in theory but have more trouble with than I’d like to admit—baking and math. Oddly, I got into cooking by baking pies to help deal with the stress of taking calculus in college, and clearly one stuck a little more than the other. (Hint: My life no longer requires…Read more...

Nobody likes waiting for stuff to load on their phone. Whether it’s blank webpages or streaming sites buffering, we look to our handheld computers for an instant connection and instant gratification, and it’s just so annoying when they fail us—or take forever to load a silly video.Read more...

A year ago, school-aged children across the country were staging walk-outs and protests to pressure their representatives to support meaningful gun legislation.Read more...

Amazon’s new Echo Dot is functionally the same as the old one—it’s basically a cheap way to put Alexa in every room—but its speaker is better, and it looks like something you won’t necessarily want to hide behind a plant. Normally $50, Daily Steals’ Facebook marketplace is blowing them out for $30 right now.Read more...

Digital security researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of ad-serving malware in more than 200 Android apps, some of which have been downloaded by millions of users. The AdWare, which security firm Check Point calls “SimBad,” creates a backdoor and allows its creator to install additional programs,…Read more...

By now, I could chop an onion in my sleep: slice it in half, trim off the stem and root, peel, and slice away. In all my years of onion prep, it never occurred to me to shake things up, but skipping just one of those steps—removing the root—has changed my heavily onion-based repertoire for the better.Read more...

5G continues its slow rollout around the world as more companies announce plans to launch 5G networks in 2019. The most recent is Verizon, who has detailed its upcoming 5G services launching April 11.

The Android OS cycle starts again this week, with Google announcing more details on Android Q and releasing a first, early beta for adventurous types who want to take a peek under the hood. If you’re one of those people, and you have a Google Pixel phone, you can enroll in the beta right now and start trying out…Read more...

Joe is a tall guy who likes his sporty coupes, but now that he’s a dad he needs something a little bigger to fit the car seat and baby stuff. But he doesn’t want to give up something that can corner. Despite a healthy budget, he hasn’t found the right fit. What car should he buy?

Stella Parks—aka “the BraveTart”—knows more about cake than most people know about anything. She has the CIA training and the restaurant experience, but it’s her attention to detail and infectious enthusiasm for American desserts that makes her recipes not only technically great, but downright joyous. And while…Read more...

A “bomb cyclone” hit Colorado on Wednesday. While the term sounds like something out of science fiction, it’s quite real—“bomb cyclone” is a scientific term describing the aftermath of bombogenesis, which is another word I’m thankful is now in my vocabulary. So, to understand a “bomb cyclone” you first need to…Read more...

Happy Pi Day! What is pi? If you’re digging back to old memories of geometry class, stop right there. Pi is a real thing in real life. It means that the distance around a circular thing is a little more than triple the distance from side to side.Read more...

The high chair can seem like the perfect spot to confine your baby or toddler while you’re eating a meal or trying to get some dinner prepped in the kitchen. Throw a few Cheerios on the tray and everyone is happy. But the high chair is also one of those things that parents of little ones use so often that your safety…Read more...

If you’ve noticed that some of your games on Windows 10 have been particularly unresponsive in the last week, you aren’t alone. Microsoft confirmed that a recent Windows 10 update, patch KB4482887, introduced a bug that dramatically increased lag. Don’t sweat it, though. Microsoft has, thankfully, dealt with the issue…Read more...

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I’ve been a full-time freelancer since 2012, and most of my work gets done at home—that is, from my home office. I tried working from coffee shops and co-working spaces, but I tend to get the most work done when I’m in a quiet, comfortable, familiar space where I don’t have to worry about whether I’ll be able to find…Read more...

Financial emergencies come for us all, and when they do, you’ll want a stash to pull from to cover at least part of the costs you’ll incur.

From growlers and howlers to tumblers and camp cups, Miir makes some of our favorite drinkware around, whether you’re hauling it into the backcountry, or sipping from it at home.

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I have always had room in my heart for the old-school “edutainment” Carmen Sandiego games, because they taught me a decent bit about geography as a kid. I also loved the awesome television show (with the awesome theme song), although I’m pretty sure I had nightmares about being on the show and getting stuck with an…Read more...

Many things in life get soggy when wet, like paper, or expensively blow-dried hair. But plants do not work this way. Water makes them plumper, crispier, crunchier. Understand this fact and you’ll never suffer soggy lettuce again.Read more...

Burgers are good, but burgers with bristles in them are decidedly not. It turns out that the small, coarse, poke-y bristles on BBQ bristle brushes can fall off the brush and get stuck in your food, potentially lodging themselves in your throat and tongue. This is, obviously, not ideal.Read more...

Google announced that the latest update for the Chrome browser, Chrome 73, has begun rolling out to Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. While these updates normally cover security fixes, system-level changes, and new tools for developers, Chrome 73 also includes a handful of new features for general users as…Read more...

If you’ve been cultivating the idea of starting your own vegetable garden, your day has come. Amazon has marked down a veritable produce section’s worth of vegetable seeds to between $5 and $13, including a quite a few pepper and tomato varieties. The number of seeds per order varies by vegetable, but ranges from 15…Read more...

Today is a big day for Brexit negotiations. Members of Parliament are debating the “No Deal” exit, a plan that would have the UK leave the EU on March 29th with no formal organization or coordination whatsoever between the two entities. Should this happen, it would almost certainly cause economic chaos in not only the…Read more...

On the One Bad Mother podcast, hosts Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn end each episode by telling each other, “You’re doing a really good job.” It has always struck me as such a sweet way to encourage each other when you’re in the thick of parenting, everything seems like a struggle and you feel like no one around you sees…Read more...

An extra layer of down never hurt anyone in winter. Pump up your puffer collection today with these deals on Uniqlo’s famous Ultra Light Down. Men’s and women’s jackets are down to $60 (though the pink and olive colors for ladies are on sale for $40). Meanwhile, men’s vests are on sale for as low as $15 in select…Read more...

Amy Schumer has thrown up 980 times since she became pregnant, she told a New York Times reporter. She has hyperemesis gravidarum, and just a few years ago, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, had the condition too.Read more...

Your car might seem like a private world where you can fart, argue with your family, or complain about the wait at the drive thru window; in reality, everyone with a headset on inside can hear you.Read more...

It’s almost inevitable that we’ll all need to securely and reliably save a voicemail at some point. Whether it’s a message from a loved one who has since died or just an important recording you want to keep, there are several ways to save important voicemails indefinitely.

You know that scene in Twin Peaks where Jerry Horne comes in raving about brie and butter sandwiches? That was me last night, except I was raving about compound butter, and I was talking to my cat.Read more...

Packing cubes can make organizing clothes and toiletries for your next trip a little less hellish, and this highly-rated set of four from AmazonBasics is only $15 today, or about $5 less than usual.

Welcome to The Statement, Lifehacker’s new weekly personal finance newsletter. I’m Alicia Adamczyk, Lifehacker’s money writer, and every Wednesday I’ll cover the most pressing money issues of the week and answer reader questions about any aspect of your financial lives.