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VSCO, one of Lifehacker’s favorite camera apps, lets anyone improve their mobile photos without advanced technical knowledge. We talked with co-founder Joel Flory about his background in photography, his management style, and his tea habit.Read more...

Netflix loses a lot of titles in January, including The Godfather, The Green Mile, Iron Giant, Million Dollar Baby, It Follows, Face/Off, Rogue One, Love Actually, Kung Fu Panda, five Sharnkados, The Shining, and The Fellowship of the Ring. So block out some afternoons on your Christmas break. And get ready for some…Read more...

We’ve all been there: You threw an amazing party—maybe a housewarming, maybe a holiday get-together—but now it’s 1, 2 a.m., and your guests just. Won’t. Leave. It’s not your fault you’re just that good at throwing parties, but you’d also like to clean up and head to bed sometime soon. What is one to do?Read more...

You might think the best book to read to your young child is one they’ll love. One that, when you close the final page, makes them shout, “Again, again!” One that, before you even say, “Go pick out a bedtime book,” is already in their hand and waving in front of your face, an old and familiar friend.

Last year around this time, a lot of us set some fitness goals for the year. I asked readers to weigh in here on whether you’re planning to learn something new, gain or lose weight, or try a race or competition.

Deadspin Nicki Minaj Has Beef With, Uh, Former Giants QB Jesse Palmer [Update] | The A.V. Club The worst things on the internet in 2018 | Splinter Trump Reportedly Threw a Tantrum After His Meeting With Nancy and Chuck | The Root Kevin Hart’s Comedy is a Stupid Hill to Die On | Jezebel Pete Davidson Now Likes to Keep…Read more...

A really nice Lightning cable is an ideal stocking stuffer for the iPhone owners in your life, and they don’t get much nicer than Anker’s PowerLine+ cables. Wrapped in nylon and reinforced with kevlar, they’re basically unbreakable, and just feel really nice to use.

“How to vote” was officially the top-trending search term of 2018, according to Google’s annual year in review. And Lifehacker had an answer. In fact, we had an answer for nine of the top 10 Google searches this year. (And our sister site answered the tenth.)

We are deep in what may be the most stressful time of the year—and that’s for people who like the holidays. The travel, the expense, the family dynamics: end of the year celebrations can make a Grinch out of anyone. Here’s how you can get into the holiday spirit without being taught a lesson by various ghosts.Read more...

In the case of the hard-boiled egg, the yolk provides all of the flavor. Though it is a reliable and easily accessible source of protein, the white is aggressively bland, and no fun at all without seasoning. Salt (obviously) works well, but if you wish to outright infuse the white of an egg with tons of nutty umami,…Read more...

Krispy Kreme is making it a little easier to spread the holiday cheer around your office tomorrow, by offering a dozen of its original glazed doughnuts for just a buck.

As a parent raising a kid in The Time of the Screens, I am often trying to strike that balance between allowing him to explore age-appropriate technology while also determining how much is too much.Read more...

Money mistakes are a dime a dozen. Except, you know, they end up costing us a bit more than that.

What’s your favorite mental hack? How do you trick your dumb human brain into doing its job right? Hacker News, a forum for people too nerdy for Reddit, traded their favorite tricks in a thread started by simonswords82. Here are the best.

This tiny tire inflator has been a hit with our readers, and now you can get it for just $12. Toss it in your glove box, or even in your spare tire well, and you’ll never again be forced to scrounge together quarters to use the air pump at a gas station.

Videos! They’re like articles that come alive. Everyone loves ‘em, and we made a whole bunch this year. These are our best videos from 2018.Read more...

Today, upon logging onto Slack, I was greeted with a horror story. Last night, our dear managing editor, Virginia, was making a lentil soup recipe from [redacted], only to find it called for a paltry 1/4 teaspoon of salt. “Reader, it was bland,” she told us, to which A.A. Newton replied “I’m going to scream,” because…Read more...

Parenting through the toddler years can sometimes feel less like a rewarding experience and more like waking up and going into battle every day. We’ve written a lot about toddlers this year, and as we wrap up 2018, it feels like a good time to revisit and collect all our favorite toddler posts into one spot.Read more...

Things haven’t been going great for Elon Musk the past few months.

Amazon rolled out a new email-reading feature to its virtual assistant Monday that allows it to read a summary of your new and important messages from the last 24 hours. When it does, you can then opt to read, reply to, delete, or archive those messages, all without powering on your actual computer.

At this very moment, seasonal bakers around the world are bookmarking cookie recipes, tracking down special ingredients, and panicking when they realize they forgot to leave the butter out to soften. Welcome to cookie swap season.Read more...

Deadspin Normal Man Donald Trump Hilariously Fucks Up Army-Navy Coin Toss | The A.V. Club The worst films of 2018 | Splinter Nice Job, Idiots | The Grapevine Somebody Gather Offset’s Lonely Ass: Rapper Pines for Cardi B on Twitter | The Muse Looks Like Nobody Might Be Hosting the Oscars Ceremony |Read more...

Insane prices in the art market make art forgery a potentially high-profit business. So how do art buyers tell real undiscovered artworks from fakes? To analyze and identify forgeries, experts must apply their knowledge of art history, plus the science behind the materials and techniques of artists. In the video…Read more...

Now that we’ve talked about setting goals and reviewed our performance for this year, it’s time to talk about next year. To that end, my 2019 money goal is...

Last year I learned to drive again after a 10-year break. I was surprised how dramatically cars had evolved in that period; I learned to be way lighter on the gas and brake, and whenever I used a rear-view camera to park, I felt like I was cheating. I didn’t learn this: it’s no longer ideal to hold your steering wheel…Read more...

If you can brave the cold long enough to find a clear patch of night sky, you can watch two bright astronomical phenomena this December: the 46P/Wirtanen “Christmas comet” and the Geminid meteor shower.Read more...

While we’re thinking about money goals for 2019, one of your key considerations should be the small steps you can take each day or week to get you where you want to go.

It’s been more than a few years since we last asked our readers to vote on their work mouse recommendations. So it seemed like as good of a time as any to crack our collective knuckles and debate which mice deserve a spot on your desktop.Read more...

How do we even begin to find true love in a messy world of online dating, ghosting, and benching? Matchmaker Dr. Frankie Bashan tells us why people are using real-live intermediaries like herself to get dates. Etiquette expert Daniel Post Senning takes on the intricacies of Tinder etiquette. And Lifehacker’s food…Read more...

There are many demands on our time, especially after we’re partnered, with kids, or other family obligations. In a perfect world, it would be easy to prioritize our relationships. For many, getting away from work to be with family is not just difficult; work is an addiction.Read more...

Why do your children need Hamilton in their lives? It’s true that the musical—a biopic of founding father Alexander Hamilton—is almost three hours long and tackles a variety of adult themes: war, government, sex, deceit, murder. It’s also, however, a great entry point into American history.Read more...

Guess what? A bunch of apps like knowing where you are, so that their developers can then take that data, package it up for various advertising companies, and make a quick buck off of your precise whereabouts—including where you go and how long you spend there.Read more...

Tony Wu has won numerous awards for his photographs, including Grand Prize in Japan’s largest underwater photography contest, the prize for Best Book of the Year at the Festival of Marine Images in Antibes, and first place in two categories of the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. He devotes much of…Read more...

I grew up in a family of ice cream enthusiasts. My dad has always been a staunch supporter of Ben & Jerry’s, and a veritable super fan of Chubby Hubby—you know, the one with peanut butter and, more importantly, salty pretzels.

Hack Your City is back! One thing I love about doing this column is learning just how slippery it is to define a “city.” The political borders never match up exactly with the popular definition. Dallas and Fort Worth, for instance, are two distinct cities treated as one megalopolis; Staten Island may be a full legal…Read more...

Chris Gethard is a famous comedian, podcast host, and author—but it took him a long time to get to where he is today. His new book Lose Well is all about growing from failure, so he had lots to share at our live podcast recording of The Upgrade’s episode on “How to Fail.”Read more...

To celebrate Green Monday, Black Friday’s weird, procrastinating cousin, Walmart is lowering the price on a number of TVs. This includes the Ellen-approved, $380 55-inch 4K UHD HDR VIZIO TV.Read more...

The ACA marketplace still exists, you can still get subsidized insurance if you make below 400 percent of the federal poverty level, and it’s always better to shop around than to let the system auto-enroll you. Here’s the catch: in most states, you only have until Saturday.

Lifehacker readers know that goal setting and New Year’s resolutions don’t always work out (resolutions, specifically, have a high potential to fail). But if you there’s something you want to achieve, it’s also undeniable that naming it, making a plan and taking specific and consistent steps is the best way to…Read more...

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I admit I was a little skeptical when one of the parents in our Offspring Facebook Group suggested I buy an “indestructible” book for my 9-month-old nephew for Christmas.Read more...

Modems and Mesh Routers and Networking Switches, oh my! Today’s Networking Gold Box has everything you need to slay the Wicked, Weak-ass WiFi of the West (or wherever your parents are) for some of the best prices ever.

Every single goddamn day for the past year I have entered the lottery to win the privilege of paying $75 for one ticket to see Springsteen on Broadway, and every single day for the past year I have lost that effing lottery. The only other way to score seats has been to pony up $2,000 per ticket from those loathsome…Read more...

When I was in kindergarten our class participated in a riveting performance of “50 Nifty United States” a song about, you guessed it, the 50 states. Part (and by part I mean 75%) of the song entails singing the names of all 50 states in alphabetical order. Now in my late 30s, I’ve been delighting bar patrons for years…Read more...

Personal care items, activewear, and the Kindle Paperwhite are some of the best deals online today.

If you have an Amazon Echo device, then you’ve likely gotten pretty used to saying “Alexa” whenever you want it to do something.

If you’re deaf or hard of hearing, then placing or being part of a Skype call can be a complicated affair. This week, Microsoft rolled out a feature to make things a little easier: captions and subtitles.

If you use Instagram, chances are you’ve already started to see your friends posting collages of their “top 9” photos of the year.

Whenever I fly, I always end up dialing the brightness down on my laptop to its lowest possible setting. In some cases, I’m straining my eyes to be able to see what’s on the screen, but it’s worth it for the precious few extra minutes of battery life I might get while I’m in the air and away from power.

An encore of Amazon’s $5 off physical books coupon, an affordable modem, and tools for cleaning up after your pets are some of the hottest deals on the web today.Read more...