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When you meet people, especially a lot of people at once somewhere like a networking event, it can be hard to remember their names at first.

Otterbox coolers, leather dress shoes from Amazon, a clever Joseph Joseph cutting board, and more lead today’s best deals.

Sometimes things are just better said with a GIF, but adding a GIF to an email exchange is sometimes easier said than done. This week Gyftcat released a Gmail add-on that eliminates the hassle and makings adding GIFs to emails you send to everyone from your boss to your BFF easy to do.

Start your weekend with discounts on a Dyson air purifier, a modem/router combo, a smarter light switch, and the rest of Saturday’s best deals.Read more...

If you’re looking to escape the heat this weekend with a good movie binge-watching session, Apple is currently running a pretty amazing deal on close to 900 titles that might help you make that dream a reality, BestAppleTV reports.

I think I’ve owned at least ten guitar tuners over the course of my lifetime. I guess technically I still own ten, because I haven’t officially gotten rid of any of them. I also couldn’t tell you where a single one is right now.

I know, I know. $300 is a lot to spend on an air purifier. But come on, look at this thing. With no visible blades, you could put your arm straight through the Dyson Cool Link. It also has a true HEPA filtration system (those don’t come cheap, even from other manufacturers), and with built-in Wi-Fi, you can even…Read more...

There’s a saying that you can’t take stuff with you when you die. And as far as your debts go, that’s because they keep accumulating here on earth.

Happy weekend, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. Today I would like to introduce you to the Kangaroo, which some (wrong) people refer to as “a vodka martini.”Read more...

Peak Design, maker of our readers’ favorite camera bags, is diving headfirst into the travel market, and you can save on its entire new travel line by backing it on Kickstarter.

Lunar eclipses only come around once in a blue moon (figuratively speaking, of course). Later this evening, our Earth will block the sun’s light from hitting the surface of the Moon. Along with its usual bright white look, our Moon will also don a reddish color for a short period of time.

Every week at Lifehacker, we highlight four different apps and browser extensions that can do something awesome for your devices (or life): one for each platform or major browser. If you took an Internet-free sabbatical or went on vacation for a week, you probably missed some gems.Read more...

Meeting dogs is fun, so we get why you might want to meet all of them, even service dogs. But it’s crucial—life-saving—that you recognize the difference between a pet and a dog that’s doing a job. As the blog Mashable explains, if you distract a service dog, you could endanger the life of its owner.

When we last rounded up our staff’s Weekly Upgrades, our editors were re-thinking our approaches to cleaning, trying new cocktails, improving our makeup routines, and tricking out our outdoor equipment.Read more...

Google has been steadily improving its smart speaker with updates facilitating more fluid conversations, as well as the addition of routines for chaining together multiple tasks with a single command. Now Google is adding scheduling to the mix, which means your mornings can start just the way you want them, at the…Read more...

You’ve probably seen an ad for GREATS on Facebook or Instagram, and I’m happy to report that they aren’t a scam. I own a pair of Royales, and they’re my go-to sneaker for when I want to be comfortable but also want to look like I give a shit (which is how I feel most of the time). Right now, they’re having a Summer…Read more...

It’s probably been a while since you signed up for internet service, but you should have an idea of how fast your plan is. If not, give your ISP a call. Write down your plan’s maximum download and upload speeds. You can then use these speed-testing websites to see just your wifi’s actual performance stacks up to what…Read more...

It’s wise not to put so much pressure on a first date that you create impossibly high expectations. You’ll only make yourself nervous and likely make your date uncomfortable. But have we gone too far the other direction? It’s time to stop treating every first date like the first pancake on the skillet. Do not feed it…Read more...

Turkey burgers are the egg white omelets of the burger world. Known for being dry, bland, and decidedly unsexy, I almost didn’t see a point in talking about them for Burger Week, this most hallowed of weeks.Read more...

Starting this weekend, you’ll be able to catch sight of Mars, big and bright—brighter than it has been since 2003. It’s not to be missed.

Over half of Amazon sales come from third-party items. But the reviews on those items are not trustworthy. Following a BuzzFeed News report on the weird world of fake Amazon reviews, the podcast Reply All interviewed a fake review writer, who revealed “the hallmark of a fake review.”Read more...

An Anova sous vide cooker, Samsung’s 1TB SSD, a $160 Dyson V6 Animal, and many more kick off today’s best deals.Read more...

Facebook’s stock dropped 19 percent Thursday after the company told investors user growth had slowed in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica breach, one of many scandals currently plaguing the tech giant (it missed revenue estimates as well). That 19 percent drop is equal to a $119 billion decrease in market…Read more...

The A.V. Club How did a great Alan Moore comic become a lousy Johnny Depp mystery? | Deadspin CBS Sports Columnist Questions Society And Invokes Tebow After Bryce Love Skips Media Day For Class | The Root Wells Fargo Employees Call Cops on 78-Year-Old Black Woman After Refusing to Cash Her Check | Splinter Trump Is…Read more...

We’re turning the lens around for this week’s Tech 911. Lifehacker Managing Editor Virginia Smith posed a question in our internal Slack channel that cuts wide and deep: “It’s safe to delete photos from my iPhone, right?”

All-Clad pans are among the most popular pieces of cookware we’ve ever posted, and Amazon’s marked the 3-quart saute pan down to $80.

VideoLAN and Huawei are in a fight. So much so, that you can no longer grab the ever-popular, feature-packed VLC media player app from the Google Play Store on Huawei smartphones—VideoLAN’s nuclear option. But you can still download the VLC .APK directly from VideoLAN, and you should... with a few adjustments.Read more...

The Trump administration is proposing changing the requirements for defrauded students to have their student loan debt forgiven, making requirements stricter for those who claim they were cheated.

There are two types of veggie burgers: those that try to approximate meat, and those that really lean into the vegetables. Though you can make the latter at home to extremely delicious results, the former takes a bit more engineering, and the meat-abstaining people of this world deserve something they can heat and…Read more...

“If you rename a .docx file to .zip you can open it,” tweets SwiftOnSecurity, the security professional/Taylor Swift parody account. Then you can grab images and video that were embedded in the document, all as separate files. Swift’s followers have more great tips for rescuing data from different file formats. For…Read more...

The newest Humble Bundle is specially made for your foodies out there. Take your pick between a bunch of ebook cookbooks, with some geared towards special diets, like Paleo and gluten-free, some focused on grilled cheese, one-dish recipes, and soups, and for the fans of fine dining, James Beard Best of the Best.Read more...

All browsers: Google and Dropbox are now collaborating on a brand-new “Dropbox add-on for Gmail,” which will make it easy to share the contents of your Dropbox directly within Gmail. If you’re going the other way, it’s also a lot easier to dump files directly into your Dropbox, saving you the step of having to pull up…Read more...

What I’m about to say may upset you, and if that’s the case, I sincerely apologize. I think beef is just okay.

If you’ve ever tried to get into classical music, but gotten too bored or distracted, it’s not your fault. Classical music works differently than popular music, and it’s much easier to appreciate when you understand its structure. In the video above we explain the Baroque period, the fugue, how to decipher a title…Read more...

If anyone could start a burger-centric cult, it would be Chef Chris Kronner of KronnerBurger. His obsession is our reward, and he’s poured years of experimentation and professional experience into A Burger to Believe In—a veritable opus of burger-focused recipes and tips.

A couple of recent surveys have highlighted one easily-fixable way millennials are falling behind Gen Xers and Baby Boomers in their finances: Some are holding too much cash.

Nostalgic arcade games, activewear, a couple of cordless vacuums, and more are all part of today’s best deals.

Few skin conditions torpedo self-esteem the way acne does. As it turns out, a face full of painful lesions—not to mention unsolicited, tone-deaf advice from family and strangers alike—has a way of driving people into hiding. Throw in a whole internet’s worth of unverified anecdotes about banishing acne for good and…Read more...

The A.V. Club The 50 greatest special effects movies of all time | Deadspin Why Co-Ed Sports Leagues Are Never Really Co-Ed | Jezebel Demi Lovato Will Reportedly Go ‘Straight to Rehab’ After Leaving the Hospital | The Root White Driver Follows Black Man to His House, Calls Him the N-Word in Road Rage Incident | …Read more...

Samsung proudly announced today that its “unbreakable smartphone panel” has been certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL). This means this ultra durable display is much closer to very profitable things like military and automotive contracts. But let’s be serious. Somebody’s gonna find a way to break this thing, and…Read more...

We got a thread full of tips for visiting Moscow, and only two thirds of them were jokes about Trump or Napoleon. Go to that thread and see the best tips under the Staff tab, or check out the highlights below.

Battery issues are one of the more headache-inducing problems you’ll ever deal with as an iPhone owner. Whether it’s Apple’s alleged planned obsolescence or just the simple physics of your iPhone’s battery—it won’t last forever—there will come a time when you can’t make it through the day on a single charge. But…Read more...

There are burgers, and then there are burger-themed projects, and the Jucy Lucy—AKA Juicy Lucy or Juicy Luicy (which is how I spell it)—is quite the delicious project. Rather than melt the cheese on top of the burger patty, this meaty wonder holds a treasure trove of melted freedom cheese on the inside.Read more...

Parents will drop an estimated $510 per household on items needed for school this year, according to Deloitte’s annual back-to-school shopping survey. You can save some cash, however, by knowing when to buy stuff. Your best bets: Either late in the season when products are often discounted, or during one of the…Read more...

Student loan scams are on the rise, but it’s not just third parties you need to worry about getting the best of you. In many cases, your servicer can mess up payments, stall loan applications or sell of your debt without proper notice.Read more...

It’s perhaps not the most exciting purchase, but this 3-bag laundry sorter can make your laundry day suck a little less by allowing you to separate out all your laundry categories (lights, darks, delicates, etc) before wash day. It might even prevent you from washing that dry-clean-only shirt, or accidentally dyeing…Read more...

Just last week, Instagram confirmed reports that it’s modifying its two-factor authentication setup to allow users to log in with passcodes from security apps—like Google Authenticator. While this isn’t the sexiest of news, it’s great to see this practice growing in popularity: using a token-based app, rather than a…Read more...

Orange Is the New Black isn’t even back yet, and Netflix is already telling us what comes out in August! It’s a big month for Netflix originals, with the premiere of Matt Groening’s fantasy cartoon Disenchantment, season 2 of Ozark, and a new comedy special from Demetri Martin. Here are the highlights, and the full…Read more...

Have you ever had a breakout that wouldn’t go away for weeks, maybe even months, no matter which products you threw at it? Did it consist of a lot of small bumps? Was it a little itchy?Read more...

Next time you take an Uber, particularly one after a night of bar hopping, you might want to double check your bill afterward.