December 31, 2019
How to Get a Real Google Search Box in Chrome
You know that Google search bar you see when you open a new tab in Google Chrome? Well, it’s not a “true” search field. It actually just redirects all the activity to your browser’s address bar and doesn’t return any search results within the new tab page. Frankly, it’s little more than a useless decoration—at least by default.
Entertaining
The Best Movies to Watch on New Year's Eve
New Year’s Eve, a 2011 rom-com that takes place in the hours leading up to the New York City ball drop, is a terrible movie. You probably know it because every actor—save for those in a similar holiday-movie with an ensemble cast, Valentine’s Day—was in it. Still, with massive star...
nutrition
Leave These Nutrition Myths Behind in 2019
As we begin a new year and, arguably, a new decade, there are a few things I think we can safely do without. Here are three nutrition myths that I believed, or maybe wanted to believe, at the start of the decade—and why I’m leaving them behind.
Holiday Hacks
Use the 'Swarm of Bs' Technique to Successfully Form New Habits
If you want to stick to your New Year’s Resolution or any new habit, don’t hinge it on a single behavior. Instead, come up with as many different behaviors as you can think of—or what Stanford social behavioral scientist BJ Fogg calls a “Swarm of Bs.”
Privacy
How to Protect Your Wyze Account After the Recent Data Breach
A recent security breach has leaked the information of over 2.4 million Wyze security camera users. The compromised database was left unsecured and publically accessible, and it appears that the information was being collected and stored by the Alibaba cloud computing company in China.
Little Kids
How to Become the Favorite Aunt or Uncle
I’m lucky: As a kid, I had excellent examples of how to be a fun aunt, and even as a teen, I knew it was a role I wanted to play in adulthood. And because my younger brother has autism—severe enough so that having his own family is not in...
Best of Lifehacker 2019
The Best 'How I Eat' Advice From 2019
My favorite part of of interviewing people for How I Eat is bullying them into showing me the inside of their fridge, but my second favorite part is getting delicious advice on how to eat, drink, and live. Choosing my favorite excerpts from each interview was quite a challenge and—though...
Tech Essentials
How to Fix Your Family's Tech Problems Without Going Crazy
I don’t mind helping out friends, loved ones, and extended family members when some device or service goes wrong, but it can be tricky when they don’t quite understand how to describe the problem—or even the things they’ve done to fix it. Having found myself in this position quite a...
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NASCAR's 'The Cup' Is The Greatest Motorsport Innovation Of All Time
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The Absolute Worst Tech of 2019
Gadgets have to work a lot harder to suck in 2019 than they have in years past. They have to bankrupt companies, reveal our data, or be so overpriced they even make Apple look cheap. The gadgets below did all that, but some went even further. Some were pointless Skymall...
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Here Are The Only Six Cars That Should Be Sold
It seems like every day there is a new segment of the automotive universe created. There are more sub-species of BMW or Mercedes now than there are heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The burden of choice is real, and how can any of these manufacturers expect consumers to make...
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Ford Stuffed 20,000 HP Worth Of Ford Mustangs Into An Echoey LA Parking Garage And The Sound Was Unbelievable
Before the Los Angeles Auto Show this past November, Ford parked a bunch of Ford Mustang Shelby GT350s, 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500s, and Ford Mustang Bullitts in the parking garage under a hotel, and gave the keys to journalists. Prior to taking the sports coupes on a beautiful canyon...
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Carlos Ghosn Rumored To Escape House Arrest By Hiding In Instrument Case
A very weird rumor floating around is saying that Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, escaped Japanese house arrest and fled to Lebanon this past weekend by reportedly hiding in a musical instrument case ahead of a trial for his alleged financial misconduct.
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