What to Do When Your Airbnb Is Terrible

When you base your decision entirely on well-lit photos of furniture, booking an Airbnb is always a gamble. Over on Elliot Advocacy, executive director Michelle Couch-Friedman recounted the story of one traveler who clearly lost this bet when she b…

How to Edit Your YouTube Viewing History

We’ve all probably clicked on a video out of morbid curiosity—maybe to “hate-watch” a particular music video or catch a cringe-worthy moment from a public figure you particularly dislike. Watch enough of those, and suddenly YouTube is autoplaying an…

How to Tell If Your Plant Is Dead or Just Dormant

In the past few years, houseplants went from passive home decor items to near obsessions for some people, populating our social media feeds alongside images of puppies and sunsets. If you’re one of the people shelling out good money for plants, you …

Get a Free Pizza From California Pizza Kitchen

California Pizza Kitchen is delivering free uncooked pizzas over Grubhub today, starting 11 a.m. in each time zone. Find California Pizza Kitchen on the Grubhub app, order a “take and bake” pizza, and Grubhub will automatically apply a discount duri…

When Should You Take a Train or Bus Instead of a Plane?

Here’s a math problem for you: If a train and a plane leave the same city at the same time, and the train takes a little over five hours to get to your destination but the plane only takes 75 minutes, which is the better option? Read more...

How to Get Your iPhone Notifications Under Control

We all get too many notifications. In the video above, I go over the tools built in to iOS to help you filter out the noise and only receive the notifications that are important.Read more...

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Tuesday's Best Deals: All-Clad Pan, Samsung "The Frame" TVs, Bonobos, and More

An Amazon men’s shirt sale, Home Depot vacuums, Columbia fall sale, and Daniel’s Briefcases lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

You'll Never Make Money Podcasting

So: you’re starting a podcast. Sure, there are already 750,000 of them out there, but yours is going to be 750,001. You choose a subject area. Rope in a friend. Give it a catchy name. You say you’ll give it a year to see if it takes off, because you…

How to Use Excel's Xlookup, the Newer and More Powerful Vlookup

I still remember the first day I figured out how to run a vlookup command in Excel; I was sitting at my coffee table wondering what the point of this silly little command was. Once I realized its power, I never went back. As a business analyst at St…

How to Get Out of Debt, With Personal Finance Expert Farnoosh Torabi

On this episode of The Upgrade, we’re tackling debt. Crippling, anxiety-inducing debt. It can be hard to know where to start when facing such a heavy burden, but fortunately, we’ve got some help. First, we’ll hear from Lifehacker staff writer Lisa R…

Figure Out What You Can and Can't Microwave With This Site

“Can I microwave this?” is a question that has been around for as long as the microwave oven itself, yet the only clear rule that sticks in my brain is “no metal.” That lesson was singed into my consciousness by a Wendy’s hamburger wrapper at the te…

Don't Pay Credit Card Fees Just For the Cash Back Rewards

Not all life hacks are created equal. Some DIYs turn out to be more expensive or time consuming than just buying the item that you wanted to recreate. Some goals take too long to achieve. Some hacks are only helpful for a small group of people.Read …

These Are the Best Airports to Get Stuck In

The 2019 North American Airport Satisfaction Study was released last week and along with it a ranking of airports in the United States.Read more...

How to Actually Wash Germs Off Your Hands

Hand washing is an essential and important part of not getting sick, or making others sick. And most of us suck at it. If you only wash your hands for a few seconds, or if you sort of wave them under the faucet and then dry your hands on a grubby to…

How to Install Pixel 4's Live Wallpapers on Other Android Phones

The existence of the Pixel 4 is Google’s worst-kept secret, as far as Google products go. Previous Pixel phones were leaked early, but the Pixel 4 might as well have already had its official announcement considering how much has been outed about Goo…

I'm Micaela Heck, Lifehacker Podcast Producer, and This Is How I Work

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 Micaela Heck, and this is how I work.Read more...

How to Survive Every Type of Financial Setback

Even when you think you’re doing everything right financially, things can still go wrong. Job loss, divorce, and illness can all wreak havoc on your finances, as can car accidents, natural disasters, and—well, you get the idea.Read more...

Make a Bin for All the Stuff You Don't Know How to Recycle

Last week, we discussed why it’s probably a bad idea to throw something in your recycling bin when you’re not sure if it’s recyclable. (When in doubt, throw it out!)Read more...

How to Tone Down Your Toddler's Noisy Toys

When my son was a toddler, he had a train toy that used to chug at all hours of the day and night. There was no off switch and the damn thing was possessed, so we had to bury it in the basement in order to sleep at night. When it woke me up in the m…

How to Help Pets of Military Service Members on Deployment

When a military service member is deployed, that often means finding a long-term boarding situation for their pet—or face the possibility of surrendering their animal. If you want to help these service members and provide them some comfort while awa…