People generally tend to pick one mapping app for their phones and stick with it, but there are times you might need to pull up another app on your iPhone—perhaps you need to CarPlay your directions instead of having the Google Assistant shout them out.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
If you cancel your MoviePass plan, but you want to use it again before your current plan time runs out, you need to be careful when you open the app. Vox reports that MoviePass has reversed some users’ cancellations after they opened the app. The problem is an ambiguous button marked “I accept.”Read more… Continue […]
Running a game of Dungeons & Dragons, or any tabletop role-playing game, involves telling your players what they see. Players rely on you to give a sense of tone and ambience, but also to point out anything interesting or relevant to their quest. But they also need you to leave them room to ask and […]
If you have any notable holes in your Nintendo Switch game library, you can fill them today with rare discounts on first party Nintendo games. Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Mario Tennis Aces are all marked down to $45.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
Although we’ve asked about your favorite chef’s knives before, there are so many options out there, we thought we tried to stay on the cutting edge and ask again. So tell us, what’s your pick for the best chef’s knife?Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
Do you have any idea whether you’re “safe” online? Online security and privacy are complicated, and risks vary by person: you might worry about getting harassed, hacked, or your boss finding your terrible old blog posts and using them as an excuse to fire you. Crash Override’s Automated Cybersecurity Helper helps you…Read more… Continue Reading […]
You may think you’ve turned Google’s location tracking history off, but according to a new Associated Press report released today, you might be wrong.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
Air travel is draining, and usually requires a cup or coffee (or tea) or two, but you probably want to get your fix before boarding your flight. Flight attendants—the people I like to take my plane advice from—do not and will not drink the hot coffee, tea, or water served on planes because that water […]
It’s a big day today for World of Warcraft, the massive multiplayer online game from Blizzard Entertainment. The game’s seventh expansion officially kicks off at 3 pm (PT) for North American players, ensuring many a geek will be skipping dinner tonight—or ordering in—as they devour as much content as they can get …Read more… Continue […]
We’ve been encouraged to leave Facebook for our own mental health and the sake of democracy, and with those same two goals in mind, it may also be time to give up on Twitter.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
When Amanda Sloane went home from the hospital two days after delivery, she left her newborn daughter, Emerie, in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). As Sloane was wheeled out the front doors empty handed, she passed wheelchair after wheelchair of women leaving with their newborn babies. And every time she…Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Can a company request your credit limit before they accept an order? That’s what we’re discussing this week.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
There’s a Netflix original animated show called Pinky Malinky debuting on Friday, August 17, and it’s described thusly:Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
The summer’s best media shower happens tonight. If you’ve been gearing up for the big event only to discover that the weather near you isn’t ideal for sky watching tonight, the online observatory Slooh has you covered with a webcast where they’ll be live-streaming the main event.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
When I was in college, my least favorite part of writing research papers was figuring out how to write the bibliography. Citing sources is tedious and can get confusing if you have to work in a handful of different styles. This week I came across a Chrome extension that I wish I had in college […]
Last week, Epic Games announced it was bringing Fortnite to Android, making it first available exclusively for Samsung users. That exclusivity was only supposed to last for “a few days” and it looks like now the beta is starting to open up for non-Samsung users as well.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
A best-sellers Kindle sale, outdoor furniture, insanely well-priced Bose headphones, and more of Sunday’s best deals.Read more… Continue Reading at https://lifehacker.com
If you look back at my Alexa history, the most common question I ask is what the weather is. In San Francisco, the temperature outside can typically range from 50 to 75 each day, and before I make the trek down three flights of stairs with my pup for our morning stroll, I typically want […]
When you’re trying to learn a foreign language, there’s no better way than being immersed in it. Language immersion, after all, is how most of us learned our first language as kids. When everything around you is written in a particular language, you’re probably going to work to figure things out.Read more… Continue Reading at […]
If you don’t have TSA Pre, then one of the most annoying parts of going through airport security is having to take out all your liquids. Despite my frequent-flyer status, I used to consistently manage to forget to put makeup or some other small thing in my ziplock bag going through the line, which ended […]
