Congratulations! You have made it to the third and final round of our Big Guessing Game! This year, Lifehacker, along with the other CNET Group sites (CNET, ZDNet, Mashable, and […]
Your PC isn’t too old — Windows 11’s default settings are slowing it down
If you’ve read through some of my previous articles, I’ve mentioned several times that I use a five-year-old Dell Latitude laptop. Not that I don’t want to replace it after […]
The USB stick in your drawer is a free rescue disk, a portable PC, and an offline password vault
I rarely use my USB drives to move data these days. However, all the USB sticks in my drawer have something important on them. One acts as a rescue disk, […]
September’s best Kindle releases span cozy romance to epic fantasy, here’s what to pre-order
Summary September Kindle drops span cozy romance to epic fantasy and gritty crime, perfect for autumn nights. Sept 29: Grim Tidings (cozy supernatural romance) and Threshing Day (Empyrean dragon stories) […]
Five billion passkeys later, passwords are still hanging around
I stopped using passwords and switched to passkeys as a safer and faster alternative. Since then, the numbers have only grown, now standing at five billion passkeys, as reported by […]
A new browser feature hides which website you’re visiting from your ISP, and it has nothing to do with a VPN
HTTPS arrived and drastically altered the internet. Our data was more private than ever, and all it took was the major browsers forcing compliance, and Google Under the hood, Encrypted […]
Must-see Marvel movies to watch if you’ve never seen a single one
If you’ve somehow made it this far without seeing a single Marvel movie, the good news is that you don’t need to wade through over 30 films to understand what […]
This Samsung phone’s feature costs so little battery, it’s worth keeping on
Turning off Samsung’s Offline finding feature is supposed to save you battery life, but when I tested it, it barely made a difference. A Samsung Community thread listing ways to […]
I finally fixed Home Assistant’s most annoying dashboard problem
Home Assistant is one of the best pieces of software I’ve ever used, but like all software, sooner or later an update tends to break things. For me, that happened […]
Don’t delete photos to free Google storage — here’s what’s actually taking up the most space
Google gives every free account a shared 15GB pool that splits across Gmail, Drive, and Photos. When your Google storage gets full, most users open the Photos app and start […]