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Joel Cunningham is the deputy editor of Lifehacker. He has more than a decade of experience as a journalist and editor. He lives in Brooklyn and occasionally goes outside.

You’ve just described the only scenario in which I would likely use one of these, though this review did kinda make me want one. Read more

But it is an affront to science (the first law of thermodynamics!) to say that excess caloric intake is unrelated to body composition.”

It’s an affront to reality to say that things are remotely that black and white, which is the point of this article. Read more

Bubba Ho-Tep is pretty wild. The joke feels a little stretched across the runtime but it’s fun. Read more

Did you read the article? I did do my research—I knew they didn’t have GPS, but based on how Apple describes their functionality (they “ping” nearby Apple devices to update their location) I wondered whether being in a dense urban area would mean they got pinged often enough to provide a loose approximation of

They are definitely made for Apple. Apple-owned Beats are a good alternative that plays well with both operating systems however. https://lifehacker.com/beats-headphones-are-up-to-45-off-during-prime-big-dea-1850912551 Read more

Apple has (long had) a built-in bedtime mode too, but all it does is turn the screen slightly orange. Going completely greyscale is a few steps beyond. Read more

It’s not so much that you are addicted to porn, but it’s a compulsion that you grow reliant on for whatever psychological relief it gives you. Read more

I think the AI-generated stickers are pretty cool. Otherwise... Read more

Lifehacker no longer does slideshows since we have thrown off the yolk of G/O Media ownership! Read more

Correct! It takes a while to get used to gesture-based navigation but once you do it really is pretty great Read more

The post has been updated—we left out the detail that there is a box to check for an additional 20% off on the product page. We’ve updated our post and regret the confusion. Unfortunately Amazon raised the price in the meantime, so the total comes to $40 instead of $35. Read more

You’re right—we should have mentioned the clipped coupon in the post (which is now updated). Unfortunately we can’t do anything about the price increase... Read more

I’m hoping this means there might be a second Mario Kart 8 BCP rolling in the rest of the Tour tracks that haven’t been ported over to the console game. Probably not, but I’d definitely pay another $15-$25 for 24 to 48 more tracks! Read more

Yes it should say “updated” instead of published but there’s a bug with Kinja affecting updates to older articles. They are working on fixing it! Read more

I think you have misunderstood the premise of this post, which is that boring isn’t the same thing as unenjoyable. I like all the movies on this list pretty much, but I think all of them are purposefully boring at times, if you take boring to mean they aren’t bending over backward to keep your attention. It’s OK for Read more

For some reason Ross thinks 2001 is less boring than Eyes Wide Shut, but I strongly disagree Read more