Today's Best Deals: PC Accessories, Klipsch Sound Bar, Amazon Echo, and More
Amazon’s second straight tech sale, half off a popular sound bar, and Gobblet lead off Wednesday’s best deals from around the web.
Schools Should Start Later When Teen Brains Are Ready to Learn
There’s a reason teens are nodding off in class, and it’s not just that last lecture on polynomials. They’re sleepy. And a reason why they’re sleepy is that school starts too damn early.
I'm Matt McCue, 99U Editor-in-Chief, and This Is How I Work
As editor-in-chief of 99U, Adobe’s publication for creative professionals, Matt McCue oversees stories about topics like client work, storytelling, and productivity, and involving creatives from the worlds of art, design, advertising, music, tech, and media. In addition to 99U, he’s written for outlets such as Fortune…
We Tried Target's $5 Wine and It Hurt a Little
Drinking is good, but drinking on the cheap is better, which is why I was quite excited when my editor alerted me to the existence of California Roots, an exclusive-to-Target line of wines that cost a mere five bucks per bottle.
Sweet Google Maps Trick Lets You Measure Distances “As the Crow Flies”
It’s easy to use Google Maps to see how far your office is from your favorite restaurant, or how long it’ll take to drive from Los Angeles to New York. Estimating the distance between two locations without relying on winding roads messing up your estimate, however, is a bit more complicated. Sure, you could try and…
Why You Should Seek Solitude When You're Angry
Welcome back to Mid-Week Meditations, Lifehacker’s weekly dip into the pool of stoic wisdom, and how you can use its waters to reflect on and improve your life.
How to Pair Weed With Food
One of the great things about pot is how good it makes everything taste. Though there isn’t really a wrong way to eat while high, you can get downright gourmand with it, and we’re going to tell you how.
How To Keep Your Car Running After A Flood
Hundreds of thousands of cars along the Texas Gulf Coast could be totaled after Hurricane Harvey dumped trillions of gallons of rain on the region. If your car got caught out in the flood—or any flood—you may think it needs to be replaced immediately. If you’re lucky, there are things you can do to save it.
The Sequel To Your Favorite Bluetooth Speaker Is Water Resistant, Runs For 24 Hours, and Is Only $34 Today
With its 24 hour battery life, iumpressive bass, and crystal clear sound quality, the Anker SoundCore has long been our readers’ favorite affordable Bluetooth speaker. But its run may be at an end, because Anker just upgraded it with IPX5 water resistance, and you can get the new model for an all-time low $34 today…
Surface Laptop Owners Can Still Upgrade Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro For Free
Owners of Microsoft’s Surface Laptop, released in June, have a little more time to upgrade from the included Windows 10 S to the full-featured Windows 10 Pro operating system.
The Easiest, Tastiest Ways to Load Up on Protein
For everyday lunching, whatever amount of protein you’re getting is probably fine. But if you’re trying to build muscle, or if you want to keep your protein intake high while losing weight, it can be hard to work enough of the stuff into your diet without chugging down gross smoothies. Don’t worry, I’m here to help.
Binge Eaters Benefit From Therapy, Not Diets
Maybe failed dieters need therapy for overeating, not food restriction, argues Claire Zulkey in the Atlantic. She describes the cycle that many dieters fall into: a controlled eating plan—this many ounces of cheese, a deck-of cards portion of meat, probably no Cheez-Its—and then the frenzy of overeating that ensues…
Watch, skip, or binge: The A.V. Club’s 2017 fall TV preview
Now that the Emmy deadline rush has transformed March and April into TV’s equivalent of year-end movie listings choked with Oscar-baiting prestige fare, fall premieres just don’t have the luster they used to. They still have the volume, however, as the broadcast networks cling to tradition, court consumers who spend…
Perhaps You Need a Frozen Condom to Soothe Post-Delivery Vaginal Trauma
Childbirth injuries are no fun. For one, these are our tenderest bits we’re talking about here, places we generally want to be treated with kindness and respect. But what do hefty little babies know about kindness and respect? Not much. They’re coming out, by hook or by crook, and it can feel like they actually used a…
Students Can Get Access to The Times and Unlimited Magazines For $1.87/Week
College is arguably the best time for you to learn about the world around you through newspapers and periodicals, but it’s also probably the worst time when it comes to being able to afford all those publications. If you’re currently enrolled in college as either an undergrad or graduate student, Scribd has a deal…
Stay Out All Day With This Solar-Friendly Shoulder Bag
Traveling light might mean carrying only the essentials, but it might make it harder to stay connected if you’re on the go without a way to top off your devices. That doesn’t mean you have to ditch every creature comfort or cool gadget, just that you’ll need to get some smaller ones, and perhaps use some, let’s say,…
This Visual Shows the Increasing Strength Between Each Hurricane Category
Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast on Aug. 25 as a Category 4 hurricane.
How to Talk about Hurricanes With Climate Change Deniers
The earth is getting warmer. That’s a fact. And as the earth gets warmer, we expect to see larger and stronger hurricanes. Also a fact. But there are folks denying these facts, even to the point of blaming the liberal media for the fact that hurricanes are in the news.
So, Are You Going to Buy or Lease Your Next Phone?
If you’ve had the same phone for a while, you might be feeling the urge to upgrade, even though the prices right now are astronomical. The cheapest iPhone 7 is $649. Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 8 is $930. So, with the upcoming iPhone 8 rumored to cost a grand when it debuts, the question is this: should you drop…
What It Feels Like to Die
Death comes for us all here on Earth at a rate of nearly 7,000 people every hour. Yet, despite its inevitability, most of us know very little about the experience. This is what happens to your body and mind as you slip away—and it’s not as frightening as you might think.
