Without ongoing education, our knowledge about birth control is frozen in time. In The State of Your Birth Control, Lifehacker follows the history of contraception in the U.S. and explains what everyone needs to know about their options, recent medical advancements, and legal access. Follow the complete series here.
Source: LifeHacker – Is ‘Fertility Awareness’ Contraception Right for You?
Without ongoing education, our knowledge about birth control is frozen in time. In The State of Your Birth Control, Lifehacker follows the history of contraception in the U.S. and explains what everyone needs to know about their options, recent medical advancements, and legal access. Follow the complete series here.
Source: LifeHacker – What Every Type of Birth Control Costs
“The Pill” is not a monolith: There are hundreds of birth control pills out there, and they’re not all the same. But many people are never given a choice. They walk into the clinic, ask for “the pill,” and get a prescription that may or may not be the best one for their particular situation. Given how common this is,…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Choose the Right Birth Control Pill for You
Without ongoing education, our knowledge about birth control is frozen in time. In The State of Your Birth Control, Lifehacker follows the history of contraception in the U.S. and explains what everyone needs to know about their options, recent medical advancements, and legal access. Follow the complete series here.
Source: LifeHacker – What to Expect When You’re Getting an IUD
One of the most important things to know when choosing a method of birth control is how well it works. That’s especially important in a country where childbirth is expensive, maternal mortality is shockingly high, and our options for abortion are limited and shrinking.
Source: LifeHacker – Here’s How Well the Most Common Birth Control Options Actually Work
A lot has changed about birth control since you may have first learned about it—and if you’re getting information about birth control from older people in your life (your mom, say) things may have changed even more since they were young. The past few decades have brought new technologies, improvements on old…
Source: LifeHacker – A Complete Guide to How Birth Control Has Changed Over the Years
If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Friday, September 1, 2023, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Beware, there are spoilers below for September 1, NYT Connections #82! Scroll to the end if you want some hints (and then the answer) to…
Source: LifeHacker – Today’s Connections Hints (and Answer) for Friday, September 1
When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 comes out on Nov. 10, all players’ voice chats will be silently monitored by artificial intelligence. The AI-powered moderation technology, Toxmod, is designed to identify toxic speech in real time in multiplayer games to create a friendlier battlefield. But will the AI chat-nanny…
Source: LifeHacker – An AI Moderator Is Coming With ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’
Headway Premium offers 1o to 15-minute summaries of non-fiction bestsellers, and it’s on sale for $59.97 right now (reg. $299) through September 4.
Source: LifeHacker – Headway Premium Is on Sale for Right Now
Labor Day weekend is a great time for hardware sales, but some retailers will mark down tool kits or specific brands, so it can be hard to figure out the best deals. Here’s a rundown of some of the best savings you’ll find for the holiday weekend. All sales are accurate at the time of writing, but they may change, of…
Source: LifeHacker – The Best Labor Day Sales on Home Improvement Tools
As an anti-theft measure, clothing stores affix certain items with security tags that will set off an alarm should you attempt to leave with the tag still on the garment. Some tags will also ruin a garment by spilling ink from the tag if you try to remove it yourself. This usually isn’t a problem, as long as the tag…
Source: LifeHacker – All the Ways to Remove a Security Tag From Clothing
This week, Sony announced its plans to raise prices on all three PlayStation Plus annual subscriptions around the world. These price hikes are sizable: Sony is raising its annual PlayStation Plus Essential plan by $20, its annual PlayStation Plus Extra plan by $35, and its annual Play Station Plus Premium plan by $40.
Source: LifeHacker – PlayStation Plus Is About to Raise Prices (but Here’s How You Can Avoid It)
It’s hard for me to throw out the final scrapings of the dips I love. I want to avoid waste, but I have a hard time letting go of luscious, umami-packed dips and spreads. Rather than let even half a spoonful of flavor go to waste, I use the near-empty tub to make a flavorful salad dressing out of my beloved dip tub…
Source: LifeHacker – Use That Last Bit of Dip to Make a Salad Dressing
StackSkills is an online learning platform with beginner and intermediate courses for various skills, industries, and hobbies, and StackSkills Unlimited courses are on sale for $34.97 right now through Labor Day, September 4.
Source: LifeHacker – StackSkills e-Learning Courses Are Right Now
You’ve probably heard of “learning styles,” and you may have a vague idea of which one you most align with. But even though learning through various methods is a good thing, there’s also a lot of hype and fluff around knowing your specific style. Let’s sort through both the good and the bad.
Source: LifeHacker – ‘Learning Styles’ Matter Less Than You Might Think
The very nature of emergencies means that they’re a surprise. That’s why having a “go bag” with essentials is a good idea—so you’ll have the basics if you need to evacuate in a hurry—and making changes to your house to make it safer during emergencies is a great idea. Something else you need to do is have a plan for…
Source: LifeHacker – Four Things You Need to Escape the Top Floor in a Fire
As Labor Day approaches, if you’re in need of large appliances or tech products—including TVs—it’s a good time to buy as many companies slash prices leading up to the holiday. You can even find deals on Apple products right now—here are some of the best.
Source: LifeHacker – The Best Labor Day Sales on MacBooks, AirPods and Apple Watches
Much has happened in the world of Wordle since we first posted a roundup of the best variations on the now iconic word-guessing game. It turns out there are more ways to guess a five-letter word than we ever thought possible, ranging from the fun and trivial to the devilishly devious. So let’s take a tour of 10 of the…
Source: LifeHacker – The Ten Best Wordle Alternatives, Ranked by Difficulty
Making one giant sandwich cake is easier than making 12 individual sandwiches. Let this truth motivate you to make the best damn deli meat sandwich any picnic or backyard barbecue has ever seen. With outdoor party season reaching its peak, you’ll need a hearty sando that packs in flavor and just plain packs (for…
Source: LifeHacker – The Muffuletta Is One Sandwich That Feeds a Crowd
Screenshots are an essential aspect of enjoying your smartphone. If you see something fun while playing around on your phone, the fastest way to share it with a friend is usually to take a screenshot. But if you bought a brand-new phone, especially if you’re coming from an iPhone, you might have no idea how to take…
Source: LifeHacker – All the Ways to Take Screenshots on Android