The imaginatively named Utah Utes are hosting the California Golden Bears this weekend at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. Both teams are coming from losses last week with scores that highlight each team’s strength—Cal went down 52-40 and Utah was beaten 21-7, so it’s offense versus defense, Utah’s immovable…
Source: LifeHacker – Where to Stream the California Vs. Utah Game
Uggs are ubiquitous in the winter, though they cycle from being actually-trendy to ironic-trendy and back again pretty regularly. Regardless, the sheepskin boots and slippers are a staple—albeit one that gets pretty dirty in all the slush and salt. Uggs sells a cleaning kit, but after dropping all that money on the…
Source: LifeHacker – The Best Way to Clean Your Uggs
There was a time, not long ago, when I thought the concept of a smart diffuser was like giving a fish a bicycle. Why does a diffuser need to be smart? Well, after trying out the Pura 4 Smart Diffuser, now I know. (But if you read this review and still prefer your scents “dumb,” go ahead, get a candle.)
Source: LifeHacker – The Pura 4 Smart Diffuser Answers the Question, ‘Why Would Anyone Need a Smart Diffuser?’
The concept of finding a hack that makes your life easier or cheaper is especially tempting when it comes to cleaning your house—and TikTok is full of such advice. But many of the cleaning “hacks” you find there feature superficial results, basic misinformation or disinformation, and the sad state of STEM education in…
Source: LifeHacker – These Popular TikTok Cleaning ‘Hacks’ Don’t Actually Work
I can say without fear of contradiction that this Saturday’s game between USC and Notre Dame will be the most dramatic football contest since Knute Rockne’s inspirational “win one for the Gipper” halftime speech in 1928.
Source: LifeHacker – Where to Stream the USC Vs. Notre Dame Game
The Ohio State Buckeyes travel to West Lafayette, Indiana this Saturday with the intention of thrashing the outmatched Purdue Boilermakers.
Source: LifeHacker – Where to Stream the Ohio State Vs. Purdue Game
Even though the Colorado Buffaloes won their game against ASU last week by three, according to coach Deion Sanders, the team was “playing like hot garbage.”
Source: LifeHacker – Where to Stream the Stanford Vs. Colorado Game
YouTube is perhaps the best place on the internet to kick back, relax, and watch free long-form videos for hours on end. And whether you’re trying to watch a video during lunch, or stream something before bed, you don’t want your browser coming between you and your entertainment.
Source: LifeHacker – Why Edge Is Blocking YouTube (and How to Fix It)
The iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Pixel 8 Pro are two of the biggest phones on the market right now, and both offer flagship experiences with impressive displays, solid designs, and fantastic performance. But if you’re trying to choose between two of the best phones on the market, how do you pick one over the other?…
Source: LifeHacker – How the Pixel 8 Pro Stacks Up Against the iPhone 15 Pro Max
Right now, Woot is selling refurbished Ninja kitchen appliances for more than 50% off their original prices—and some for as little as $36. These deals all expire at 1 a.m. ET on Oct. 14 (if they don’t see out first).
Source: LifeHacker – These Refurbished Ninja Kitchen Appliances Are Deeply Discounted Right Now
Memory is incredibly complex, which is probably why it’s been studied and researched so much—and why researchers who make big discoveries about how it functions get phenomena named after them. A great example of this: the Von Restorff effect, which refers to our brains’ acuity for remembering distinctive pieces of…
Source: LifeHacker – Use the ‘Von Restorff Effect’ When Studying Difficult Concepts
You can get all kinds of Chrome extensions and add-ons for Gmail that make inbox management and utility easier, but some of them are less useful than others. Before you waste space (and potentially money), let’s go over some cheap ones that are actually helpful.
Source: LifeHacker – The Gmail Add-ons You Need (and the Ones You Don’t)
It happens with every console generation: After the world gets to know a PlayStation for a couple of years, Sony decides to refresh it with something lower profile: a “slim” console, if you will.
Source: LifeHacker – Don’t Buy the PS5 Slim
People with disordered eating and body image issues can often trace their experience to an early childhood doctor’s appointment when their weight or size was characterized as a problem to solve. And whether you were prescribed diets as a child or not, you are right to want to protect your own children from the shame…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Protect Your Child From Weight Talk at the Doctor’s Office
Instagram’s rival to X, formerly known as Twitter, is Threads. It’s not quite the same as what Twitter used to be, but it has one thing in common with its biggest rival: You see a lot of nice photos and videos on Threads too. If you use Threads on Android, there’s an easy way to download photos and videos from the app…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Download Pictures and Videos From Threads on Your Android
Back in the day, Mac OS X had a dedicated Dashboard for widgets, where you could add all sorts of nifty little interactive utilities. With the release of macOS Mojave in 2018, Apple finally laid the old system to rest, and did not replace it with anything. Sure, you could add widgets to the Notification Center, but…
Source: LifeHacker – These New Sonoma Desktop Widgets Are Actually Useful
Amazon has changed the way we live our lives, for better and for worse. Why go to a cellphone store to buy a new phone case when you have thousands of options at your fingertips that can be shipped to your house, often on the same day? Unfortunately, all those packages being whisked your way also means package thieves…
Source: LifeHacker – The Best Parcel Drop Boxes to Deter Package Thieves
You’ve probably gotten a call like this a dozen times: An authoritative voice announces: “I’m calling on behalf of the [YOUR TOWN] Fraternal Order of Police…” followed by a heartstring-pulling beg for donations to help the families of injured or killed police or firefighters, as well as a suggestion of special…
Source: LifeHacker – What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: ‘Police Benevolent Association’ Calls
With many parents regularly going back into the office and kids back in school for the year, home life is largely back to its normal, hectic self. From getting to and from work to running kids to soccer practice, helping with homework, and putting a (healthy) meal on the table night after night feels like a pipe dream.
Source: LifeHacker – These Are the Best Meal Delivery Services for Busy Families
If you’ve ever had a painful injury or illness, or if you deal with chronic pain, you’re probably familiar with the phenomenon of a flare up, in which your pain spikes. Not only is this pain uncomfortable, but it can also interfere with cognitive abilities and affect vision and other senses. These kinds of episodes…
Source: LifeHacker – You Should Build a Pain ‘Tool Kit’ to Manage Flare-Ups