You Can Get a Sam’s Club Membership for 50% Off Right Now
It’s the eternal question: CostCo or Sam’s Club? We’ve run the numbers and weighed your options before and come down on the side of the former—but only barely, and the math looks a lot different if you’re paying half as much to join up. Yes, right now you can get a one-year membership to bulk-buying heaven Sam’s... #press
Stay Motivated at Work With an Accomplishment Journal
We’ve long advocated for keeping a record of your accomplishments to whip out during meetings with bosses or human resources, whether to angle for a promotion or argue against a criticism. But you should keep that record for another reason, too: It’s motivational to look back on what you’ve done, see how you managed…Read... #press
Save Soft, Melted Pie Dough With a Bag of Frozen Vegetables
Heat is the enemy of pie dough, which makes the summer pie an especially challenging task. Even if your home is climate controlled, the oven’s resonating heat and the warmth from your hands can soften the fat in the dough to the point of no return–too melted to handle. But don’t crumple the limp disk into a ball... #press
Get Two Pairs of Wireless Earbuds With a Phone-Charging Case for $40
AirPods are the most recognized name in wireless earbuds, but they’re hardly your only option. Instead of dropping $150 on a pair of AirPods, you can go a lot cheaper without sacrificing decent audio and features. Consider the Flux 7 TWS Earbuds: These AirPod alternatives offer a lot of the same features... #press
Check Out What’s Happening in Space This Month
There’s nothing better for cooling off during a punishingly hot summer than checking out the night sky, and this year, August is working overtime to entertain and entrance. Gaze upwards after dark this month and you’ll be able to see the Perseids meteor shower, Saturn, a supermoon/blue moon, and more celestial…Read more... #press
How to Get Past a Paywall to Read an Article for Free
Over the past several years, countless websites have added paywalls: If you want to read their articles, you have to sign up and pay a monthly fee. Some sites have a “metered” paywall—meaning you can read a certain number of articles for free before they ask for money—and others have a hard paywall, where you’ll have…Read... #press
How to Beat Dynamic Airline Award Pricing
The major incentive to stay loyal to one specific airline is your ability to rack up points and miles. A few years back, you could be confident that a business-class flight to Europe would cost no more than about 60,000 points or miles each way. Unfortunately, frequent flyers no longer have that same guarantee—not…Read more... #press
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-beat-dynamic-airline-award-pricing-1850717363?utm_source=press.coop
Apple Music's Discovery Station Is a Decent Spotify Discover Weekly Alternative (Finally)
Apple Music is a serviceable Spotify alternative, but it has consistently lagged behind in one critical area for a music streaming service: recommendations. Spotify users have long praised their app’s algorithmic ability to serve them up worthwhile music recommendations, and those... #press
Fry Your Eggs in Brine for Surprisingly Nuanced Flavor
I have not seen the Barbie movie yet, but I have (somewhat unintentionally) made a Barbie Egg. It’s like a normal fried egg, except bright pink—almost magenta, really—with the slightly sweet, subtly sour, earthy flavor of pickled beets.Read more... #press
This Wifi Security Camera Is $61 Right Now
The TOKK CAM C2+ is a small wifi camera that you can stick to your body, hide near your door, or put on your dashboard, and it’s on sale right now for $60.99. You can hide this small camera to keep an eye on your home, garage, bike, or other property, and use the free iCookyCam app on iOS or Android to check in…Read more... #press
https://lifehacker.com/this-wifi-security-camera-is-61-right-now-1850686665?utm_source=press.coop
How I Became a Watchmaker
Welcome to “How I Became,” the Lifehacker series where I ask real people about how they really got their jobs. This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Matt Chapman, a modern watchmaker. The official term is “horologist:” someone who studies the art of designing and making watches and clocks. Read more... #press
https://lifehacker.com/how-i-became-a-watchmaker-1850683340?utm_source=press.coop
Don’t Panic, But Leprosy Might Be Endemic in Florida Now
Leprosy is probably best known as the disease that made people “unclean” in Biblical times, so it may seem surprising that the CDC published a report this week suggesting that the disease may be spreading under the radar in Florida. But don’t flee in terror, because we’re going to discuss what the report means—and…Read... #press
Prevent Digital Eye Strain With the 20-20-20 Method
All day, you look at screens, from the moment your alarm clock goes off on your phone to the minute you set it again before bed—and all the moments in between. (You’re doing it right now.) Whether you’re working or trying to relax, though, all that screen-staring isn’t great for your eyes. It causes the eyes to work…Read more... #press
The Best AirPods Pro Settings Everyone Should Be Using
Apple’s AirPods Pro are among the best wireless earbuds you can buy, especially if you’re already entrenched in the Apple ecosystem. Like many Apple products, AirPods Pro are pretty simple to setup and use. However, there are also plenty of settings you should be using (and changing) from the default. Read more... #press
https://lifehacker.com/best-apple-airpods-pro-settings-1847590845?utm_source=press.coop
The Best Way to Weigh Down Your Pie Crusts
Blind baking pie crusts should be simple: You line crimped, chilled pastry with parchment or foil, fill with dried beans to weigh it down, and bake until crisp. I’ve been making pies for years, but until I switched my weights from dry chickpeas to this trick—which I learned from Supreme Pastry Genius Stella Parks…Read more... #press
https://lifehacker.com/weigh-down-your-pie-crusts-with-sugar-1830228677?utm_source=press.coop
These Translation Earbuds Are $100 Right Now
The Mymanu CLIK S Translation Earbuds can give real-time translation in more than 37 languages, and they’re on sale for $99.97 right now (reg. $157) through August 13.Read more... #press
https://lifehacker.com/these-translation-earbuds-are-100-right-now-1850697771?utm_source=press.coop
What People are Getting Wrong This Week: Trump and the First Amendment
The filing of criminal charges against a former president for trying to overturn an election is both a cataclysmic historical event and an incredible annoyance to people who respect the truth. Thanks to Donald Trump’s latest indictment, even greater mountains of bullshit will be spread throughout our... #press
Your Peloton Might Have a Secret Netflix App
For an exercise bike with a giant screen on it, you would think Peloton would give you an easy way to watch movies while you pedal. But until recently, the screen was just for workout-related content. Some Peloton users—including myself—have found that there is a Netflix app already secretly enabled on the Bike.…Read more... #press
https://lifehacker.com/check-your-peloton-for-a-secret-netflix-app-1850699394?utm_source=press.coop
You Should Enable Google's New Reading Mode for Android
For all its advantages, Android has never had a decent reading mode. On iOS, Safari has “Reader View,” which removes formatting, ads, and media from an article. However, it’s only available in apps that choose to use Safari’s in-app browser. Now Google, while being late to the party, has implemented its own reading…Read... #press
Make Easy Garden Pest Traps With These Common Kitchen Staples
In my garden, I’m the hero. I raised those plant babies—I fed and watered them, encouraged them with daily affirmations, and then mark their progress each day in the garden with little “thank you’s” and cheers. The villains in this story are the pests, and as we hit peak produce-growing, they are out in force.... #press
