First Alert Meteorologist Dan Thomas recommends everyone have at least two ways to get weather alerts: a NOAA weather radio and the First Alert Weather app. First Alert Meteorologist Dan Thomas has ...

Artificial intelligence can make smart homes smarter, help us manage our days, and even help us plan major life changes. This series looks at the new — and sometimes surprising — ways AI is being used ...

Garage door openers: Don’t leave home without one. Unless, of course, you don’t have a garage. These remotes can be used again and again and reprogrammed as often as you need. You can also buy ...

A smart DNS service can complement -- or even replace -- a VPN for streaming. Here’s how the two are alike and how they differ. Sam Dawson is a cybersecurity expert and VPN reviewer. After making the ...

Researchers developed a tiny fart-measuring device that snaps into underwear. Left: University of Maryland. Right: S. Botasini et al., Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 2025 under CC BY 4.0 How many ...

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as this year, according to a new report from The New York Times. The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart ...

More than two decades after Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped by Brian David Mitchell from her own bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, people are still fascinated by her months-long disappearance. While ...

If your smart home still feels more like a smart-ish home, make it your mission to make 2026 the year everything starts running as smoothly as it should. Between a genuine push by Big Tech to make the ...

The main reason Apple switched to “slide to stop” is to keep people from accidentally turning off alarms when they’re groggy in the morning. On iOS 18, when an alarm went off, you were presented with ...

Smart TVs can feel like a dumb choice if you’re looking for privacy, reliability, and simplicity. Today’s TVs and streaming sticks are usually loaded up with advertisements and user tracking, making ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

While Google disagrees, the company may have decided again that your data is its toy. Here's how to try to stop Gmail from training its AI on your email. There's no shortage of big tech companies that ...