Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Required minimum distributions (RMDs) begin the year you turn 73. Failing to take RMDs will result in a penalty of 25% of the amount you failed to withdraw. The penalty for failing to take an RMD can ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

Usama has a passion for video games and a talent for capturing their magic in writing. He brings games to life with his words, and he's been fascinated by games for as long as he's had a joystick in ...

If your computer is running sluggishly lately, you're not alone. Fortunately, a few simple tweaks can boost your laptop or PC's performance so it can keep up with your work, creativity, and daily ...

Bluetooth is a technology for short-range data transmission that has become so ubiquitous in recent years that we can no longer imagine life without it. This makes it all the more annoying when ...

Given the crippling expense of paying college athletes, the University of California system’s investment manager has offered the Big Ten athletic conference $2.4 billion upfront in exchange for 10% of ...

Got a flat soccer ball, basketball, or football and no pump in sight? Fix-a-Flat can be a surprising solution. In this video, we show step-by-step how to bring your ball back to life quickly and ...

Laptops forever changed where and how we work, and as great as they are at giving us that freedom, it’s still incredibly useful to plug into a larger monitor (or two) when at my desk. As I get older ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Technology, no matter how advanced it is, is never perfect. With every type of smart device or gadget comes some sort of issue that users have ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...