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If you can fit a handful of “fitness snack” breaks into your day, you get a break from work and a mental and physical boost lifehacker.co.uk/2020/07/13/…

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Doomscrolling means constantly checking your news and social media feeds for new information and here's how to stop doing it lifehacker.co.uk/2020/07/17/…

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Goodbye Lifehacker UK readers - thank you for all of your support over the years lifehacker.co.uk/2020/09/07/…

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Security researcher Pawel Wylecial publicly disclosed a Safari vulnerability that could convince users to secretly send any file on their system to a recipient lifehacker.co.uk/2020/09/01/…

Have you ever wondered how a movie script translates to what you’re watching on screen? We have a browser extension for you lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/25/…

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The new Firefox Android browser is here. If the preview build is any indication, this new mobile browser is a much better experience than Mozilla’s last attempt lifehacker.co.uk/2020/09/01/…

The Twitter feature that lets you limit who replies to your tweets could be a game-changer for some people lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/21/…

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Google Assistant lets you do lots of stuff on your Android Phone completely hands-free, and a recent update adds recording and sending voice messages over text to that list lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/31/…

Bugs in Alexa’s web services could let hackers access voice recordings and personal data stored on Amazon’s servers – delete your history now lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/22/…

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Netflix might be testing out a new “Shuffle” option, which is exactly the kind of thing we need during these pandemic times lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/30/…

Here's an interesting new Twitter feature: you can now control who replies to you lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/21/…

If you’re ever curious how a movie script translates to what you’re watching on screen—including just how much of an actor’s dialogue was improvised or prewritten—do I have a browser extension for you lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/25/…

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A SwiftKey Android update finally adds a long-requested sliding cursor control, and it makes us once again question our Gboard allegiance lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/25/…

Files by Google is a handy app that helps manage your Android phone’s storage space and securely transfer data to the cloud and other devices. Now, it can also lock your personal files too lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/24/…

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Two-factor authentication is a good idea. But lose the device that generates your 2FA codes—or any other special codes you need to access your account or reset the settings—and you’re in a precarious spot lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/24/…

Make sure everything is running smoothly at home with regular "meetings" lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/21/…

If you feel anxious, might I suggest you try giving yourself a hug? A havening hug lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/20/…

Sometimes you want a cinematic YouTube Experience, but the website’s default player sizes leave something to be desired on desktop lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/20/…

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As tempting as it is to lean into the feeling that the future will be grim, we might be better off adopting an abundance mindset lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/19/…

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You'll have the option to slow down or speed up Netflix playback in the range of 0.5x-speed to 1.5x-speed, with half-steps in between lifehacker.co.uk/2020/08/19/…

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