How to Extend Your Wi-Fi Network With an Old Router

It’s the most irritating scenario: You set up your router in your new house or apartment, and your wifi is working flawlessly, until you find your downloads (or streaming) screech to a halt in that area that’s just outside your router’s range—like the exact spot where you watch Apple TV on the couch, or stream music…

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Author: Adam Dachis and David Murphy

I’m YouTuber Natalie Wynn of ContraPoints, and This Is How I Eat

Natalie Wynn has been called the “Oscar Wilde of YouTube” for the sexy, visually decadent, and wildly entertaining videos she makes for her channel, ContraPoints. In these videos, Wynn discusses a wide variety of hot-button topics including the alt-right, climate change, incels, and trans issues, but instead of…

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker

Is Amazon Prime Worth It?

If you’re not already an Amazon Prime member, the service’s price hikes from $79 to $99 and most recently to $119 might have you wondering if it’s even worth signing up.

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Author: Adam Dachis and Lisa Rowan on Two Cents, shared by Lisa Rowan to Lifehacker

Validate Your Teen’s Outbursts as You Would for a Toddler

Parents learn pretty early on that overreacting to a child’s negative experience can make things worse. That’s why when they fall and skin their knee as toddlers, we keep the expression on our faces neutral and say, “It’s okay! You’re okay!” We are their barometer for how bad things are, and when they see that we’re…

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Meghan Moravcik Walbert to Lifehacker