David Murphy's posts

This article is about how to hide porn on your computer. The delicate souls among you can replace the word “porn”…

There’s really no reason to have Adobe Flash sitting around anymore. Nobody uses it, modern web browsers will rid…

I’ve never been a fan of how Samsung treats beta operating system updates. Admittedly, I’m saying that out of…

If you love staring at the bright, white backgrounds in your various devices’ operating systems, this article is not…

I generally don’t think much of smartphone payment plans. Unless you score a sweet deal from the carrier, they might…

Creating multiple Facebook accounts was easy back in the day. You might have needed a secondary email from a…

In one of the more bizarre tech gambits in some time, the Recording Industry Association of America has taken the…

Every chat service should provide, at minimum, three things: a way to mute conversations so your chatty friends…

I normally don’t like to wade into other peoples’ business, especially when it relates to their consumption of adult…

There’s a report going around that President Trump’s Twitter account was hacked—again—by a Dutch security researcher…

One of life’s cruelties is not being able to order ice cream when you want ice cream. And that’s especially true if…

We write about web browsers at lot at Lifehacker—so much that I feel as if talking about the latest Chrome, Firefox,…

Here’s a quirky one. If you play games on Android 11, you might have noticed that two bars from your phone’s regular…

Who needs the newest Pixel, anyway? Google is now rolling out its “Portrait Lighting” feature—previously announced…

Your device’s IP address is a critical piece of information that you probably don’t think about very much. You’ll…

If you’re an iPhone owner who is clumsy AF, AppleCare+ is always worth it. Full stop. However, if you’re like…

With great work-from-home flexibility comes great responsibility. While your job is unlikely to get very upset if…

It’s a good thing I didn’t have a lot of geeky gear back when I was in school. I would absolutely have failed every c…

I can’t go a day without taking a screenshot of something on my computer. Whether it’s for work, some dumb snippet…

While there’s a lot of new technology coming with the iPhone 12, Apple is also making a move to reduce “e-waste” by…