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This Telco Just Dropped a Hefty Discount on Mobile Plans for Students

Deals

2 years ago

This Telco Just Dropped a Hefty Discount on Mobile Plans for Students

Stephanie Nuzzo

How to Turn Off 5G on an iPhone 12

2 years ago

How to Turn Off 5G on an iPhone 12

These Are the Best Optus Mobile Deals You Can Get Right Now

2 years ago

These Are the Best Optus Mobile Deals You Can Get Right Now

Alex Choros

This Sim-Only Plan Gives You 12GB for Just $20

2 years ago

This Sim-Only Plan Gives You 12GB for Just $20

There’s an Insane 100GB Phone Plan for Just $1

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2 years ago

There’s an Insane 100GB Phone Plan for Just $1

Lifehacker Australia

How to Keep Android’s ‘Nearby Share’ From Using Your Mobile Data

Life

2 years ago

How to Keep Android’s ‘Nearby Share’ From Using Your Mobile Data

Your Visual Reminder That Covid Is Way More Than the Flu

Travel

2 years ago

Your Visual Reminder That Covid Is Way More Than the Flu

Beth Skwarecki

Check the Auto-Delete Defaults on Your New Google Accounts

Life

2 years ago

Check the Auto-Delete Defaults on Your New Google Accounts

The Best Password Managers To Use If You’re Paranoid About Getting Hacked

Security

2 years ago

The Best Password Managers To Use If You’re Paranoid About Getting Hacked

Here’s A New COVID-19 Data Site To Obsessively Refresh

Travel

2 years ago

Here’s A New COVID-19 Data Site To Obsessively Refresh

1

Look Up COVID-19 Test Results For U.S. States With This Tracker

Travel

2 years ago

Look Up COVID-19 Test Results For U.S. States With This Tracker

How To Access Near Real-Time Satellite Feeds Of Australia

2 years ago

How To Access Near Real-Time Satellite Feeds Of Australia

Anthony Caruana

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Preserve Data From Your Apps On A Spreadsheet

3 years ago

Preserve Data From Your Apps On A Spreadsheet

Use A ‘USB Condom’ To Protect Your Devices At Public Chargers

3 years ago

Use A ‘USB Condom’ To Protect Your Devices At Public Chargers

How To Preserve The Tweets Of Someone Who Has Died Before Twitter Purges Them

3 years ago

How To Preserve The Tweets Of Someone Who Has Died Before Twitter Purges Them

How To Save Your Data When You Quit Your Job

Career

3 years ago

How To Save Your Data When You Quit Your Job

1

Check Out Apple’s Updated Privacy Site ASAP

Security

3 years ago

Check Out Apple’s Updated Privacy Site ASAP

Brendan Hesse

See How Climate Change Has Affected Your Area With ‘Warming Stripes’

Home

3 years ago

See How Climate Change Has Affected Your Area With ‘Warming Stripes’

Beth Skwarecki

See How AI Racially Stereotypes You

Home

3 years ago

See How AI Racially Stereotypes You

1

Uh-Oh, ‘Deepfake’ Apps Are About To Go Mainstream

Security

3 years ago

Uh-Oh, ‘Deepfake’ Apps Are About To Go Mainstream

The Best Way To Use Your Sleep Tracker

Health

3 years ago

The Best Way To Use Your Sleep Tracker

Yet Another Data Breach Shows Why You Should Use ‘Have I Been Pwned’

Security

3 years ago

Yet Another Data Breach Shows Why You Should Use ‘Have I Been Pwned’

David Murphy

3

The Easiest Way To Transfer Contacts To A New Phone

3 years ago

The Easiest Way To Transfer Contacts To A New Phone

Abu Zafar

1

How To Delete Voice Recordings From Alexa, Google Assistant And Siri

Security

3 years ago

How To Delete Voice Recordings From Alexa, Google Assistant And Siri

Brendan Hesse

How To Clean Up And Archive Your Twitter Account

Organise

3 years ago

How To Clean Up And Archive Your Twitter Account

David Murphy

How To Back Up Your Personal Data On iOS And Android

Security

3 years ago

How To Back Up Your Personal Data On iOS And Android

Abu Zafar

How Apple’s Period Tracker Handles Privacy

Health

3 years ago

How Apple’s Period Tracker Handles Privacy

Security

3 years ago

Use ‘View As’ To See What You’re Sharing Publicly On Facebook

How To Delete Your Google Purchase History

Security

3 years ago

How To Delete Your Google Purchase History

1

Your Fake Email Isn’t Keeping Your Health App Data Private

Security

3 years ago

Your Fake Email Isn’t Keeping Your Health App Data Private

How To Quickly Free Up Space On Your Windows PC

Life

3 years ago

How To Quickly Free Up Space On Your Windows PC

Which DNA Databases Are The Best And Worst For Privacy?

Life

3 years ago

Which DNA Databases Are The Best And Worst For Privacy?

2

Excel’s New ‘Insert Data From Picture’ Tool Works Pretty Well With Dungeons & Dragons

Life

3 years ago

Excel’s New ‘Insert Data From Picture’ Tool Works Pretty Well With Dungeons & Dragons

Find Out If Your Photo Is In This AI Training Dataset

Life

3 years ago

Find Out If Your Photo Is In This AI Training Dataset

Beth Skwarecki

Which Cloud Storage Service Should I Use To Share And Receive Files Externally?

Life

4 years ago

Which Cloud Storage Service Should I Use To Share And Receive Files Externally?

How To Switch To Software Encryption On Your Vulnerable Solid-State Drive

Life

4 years ago

How To Switch To Software Encryption On Your Vulnerable Solid-State Drive

Brendan Hesse

What You’re Really Agreeing To When You Sign Up For 23andMe Research

Health

4 years ago

What You’re Really Agreeing To When You Sign Up For 23andMe Research

Create A Gorgeous Data Viz Book Of Everything You Do In A Year With The Gyroscope App

Life

4 years ago

Create A Gorgeous Data Viz Book Of Everything You Do In A Year With The Gyroscope App

David Murphy

How To Keep Android Apps From Using All Of Your Data

Life

4 years ago

How To Keep Android Apps From Using All Of Your Data

How We Back Up Our Data To The Cloud

Life

4 years ago

How We Back Up Our Data To The Cloud

David Murphy

How To Use Twitter’s New ‘Data Saver’ Feature On Your Phone

Life

4 years ago

How To Use Twitter’s New ‘Data Saver’ Feature On Your Phone

Emily Price

How To Protect Yourself After Facebook’s Recent Hack

Life

4 years ago

How To Protect Yourself After Facebook’s Recent Hack

How To Nuke Your Facebook Account From Orbit

Life

4 years ago

How To Nuke Your Facebook Account From Orbit

Dealhacker: Get 40GB Mobile Data For $50 A Month From Amaysim

Deals

4 years ago

Dealhacker: Get 40GB Mobile Data For $50 A Month From Amaysim

Hayley Williams

2

Your Internet Use Has A Carbon Footprint, Too

Life

4 years ago

Your Internet Use Has A Carbon Footprint, Too

Beth Skwarecki

These Data Sets Are Just Waiting For Your Next Creative Project

Life

4 years ago

These Data Sets Are Just Waiting For Your Next Creative Project

What’s In Your Instagram Data Dump And How To Get It

Life

4 years ago

What’s In Your Instagram Data Dump And How To Get It

David Murphy

How Telstra And Vodafone Can Sell You ‘Unlimited’ Mobile Data, With Limits

Home

4 years ago

How Telstra And Vodafone Can Sell You ‘Unlimited’ Mobile Data, With Limits

7

The Golden State Killer’s DNA Was In A Publicly Available Database (And Yours Might Be Too)

Life

4 years ago

The Golden State Killer’s DNA Was In A Publicly Available Database (And Yours Might Be Too)

Revealed: Australia’s Best Mobile Phone Data Deals

Deals

4 years ago

Revealed: Australia’s Best Mobile Phone Data Deals

What To Do If Your Smartphone’s Voice Call Quality Sucks

Life

4 years ago

What To Do If Your Smartphone’s Voice Call Quality Sucks

Turn Last Year’s Google Calendar Into An Annual Report

Life

5 years ago

Turn Last Year’s Google Calendar Into An Annual Report

Nick Douglas

Confidential Medical Information Can Be Exposed

Small Business & Startups

5 years ago

Confidential Medical Information Can Be Exposed

Anthony Caruana

1

Why We Continue To Use Crappy Old Apps Like Flickr

Life

5 years ago

Why We Continue To Use Crappy Old Apps Like Flickr

Thorin Klosowski

3

Dealhacker: Switch To A Mobile Plan With Loads Of Data

Money

5 years ago

Dealhacker: Switch To A Mobile Plan With Loads Of Data

2

The Cheapest NBN Plans With Unlimited Data

Life

5 years ago

The Cheapest NBN Plans With Unlimited Data

Optimizely Says Good Decisions Are Not About Hippos

Life

5 years ago

Optimizely Says Good Decisions Are Not About Hippos

Anthony Caruana

It’s Time To Get Excited About USB 3.2

Life

5 years ago

It’s Time To Get Excited About USB 3.2

Campbell Simpson

1

Keep Your Personal Data Out Of Google Search (Or Not)

Life

5 years ago

Keep Your Personal Data Out Of Google Search (Or Not)

Patrick Lucas Austin

Companies Are Creating So Much Data, It Has To Be Shipped In Trucks

Life

5 years ago

Companies Are Creating So Much Data, It Has To Be Shipped In Trucks

It’s Official: No One Has Sex On Mondays

Life

5 years ago

It’s Official: No One Has Sex On Mondays

The Best Free Data Recovery Tools [2017]

Life

5 years ago

The Best Free Data Recovery Tools [2017]

Hayley Williams

5

Deals: Secure Your Phone Data For Life

Deals

5 years ago

Deals: Secure Your Phone Data For Life

Lifehacker Australia

The Biggest Misconceptions About VPNs

Life

5 years ago

The Biggest Misconceptions About VPNs

Thorin Klosowski

1

The Countries That Are Most Dangerous For Tourists

Life

5 years ago

The Countries That Are Most Dangerous For Tourists

2

GenderEQ Tracks Which Gender Speaks The Most During Meetings

Life

5 years ago

GenderEQ Tracks Which Gender Speaks The Most During Meetings

Thorin Klosowski

2

Health Data Importer Gives You Manual Control Over Importing Your Health Data On iPhone

Life

5 years ago

Health Data Importer Gives You Manual Control Over Importing Your Health Data On iPhone

Thorin Klosowski

How To Make A Cheap Mobile Data Cap Last All Month Long

Life

5 years ago

How To Make A Cheap Mobile Data Cap Last All Month Long

14

Opt Out Of Data Collection On Your Smart TV

Life

5 years ago

Opt Out Of Data Collection On Your Smart TV

YouTube Go Downloads Videos For Offline Viewing, Saves Your Data Plan

Life

5 years ago

YouTube Go Downloads Videos For Offline Viewing, Saves Your Data Plan

Eric Ravenscraft

The Hard Drives Most (and Least) Likely To Fail, According To Backblaze

Life

6 years ago

The Hard Drives Most (and Least) Likely To Fail, According To Backblaze

Thorin Klosowski

Facebook’s New Privacy Basics Page Is An Interactive Guide To Facebook’s Obtuse Privacy Settings

Life

6 years ago

Facebook’s New Privacy Basics Page Is An Interactive Guide To Facebook’s Obtuse Privacy Settings

Thorin Klosowski

Deals: Save Lost Files With This Data Recovery Program

Life

6 years ago

Deals: Save Lost Files With This Data Recovery Program

Lifehacker Australia

Evernote Backtracks On Its Privacy Changes, Will Make Employee Access To Your Notes Opt-In

Life

6 years ago

Evernote Backtracks On Its Privacy Changes, Will Make Employee Access To Your Notes Opt-In

Eric Ravenscraft

Evernote Employees Can Read Your Notes, And There’s No Way To Opt-Out

Life

6 years ago

Evernote Employees Can Read Your Notes, And There’s No Way To Opt-Out

Thorin Klosowski

6

Use The Middle Name Field To Track Websites That Sell Your Info

Life

6 years ago

Use The Middle Name Field To Track Websites That Sell Your Info

4

Data Surveillance Is All Around Us And It’s Going To Change Our Behaviour

Life

6 years ago

Data Surveillance Is All Around Us And It’s Going To Change Our Behaviour

5

Which Supporting Character On The Simpsons Has Spoken The Most Words?

Life

6 years ago

Which Supporting Character On The Simpsons Has Spoken The Most Words?

2

This Page Lets You Disable A Lot Of Google’s Activity Tracking

Life

6 years ago

This Page Lets You Disable A Lot Of Google’s Activity Tracking

Eric Ravenscraft

Brazzers Porn Site Forum Hack Lead To 80,000 Accounts Exposed

Life

6 years ago

Brazzers Porn Site Forum Hack Lead To 80,000 Accounts Exposed

3

NBN Reckons It Can Now Deliver Fibre Speeds Over Copper

Life

6 years ago

NBN Reckons It Can Now Deliver Fibre Speeds Over Copper

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Deals: Launch A Data Analytics Career For 85% Off With This Bundle

Life

6 years ago

Deals: Launch A Data Analytics Career For 85% Off With This Bundle

Lifehacker Australia

GoldenCheetah Is An Open Source, Private Dashboard For Your Fitness Data

Life

6 years ago

GoldenCheetah Is An Open Source, Private Dashboard For Your Fitness Data

Thorin Klosowski

Radio Silence Stops Mac Apps From Phoning Home, Now Shows You Traffic In Real Time

Security

6 years ago

Radio Silence Stops Mac Apps From Phoning Home, Now Shows You Traffic In Real Time

Thorin Klosowski

Google Maps’ New Offline Features Make It Easier To Get Around Without Data

Life

6 years ago

Google Maps’ New Offline Features Make It Easier To Get Around Without Data

1

Google Maps Gives You A Wi-Fi Only Option, Warns You About Mass Transit Delays

Life

6 years ago

Google Maps Gives You A Wi-Fi Only Option, Warns You About Mass Transit Delays

Eric Ravenscraft

1

Google Maps Makes It Easier To Suggest Edits, Share Details About Places

Life

6 years ago

Google Maps Makes It Easier To Suggest Edits, Share Details About Places

Eric Ravenscraft

6 years ago

Watch Kurt Vonnegut Explain The Emotional Shape Of Creative Stories

Eric Ravenscraft

Moment, The iPhone App That Tracks Your Usage, Now Displays How Much Time You’re In Apps

Life

6 years ago

Moment, The iPhone App That Tracks Your Usage, Now Displays How Much Time You’re In Apps

Thorin Klosowski

Small Business & Startups

6 years ago

Backblaze B2 Leaves Beta, Offers Crazy Cheap, NAS-Connected Cloud Storage

Eric Ravenscraft

There’s Another Telstra Outage In Victoria Right Now

Life

6 years ago

There’s Another Telstra Outage In Victoria Right Now

5

Google’s New My Activity Page Lets You See And Delete All Of Your Google Activity

Life

6 years ago

Google’s New My Activity Page Lets You See And Delete All Of Your Google Activity

Eric Ravenscraft

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Sensational Stories Based On Google Trends

Life

6 years ago

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Sensational Stories Based On Google Trends

Eric Ravenscraft

Sherbit Visualises And Interprets All The Data Your Online Services Collect

Life

6 years ago

Sherbit Visualises And Interprets All The Data Your Online Services Collect

Ready Your Routers: Telstra Is Giving Away More Free Data

Life

6 years ago

Ready Your Routers: Telstra Is Giving Away More Free Data

29

Make Every Friday The 13th Verify Your Backups Day

Life

6 years ago

Make Every Friday The 13th Verify Your Backups Day

1

Deals: Save Your Data For Life With SkyHub Cloud 2TB Backup

Life

6 years ago

Deals: Save Your Data For Life With SkyHub Cloud 2TB Backup

Lifehacker Australia

How To Master Microsoft Office Excel

Life

6 years ago

How To Master Microsoft Office Excel

Eric Ravenscraft

How To Set Automatic Backups With Windows 10’s Built-in Tools

Life

6 years ago

How To Set Automatic Backups With Windows 10’s Built-in Tools