The best online videos of the week, including: BBC unveils first female Doctor Who lead, behind the scenes of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Everything Wrong With Ghostbusters (2016) and more.

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Signing up for an online account is something we do so often that we lose track of all the websites we're subscribed to. You'll only remember when they send you an email with a promotion. I know I always do.

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Ever find yourself wondering whether you should use VLC media player or Media Player Classic? Going forward, the answer is easy - because the MPC-HC project has officially carked it.

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including: RIP Media Player Classic, Zelda ruined by a kid, water on Pluto's moon.

If you want to stream, you can just connect your PC or console to the internet and press a button or two. There's plenty of tools that will let you do that. But if you want a proper setup, things are a little more complicated.

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including: Game Of Thrones season seven spoilers, new Doctor Who actor announced (it's a woman!), the companies trying to kill off smartphones.

Today's featured workspace has walls lined with reclaimed wood that its owner collected, dried and sanded, painted, oiled and sanded again. The walls are like art in themselves.

You wanted: State Of Origin viewing tips, what not to order on a restaurant menu and ten cheat sheets that will make your life easier. Kick off your Monday by checking out the ten most popular posts from last week.

Dear Lifehacker, I just bought a new laptop with USB type C charging. The manufacturer's wall charger is rated 45W, and is not modular - the USB-C cable is all one piece with the power adaptor. I'd love to minimise the gear I take on the go, so ideally I'd like a wall charger that is modular so I can plug in a micro USB cable for my phone / Bluetooth headset, and a USB-C cable for my laptop.

Some life hacks require a complete how-to guide just to understand. Others are so genius in their simplicity that they speak for themselves. Here are ten of our favourite self-explanatory "MacGyver" tricks from the Lifehacker archives.

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Messaging services such as Slack and Facebook Messenger are just a few places you can play with bots, programs that provide a service within an app or platform. With Botlist, you can find a bot to fit your needs for a variety of services, including bots that will shave some seconds off your commute, help you convert files, and keep you on your diet by helping you document your dishes.

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Last Friday, world-famous entrepreneur Elon Musk jetted into Adelaide to kick off Australia’s long-delayed battery revolution. The Tesla founder joined South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill and the international chief executive of French windfarm developer Neoen, Romain Desrousseaux, to announce what will be the world’s largest battery installation.

The battery tender won by Tesla was a key measure enacted by the South Australian government in response to the statewide blackout in September 2016, together with the construction of a 250 megawatt gas-fired power station.

You only have so much room in your brain, and nothing's worse than forgetting that one genius tip right when you need it. Stop trying to remember everything and pin these ten infographics to your bulletin board for quick reference on any topic.

Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return, unless thou pay Photobucket $500/year. The 14-year-old photo hosting site recently stopped letting outside sites display its photos for free, a move that instantly broke images on blogs, home pages, and eBay and Amazon listings, and infuriated longtime users. Some users are even having trouble downloading their own images, driving home an expensive lesson: Never trust a third-party site to hold onto your photos forever.