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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. I'm practically an evangelist about this point: If you need a TV, you should get one right now. Not just because it's Amazon's Spring Sale—March and April are traditionally the time when retailers clear space on their shelves and in their warehouses to make room for the new models coming for the holidays. And this year, the RAM tax is coming too: Big tech companies are buying up the world's supply of memory to power AI data centers, so the price of televisions is expected to go up in the near future, and stay elevated for a while. That's all to say: Grab these bargains from Amazon's Big Spring Sale while you can. The best budget TV i...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Headphones! Earbuds! Bone-conducting headsets! There's a bargain for every pair of ears in Amazon's Big Spring Sale. I've combed through Amazon's listings to bring you the best deals, no matter what kind of headphones or earbuds you're looking for. Best overall headphones deal in Amazon's Big Spring Sale: Sony WH-1000XM6Sony WH-1000XM6 are Lifehacker's top overall pick for best headphones. Daniel Oropeza knows audio gear, and he calls these the "best over-ear headphones I tested [in 2025] and ever, really." They feature S-tier noise cancellation, 12 microphones for crystal-clear calls, and the ability to listen and charge via USB-C ...

I find it satisfying to do a word puzzle (or three) each day. Wordle is great, but it’s not really exciting anymore. Crosswords are fun if you have the time (I love an NYT Thursday puzzle) but I don’t always bother. My sweet spot, lately, are games like Minute Cryptic and Parseword—which are entry points into the incredibly bizarre world of British “cryptic” crossword clues. What is a cryptic puzzle?Cryptics are a type of word puzzle unlike anything else. There exist whole crosswords full of them, but the daily puzzles I’m writing about are just one clue per day, so you can focus on exactly what’s going on in that single clue. Cryptics look like a regular crossword clue—a short bit of text with a single word or phrase as an answer—but the way you come up with the answer is by re-interpreti...

Daniel Oropeza Daniel Oropeza Staff Writer Experience Daniel is a Staff Writer for Lifehacker covering tech deals and reviewing TVs, headphones, speakers, and projectors. He earned his master’s in journalism from Columbia University and has reported for the Miami Herald. He lives in Atlanta. Read Full Bio ...