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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. This year has delivered great Labor Day sales from the likes of Amazon, Home Depot, and Lowe's, but if you're looking for big discounts on tech, you don't want to miss what's going on at Best Buy. Its Labor Day sale runs through midnight on Sept. 7, and includes discounts on Apple devices, Bose headphones, Samsung TVs, gaming monitors, laptops, tablets, streaming boxes, and more. Shop the best deals below, and follow our Labor Day Live Blog to keep tabs on all the best sales, or search by category, from VPNs to fitness gear. The best Labor Day deals on headphones at Best Buy The WH-1000XM5 are a generation old and were at the top of ...

Daniel Oropeza Daniel Oropeza Shopping Editor Experience Daniel is Lifehacker's Shopping Editor 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 ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Running earbuds are an extremely personal category of gear. Every runner has their own non-negotiables. For me, the top priority has always been a secure fit—which is exactly why I've gravitated toward wraparound designs like the Shokz OpenRun models. I like the safety perks of open-ear, bone-conduction listening too: being able to hear traffic, cyclists, and other runners is more important than hearing my music, personally. Unfortunately, that means I've lived with a serious trade-off in sound quality. There are certain stretches of my city runs that my open-ear headphones just can't cut through. Still, every time I've tried a noise-cancelling option, I've always found some other dealbreaker with comfort, fit, or safe...

Daniel Oropeza Daniel Oropeza Shopping Editor Experience Daniel is Lifehacker's Shopping Editor 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 ...

This week's trip into the culture of young people is filled with bad ideas and stupidity, but it's that specific kind of stupidity that's the sole purview of youth—unserious, frequently baffling, but ultimately harmless. Old people are just as stupid, but our stupidity has consequences. Debating whether ditching basic hygiene to be more attractive is dumb as dirt, but it's not going to crash the housing market, and no one really dies in an aura battle. So here's what's going on with the young people and what it all means. What are aura battles? To Gens Z and A, "aura" is, essentially, coolness or charisma ("rizz" if you prefer). An "aura battle" is a public contest in which the person with the most aura, as determined by crowd and/or comment section reaction, is the winner. It's a little l...

Daniel Oropeza Daniel Oropeza Shopping Editor Experience Daniel is Lifehacker's Shopping Editor 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 ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Spotlight search is one of the most useful features in macOS. You can access it by pressing Command-Space, and it allows you to find anything on your Mac. And there's so much more Spotlight search can do than you might realize. From performing currency conversions to running complex automation routines, here are 10 Spotlight search hacks that you'll find useful. Enable clipboard history to keep track of everything you copySince the release of macOS 26 Tahoe, Spotlight search has been able to store your clipboard history. This means that Spotlight keeps a record of every item you copy on your Mac. This feature is disabled by default. You can enable it by clicking the Apple logo in the top-left corner of your Mac's scree...

When macOS 27 drops next month, Apple will officially say goodbye to its Intel-based Macs. The only Macs that will be able to update to macOS Golden Gate next month will be the ones with an Apple-made chip (including the A18 Pro on the MacBook Neo). Yet while Apple hasn't sold an Intel Mac in quite some time, there are still plenty of them in existence. You might even still use an Intel Mac as your daily driver.While I can't say enough good things about Apple silicon, I also strongly believe in using your tech as long as it keeps working for you. As such, if you're rocking one of Apple's older Macs, whether that's a MacBook, a Mac mini, or an iMac, you should check out these hacks and tips to get the most out of your machine—and, hopefully, put off having to upgrade it for quite some time....

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Back-to-school month is the busiest time of the year for VPN providers who rely on students for a substantial chunk of their annual subscriptions. Labor Day coincides with this time perfectly, making it a great opportunity to grab low-priced deals from almost every major provider. Once you sign up with a Labor Day promotion, your discounted prices stay locked in for the entire subscription period. That means you can get a two- or three-year VPN subscription for as much as 80% off the usual price—a substantial savings boost for new customers. I put together a list of the best early deals on VPN platforms for this Labor Day. Surfshark,...

Congratulations! You have made it to the third and final round of our Big Guessing Game! This year, Lifehacker, along with the other CNET Group sites (CNET, ZDNet, Mashable, and PCMag), has been giving readers a chance to win the latest Apple Watch by making predictions about Apple's big 2026 announcements—including Apple's upcoming iPhone event. There are only three days left to get your guesses in, so make sure you play the game now for your chance to win the latest Apple Watch. If you've played Lifehacker's or CNET Group's Big Guessing Game in the previous two rounds, you'll know the gist. But for any new guessers, here's a summary. The Big Guessing Game is made up of three rounds:Round 1, which ended on June 2. This round was focused on Apple's software announcements (iOS, iPadOS, mac...