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We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you want to start tracking how many calories you eat—whether for weight loss, weight gain, or just out of curiosity—here’s a primer. Tracking your calories or macros (or both) is pretty easy once you’ve gotten the hang of it, but getting started can be confusing. With the right tools and the right habits, however, you’ll be on top of your own personal calorie numbers in no time.Why do people count calories? Calories are a measure of energy. The more exercise you do, for example, the more calories you need to fuel that activity. Everything you eat has a calorie number attached to it (whether it’s on a label or not). In general, we eat about the same number of calories we burn. Amazingly, our bodies can keep us at a r...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The Series 11 is Apple's middle-of-the-pack smartwatch, sandwiched between the budget-friendly Apple Watch SE 3 and the flagship Apple Watch Ultra 3. Right now, both versions of the Series 11 (GPS-only and GPS + cellular model) are on sale. The GPS version starts at $299 (originally $399), and the GPS + Cellular version starts at $349.97 (originally $499), reaching a record low price after a 30% discount, according to price-tracking tools. If you're looking for the bigger 46mm size, they're both also at least $100 off in the GPS and cellular versions. During WWDC 26 earlier this summer, Apple announced it's offering new Siri AI upgra...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Just in time for back-to-school shopping, this 15.6-inch Dell laptop is $130 off at $649.99. With an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD, it delivers on both speed and storage. It’s NPU-powered, meaning it’s designed to perform AI tasks, and its large anti-glare screen provides up to 300 nits of brightness, with a setting to reduce blue light emissions, limiting eye discomfort for those long nights in front of the computer. The battery life is around nine hours with light work, and "ExpressCharge" allows you to bring it to 80% power with an hour’s worth of charging. It's sleek design measures around 19 millimeter...

Apple is no stranger to class action lawsuits. The company had to pay customers $50 million over its infamous "butterfly keyboards," and $250 million over the AI features it promised to ship with certain iPhones but didn't. (Many of those features, by the way, are now coming out this year.) But in all my time covering Apple lawsuits, I'm not sure I've ever seen a potential payout this huge. As reported by The Times, Apple is facing a $32.5 billion class action lawsuit, though the actual suit might be even more notable than the sum. Why is Apple being sued?As The Times reports, the basis for the lawsuit surrounds Apple's collection of biometric data, specifically the data it collected from Illinois citizens. The suit claims Apple violated Illinois law by collecting these users' biometric da...

On Tuesday, WhatsApp announced a handful of new features and changes for its app. But unlike the usual feature updates, these changes are specifically for group chats. In total, WhatsApp has five new updates for your groups, one of which will make it much easier to get the entire chat's attention. Here's what's new: WhatsApp finally gets an "@all" function Credit: WhatsApp If you've ever used Slack, Google Chat, or any messaging platform with an "@all" function, you know how useful (and potentially disruptive) it can be. By typing "@all" as part of your message, you can force everyone in the group chat to receive a notification for your text. I...

While Fitbits are a favorite option for go-to fitness trackers—they're thin, unobtrusive, and cheap—its app, Google Health, has always had its problems. However, things might be turning around. The Google Health app has finally received an update that lets it send data to Apple Health. Google Health (formerly known as the Fitbit app) could always pull in fitness, sleep, and wellness stats directly from devices like Fitbit trackers. However, Fitbit devices have historically lacked any built-in way t...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The Google Pixel Watch 4 is the latest model, at least until the Google event this August, when a 5th generation could debut. With that event around the corner, it's not surprising to see the current latest model discounted. Right now, the 41mm LTE Pixel Watch 4 version is $349.99 (originally $449), down to the lowest price the device has yet reached, according to price-tracking tools. All Pixel Watch 4 models deliver faster charging times compared to the Pixel Watch 3, plus satellite SOS, dual-band GPS (for the LTE models), and a new circular display. In her review, Lifehacker Senior Health Editor Beth Skwarecki praised the Google P...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you're looking for a Bluetooth tracker to keep tabs on your stuff, your choice may be platform-dependent. Over in the Apple ecosystem, your first (and perhaps best) choice is an AirTag, made by none other than Apple itself for its Find My network. On Android, you have more options, but not in quite the same way as Apple: Samsung has a tracker that works best with its Galaxy devices, while Tile has its own proprietary network. You would think the best choice would come from Google directly, seeing as the company also develops Android—but that isn't the case. Not only is Google not the default option here, it isn't an option at all. Despite creating Android and maintaining its Find Hub network (similar to Apple's Find...

If you don't spend hours every day working in spreadsheets, you may know only the basics of what Google Sheets can do: add, subtract, and sort data. But Sheets has a lot of powerful features that make data management simpler for even the casual user. Here are 10 hidden Google Sheets tricks everyone should know. Edit shareable links in Google Sheets to make documents into clean copies or downloadable CSVs One of the best features of Sheets and other Google Workspace apps is that collaborators can make and view changes in real time. In some cases, though, you may not want to share your live spreadsheet, instead providing a clean copy or a downloadable CSV. With editable sharing links, you don't need to make copies or export manually. Simply replace /edit at the end of the link with /copy (fo...

AI agents are always getting better at finding things, which includes sensitive information like your passwords, financial information, and API secrets if they are left exposed in obvious places. You may have been following the recent news coverage on OpenAI’s rogue agent attacking the Hugging Face servers during an evaluation. But you may not have noticed that tucked in OpenAI’s public disclosure on the hack is an admission that its AI models have been targeting publicly exposed online credentials even before this incident. The day after OpenAI’s disclosure, Anthropic came forward with a report of similar incidents with multiple Claude models dating as far back as April of this year.A few years ago, Security Magazine reported on a study that found up to 24 billion username and password co...