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The Best M. Night Shyamalan Movies, Definitively Ranked

A critical and box-office champion, an easy target for “twist” jokes, and (lately) a reclaimed genre auteur who has shooters on Film Twitter: M. Night Shyamalan has been all these things and more. We’ve ranked his work from least to…

How to Use Windows’ New ‘Quick Machine Recovery’ Tool

If you’ve installed the big Windows 11 update that Microsoft pushed out in August (which also includes the new Black Screen of Death), you’ll notice a brand new entry in Settings: Quick Machine Recovery (QMR), under System > Recovery. It’s…

This TransUnion Data Breach Affected 4.4 Million Consumers

One of the three major U.S. consumer credit bureaus has been breached, leaving the data of more than 4.4 million people exposed to hackers. TransUnion, which maintains credit information on 200 million consumers in the United States and shares that…

That Phone Call From Google Is Probably a Scam

You probably know by now not to pick up or respond to the barrage of communication from numbers you don’t recognize—this gets easier as smartphones roll out more robust scam detection and spam prevention features. But you are less likely…

This Eight-Piece Ring Home Security Bundle Is $275 for Labor Day

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Labor Day sales are here, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking…

Your September Horoscope Is Here — It’s Time For You To Heal

Cosmic beings, eclipse season is upon us, and September starts off with flashes of intuitive insight. We open the month with Saturn retrograde shifting back into Pisces on September 1st at 4:06 a.m. EST. Saturn, the Planet of Responsibility, has…

A Week In Dallas On A $290,000 Joint Income

Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar.Today: a part-time chief of staff…