Facebook is fizzing with fireworks fun this NYE.
From Sydney to San Francisco, New Year’s Eve always goes off around the world with the whizzes, pops and bangs of fireworks. This year, Facebook is joining in with a display of its own.
Whenever Facebook users post, comment or tap on a New Year’s Eve trigger phrase — “Happy New Year” being the prime example — a fireworks animation will burst across their screen.
If your New Year’s resolution is to be more brave and bold, you might also want to take advantage of the dedicated masks available through Facebook Live. You can broadcast your celebrations, reflections and resolutions to all of your followers wearing a pair of 2017 glasses or surrounded by partying emojis.
Facebook has increasingly been releasing dedicated holiday stickers, masks and emojis to celebrate special occasions, both to compete with rival social networks like Snapchat and in response to user activity. According to Facebook, users post 70 percent more on New Year’s Eve than at any other time of year.
Last year, 182 million used the service to wish friends and loved ones a happy new year and posted 370 million photos and videos, which generated a total of 3 billion interactions. If the same is true this year, a significant number of users will see fireworks exploding across their screens.
Fireworks might be new to Facebook, but cast your mind back to the days when the computer user’s procrastination tool of choice was Microsoft’s pre-loaded game Solitaire and you might remember a victory was also marked with celebratory puffs of colorful sparks. It’s a 2017 take on a 1990 old favorite.
Facebook also has a New Year’s message for you, which will appear at the top of your screen. “A new year reveals new possibilities,” it will say. “We’re hoping 2017 brings you good times with great friends. “

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If your laptop is running hot, or you just want to elevate it a little a bit, grab a couple of forks.
This video from the MAD Science Hacks shows you all you need to know. Lay out two forks—prong side down—and make sure the distance between them is about the width of your laptop. Gently rest your laptop on top of them and you’re all set. I tried it out myself and it actually works pretty well. It’s not the most elegant solution, and not ideal for long term use, but it’s one of the easiest DIY options out there when you’re in a pinch. Just don’t try it on your lap.
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At the end of every year, we take a look back at our most popular posts to reminisce (and to help you catch any stuff you might have missed). Here’s one last look at our best posts in 2016.
Step-by-step guides are our bread and butter here at Lifehacker, and you seem to enjoy reading them as much as we enjoy writing them. From start to finish, here are the best how-to guides we published in 2016.
Food is pretty important. Whether you consider yourself a “foodie” or not, you’ve gotta eat, and everyone can use tips on how to eat and cook better, faster, and more healthfully. Here are some of our most popular food hacks from 2016.
Whether you’re building your own computer or making repairs on your house, the do it yourself attitude is always prevalent here at Lifehacker. Here are the best DIY guides, projects, and ideas we posted in 2016.
Money management isn’t easy, but we do our best to break it down for you. Here are some of our best personal finance guides, primers, and explainers of 2016.
Health and fitness are pretty important topics. And you seem to think so, too. From learning how to craft your own bodyweight workout, to how little sleep you can get away with, to what it takes to fake a fitness ‘before and after’ photo, these are our most popular health and fitness posts of 2016.
Windows 10 celebrated its first year with the aptly-named Anniversary update this year. The free upgrade also finally ran out. Here are our biggest Windows posts from 2016.
This year, Apple gave Mac users an updated operating system and a new naming scheme with macOS Sierra, but our best Mac posts run through a gamut of topics. Here are some of our best Mac posts from the year.
There was a wide variety of topics to expound on this year. We caught Pokémon on the street, learned how to caucus and vote, calibrated our new HDR TVs, and took some smart drugs. Here are the best explainers of 2016.
We’re always finding ingenious workarounds to life’s problems, big or small. This year we treated pool noodles as all-purpose cushions, removed and saved wine corks, got the most out of a burner phone, and used a simple test to see if the power went out.
Often, the best way to approach self-improvement is to look to those you admire and seek out advice. That’s why we regularly feature interesting and accomplished people to share their favorite work habits, tools, and tips for staying productive. Here are our most popular interviews of 2016.
Each week we take a peek inside the bags, briefcases, and backpacks of others. Let’s take a look back at some of this years most popular satchels.
Every week, we highlight awesome workstations, battlestations, office spaces, and other tech’d out spots where people work, play, relax, and get stuff done. Here’s a look back at your favorites from the past year.
Every week, we feature customized desktops submitted by readers that show off beautiful wallpapers, great customization, and UI tweaks. Sometimes they’re fun, sometimes they’re functional, and sometimes they’re both, but 2016 was a great year for them. Here’s a look at your favorites.
This year, we started a new Lifehacker tradition, featuring a playlist every week. It’s been a much-needed musical journey in 2016. Here’s a look back at the best featured playlists we’ve shared over the year.
All year we’ve thrown turn-by-turn navigation tools, note-taking apps, file syncing software, and Google phones into the ring to see who would emerge victorious. Our Sunday Showdowns have been chock-full of fierce battles, but these were the most popular.
2016 was an exciting year for Android fans. Google released Android Nougat which finally added split-screen mode, a pair of brand new Pixel phones hit the streets, and did we mention Pokémon Go came out? Here are our biggest posts and downloads for Android this year.
2016 brought us a new iPhone and a new operating system with iOS 10, but the clear winner of the year was Pokémon Go. There was really something for every iOS user this year. Here are our biggest posts and downloads for iOS.
To add some perspective to our usual offerings we often work with writers and publishing partners to feature voices outside our own staff. Here are some of the most popular articles by guest writers, covering everything from personal finance to psychology and more.
We do a lot of how-tos and explainers around here, but sometimes we just need to get a rant off our chest or explain some things from hard-earned personal experience. These are our best essays, rants, and features from 2016.
Every weekend we round up our best guides and posts on a specific subject, from working better to upgrading your computer. Here’s a look back at this year’s best. You could say they’re our top 10 top 10s of the year.
Want to catch up on the best posts of past years? See our roundups for 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008 , and 2007 .

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