How-To Geek

Android devices, iPhones, iPads, and many websites might have the latest emoji, but Windows 11 still hasn't caught up. Thankfully, that might finally change soon, as Microsoft is once again testing Emoji 16.0 support.

The days of ChatGPT being an ad-free experience are coming to an end. OpenAI is starting to roll out advertisements to free ChatGPT accounts, and people on the cheaper Go subscription plan will also see them.

Looking for a good movie or three to watch this week? I've learned to underestimate Paramount+ when it comes to its library of movies, with the massive studio having so many in its catalog. Combine that with the ones it licenses, and you get quite the dilemma—what to watch.

Netflix's new crop of movies for February has come with a handful of must-see gems to make your work week sail by a bit smoother, so let's get right to it, shall we?

If your vehicle was manufactured from about 2016 onward, it might have a built-in Wi-Fi hotspot. Around that time, automakers started embedding Wi-Fi hotspots in their vehicles and offering trial subscriptions after purchase, similar to how they do with SiriusXM. Manufacturers like Chevrolet were among the first to heavily promote “4G LTE connectivity,” especially across its Silverado lineup, where new owners could connect up to seven devices.

Last month, YouTube TV announced that cheaper “genre-specific” packages would be coming soon. However, it didn’t share the pricing or any information about the actual channel bundles. The first batch of packages has finally been revealed, and they might not be as cheap as you expected.

It wasn't long ago where the phrase "integrated GPU" would evoke a rolling of the eyes and flashbacks to performance levels that struggled to even power dragging a windows across the screen. However, if you haven't been paying attention, you might have missed that iGPUs have been improving by leaps and bounds.

The glory days of SATA SSDs are well and truly gone by now. These drives, stuck between an HDD and a much faster NVMe SSD, don't have much to offer that the other two don't cover.

Self-hosting is becoming more popular by the day. If your friends have finally convinced you to get a NAS (they’re good friends, by the way), maybe it’s time to take the plunge.

The messaging app Discord says it will start requiring people to verify their age with identity documents, face scans, even in regions where age checking is not legally required. The change is planned for next month.

DeWalt is known for its bright yellow drills, high-torque impact drivers, and powerful reciprocating saws, the heavy-duty gear essential for construction and carpentry. However, just focusing on its core power tools means you're missing out on where the brand has expanded.

If you’ve noticed a Wi-Fi signal blind spot in a corner of your home, you’ve probably thought about buying a Wi-Fi repeater to fix it. But did you know that the old Android phone sitting in your drawer could actually help bridge the gap? It’s a super-easy way to extend connectivity without spending a cent.

You might think that SSDs are the perfect storage solution. They’re lightweight, compact, and offer blazing-fast read and write speeds. I do think they’re the perfect storage solution for everything but one use case. Here’s where traditional hard drives still reign supreme.

Having the right tools for the job can make all the difference in the world. But eventually, you'll have to deal with an odd angle or a tight space that slows you down. Not to mention having to stop, find another tool, swap the battery, and start again. That's where the weird Milwaukee Installation Driver comes to save the day.

LineageOS is a popular custom Android distribution, allowing many phones and tablets (even ancient ones) to run a clean version of Android with optional Google services. Now, LineageOS 23.2 has arrived with a fresh new design and updated applications.

If you were around in the late 90s and early 2000s, you remember how technology seemed to be getting smaller and smaller. Eventually, we expected cassette and CD players to be as small as the media themselves–but that didn't happen.

Storage costs more now than it has in several years, and if you're short on space, you don't want apps eating up space without you noticing. Here are some apps that can use a ton of space in the background without telling you.

I had never been big on maintaining backups until an update recently broke my CachyOS setup. The computer was bricked, and I had no way to recover the OS or my data. Since then, I've made it a strict rule for myself to maintain regular backups of my Linux systems. Here's how you can do it too.

With the Microsoft 365 suite being such a comprehensive collection of complex programs, sometimes it's easy to miss some of the handiest tricks. I've brought together a few that I find the most useful, and hopefully, they'll make your Microsoft 365 experience more secure, efficient, and enjoyable.

I currently own a 1TB iPhone 14 Pro, and even at the time I bought it I thought to myself "this is stupid", but because of circumstances it was the only option, and so now I have been living with this massive phone storage for about three years.