How-To Geek

Thea Sharrock understands that she can't make everyone laugh in Ladies First, a new Netflix movie starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike. Sharrock's rationale makes perfect sense: Everyone's humor is different. That's why the timing and delivery of the jokes are of the utmost importance. If you're off by even a minute, the comedy doesn't work.

Waymo's recent crop of safety issues have led it to halt service in another city. The Alphabet-owned company has temporarily shut down service in Atlanta after one of its robotaxis drove into a flooded intersection.

Not long ago, buying a new car followed a somewhat predictable path. Do online research, pick a trim level, choose your options, go for a test drive, and sign the paperwork. Once you pull away from the dealership, everything on that window sticker is yours. Heated seats worked. Remote start worked. The features and packages you paid for were yours for as long as you owned the vehicle.

One of Prime Video's most popular shows is forgoing a new season in favor of a movie. Instead ofseason 5, Prime Video has opted to continue John Krasinski's run as Jack Ryan in a movie, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War. While many fans, including myself, would have preferred another season of television, having Jack Ryan in a movie is better than not having the character at all.

Affordable compact cars often force buyers to compromise somewhere, whether it’s reliability, driving enjoyment, interior quality, or efficiency. That’s what makes the Honda Civic such a standout in 2026. Few cars at this price point manage to balance all the things that matter quite as well, combining strong fuel economy, impressive reliability, sharp handling, and a surprisingly refined cabin in one affordable package.

Your phone already uses its sensors more than you probably think. They count your steps, point maps in the right direction, adjust screen brightness, detect motion, and rotate the display when you turn the phone sideways. Phyphox is an open-source app that lets you use those sensors directly, so you can explore the world around you instead of only seeing the features they power.

Spotify is rolling out a new initiative on its platform that will make it simpler to get concert tickets in the U.S. The streaming platform has introduced Reserved, a way for Spotify Premium subscribers in the U.S. to get concert tickets without having to queue up in a race against others to get their hands on a ticket.

The American car market moves fast, and even huge nameplates can disappear almost overnight. Sedans like the Ford Fusion used to be everywhere, but the SUV boom pushed a lot of longtime favorites completely out of the conversation.

Spotify has used its 2026 Investor Day to introduce new features, including a desktop app built around AI. The company's new Studio by Spotify Labs is effectively a NotebookLM for audio that integrates the streaming service into your daily routine.

With a new Star Wars movie day approaching, The Mandalorian and Grogu is the perfect time to dive into the Galaxy Far, Far Away. Even with 11 movies, 7 live-action Disney+ shows, and numerous animated titles, there are plenty of adventures to be found off-screen. And across its 49-year history, the franchise's best stories have sometimes not been found on screen but in the pages of its comic book offerings.

What are book-style foldables good for? The answer is right there in the name! It's time Samsung, the company that mainstreamed this type of phone, used that expertise to go after the Kindle head-on.

When Nvidia announced that it'd be letting older GPUs gain access to DLSS 4, all eyes were on AMD to do the same. Previously, both GPU makers locked their most precious AI-driven frame generation and upscaling tech behind a paywall of sorts: you had to own a GPU from the latest generation in order to try them out.

As spring draws to a close and summer weather arrives, now is the perfect time to start DIY house or car projects. If you need some new power tools or battery packs, you'll be happy to hear that Home Depot's huge buy-one-get-one deal is back, along with several Memorial Day deals you don't want to miss.

It's that time of the week again, so let's dive into three more fun homelab projects to try this weekend! Today, I'll be talking about setting up a home energy usage monitoring system, a private Pastebin alternative, and a retro LAN party box!

A Wi-Fi router works best when it’s placed in a high, central spot in your home. Unfortunately, reality and pre-existing cabling often dictate where it ends up, leaving it stuck in corners or behind obstacles where coverage suffers.

Many Android fans will tell you that the signature requirement for apps outside the Google Play Store, even with the 24-hour sideloading exemption, represents the latest betrayal of the platform's open-source philosophy. You're supposed to have full control over what software you install and when, unlike the more closed-off iPhone experience, where Apple usually has the final say.

Google has announced a successor to the Chromebook, introducing a class of computer that merge together Android and Chrome OS, with a thick layer of Gemini on top. The first Googlebook, titled simply the Googlebook, is an attractive showpiece of a laptop—but I wouldn't feel comfortable buying one.

I used to be a Synology die-hard fan, but that's recently changed. While I think Synology still makes a solid NAS, they're no longer the best option around, and my favorite NAS brand might just surprise you.

As someone who has grown up watching Pixar and witnessed the evolution of animation, there have been many times where I think I’m watching the company's peak, as in "This is the best movie I’ve ever seen." Often, when it comes to Pixar, I’ve noticed many people believe the earliest portion of its life, in the 2000s, was when it peaked, but I’m here to say that’s false.