How-To Geek

Are you still hanging on to an old Samsung Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, or the big Galaxy S21 Ultra? If so, it's finally time to let go, move on, and replace it with something newer. In a move that shouldn't come as a surprise, Samsung has officially discontinued software support for these phones, and they won't receive new updates or security patches moving forward.

Browsers come packed with features that no one thinks twice about using, but one of the most important ones is the password manager. Access to your credit cards, bank accounts, and social media logins are all stored in one place. Rather than trusting them to my browser, I've opted to use BitWarden instead.

You don't need to settle for a network that only works some of the time. US Mobile offers multiple networks to keep you connected wherever you are.

RAID 0 is great, but also dangerous—at least, that's probably what you heard from many tech YouTubers over the past years. And sure, that's true. But it has a place to be.

Big, fast, and packed with luxury, the Audi Q7 is a seven-seat SUV loaded with leather, tech, and style. And somehow, a 2021 model can be had for just $31,350—less than a base Toyota RAV4 LE.

If you’ve recently upgraded to a new PC, the thought of throwing away your old one might weigh heavily on you. Surely there’s a better fate for it, right? As it turns out, there are actually lots of things to do with your old PC.

Before I got my first "modern" smartphone, I was enjoying being a Blackberry user. It gave me unlimited web access and messaging, and of course, that lovely physical keyboard you could write a novel on using your thumbs.

Standard Excel lookups are perfectionists that fail on typos or extra spaces. While you could hack a solution using nested XLOOKUP, TRIM, and LOWER functions, it's brittle and hard to maintain. Power Query fuzzy matching is the smarter, "close enough" way to work.

Microsoft Outlook, which many of us still consider the standard for professional email, has quietly gone through many improvements. The email client is no longer a clunky, static place that constantly requires manual effort. That old idea that you have to jump to a different task manager, calendar app, or communication platform is outdated.

Netflix's release slate for 2026 is full of surprises and new faces, but there are also some returning titles and characters that come with a side of nostalgia. The year is a great one if you're a cinephile, and whether you're looking for a good laugh, cry, or adrenaline pump, the platform has something for every mood.

Amazon Alexa and Google Home are two of the most popular smart home ecosystems. They're simple to set up and use and work fine for basic automations. While these systems have their place, there are multiple ways in which the free and open-source Home Assistant smart home software is better.

For most of my working life, Outlook hasn’t really been optional. It’s been the default, tied to work accounts and expectations, and over time it’s grown heavier. More features, more panels, more badges, and more interruptions, many of them designed to keep email front and center at all times. Instead of helping me manage my email, Outlook started to feel like it was managing my attention, constantly reminding me that there was something new, something unread, or something I should probably deal with right now.

Running your smart home with Home Assistant requires a bit more of a hands-on approach than using a rival system from the likes of Google or Amazon. Sometimes, it’s hard to quantify how well you’re doing, but one third-party integration aims to make that a little easier with a numerical score.

Not every great app costs hundreds of dollars a year in subscription fees. Whether you're looking to edit photos or work with PDFs, here are some of the best free Windows apps available.

LibreOffice is one of the best alternatives to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, and now it's rolling out a major update. LibreOffice 26.2 has arrived with some new features, compatibility improvements with Microsoft Office, and faster performance.

I haven't charged the Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ K980 wireless keyboard once since set-up, and that's the point. While its solar charging is nearly its only special feature, it does what it does well, delivering an excellent typing experience, long-lasting battery life, portability, and multi-device support.

In the United States, approximately 20% of the 42,915 people killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2021 were vulnerable road users, defined as pedestrians, cyclists, and wheelchair users. Contributing factors to the high number include distracted driving and speeding, with school zones among the highest-risk areas.

The weirder a Netflix documentary is, the better. If it's about true crime, those docs tend to become streaming sensations. Just look at the overwhelming success of Making a Murderer and Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer. The same success rate can be said for the crazy-but-true genre, which features unbelievable stories captured on film. The latest hit for the streamer is Secret Mall Apartment.

Netflix's intense and unique extreme climbing extravaganza Skyscraper Live has been a big success for the streamer, attracting a reported 6.2 million views and currently sitting at No. 2 on the Netflix U.S. Top 10. The stakes were high, as the world's most famous free solo climber, Alex Honnold, Spider-Manned his way up the 1,667-foot Taipei 101 skyscraper, one of the world's tallest buildings—no ropes, no safety harness, no nothing.

Solid-state drives, especially NVMe drives, have become ubiquitous in newer builds because of their convenient size, blazing fast transfer speeds, and cost. If you're shopping for a drive, you may be tempted to try and "future-proof" your SSD, but you shouldn't. There are better ways to spend your money.