How-To Geek

For years, the Amazon Fire TV Stick has been almost singularly defined by how well it streams video. Whether you're catching up on the latest Netflix original, binge-watching Amazon Prime Video, or tuning into live sports, Amazon sells many sticks just to let you stream content.

Outlook has a lot of cool features that you can check out for your own email client. One of them comes in the form of a surprisingly powerful automation tool that can greatly save you time.

Got a pile of old filament spools taking up too much space? Before you throw them away, you might want to consider how you can upcycle them so that they don’t go to waste. Here are some ideas.

The impact of halo vehicles on the automotive industry is complex. They generate a lot of buzz for the automaker and can be important marketing tools, serving as a way to get people to walk through the showroom doors. These are the low-volume, high-cost, technology-packed machines that influencers fight to get their hands on to drive more traffic to their channels. Think of machines like the Bugatti Mistral, McLaren W1, and Mercedes-AMG One.

I tried Waze for the first time back in 2016 during a cross-country road trip, and it saved me from sitting on a shut-down highway for 3 hours because of a major accident. It's not just a map and navigation app, but an invaluable tool that'll get you from point A to B as quickly as possible, avoiding traffic, police, and accidents. I don't plan on ever switching back to Google Maps.

Spring means it’s time for some spring-cleaning, but throwing out old junk cluttering your workspace is only part of the solution. If you work without the right ergonomics, no amount of dusting will put a “spring” back in your step.

Reliable internet is one of those things we've come to depend on day in and day out for work and leisure, but it seems like half the time I'm traveling the Wi-Fi is a pain. There aren't any perfect solutions, but a travel router has made my life much easier, and it is only the size of a small portable battery.

Preserving privacy is one of the primary reasons that many turn to open-source software. Unfortunately, publicly available source code hasn’t stopped some apps from breaking their users’ trust. Here are some of the most high-profile worst offenses.

An SSD is probably not the first component you think to liquid cool. But you'd be surprised by how many times people have actually been forced to do so.

Energy prices continue to rise, with bills having increased for most of us in recent years. Using less energy can save you a significant amount of money, and your smart home can help you to do it.

By using Linux, you're opening yourself up to a variety of different filesystems, each of them good at their very own thing. One of them is ZFS—and it's a dream for long-term data storage.

Nowadays, even bargain-bin TVs come with a bunch of HDMI ports. While the HDMI ports look the same, there's a good chance they are from different generations, thus packing separate capabilities. While plugging your devices into an older HDMI port won't be the end of the world, you might miss out on some pretty important features.

We hear it all the time: “AI will make your life so much easier!” Every once in a while, a feature comes along that actually does it. Gemini on Pixel phones recently gained the ability to tap and swipe your screen like a person, and it's the start of something that could be big.

I've never been satisfied with the media player built into Windows, so I went searching for a replacement. After sifting through an enormous number of free media players on the web, and testing more than a dozen, I finally found one that ticked all of my boxes.

In its quest to build a range of universal smart home devices, IKEA has replaced its Zigbee lineup with one that uses Matter over Thread. On paper, this makes a lot of sense. In practice, the vision has yet to be realized.

Linux is unique compared to other operating systems in that you're expected to have at least basic knowledge of the OS' command line. You can do pretty much everything from the command line, and oftentimes, it might be even easier than juggling through the GUI.

The generative AI models powering ChatGPT, Copilot Gemini, and other assistants were created with mountains of training data. Now, Microsoft will start using interactions with GitHub Copilot as another source of that information, unless you specifically opt out of the collection.

NVMe SSD prices have gone to the moon, so it's more important than ever to protect your expensive investment. The 2TB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe I grabbed for $100 is now literally triple the price. Lately, I've been wondering if the stock NVMe heatsink that came with my motherboard is good enough to protect the drive from its worst enemy—heat. So, I ran some tests to find out.

Netflix, a streaming platform that has been around for many years, has a plethora of movies to watch. Whether original movies that make the subscription worth it or box office hits now on streaming, there are plenty of choices.

There’s no denying that people love big phones. Android already does a pretty good job of putting all the screen real estate to good use, but there’s a hidden setting that can unlock some special abilities that are typically reserved for even bigger devices.