How-To Geek

For years, buying an affordable electric SUV meant accepting one major compromise: limited driving range. That's no longer the case. Advances in battery technology and growing competition have made it possible to get well over 300 miles on a charge without spending luxury-car money.

A direct Ethernet line should be faster than a Wi-Fi connection. That's what I thought at least. Downloads were taking forever. Web pages were slow to load. Sometimes, the reason can be a handful of network adapter settings that affect how your PC handles its wired connection.

Android has come to dominate the global smartphone marketplace, and a large part of why this has happened is thanks to its open-source nature. Any phone maker can put Android on its phones with no licensing fees, and its adoption has also spawned a massive app ecosystem, so unless you're a trillion-dollar company like Apple, going a different way isn't sensible.

Why carry both a phone and a laptop if one device could do both? A Redditor has built a DIY "laptop" shell that is fully 3D printed, complete with a folding keyboard, a hideaway mouse, a massive battery, and a shoulder strap. It doesn’t have a processor of its own—instead, it uses a Pixel 9 running on GrapheneOS as the engine.

Are you just using your home server as if it was a spare desktop? If so, you're using it wrong. Your home server is capable of so much more, so here are three things to help you change how you think about your home server.

As numerous miniseries have shown us, not all powerful crime stories require multiple seasons. The most impactful ones are presented as sharp and focused, with their destination apparent from the get-go. This is where crime miniseries really stand out. They dive directly into the heart of the story, the drama, and the repercussions that follow, and we can't look away.

One thing Linux fans have always loved to tout over Windows was its security. While Windows has had lots of high-profile security breaches, Linux has also had its share of malware attacks, putting the belief that it's more secure than Windows in question.

Are you looking for some fun homelab projects to tackle this weekend? Today, I'm going to show you the pros of setting up a notification server, homelab inventory platform, and even a way to organize your kitchen and pantry.

Reminders. Screen time limits. Grayscale mode. You’ve heard about these common techniques to use your phone less often. The problem is they’re easy to ignore. Sometimes, a bit more force is needed. So, I made my phone a bully.

I wasn't a fan of wasting money on the most expensive SSDs even before the whole NAND shortage, but now? No, thank you. Now's not the time to buy a new drive.

The Acura TLX Type S is officially gone. Production ended in 2025, there's no replacement coming, and one of the most overlooked sports sedans of the last few years is quietly disappearing from dealer lots.

Are you tired of spending money on Dropbox every month when you have a perfectly good NAS sitting at home? Or, maybe you're just tired of Dropbox being able to see all your data whenever you upload something. Regardless of why you want to leave Dropbox, here are four self-hosted replacements that are completely free and keep your data private.

The oldest, best-kept record I have in my modest vinyl collection is a pressing of The Beatles’ Help! soundtrack from 1965 that was among the hundreds that my vinyl-nerd mom left me (thanks, Mom). While most of them are well-played, dinged-up, unplayable dinner plates, many of them, like the near-perfect Help!, miraculously still sound gorgeous and will for many years to come.

If you’re not a professional 3D designer, then creating custom 3D miniatures or models can be quite a task. Instead of hiring someone to design them for you or learning CAD yourself, Hi3D’s all-in-one AI 3D maker platform (free trial available) is a fantastic solution. It offers unique features that generate 3D models more simply and faster than ever before — especially for beginners.

Those Raspberry Pis you have sitting in a drawer aren't doing you any good there. That's why I have three fun and simple Raspberry Pi projects for you to try this weekend.

Samsung and Google make some of the best Android phones, but if you're planning your next big getaway, you'll want to pack a Galaxy phone over a Pixel. Ditch airport anxiety with solid battery life, take stunning photos, stop shoulder surfers, turn your phone into a portable PC, or build a full travel itinerary in Samsung Wallet.

Notifications are one of the most powerful smart home features, but they don’t necessarily have to clog up your phone. Sometimes, you just want an alert you can hear.

If your Wi-Fi works fine in some parts of the house but feels downright miserable in others, you're probably dealing with Wi-Fi dead zones. And yes, they can still be a thing even right next to your router under the wrong circumstances.

The Awesome Home Assistant list has a huge selection of some of the most useful custom integrations for Home Assistant. Each integration includes its GitHub star count, and these are some of the most popular integrations according to the people who actually use them.

Similar to how you can download Netflix shows on your phone before a flight, the same capabilities are possible on HBO Max. Before you board your next flight, head into the HBO Max app on your phone and tap the download button beside the movie or episode description. Download these shows before hopping on the plane to ensure you can watch them offline without having to worry about streaming at 30,000 feet.