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Honda has built its reputation on more than just reliable engines and fun-to-drive cars. Some of its smartest engineering has gone into making everyday vehicles feel far roomier and more practical than their size suggests.

I like to give Windows a lot of grief when it deserves it, but when it comes to File Explorer, even with some questionable changes to it, it's still a powerful application. Even though I'm mainly a macOS user these days, File Explorer is the better app compared to Apple's Finder if you ask me.

Some smart home automations are simple but effective. When I walk into my home office, the lights will turn on, and when I leave, they turn off again. While I have plenty of functional automations like this, there are also some slightly weird ones that I use on a daily basis.

Milwaukee is one of the most popular power tool brands on the market, and you'll be happy with just about anything you buy. The company delivers powerful tools with a solid reputation, often at a higher cost than many competitors. With that in mind, here are some expensive Milwaukee tools worth saving up for.

An SSD is obviously a lot faster than an HDD, but there are ways to absolutely fry its performance without meaning to. Worse yet, some of these are things many of us are guilty of doing, and some are invisible -- you won't know it's happening until you dig deeper.

Roku has been making streaming players since 2008, so some of the earliest models are almost two decades old. While many of these devices still work perfectly well, some older models are not supported by Roku anymore. It's worth checking if your faithful streaming device is due for retirement.

A handful of early Android apps had a hold on the community that we don’t see anymore. They brought powerful features to the platform that weren’t built-in, but things change. Pushbullet is a classic Android app that went from indispensable to invisible.

Android is based on Linux, but that doesn't mean the two are the same. If you want to use desktop Linux apps on your Android phone, you have to jump through a few hoops. Fortunately, it isn't impossible, and it's getting easier by the day.

Single Board Computers (SBCs) like the Raspberry Pi and 3D printing technology go together like peanut butter and jelly, and the cost of entry into the world of 3D printers is lower than ever. You can buy a basic 3D printer for as much as a high-end Raspberry Pi, but if you haven't yet made this particular connection, there are more than a few good reasons to take the 3D printer plunge.

Most programming languages exist to be used. They want to be readable, fast, deployable, and friendly enough that someone will actually choose them at work, like Python. However, there are a handful that never had that problem because they were never trying to be useful, just interesting.

All eyes will be on Paramount+ in July for several good reasons, chief among them the highly-anticipated return of Season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the emotional end to The Chi at the end of the month, and who could forget the controversial return of Conor McGregor to the UFC, who takes on Max Holloway on June 11.

The Linux command line can seem impenetrable, with arcane instructions and a focus on text interfaces. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources and tools to help you get started.

And we're off with July, and Netflix isn't making it easy for U.S. subscribers to choose, with a solid lineup of movies on the way for the month. If you've been too preoccupied with the holiday weekend fun, then you might have missed that there's a new Enola Holmes movie now streaming, and the July 1st movie dump is now there for the taking, stuffed with more classics than any reasonable person has evenings for.

Are you concerned about your digital footprint? Does it bother you that anyone listening can observe which websites you visit? Most people don't know what DNS is or how much information it leaks. I'll share with you what the problem is and how to fortify yourself against snoopers.

I've used a lot of browsers in my time, going back as far as Mosaic and Netscape Navigator. For a long time, I've been using Brave as my daily driver, but I've reached the point where it's time to move on. I'm switching to a different open-source option instead.

Samsung Galaxy phones, like all other Android phones, come with a regular one-handed mode. It works, but it only goes so far. While it can help you use your phone with one hand, it's fairly limited and doesn't offer any extra features.

Buying a brand-new economy car is usually the sensible choice, but it isn't always the most rewarding one. Thanks to steep depreciation, the used market is full of luxury performance cars that cost no more than a new compact commuter, offering far more character for the same monthly payment.

Need to nudge text or numbers across an Excel cell? The quickest solution might seem to be tapping the spacebar a few times until everything looks aligned. I used to do exactly that. Unfortunately, it usually comes back to haunt you the next time you resize a column, change the font, or print the sheet.

I'll be honest, I didn't expect to be writing anything positive about DDR3 RAM in 2026, but the RAM market had other plans. With DDR4 and DDR5 kits selling for out-of-this-world prices, buying DDR3 is suddenly a smart buy again.

Original movies are dominating Netflix's current top 10. Enola Holmes 3, the third adventure movie in Netflix's detective franchise, occupies the top spot, while Little Brother, a comedy starring John Cena and Eric André, is No. 2. Both movies are satisfying options, but if you're looking for more thrillers, we've got you covered.