How-To Geek

Everyone knows devices use more battery when screens are on—pushing pixels on a high-resolution display isn’t easy. But what if I told you enabling the always-on display on a Samsung Galaxy Watch could bring better battery life? Sounds wrong, but it’s true.

While the Western genre and its archetypes epitomize an iconic era in American history, most movies are generally just works of fiction. And while they make for great movies, it’s always those that are inspired by or at least nominally depict true stories that draw the most attention.

There are now more than a dozen Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) SUVs available for sale, with nearly every mainstream automaker offering at least one. Models like the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, Hyundai Tucson, and Mazda CX-70 are popular options. My personal favorite is the Lamborghini Urus SE, though its price tag is higher than the Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, and Mazda combined!

Kevin Hart is known for cracking jokes about his peers onstage. Now, the tables are turned, as Hart will be in the hot seat for The Roast of Kevin Hart, which streams live tonight on Netflix at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The roast will take place at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.

The Linux terminal is a powerful way to run programs on your computer from the command line. Using scripts, you can easily repeat common tasks, even using complex programming logic.

AI is already working its way into the average office worker's day, whether that means cleaning up emails, organizing notes, explaining confusing language, or making a giant document less painful to deal with. And with so many AI tools and subscription tiers out there, the real question isn't whether AI can summarize something. It's whether the summary is good enough to trust.

You can improve many items with 3D printed upgrades, but things don’t always fit perfectly the first time around. It’s frustrating to spend time and money waiting for an object to print, only to find out it was all for naught and you have to start again.

Buying a sports car usually means accepting one painful reality: depreciation. Most performance cars lose value quickly, especially once newer and faster models arrive. While practical cars like the Toyota Corolla are famous for holding their value well, enthusiast cars typically sit on the opposite end of the spectrum.

When Volvo launched the first-generation XC90 at the 2002 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, it was, as the Scandinavian automaker described it, the most flexible vehicle they had ever designed. While its contemporaries were often truck-based and arguably cumbersome, the XC90 rode on a car-based platform that felt like a sedan (one of the tag lines was “drives like a car, but loads like a wagon”).

You can program without programming tools, and integrated development environments (IDEs) are popular among developers. I take a different approach. I treat my Linux system, with its array of programming tools, as an IDE in itself.

I've been using Google Messages since it launched in 2014 and replaced the old Android messaging app. Despite having it on my phone for so long, it took me a while to discover everything it could do. I missed these features for a long time, and if you're only using the app for basic messaging, you might have too.

Everyone in tech has heard of the 3-2-1 backup rule. It's the kind of advice that gets repeated so often it starts to feel like background noise, the digital equivalent of "eat your vegetables." It's simple, it works, and it has saved countless people from catastrophic data loss.

I'm mostly a Roku and media PC user, so my Fire TV sticks aren't my primary setup. Still, I've got two Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max devices in the house, and after digging into what my Roku boxes were collecting, it felt worth taking a closer look at what Amazon was doing on its side.

People think of Motorola phones as having clean, minimal software similar to Google’s, but there’s more than meets the eye. You’ll find a surprising number of gestures exclusive to Motorola phones, and they’re very useful.

NAS units are great. They're small, energy-efficient, and easy to get running right out of the box. If the only thing you want is a backup solution for your files, and you're not picky about cost, they're a good option. However, if you want a real homelab, you're much better off picking up some secondhand components instead—your machine will be more powerful, and you'll learn more in the process.

When you had to wait for a mechanical hard drive to load your operating system and applications, fast start-up made sense. Today, however, Fast Start-up isn't worth the trouble. I've seen it cause all sorts of strange problems that were difficult to narrow down.

Walk into any showroom today, sit inside any car, and you are likely greeted by a massive glass touchscreen—or two, or even three. It doesn’t matter if you’re looking at an EV, a hybrid, or a traditional internal combustion vehicle: touchscreens have taken over.

Most people open Notion, create a few pages to jot down notes, feel good about it—and never go any further. I did the same for longer than I’d like to admit. However, you aren’t really using Notion unless you’re using databases—that’s when you truly see what the app is capable of. This piece walks you through what databases are, how they work, and the system I built around them that genuinely changed my workflow.

I've always loved messing around with smart home tech and have a lot of it in my home. However, if I could go back in time, there's one decision that I made early on that I would do differently.

Did you know that Amazon Prime Video has the second most subscribers among streaming services? Prime Video has more than 200 million subscribers, which is second to Netflix's 325 million. Prime Video might not have as many prestige plays compared to HBO Max and Hulu, but it does have its fair share of hits. The two that instantly come to mind are The Boys and Reacher, two action series that have dominated Prime Video’s streaming charts.