How-To Geek

Luxury badges look great in the driveway, but they’re usually brutal on your wallet. Depreciation hits hard, and once the warranty’s gone, repair bills can pile up fast enough to make ownership feel like a gamble.

Windows has a lot of random settings that most of us never dig our way to. For some of them, that's actually a good thing, and one of them is "Turn off write-cache buffer flushing."

Modularity was one of the most exciting phone trends of the 2010s. It promised phones that would work like desktop PCs, allowing owners to upgrade individual components, add new functionalities, and replace broken parts with ease, improving longevity and ushering in a new, sustainable smartphone era.

There's no denying that Android modding isn't as big as it used to be. However, GrapheneOS is one of the most popular modern ROMs today, and it's only available for Pixel devices. That will soon finally change thanks to a new partnership with Motorola.

Home Assistant allows you to assign your own custom labels to areas, devices, entities, automations, and more. While they're a useful organizational tool, there are plenty of clever ways that you can use Home Assistant labels to do much more.

UniFi has just revealed its new indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi access point, the U7 Mesh. It could be a great option for extending your network across yards and other large outdoor areas, though it has at least one glaring omission.

Do you have a NAS that you hate the operating system on? It actually might be easier then you think to replace the stock OS with whatever modern option you prefer.

For years, German luxury brands have been synonymous with engineering excellence and driving prestige. Names like BMW and Mercedes-Benz have dominated the premium market by blending performance with advanced technology. But as vehicles grow more complex, long-term dependability has become a growing concern, and recent reliability rankings suggest a surprising shift in leadership.

Every day, parts of the web are disappearing. Content that isn't taken down is being edited and paywalled. What can you do about it? You can install this open source server and browser extension, which is what I did.

You've finalized your Excel spreadsheet and want to visualize your numbers. A pie chart is a tempting option: it takes 20 seconds to create and makes you look sophisticated. However, it often causes more confusion than it solves. To truly impress your coworkers and make your data pop, ditch the circle and build a bar chart that updates itself.

Apple is kicking off its week of announcements with the iPhone 17e, the company’s latest budget iPhone, and an M4 version of the iPad Air. Both devices will be available for pre-order later this week.

Multi-color or multi-material 3D printing involves combining different spools of filament into a single print. Though it’s easier than ever before, the practice comes with a hefty drawback and some other things to keep in mind.

When I found out my neighbor’s apartment had been broken into shortly after I moved into my new rental, I knew I wanted some way to keep an eye on my place and get notified if motion is detected. At the same time, I also wanted an easy way to check in on my cat while I’m not home.

Do you feel like Ubuntu is holding you back, but switching feels too risky? What if a "niche" distro could give you more power and better stability? Well, here’s how switching to a less popular alternative helped me find my forever distro.

One of the best advantages when it comes to desktop PCs is the ability to reuse parts from your previous build in your new system, but it can also be a trap that ends up costing you extra time and money that could have been avoided if you'd used a new replacement part from the get-go.

I've installed smart switches to control my indoor lights, but as much as I appreciate what this has done for my home, I'm starting to feel that smart lighting is even more useful when I take it outdoors.

Are you shopping for your first NAS? I made a lot of mistakes when I bought my first networked storage system, and I still regret some of the decisions to this day. Here are five ways I messed up, and how you can avoid making the same mistakes I did.

Your phone's storage is bound to get depleted over time. We often blame it on photos and videos, but apps use a lot of storage, too. There are, however, some apps that use much more storage than others. Here are 5 to keep an eye on.

I do almost all my computer on Linux devices these days, and I don't manage that without a lot of useful Linux software. One of my favorite formats for Linux software is AppImages, and these are the ones I always keep on-hand.

Fast solid-state drives have effectively replaced hard drives as the main storage devices on our computers. However, the hard drive itself still has a lot going for it where SSDs fall short. This means that not only are hard drive still common today, but that development of them has been ongoing.