How-To Geek

Your internet service provider offers its own DNS servers, which help you turn websites like www.howtogeek.com into their respective IP addresses. Your devices use those by default, but you can set your own preferred DNS servers for a bit of improved speed.

Have you finished your holiday shopping? You haven't forgotten about the stocking stuffers, have you? These little gifts will be perfect for the geek in your life.

Intel is the most recent player in the GPU game, releasing its very first batch of budget GPUs in late 2022. Now, the second generation of dedicated cards is here, although it could very well be the last one.

Before the iOS 18 update, the built-in iPhone calculator functioned well as a basic calculator. But if you needed advanced features, you had to download a third-party calculator. Now it's time to uninstall them.

Dolphin now maintains official Flatpak repositories, making it far easier for Linux gamers to install and run the latest versions of the Dolphin emulator.

We live in a time when action-packed, adrenaline-pumping online games are all the rage. With so much hype surrounding those types of games, it's easy to overlook or forget about the more relaxing game categories. One that particularly stands out is the simulation genre.

Apple Intelligence enabled Writing Tools, notification and web page summaries, and an upgraded Siri. These features can be useful but some users might want to disable them and keep using their iPhones as they've been doing for years.

Valve's Steam Link app, which lets you play PC games remotely, is now officially compatible with the Raspberry Pi 5. This update builds on the existing Raspberry Pi Connect software that helps you access Raspberry Pi devices from afar.

By default, Microsoft Edge uses Bing as its default search engine, but if you prefer something else—such as Google or DuckDuckGo—you can easily change it in the Settings menu.

WhatsApp is stopping support for older iPhones and iOS versions starting May 5, 2025. This will mainly affect users with iPhones 5s, 6, and 6 Plus, as these models can only run iOS 12.5.7, which won't work with the latest WhatsApp updates.

Google has updated its software so that Live Photos taken with your iPhone are also transferred as part of the iOS to Android migration.

Engineers at the Raspberry Pi Foundation have made performance upgrades to the Raspberry Pi 5 and, to some degree, the Raspberry Pi 4. The boost comes from adjusted memory settings.

Ever wish you could binge TikToks even on a flight or with zero signal? TikTok’s offline videos feature lets you download TikTok videos to watch anytime, no internet needed. Here’s how to do it.

Even though I stream most of my music on Spotify, I renew my YouTube Music subscription every month. It still has one feature that I can’t get anywhere else.

Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn't—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they're usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we've got you covered.

After starting strong with the original PlayStation Portable, Sony's handheld gaming ambitions have faltered somewhat. Now, with the Switch closing in on the PlayStation 2's sales records, it seems that the gaming giant might be eyeing the portable market once again.

I've seen the sentiment online that computer hardware is just too expensive these days, but is that actually true, or are we just looking at it the wrong way? If you ask me, it's mostly the latter!

You can automate many tasks on your Windows 11 PC using batch files. I’ll explain what a batch file is, how you can create one, and show you some interesting and useful uses of these files.

Next week, AT&T will offer Internet Backup on its latest Fiber gateways. Anyone with AT&T Fiber and an eligible unlimited postpaid wireless plan can join.

Tesla has teased several new features coming soon by way of an annual holiday update to its mobile app for iOS and Android, including a native Apple Watch app.