How-To Geek

I take no pleasure in relaying negative experiences with ambitious products like the KIWI Design K4 Duo. The stagnant Meta Quest 3/3S strap market needs to see innovations like the Duo’s built-in headphones, but that same feature has multiple fatal flaws that counteract its positive qualities.

OnePlus has officially released the smaller 43mm OnePlus Watch 3 in the United States, alongside the OnePlus Buds 4. If you want to grab either of them, there's a launch discount until the end of July.

Walmart's Onn 4K Pro streaming device launched last year as a combination Nest speaker and Google TV streaming box. At only $50, it was already a great deal, but it just hit a price that makes it even harder to ignore.

We’re already a month into the official summer season, and there’s so much to watch but never enough time. That’s why, this week, I bring you a list of watchables with a dash of legendary history, a police procedural, some silliness, and a sprinkle of horror, since we are, you know, crawling towards the spooky season.

Unraid has several features that make it a “love it or hate it” operating system. I’m not sure which side you fall on there, but I absolutely love it. However, I realize that Unraid might not be the best choice for all homelab storage servers.

I’ve gone through a lot of PC gaming gear to find the perfect accessories for my desk. With all the upgrades that I’ve done over the past decade, only five upgrades really stand out to me. These are the things that completely changed how I game at my desk (and why I think these upgrades might apply to you, too).

Thunderbird 140, also known by its code name "Eclipse," has officially been released. There's something for everyone this time around, including dark mode reading improvements, easier interface customization, native notifications across all platforms, and much more.

7-Zip, the popular open-source application for compressing files, just received a new update. The new 7-Zip 25.0 release is still the same tool you know and love, but with some helpful performance improvements and bug fixes.

It’s very easy for a smart home setup to feel more complicated than it’s worth. All those individual settings, the convoluted routines, and just the sheer amount of time it takes to get things right. Samsung SmartThings is looking to change that.

Why pay for Adobe Acrobat or risk your data with online editors when excellent open-source PDF tools offer powerful, private alternatives? These PDF editors give you complete control over your documents and are free of cost.

Personally, I love the Fairphone range. It goes against everything that's "normal" in the smartphone ecosystem to put together a repairable, long-lasting phone. Now, an iFixit teardown reveals that the new Fairphone 6 is, indeed, every bit as repairable as you'd expect it to be.

Microsoft has been slowly rewriting its desktop Edge web browser with faster responsiveness. According to the company, most interface elements in the browser now load in under 300ms, making the entire browser feel much snappier overall.

Android users are getting a big update to how they pick and share photos and videos. Google is going to add a much-requested search bar to its Photo Picker, and eventually, a date-based browsing tool will also be released. These changes will make it easier to find specific files to share.

The standard utilities on Linux are boring; have you ever noticed that? Their function is essential, but they're boring. Wouldn't you like to jazz up their outputs with some pretty colors? Or even speed them up? These terminal utilities do that and more.

Do you have one of Google's Pixel phones that somehow keeps missing the alarms you set? If so, you're not alone. It looks like the famous Pixel alarm bug is back and causing all sorts of problems for owners.

Pokémon GO took the world by storm, and seemed to come out of left field, and it's hard to believe that the game has been out for nearly a decade! There are still a huge number of people playing the game today, though, of course, nothing like the game at its peak.

For most of my life, I've used an operating system other than Windows. I'm no fan of Microsoft's platform, but there is one thing it does better than anyone else.

If you want to keep your local files in sync with your Google Drive account, you can use a graphical or command-line method on your Windows 11 PC. I’ll show you how.

If you want a button that quickly closes all your chosen running apps, you’re in luck. Windows 11 lets you make such a button, and I’ll show you how.

When everyone talks about minimalist Linux distros, they start with things like Raspberry Pi OS or a headless Ubuntu server. However, if you're just trying to set up a home theater PC (or other streaming box), you have a much better option.