How-To Geek

There are constantly new, more powerful handheld gaming PCs hitting the market, which means that you're probably going to have an old one around at some point, or that the used market will be flooded with last-gen handhelds.

Earlier this year, ESPN announced a new all-access streaming service to deliver endless sports content to fans. Today, we learned that it'll be included free with several DirecTV bundles. Yes, DirecTV is dishing out free access to ESPN Unlimited in its MySports bundle and other goodies for select customers.

Nobody likes manually signing into websites, which is why autofill has become such an important feature in many browsers. Google Chrome does this really well with the Google Password Manager, but there's always been a bit of a security oversight. That's now been fixed on Android, thankfully.

If you have a Meta Quest 2 or later, then you know that it has a USB-C port. After all, that's how you charge it! However, you might not know that this little port has a few more tricks up its sleeve.

Social media in 2025 is…complicated. It can still be fun and informative, but it takes a lot more effort to get there. There’s engagement bait, tons of ads, and “suggested” content you didn't ask for around every corner. Thankfully, there’s an old internet standard that can cut through the noise.

If you’ve ever opened a command-line window on Windows and wondered which tool you should be using, you’re not alone. Between Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Terminal, knowing when to choose each can make a big difference in how efficiently you work.

Steam might get a lot of praise, but there are a few aspects that definitely needed work. The video player most often used for game trailers has been buggy for years, and now Steam is finally giving it a much-needed overhaul. No more jumping over to YouTube.

As I write this, we're right in the middle of fourth-generation Apple Silicon. The Cupertino house that Steve Jobs built took one of the biggest swings in tech history by pivoting to its own chips, and saying it was a homerun is something of an understatement.

According to the American Medical Association (AMA), about 90 million Americans snore, and around 37 million of them do it regularly. In more serious cases, snoring can take a real toll on your sleep quality. And when your sleep suffers, so does everything else.

Samsung has just launched the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Fold 7, which might be some of the best folding phones at the moment. But if you don't feel like going for a foldy boi just yet, the old reliable Galaxy S25 Ultra is back to one of its lowest-ever prices.

GuliKit is now offering the Elves 2 wireless gamepad. It's an surprisingly high-end controller with an affordable $30 price tag, though it's most notable for its Switch 2 wake-from-sleep functionality, which other third-party gamepads currently lack.

The new Corsair AI Workstation 300 is an AI-optimized ultra-compact workstation that is incredibly small but powerful. This is basically enterprise-class performance packed into a tiny 4.4-liter form factor.

With Gen 4 NVMe SSDs having been on the market for a few years by now, a lot of them are a very affordable purchase, and even more so when there are deals happening. Right now, you can get a 2TB NVMe SSD for your computer for just $115, a little more than what a 1TB unit would otherwise cost you.

Buying a phone can sometimes be more stressful for Linux users than other people. Does the phone respect your free software values? Does it let you customize it in all the ways we want? If you’re wrestling with these questions, you’ve come to the right place.

Battlestar Galactica stands out from other sci-fi shows of the era as much darker, especially when compared to the original show of the same name. Despite that, it also stands out as one of the most compelling sci-fi series of all time. Here are some of the best episodes.

Ollama is a command-line application for running generative AI models locally on your own computer. A new update is rolling out with some impressive improvements, alongside Ollama’s own desktop application for easier use.

Windows 10 is on the verge of its death. Mainstream support will end in October 2025, and some people will be able to enjoy a brief extended support period that will only give you updates up until 2026. By then, though, it will get harder—and NVIDIA will make it a lot harder.

Python is a popular general-purpose language, but it's increasingly favored for statistics, data analysis, and data science. If you have a basic knowledge of statistics, how can you apply that to Python? Here's how to get started sifting through data with Python faster than you ever could by hand.

Mini-games can be so much more than mere distractions within a larger package. The best games integrate mini-games neatly into the main event, making them feel just as compelling as the story or core gameplay loop.

Paramount+ has been slinging out the hits this year with releases like Dexter: Original Sin, Happy Face, and MobLand, to name a few. Lucky for us, they continue to add quality content to their mountain of entertainment.