How-To Geek

For your morning commute, Waze is unmatched. It's a dynamic, social marvel that uses crowdsourced data to pinpoint a stalled car or a police officer, dependably shaving precious minutes off your drive. However, it has one major drawback compared to Google Maps.

Dealing with a mounting pile of digital data can feel like a never-ending battle, especially when you're stuck performing every bit of file organization by hand. The volume of daily downloads, project assets, and documents turns your workspace into a cluttered mess. If you find yourself clicking through generic filenames or navigating a labyrinth of deeply nested folders just to find one spreadsheet, you're managing files the hard way. Use the hidden power of built-in Windows automation to organize your files and finally stop wasting time.

Some of my favorite documentaries focus on the world of sports. From the thrill of victory to the agony of defeat, athletic competitions are more dramatic than soap operas. This weekend, spend some time perusing the documentary section on Paramount+. I picked three documentaries that should appeal to most fans.

Home Assistant continues to add great new features with every update. In Home Assistant 2026.4, a new Infrared integration was added that can enable you to control dumb devices in your home that use infrared remotes. These include devices such as TVs, air conditioning units, audio devices, and more.

A premium Obsidian subscription gives you access to Obsidian Publish, a platform where you can publish Obsidian vaults as websites. You can write in Markdown, hit publish, and the platform will automatically publish it as a website. However, if you don't want to buy the subscription, there is a way to get this exact feature for free.

Your old smartphone isn’t doing much good just sitting in a drawer, so why not turn it into a portable security camera for your Home Assistant server? That’s exactly what I did with my old iPhone, and the same trick works with Android smartphones too.

Shell scripting is full of secrets and hidden tricks, so it pays to have a few patterns up your sleeve. For inspiration, try these scripts from real projects, including Homebrew, BashBlog, and nvm. By learning from these examples, you can improve your own shell scripts and master new techniques.

When ELEGOO released the original Centauri Carbon, it was a true market disruptor. A modern, CoreXY 3D printer that stood toe-to-toe with models at twice the price. The Centauri Carbon 2 is effectively a more refined version of that printer.

Your 3D printer is essentially a fancy CNC machine, with a few heated elements (and maybe a fan or two). While extruding filament might be the main reason you bought it, there are some more unconventional things you can use your 3D printer for.

Many were expecting U.S. electric car sales to drop sharply after the federal government ended its EV tax credit, but the extent of that plunge is now becoming clear. Cox Automotive reports that EV sales fell 27 percent year-over-year in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026 to just 216,399 cars, or 5.8 percent of the total market.

Many of the modern-day AAA games cannot be played at their maximum graphical settings on GPUs with 8GB VRAM. Thanks to a Valve developer, there’s now a way to improve the performance of GPUs limited by their VRAM.

When it comes to TV shows, Amazon Prime Video has a bingeworthy collection from which to choose. From comedies that leave you gasping for air to captivating stories that linger long after the credits roll, there’s no shortage of content on this mountain of entertainment.

After you have had a 3D printer for a while, you start to see things and think, “I could make that.” However, there’s one thing that I use every day that I have never attempted to print: a phone case. I decided to finally give it a shot, and I was surprised by the results.

This weekend, you can fill your watch list with Oscar-winning films, spanning different eras of Hollywood and genres that give you a good mix of tropes. Netflix has a solid mix of these award-winning titles, including originals and licensed films that may be available only for a limited run.

Choosing a 2026 Toyota RAV4 isn’t tough because it’s a bad SUV—it’s tough because there are a ton of trims, and each one mixes features and value a little differently. And with hybrid power now standard across the board, the whole lineup just got a lot more interesting.

Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program has been the fastest way to experience the future of the operating system. But for many users who update their Windows Insider build after reading about a shiny new feature are left disappointed as it’s nowhere to be found. The company is finally targeting two complaints it has received from the Insider community—a confusing channel structure and the maddening gap between announced features and when they actually show up.

Mesh Wi-Fi is the go-to solution many people use to create whole-home coverage when running Ethernet cables isn’t an option. But there’s a good chance you can get more stable and faster connectivity than with Wi-Fi by using your home’s coaxial wiring. Thanks to the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) standard, you can get reliable wired internet anywhere you’ve got a coax port.

It doesn't take long browsing through Prime Video's library of documentaries and documentary shows to fall down a rabbit hole of niche doc topics full of the obscure, fascinating, and wonderful options that go on for pages.

YouTube isn't immune to the wave of streaming service price hikes. The video giant has confirmed in a statement that it's raising prices for both YouTube Premium and YouTube Music subscribers.

Netflix has an abundance of great documentaries and documentary series that you can spend months working your way through. And the genres seem endless—from true crime and sports biographies, to gorgeous nature docs, historical explorations, and the weird and wonderful.