How-To Geek

The cp command on Linux has some cool options that extend its usage. Most users only do vanilla copying and never bother to explore the flags that come with it. After trying out a few, I realized that there are some flags that I keep using for a better experience.

If you have to sleep, you’re never safe from Freddy Krueger. He was unlike any previous slasher villain for his ability to slaughter teenagers in their dreams. While there might be places to run from other horror villains like Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees, there’s no escaping Freddy's domain, where he has a frightening level of imagination to toy with his victims.

Is your Netflix watch list looking a little dry after the September high of new releases? With the new month comes newer, exciting titles, as Netflix has lined up a string of new releases for October.

There are many horror sub-genres, but cosmic horror is one of the most fascinating. Mixing in science fiction and monster elements, the terror from the skies can take many forms. Sometimes a strange force threatens our realm, and other times we stumble upon it when venturing across the stars.

Whether you're building your own PC or just trying to save as many cents as possible on your power bill each month, there are many areas in which your computer may be unnecessarily drawing power. Follow these tips, and you can tone that power draw back as much as possible.

Samsung makes incredible phones I've enjoyed for years, but I recently switched from my Samsung Galaxy S25+ to the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL. And while I'm currently loving this phone and being on team Pixel, there are several aspects I miss about my Samsung Galaxy and One UI.

Desktop upgrades are usually either expensive, underwhelming, or both. It’s easy to spend a fortune on some piece of equipment, only to realize later that it’s completely useless. However, with this particular gadget, the opposite is true—it’s both cheap and incredibly effective.

The vi editor is confusing if you're not used to it. It takes a secret handshake to escape this application if you've stumbled into it. Here's how to quit vi or vim on Linux, macOS, or any other Unix-like system.

Remakes tend to get a bad rap for being seen as lazy and/or safe retreads of the familiar. If you’ve already seen a story, what’s the point of seeing it again with different forces trying to make the same movie? While plenty of remakes undoubtedly fit that description, there are just as many that offer a refreshing revision instead of a reprisal.

This was another busy week in tech, with Google and Amazon revealing new smart home devices, the arrival of Windows 11 25H2, a big update for Raspberry Pi computers, and much more. Here are the biggest stories you might have missed.

Sometimes you want to get more out of streaming television than an enthralling story and a mindless time-waster of game shows and reality competition. Sometimes you want to learn something to understand the world better. We have a wealth of media at our fingertips, and we should be getting more out of it besides a few gasps and laughs.

The seq command is far more than a simple number printer. It's a fundamental building block you can use for creating test files, controlling loops, performing network scans, and running mathematical calculations. Here are some common ways to use the seq command.

I’ve been collecting digital media for decades, be it movies, TV shows, MP3s ripped from a few hundred of my old CDs, and more videos and pictures than I care to acknowledge. Between my wife and I, we’ve gone through nearly twenty phones over the years, and each one has left a trail of videos, photos and clips that I would prefer not to lose. All of this has left me with messy, undocumented archives scattered across PCs and hard drives. What I really want is one clean, intuitive hub I can share with family, something that feels like Netflix, not a jumble of random folders. That’s where Plex comes in.

One of the most underused lookup and reference functions in Microsoft Excel is the DROP function. This powerful yet simple function lets you remove a specified number of rows or columns from the start or end of an array without altering the original dataset.

Many people love Notepad for its simplicity, but others avoid it for the same reason. Even though Microsoft has now blessed it with some extra features, it has become a more powerful plain-text editor. Well, I'm all for it.

Shrouded in secrecy from the outset, and which continued for a decade before Apple's car project came to light, ramping up, but ultimately met its demise: $10 billion spent and nothing to show but a sour taste for industry and shareholders, and a graveyard of ideas that ultimately never saw execution. But was Apple's failure the shake-up the industry needed, and what exactly went wrong?

Virtual private networks (VPNs) are great tools to keep safe online and access sites you otherwise can't, but most come with a price tag. However, there are a number of trustworthy VPN services that offer free VPN plans you can take advantage of.

Even if you think you've watched everything there is to see on Netflix, in my experience there are always a few more gems waiting to be discovered.

As I write this, I've been a flagship phone user for just over 10 years, starting with the LG G3 from 2014, which was my first taste of a high-end handset. Since then, I've had a Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note 10 Plus, Galaxy S21 Ultra, iPhone 11 Pro, Galaxy S22 Ultra, and, as of this moment, an iPhone 14 Pro.

With more carriers and phone manufacturers embracing eSIMs, it's time to consider what exactly they can do for you. One of the biggest advantages of an eSIM is that it allows you to easily use multiple SIMs with a single phone, making dual-simming incredibly easy.