How-To Geek

The gallery app that comes pre-installed on your Samsung phone is more than just storage for your photos and videos. It comes with all sorts of tools designed to make your gallery experience better that you might not even know about. Here are some worth checking out.

As Earth passes through the debris of Halley’s Comet, the sky lights up with shooting stars for more than a month. The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is an extended cosmic spectacle, and it’s calling on you to bear witness to nature's celestial fireworks.

Running Kubuntu or another KDE Plasma desktop Linux distribution? I work almost exclusively with KDE Plasma desktop environment. I use these shortcuts every day I as read, write, and edit, and you can too so long as you're running Plasma.

Enter the thinnest gaming laptop Razer has ever released—and expectations run high. Luckily, the Razer Blade 16 (2025) met my expectations and then some for its gaming power (and overall performance). The latest iteration of the 16-inch Razer combines an AMD Ryzen CPU and an NVIDIA GPU that shines.

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.

You probably know the Raspberry Pi for its space-efficiency and (at times) affordability. To pull off a Pi project, though, sometimes you need to squeeze every bit of power out of it you can. That's where an alternative to Raspberry Pi OS comes in: DietPi.

Maximizing storage space helps your Windows PC run more efficiently and smoothly. It also gives you extra drive space for downloading and transferring important files to your computer. You can achieve this by adjusting a few simple settings.

Do you have a homelab and get of running to your Docker host to find your services, or using a bunch of unorganized bookmarks? A dashboard looks nice and pretty, while still being easy to navigate all your self-hosted services.

On my main tower PC, the boot screen lets me choose between two operating systems: Windows 11 and whatever version of Linux I'm testing at the time. I almost always choose Linux. Here's why.

Every browser offers an incognito mode that provides an extra level of privacy when you're browsing the web. However, it might not be quite as effective as you think it is. There are times when it's useful—and times when it's no use at all.

If you’ve ever driven in sleet or snow, you know how much of a difference all-wheel drive can make. Unfortunately, automakers treat this feature as a luxury, with you often having to pay more to get it. There is, however, an affordable car that breaks this trend.

To prevent Microsoft and other apps from tracking your whereabouts, you can turn off location tracking on your Windows 11 PC. You can do this for all services or specific ones, and I’ll show you how.

Have you wanted to run your own website, but hate the idea of paying hosting fees? That's where I recently found myself, so here's how I spun up a quick website using Docker, Nginx Proxy Manager, and Ghost.

Smart home tech can be expensive. It might cost hundreds of dollars to replace your light bulbs with smart ones. However, some devices cost next to nothing but can make a huge difference to your smart home.

YouTube Premium offers a compelling package for anyone streaming music and watching videos. It delivers a full YouTube Music subscription, ad-free videos on YouTube, and several additional features like offline playback. However, I want a few more features if I'm going to keep paying for it.

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.

The absence of any money talk during the Switch 2 Direct ended up backfiring on Nintendo as it caused the rampant spread of misinformation. It’s possible you’ve unknowingly come across some of this yourself. Here are the facts about the Switch 2’s pricing, cartridges, and compatibilities.

Technology in cars is becoming incredibly advanced, with driver assists and safety features making vehicles safer than ever before. However, not everyone is on an equal playing field and there are certain crossovers that have more advanced safety features than their rivals.

Your clipboard saves the items you copy on your computer. This includes text, images, videos, and any other items. If you don’t want someone pasting these items from your clipboard, you can clear all the clipboard contents. Here’s how to do that on Windows 11.

I've been fascinated by eclipses ever since reading the classic Tintin comic Prisoners of the Sun. In the story, Tintin escapes death by convincing his captors that he can command the Sun, ordering it to disappear at the exact time that a solar eclipse is about to happen.