How-To Geek

If you've paid for antivirus programs in the past, you know how it goes—pop-ups about the company's other products. Pop-ups about the last time you did a deep scan. Pop-ups about how your membership is expiring soon. Pop-ups about pop-ups.

The debate on whether HDDs are more reliable than SSDs never seems to end. There's no easy answer, but the reality is that any old drive is a hazard. HDDs may appear to be immortal, what with their cold storage properties and how bulky they are, but they're really anything but, and you may not see it coming when they finally fail.

One of the most interesting things about modern "smart" hardware is that the machine you buy today may become a very different product a few years down the line. Since the manufacturer can update the firmware of your device, they can fix bugs and add new features.

Plugins are the best and easiest way to improve and upgrade your Jellyfin experience. These are my favorites, that give me everything from better subtitles to useful server statistics.

It’s no secret that AI is being added to everything. The companies doing this want us to believe it’s making our lives better, but AI is obviously being used in nefarious ways, too. A new discovery shows that Google’s own Gemini AI is being used to help malware run on various Android devices.

February is heating up on Amazon Prime Video, and you're going to want to keep the popcorn handy. Between its steamy new releases and diverse selection of bingeable shows to watch, it’s easy to spend more time perusing through titles and reading show descriptions than it is to settle on something. If you’re shaking your head in agreement, not to worry—I’m here to help.

Are you intimidated by git’s command line-based interface? It can be a bit much—trying to memorize commands and how they work. That’s why I use the GitHub Desktop app, and why I think it’s the simplest workflow for using git on your computer.

I love finding cool and useful apps to use on my Linux PC, and this week I found some real gems. They include an icon generator, a classic games launcher, and a storage use analyzer.

The average price of a new vehicle in the United States has been climbing steadily over the past five years, reaching a point where even a six-figure income doesn’t provide enough cushion. For many, the move to a luxury vehicle often starts with a versatile yet affordable SUV or crossover. However, with a crowded market, multiple offerings, and premium price tags, it can be hard to know where to begin.

Let’s be honest, as great as USB-C is, it’s pretty boring. One port that can be used for pretty much any device and you don’t even have to worry about plugging it in upside down? Yawn. Joking aside, we’ve converged on one universal port, but that was very much not the case for early Android phones.

Congratulations, you made it to the weekend. Whatever way you like to relax, a good show to binge is a great way to turn your brain off and let Hollywood do the driving for a few hours. We're here to help you find a great show to take the wheel.

Named ranges are the secret to self-documenting Excel workbooks, but naming cells manually is a tedious chore. By using a simple selection trick, you can instantly map your headers to your data, making your formulas more resilient, easier to audit, and far more professional.

As we round into the final weeks of the year's shortest month, Netflix still has tons of TV shows on offer, and this weekend I'm serving up something new, something weird, and something real.

I’ve used Bitwarden for years, and for a long time I felt pretty good about that decision. I wasn’t reusing passwords, I had strong, unique logins everywhere, and I wasn’t relying on my browser to remember everything. But lately, with the steady rise in account takeovers, phishing kits, and credential-stealing malware, “pretty good” stopped feeling good enough.

Computer equipment, especially gaming equipment, is very expensive. This was a quick, easy way to increase my performance while spending less than $10.

Most people shopping for a Honda SUV go straight to the CR-V. It’s the default pick: roomy, sensible, and everywhere for a reason.

OneDrive for Mac has always been functional, but it's far from Microsoft's best application on the platform. Thankfully, Microsoft is finally giving it a long-overdue overhaul with Liquid Glass and other native enhancements.

Polestar recently announced it will release four new vehicles between now and 2028, a move the automaker called its largest product offensive since launching as a standalone operation from Volvo in 2017. The models include the Polestar 5 Grand Tourer (GT) this summer, a new variant of the Polestar 4 in Q4 2026, the next-gen Polestar 2 in early 2027, and a compact premium SUV, the Polestar 7, in 2028.

Jason Statham remains one of Hollywood's best tough guys. If a movie needs an elite fighter who knows how to use a gun, then Statham should be the first call. Statham's name and persona can carry a movie, but he works better as part of an ensemble. The Expendables franchise is a case in point.

Are you looking for a fun homelab project to try this weekend? I’ve got you covered with three to spin up! From network notifications to server performance and backup, here are the homelab projects you should get up and going before Monday comes.