How-To Geek

You'll soon need to divulge some of your Samsung Health tracking data to AI if you want to keep using the app as expected. How-To Geek has learned that users are seeing a new consent notice and toggle that effectively requires them to share health info if they want to keep syncing it with their Samsung accounts.

The ESP32 can power all sorts of useful sensors, but some of these projects are more important than others. Many of these projects use the same sensors that you’ll find in commercial products (which are also frequently powered by microcontrollers like the ESP32).

If you’ve ever created an event in Google Calendar, you’ve no doubt noticed—and probably used—the “Add location” box. This is for much more than just informational purposes. Calendar integrates with other Google apps, and that makes location an important detail you shouldn’t leave out.

If you were around in the early days when the first people were brave enough to start replacing their system drives with SSDs instead of tried-and-tested mechanical HDD technology, you'll know how terrified we were of wearing out our drives.

When it comes to imagination and creativity, anything goes, and that’s the case with our chosen shows to watch this weekend. This collection of series pushes the boundaries of genre, tone, and storytelling to carry viewers to another world full of cybernetic futures, the rise of an unlikely underdog, and a corporate twist on heroism.

Are you getting ready to purchase a new Raspberry Pi for your homelab? I'd seriously hold that purchase and consider the Orange Pi 6 instead. With dual 2.5Gb/s Ethernet ports and way more I/O than Raspberry Pi, the Orange Pi 6 is the better choice for homelabbers.

Mazda has spent years pushing into premium territory, but the 2026 CX-90 is the first SUV that genuinely feels like it belongs there. It packs an upscale cabin, a smooth turbocharged inline-six, and the kind of driving experience you'd normally expect from something wearing a German badge.

Android Auto is one of the best features on our phones, especially while driving. Reaching a destination safely while keeping your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel is a big deal. However, there's nothing more frustrating than a laggy Android Auto experience, with a map that stutters, audio cutting out, or missed navigation instructions.

An inefficient kitchen can really slow you down and become a source of frustration. With a 3D printer, you can overcome many of these frustrations—and you’ll wonder how you ever coped before.

Light is how we shape our living and work spaces. We can change the color, warmth, and intensity to our exact taste, and do it while using less energy than ever. GIGALUMI’s range of solar-powered lights is the perfect example of this. Whether you are illuminating walkways with pathway lights, adding a touch of nature with solar flowers, or making a statement with garden statues, outdoor spaces can be transformed into warm and inviting locations after the sun goes down.

Linux newcomers in 2026 have a much easier time than people did 10 or 15 years ago. You no longer need to install Linux with one hand on a wiki page and the other hand praying to the bootloader gods. Most major distros now install cleanly, detect hardware well, and give you a working desktop in under half an hour.

When the first Echo Show smart displays were released, I thought they would be perfect for my smart home. Fast-forward several years, and I almost never use them for monitoring my smart home or controlling smart devices. In fact, I get more use out of an old Kindle.

I have a lot of storage for my Plex server—over 60TB, actually. However, even I sometimes run into space issues and have to find ways to free up hard drive storage without deleting things. That’s where Tdarr comes in, and here’s how I used it to free up over 7TB of space on my server.

I'm a musician with a small recording studio and a lot of complicated gear. Between keyboards, pedals, audio interfaces, amps, and recording software, there's usually more than one way to accomplish the same thing. Every time I add a new device, it takes time and patience to learn what it can do, how it fits into the rest of my setup, and which settings make the most sense for the way I work.

If you have a Raspberry Pi and E-Ink display sitting unused, it's time to pull them out of the drawer. There is so much you can do with just those two pieces of tech, but I boiled it down to four projects that you can build this weekend for fun.

You don't need to spend hours in a spreadsheet to level up your Excel skills. If you have 15 minutes to spare this weekend, try building one of these clever, professional-looking projects. They're quick to finish, satisfying to make, and genuinely useful once you're done.

July's television slate is off to a hot start. Silo returned to Apple TV for its third season, while the Legally Blonde prequel series Elle debuted as Prime Video's No. 1 original series last week. As for what's on tap this weekend, Netflix will release the first season of an adaptation of a beloved novel series. That show is our top selection, and you can finish it this weekend because it's only eight episodes.

The Kia Forte quietly disappeared after the 2024 model year, replaced by the new K4 as Kia continued reshaping its sedan lineup. Unlike many discontinued cars, the Forte wasn’t pushed aside because it was outdated—it simply became another compact sedan overlooked as buyers moved toward SUVs.

Homelabs don't always have to be massive. Sometimes, just a Raspberry Pi, a laptop, and an old phone or two can be an ideal lab setup. I'm in the latter camp, preferring old phones to tinker around with in my free time. My latest experiment is repurposing an old Motorola phone in my homelab.

Saving money at the pump usually means making compromises, whether it's paying more upfront for a hybrid or settling for a less desirable car. But one affordable sedan quietly breaks that rule, delivering exceptional fuel economy without demanding a premium price or sacrificing everyday usability.