How-To Geek

Google Translate may not be the company’s flashiest app, but it’s one of the most important. It launched 20 years ago on this day, and to celebrate, the Android app is getting a much-requested feature: pronunciation practice.

Printers are one of the most frustrating pieces of consumer tech. Despite decades of incredible progress in all other areas of consumer tech, it seems like printers are still living in 1999—just with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth instead of a parallel port.

For as long as Android phones have existed, they’ve stuck with a tried-and-true UI. You get a home screen with a dock of icons, and a “multitasking” screen with recent apps. I wanted something better, so I looked to another tried-and-true UI: the Windows taskbar.

Get ready for Coach Lasso and his positive affirmations to return this summer. Apple TV announced that Ted Lasso season 4 will premiere in the U.S. and around the world on August 5, 2026.

For years, Excel was powerful but temperamental. You learned pretty quickly to walk on eggshells around your formulas just to keep things from breaking. But while most of us were building workarounds and muscle-memory fixes, Microsoft was quietly upgrading the engine under the hood in ways that weren't obvious from the surface.

Passwords have always been a maintenance problem. You either remember them and risk reusing them, or you store them somewhere else and depend on that system being available at the exact moment you need access. Passkeys take a different approach in which authentication relies on public key cryptography, where the private key stays on your device and never leaves it.

If you’ve squinted at a blazing white Kindle screen late at night, you already know how much dark mode matters. Amazon is making that experience less punishing by rolling out a system-wide dark mode to the Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. The update may seem small on paper, but it matters for anyone who reads at night or in dark environments, especially for hours at a stretch.

Milwaukee is well known for making some of the best tools. Everything from drills, impact wrenches, sawzalls, and oscillating tools, but that's not all the company has to offer. Milwaukee makes a bunch of obscure tools you'll love, along with heated clothing, speakers, coolers, and more.

OpenAI is reportedly building its first smartphone, and it could prove disruptive by ending the historic dominance of app portals like Apple's App Store and Google Play.

Everything feels expensive right now, and affordability is pretty much front and center for most people. Even so, the appeal of driving something nicer hasn’t really gone away.

While the primary job of a cordless drill is to create holes or drive screws, this garage staple has a lot more to offer. A powered drill is essentially just a high-torque motor that spins things. With the right attachments, it becomes one of the most versatile tools in your arsenal.

Technology that's meant to simplify our lives can lead us to give up all privacy at home. Most smart speakers rely on the cloud, where every whispered command to a voice assistant is sent to remote servers for analysis and training, turning your house into a data collection point.

Shopping for a new three-row family SUV with a $40,000 budget usually means choosing between practicality and premium comfort. Most new options in that price range focus on value first, offering solid space and features but rarely delivering a truly upscale experience. The used market, however, opens the door to something far more special.

Obsidian Sync is the official Obsidian service that lets you sync your Obsidian notes between devices. However, it's a monthly subscription that costs $5 or $10 a month, depending on the feature tier you pick. Now there are workarounds that let you sync Obsidian notes between devices, but they're either too complicated to set up or have too many moving parts prone to failure, or both. I'd like to show you a free Obsidian sync system which is just as convenient and robust as Obsidian Sync, while giving you more control and features.

Google Keep is a great tool for jotting down notes and thoughts in the moment. Like any note-taking app, it’s easy to create a new note and fill it with text, voice recordings, or photos.

3D printing strong objects can be easier said than done. For everyday items, you usually don’t have to worry about this. But for prints that need to take a beating, remain strong when bearing weight, or weather the elements, it can pose an issue.

Every time you search for ways to fix your Wi-Fi, some tech blog or forum post pops up insisting you must flip a dozen switches in your router's admin panel. Some of that advice is solid. A lot of it is outdated, overblown, or just plain wrong for a typical home network.

Fun-to-drive cars are often assumed to come with a penalty at the pump, but performance and efficiency no longer have to be opposites. In 2026, several sporty models prove you can enjoy sharp handling, strong acceleration, and genuine driver engagement without watching your fuel budget disappear every week.

I've had Roku devices in my house for years, going all the way back to when it was just a little box sitting next to the TV. At this point, I've got several Roku TVs and a few sticks spread across different rooms, and for the most part, I've always used them the same way. Open an app, pick something to watch, and move on. It works, so I never really thought much about what else was there.

Nothing kills a finely tuned Excel workbook faster than someone wondering whether the data is up to date. Instead of manually typing dates, you can make Power Query do the heavy lifting.