How-To Geek

In tradition with the rest of its eccentric hardware, 8bitdo has also launched a lot of eccentric keyboards. The latest one is a new “Xbox edition” keyboard, and it's very green.

A lot of Black Friday shopping is done online, which makes it prime time for scammers and hackers to try and steal your data. They are relentless, but there are any things you can do to help keep your data safe, not only while shopping for Black Friday, but year-round.

There are several possible reasons your printer is displayed as Offline. In most cases, the problem is easy to fix, as long as you know where to look. Here's why your printer is offline, and how to get it online and printing again.

You may wait for Black Friday to get items you desire at historically low prices, and retailers know that. To avoid dodgy discounts, there are several ways to tell if a Black Friday deal is a true bargain.

Black Friday is a great time to buy stuff you want at a discounted price, but it's also a very popular time for scammers to try and bait you out of your money with phishing emails. To keep you and your money safe, look out for these telltale signs of an email scam this holiday season.

Using a virtual private network (VPN) allows you to enjoy all of your favorite Netflix TV shows and movies from anywhere. However, not all VPNs can get past Netflix's geoblocks. For the best binge-watching, even across borders, consider these VPNs.

During Black Friday, it's important to know which retailers will have your back if things go wrong or you change your mind. Here's a look at some standout major retailers that’ll keep your holiday shopping season merry.

Thanks to Linux package managers, you can easily install, update, and remove applications directly from the terminal. You might have heard of some popular package managers like APT or DNF, but do you really know what sets them apart? Let's dive in!

As much as upstanding people like us love to take advantage of Black Friday sales, scammers love to take advantage of their desire to shop. Black Friday is an incredibly busy time for scammers, who are always looking to make a buck. This year, you'll want to keep an eye out for these scams.

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.

Whether you’re a student or a professional looking for your next computer, desktop Macs offer incredible performance. With multiple options to choose from, here are our top picks to help you find your next Mac.

Excel's manual calculation mode lets you make changes to your spreadsheet without triggering any other calculations, but this can present accuracy issues. The new new stale value formatting in Excel fixes that.

Microsoft’s heavy-handed promotion of its Edge browser within Windows is no secret. Vivaldi, Opera, and a few others are joining forces to fight this preferential treatment of Edge.

If you want to dip your toes into the world of phones but don't want to pay foldable phone prices, there's no better time than Black Friday to pick one up.

Heading on vacation for the holidays? You've probably already told a bunch of people and posted about it online in anticipation, and you're likely going to post up-to-the-minute photos and videos to your feeds while you're taking time off. Here's why that's all a terrible idea.

Excel is well known as a program that allows you to create complex tables of data. However, some people are less familiar with a special type of reference that comes with these tables: structured references.

With the popularity of laptops, the theft of laptops is probably at the forefront of everyone's thoughts. However, just because laptops are a juicy target doesn't mean your desktop computer is safe.

Google Chrome is finally getting an always-visible bookmarks bar on Android devices. It’s currently being tested as an experimental feature flag.

Are you looking to save some space on your desk? If you don't have the room on your setup for a full-sized PC tower, or want a more minimalistic look, you should consider a mini PC.

You may have heard that your music is "compressed" and that if it were less compressed, or even uncompressed, it would sound much better. However, if you know what compression is and how it works, you might not be in such a hurry to "expand" your musical horizons.