How To Geek

Every Android phone and tablet has a generic name that matches the model (Pixel 5, Galaxy S20, etc). This name occasionally appears if you c...

Microsoft’s 21H1 update will debut in the first half of 2021. This is a bigger update with more new features and follows the 20H2 update of...

Our favorite wireless earbuds are $30 off until December 27th. Now’s your chance to grab the excellent Jabra Elite 85t earbuds, which landed...

Snow has a tendency of sneaking up on us. Before you find yourself without something you need to deal with mounds of the white stuff, make s...

In 2021, LEGO will debut a brand new road plate system. It’s modular, customizable, and should work with most new City sets. But it’s also i...

If you want a home-sized replica of your favorite arcade, you can expect to spend at least $300. But what if you just want to play a bunch o...

If you missed out on unlimited Zoom time over Thanksgiving, now’s your chance to make things right. Zoom is temporarily lifting its 40-minut...

Porch Pirates, people who steal packages right off your front porch, are a growing problem. Video doorbells can help, but they don’t always...

If you use Samsung products, especially the company’s smartwatches, two names you’ve probably seen are “Tizen” and “One UI.” Together, they’...

Dr. Seuss’s beloved 1957 children’s book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! has become one of the essential stories of the Christmas season. It...

If you use a shared computer, one way to keep other users off certain apps is to require a password for opening that app. You can password-p...

Ray tracing is all the rage in games right now, with NVIDIA pushing it hard on the PC while the PS5 and Xbox Series X boast about it in the...

Many apps on the iPhone and iPad App Store include the option for In-App Purchases, which lets you unlock or buy additional features within...

When working with a new Windows Server,  securing it against attackers is one of the first things you will want to do. A default Windows Ser...

Netflix offers you an option to skip intros in TV shows. But it doesn’t work automatically, which means you have to select it for each episo...

Elasticsearch indices can quickly fill up with gigabytes of data, especially if you’re logging from multiple servers many times a second. To...

If you subscribe to Microsoft 365 (or Office 365) and have decided it’s not for you, you can turn off your automatic renewal. This allows yo...

When you Sign in with Apple, you don’t need to provide a password at all. Assuming you’re already signed in to your Apple ID, logging in is...

Computer graphics are an essential part of any modern computer system, even lightweight laptops. “GPU” stands for graphics processing unit,...

After holding out for months, AT&T and Warner Bros. headline-grabbing streaming venture HBO Max is finally coming to Roku. Oh, and it’s on t...

Apple might not allow game streaming applications into the App Store, but that hasn’t stopped Google from bringing Stadia to those with an i...

If you back up all your pictures to Google Photos, you might run into a storage problem next year. Last month Google said it would end unlim...

Apple may have banned game streaming from its App Store, but Stadia still managed to find its way to the iPhone and iPad through the browser...

I’ve watched every single episode of Star Trek, multiple times for the 90s series. I don’t need to see them in order to know what’s going on...

If you’re looking for something to do in your downtime, Google says it has an answer for you with new games for its smart displays. Starting...