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How-To Geekby Cory Gunther21d ago
I love the convenience of my battery-powered home security cameras, but buying a dozen new AA batteries every few months—not so much.
How-To Geekby Nate Pangaro21d ago
If you have a Roku, then you know the home screen is no stranger to advertisements. Whether you're scrolling through your apps or just taking in the pretty landscape of Roku City, ads are...
How-To Geekby Arol Wright21d ago
A router that keeps dropping out sends most of us straight to firmware, settings, and the internet provider. Sometimes the culprit is duller: the power feeding it.
How-To Geekby Tony Phillips21d ago
I've always thought a PC's power button should be fairly self-explanatory. Press it, and the computer shuts down safely. But Windows 11 is never that straightforward.
How-To Geekby Patrick Campanale21d ago
Want to add more USB ports to your desktop PC? There are several ways you can do it, from simply connecting a USB hub to adding a PCIe add-in card.
How-To Geekby Tony Phillips21d ago
If you've spent any time working with data in Excel, you've probably come across filtering. It's a quick way to focus on the records you need, analyze a subset of your data, and hide everything...
How-To Geekby Sanya Shah21d ago
I got a new phone for my birthday. And you know what happens next: you start playing around with everything. Relatable enough, right? At first, I was genuinely excited.
How-To Geekby Adam Davidson21d ago
For years, my dishwasher drove me insane. No matter what settings I changed or how carefully I loaded it, some things always came out far from clean, and I had to wash them myself or run another...
How-To Geekby Steve Larner21d ago
HDDs are definitely not dead yet, especially since so many PCs and laptops still have them. Because they are so affordable, they still hold value, and people actually purchase them.
How-To Geekby Jon Fingas21d ago
Android reigns supreme over foldable phones at the moment. It has a lead stretching several years, with a wide range of designs and prices.
How-To Geekby Zunaid Ali21d ago
Are you planning to record some professional audio but don't own a good microphone? Turns out, that old phone you've been keeping in your drawer for years is nearly as good, if not as good, as some...
How-To Geekby Arol Wright21d ago
Excel is usually filed under spreadsheets, yet its formulas and macros can carry software that goes well beyond budgets and pivot tables.
How-To Geekby Joe Fedewa21d ago
There was a time when creating automations on your phone required powerful third-party apps with complex tools. Nowadays, most Android phones come with built-in automation features.
How-To Geekby Goran Damnjanovic21d ago
Microsoft replaced Battery Saver with Energy Saver in Windows 11 a couple of years ago. The new feature includes an always-on toggle that, if left enabled, can reduce your PC's performance without...
How-To Geekby Umair Khurshid21d ago
My home network has grown into a small lab with computers, virtual machines, storage devices, and plenty of other things that occasionally decide to behave strangely.
How-To Geekby Sydney Butler21d ago
The Apple iPad is an exceptionally long-lived device. There's no reason to upgrade them frequently and in my personal experience these tablets don't show much battery wear over the years either.
How-To Geekby Adam Davidson21d ago
Waze is one of the most popular navigation apps, thanks to its excellent live road alerts, traffic avoidance, and crowdsourced hazards and map corrections.
How-To Geekby Jorge A. Aguilar21d ago
Most people run a speed test the same way you check weight on a scale, as if one number tells the whole story.
How-To Geekby Tony Phillips21d ago
For a single unit conversion, Google wins on convenience. But if I have a bunch of measurements to convert, I don't want a scrap of paper covered in random numbers, or to keep copying values out of...
How-To Geekby Tyler Dupont22d ago
Connecting your Android phone to a new Wi-Fi network is usually something you do without thinking.
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