How-To Geek

Have you wanted to run your own website, but hate the idea of paying hosting fees? That's where I recently found myself, so here's how I spun up a quick website using Docker, Nginx Proxy Manager, and Ghost.

Smart home tech can be expensive. It might cost hundreds of dollars to replace your light bulbs with smart ones. However, some devices cost next to nothing but can make a huge difference to your smart home.

YouTube Premium offers a compelling package for anyone streaming music and watching videos. It delivers a full YouTube Music subscription, ad-free videos on YouTube, and several additional features like offline playback. However, I want a few more features if I'm going to keep paying for it.

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.

The absence of any money talk during the Switch 2 Direct ended up backfiring on Nintendo as it caused the rampant spread of misinformation. It’s possible you’ve unknowingly come across some of this yourself. Here are the facts about the Switch 2’s pricing, cartridges, and compatibilities.

Technology in cars is becoming incredibly advanced, with driver assists and safety features making vehicles safer than ever before. However, not everyone is on an equal playing field and there are certain crossovers that have more advanced safety features than their rivals.

Your clipboard saves the items you copy on your computer. This includes text, images, videos, and any other items. If you don’t want someone pasting these items from your clipboard, you can clear all the clipboard contents. Here’s how to do that on Windows 11.

I've been fascinated by eclipses ever since reading the classic Tintin comic Prisoners of the Sun. In the story, Tintin escapes death by convincing his captors that he can command the Sun, ordering it to disappear at the exact time that a solar eclipse is about to happen.

I'm a huge Minecraft fan, but lately I've been trying out other games that scratch the exploration and crafting itch. Satisfactory by Coffee Stain Studios is my latest obsession—here's why.

Don't have time to squeeze in a full-length film into your busy schedule? There's an easy solution to fix that entertainment itch: try out some of Netflix's short films when you're short on time.

The Apple iPad 11th Gen and the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE are excellent tablets. However, they differ from each other in a few key aspects that can either make or break your decision.

Electric vehicles are clearly the future of transportation, or they are at least the next step. The government has been creating more and more incentives to make the switch to electric vehicles. To this end, the EPA released a list of every vehicle in the U.S. eligible for a $7,500 tax credit.

By default, Microsoft Excel's cells are named by their column-row references, like A1 or B2. However, you can assign a more specific name to a cell or range of cells to improve navigation, make formulas clearer, and save time in the long run.

On Easter Sunday, families go out on the hunt for eggs, but this is the 21st-century and those eggs don't have to come from a chicken, or a chocolate factory!

Microsoft Word on iPhone and iPad can now turn your voice notes into fully formatted documents. It’s the latest improvement to Word powered by Microsoft’s Copilot generative AI functionality.

AI has become a useful resource for studying thanks to its capability of reinterpreting text and sources. And if you've grown to use AI for your study sessions, Google's Gemini Advanced tier is now free for you.

As expected–and literally announced by Google yesterday–the next Android 16 Beta has been released. This is the fourth beta, and it marks the end of the Android 16 beta schedule. Like last month, this version focuses on stability, as well as the newly launched Pixel 9a.

Most people know that black holes are kind of scary. Admittedly, that's true, but black holes are so much more than that. They are truly fascinating wonders, from how they form, their many types, and even how they die. Every aspect of black holes is mind-boggling if you know the truth about them.

Those who want a good keyboard for work and games should check out the Logitech G515 Lightspeed TKL mechanical gaming keyboard. It's going for $119.99 on Amazon, down from the usual price of $159.99. It's also only been this price once before.

Technically, everything with a battery in it is a potential fire hazard—so when a specific set of batteries starts catching on fire, it's a cause of worry. Now, a bunch of Casely batteries are catching on fire, so the company is issuing a recall on almost half a million units.