How-To Geek

Are you trying to become more efficient when using ChromeOS? Well, these five keyboard shortcuts are worth memorizing on your Chromebook to boost your productivity.

MAME has officially released MAME 0.281, and the biggest news this time around is the addition of full support for Windows on ARM. If you’ve been running MAME on newer ARM-based laptops or mini-PCs, you can now expect binary packages specifically for 64-bit ARM versions of Windows 10 or later.

Since introducing Apple Pay in 2015, Apple has committed to its mission of replacing the physical wallet. While the company has made strides toward that goal, gaps remain.

Generative AI is advancing at a breakneck pace, and every creative industry has been affected. If you’re someone involved with making music in any capacity—whether as a professional producer, an indie songwriter, or even just a curious hobbyist—you’d be downright foolish to ignore how these tools are reshaping the industry.

Movies have often been described as a form of escapism, and that may be what I most like about them. No matter what’s stressing you out (your job, your relationship, or maybe just the nightly news), you can always disappear into a great movie. And thanks to Prime Video, you have plenty of films to help you escape life, if only for an hour or two.

The portable power and energy company EcoFlow just launched two big new power stations designed to power homes during an outage. The latest EcoFlow Delta 3 Max Plus and Delta 3 Ultra Plus are here, upgrading the previous generation with better efficiency and performance to help keep your lights and essentials running. These new units are a durable whole-home backup solution.

As we head into October and the movie options on Paramount+ refresh with a new batch of titles for the spooky month, there are still plenty of great movies to enjoy for your weekly viewing.

Hybrid cars are slowly but surely winning over more drivers, and honestly, it’s easy to see why. Today’s hybrids pack some of the best performance and efficiency numbers we’ve ever seen, thanks to a decade of improvements in batteries and electric tech.

Streaming your PlayStation 5 gameplay to Discord is a fun way to spice up game night with friends. You can chat while sharing whatever you're doing for a more social experience. There are two methods you can use to do this. Let's take a look at how they both work.

Just because you have a small workspace, it doesn't mean you shouldn't have big expectations. The Vari Electric Standing Desk with ComfortEdge is a genuinely premium compact workstation with solid build quality, though its price may be a turnoff for those on a budget.

The more software you install on your computer, the longer it may seem to take to start up Windows. Many programs add themselves to the list of programs started when you boot your computer, and that list can get long. Here's how you can disable startup programs in Windows.

Physical media as a whole is fading away to be overtaken by digital versions that offer more convenience and easier access. A minority (albeit a growing one) of people are pining for CDs, DVDs, paper books, and other similar media, but what about comic books?

Microsoft Excel has four cell modes—Ready, Enter, Edit, and Point. Having the correct cell mode activated is crucial for effective data entry management, formula creation, and cell modification, and being in the wrong cell mode can cause frustration.

The biggest advantage that gaming PCs have over other platforms and form-factors is upgradability, but what should you upgrade first, and how much of a difference will it make?

As with clearing the cache in your browser, clearing the cache in Windows is a good start for troubleshooting system issues, improving system performance, and freeing up disk space. Here's how to clear your cache in Windows 10.

Like a lot of you, the first optical mouse I ever used was the optical version of the Microsoft Intellimouse. Until I used a ball-less mouse for the first time, I had no idea how annoying that little sphere was to use and maintain. But the iIntellimouse was more than just an average mouse with its ball removed. The overall design was timeless, and I'd even say a mouse that's still usable today.

The mid-size SUV game is brutal. Every brand throws serious money at it, and even the so-called “carryover” years usually sneak in a few surprises.

It doesn't matter whether you're learning the terminal or a seasoned pro, there's always plenty of little tricks for you to learn—tricks that save you time. I have three useful Bash tricks that you can add to your arsenal.

There’s absolutely no reason a phone’s keyboard app needs to connect to the internet, yet every popular keyboard app does this. Google’s Gboard and Microsoft’s Swiftkey both ping home, which feels like a privacy nightmare. The problem is that I’ve never been able to find a keyboard that’s just as good as Gboard—until now.

It’s absurd that in the year 2025, there isn’t a quick and universal platform-independent way to send text and files between a phone and a computer. You always have to rely on some mix of texting apps, email, or cloud storage to share files and text across platforms. Or so I thought.