I built my own Android expense tracker because every "free" app wanted a subscription
How-To Geekby Nate Pangaro·30 Aug 2026
It seems like everything today has a subscription attached to it—whether a video streaming app, a food diary app, or even a calculator app.
These little-known Excel clicks can save you time every day
How-To Geekby Tony Phillips·30 Aug 2026
Some of Excel's most useful features aren't hidden behind complicated menus or obscure keyboard shortcuts. They're built into controls you probably pass over without a second thought.
My wife loves her Kindle page turner, but I can't believe how it actually works
How-To Geekby Adam Davidson·30 Aug 2026
I'd never considered getting a page turner for my Kindle. When my wife got hers, I finally understood the appeal, but I couldn't believe how the device actually worked.
You need to try GNOME 50—it's the most polished and impressive Linux desktop today
How-To Geekby Bertel King·30 Aug 2026
Linux is having a moment, or rather, Microsoft is scaring people away from Windows. If you're making a transition, I highly recommend you consider the open-source GNOME desktop.
The 4 Ethernet cable myths you still believe
How-To Geekby Monica J. White·30 Aug 2026
In my experience, there are two kinds of Ethernet cable users: those who buy one cable and use it for the next 10 years without ever thinking whether it's good or bad, and those who overthink the...
I asked Claude and Gemini to build a Docker app—one was smoother, the other smarter
How-To Geekby Dibakar Ghosh·30 Aug 2026
I've been vibe-coding small apps for a while now, and the biggest problem with them is that they live and die on the machine they were built on.
This Android filter silences spam calls without blocking your contacts
How-To Geekby Joe Fedewa·30 Aug 2026
For many of us, we seem to get more spam calls than calls from people in our contacts list. The problem with strict call filters is that they run the risk of blocking the people you do actually...
7 projects you can build with an ESP32-powered Cheap Yellow Display
How-To Geekby Tim Brookes·30 Aug 2026
The Cheap Yellow Display (CYD) combines an ESP32 microcontroller and small LCD touch display in one affordable package.
Your motherboard has 3 USB upgrades hiding in plain sight
How-To Geekby Monica J. White·29 Aug 2026
I love building PCs, but I don't know anybody, myself included, who finds motherboards that exciting (outside of people who work with them for a living, I guess).
Don't practice Excel with boring datasets: 4 real Pokémon projects that stick
How-To Geekby Jorge A. Aguilar·29 Aug 2026
Most Excel tutorials hand you a sales spreadsheet from a fictional company and tell you to practice pivot tables on data you don't care about.
Fake SD cards are everywhere—here's how to spot them before they destroy your files
How-To Geekby Nick Lewis·29 Aug 2026
Fake SD cards and SSDs have been a problem for a long time, especially on online storefronts like Amazon, eBay, or AliExpress.
How I built a one-tap "travel mode" that locks down my Android when I'm at the airport
How-To Geekby Nick Lewis·29 Aug 2026
Large airports are a potential security nightmare. There are random, unfamiliar Wi-Fi networks everywhere, charging ports that could be compromised, and more people than you could ever hope to...
I tried playing my 90s Windows CD-ROM games on Linux, and it was surprisingly easy
How-To Geekby Jordan Gloor·29 Aug 2026
Running old CD-ROM games on modern Windows isn't too hard if you know how to manage Windows' compatibility software.
3 bone-chilling Paramount+ thrillers to watch this weekend (August 28-30)
How-To Geekby Derek Malcolm·29 Aug 2026
Sometimes you want to laugh, sometimes you want to cry, and sometimes you want a movie so intense that you grip the arm of your couch so hard you nearly rip the upholstery off.
I tried NVIDIA's DLSS 5 before its release—it's incredible
How-To Geekby Nick Lewis·29 Aug 2026
DLSS 5 isn't due for an official release until sometime later this year, but an unfinished version that slipped out with NBA 2K27 has allowed the RenoDX modding community to get it running with...
Google Wallet knows where you go—here's why location-tracking is one of its best features
How-To Geekby Joe Fedewa·29 Aug 2026
Location access is one of those permissions that everyone should take seriously. Not every app that requests it truly needs it.
Run Linux without rebooting—4 ways to get the terminal on Windows
How-To Geekby David Delony·29 Aug 2026
If you've decided to try Linux, you might have trouble leaving Windows. Maybe your favorite game only runs on Windows, or you need a Windows program for your work.
5 Z-Wave mistakes that make your smart home feel sluggish (and how to fix them)
How-To Geekby Adam Davidson·29 Aug 2026
Z-Wave has a reputation for reliability, which makes it a popular choice for critical smart home devices such as smart locks and alarm systems.
Streaming services are now worse than cable—here's how they trapped us
How-To Geekby Sydney Butler·29 Aug 2026
I cut the cord pretty early in the streaming game. Back then, I got my first broadband connection (4Mbps!) and was still using satellite TV to watch movies and TV series.
CachyOS is closing the one gap that used to keep me on Windows
How-To Geekby Zunaid Ali·29 Aug 2026
I've used both Windows and Linux for years now. To the disappointment of many of you, Windows mostly won the tie-breaker. It's not like I admire Windows a lot.
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