Nvidia's RTX Spark: The Reality of Next-Gen PCs!
How-To Geekby Jon Fingas4 Sept 2026
Nvidia is slowly lifting the veil from the first PCs with its RTX Spark chip, and it's now clearer what they can do.
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top 47%This decade-old laptop next to my router is the most useful device on my network
How-To Geekby Ismar Hrnjicevic4 Sept 2026
When someone new comes over, one of the first questions I get is why in the world I have a random laptop plugged into my router.
Excel dashboards kept sending me down a rabbit hole. Gemini got me out
How-To Geekby Tony Phillips4 Sept 2026
I'm forever creating dashboards in Excel, and while I get a lot of satisfaction from it, that's part of the problem.
I'm skipping the physical media craze and turning my old Android phone into a FLAC player instead
How-To Geekby Zachary Boddy4 Sept 2026
Cassettes, CDs, even vinyls (despite their recent resurgence in popularity) — physical media that you can hold and confidently pronounce as yours has unfortunately become a rarity in the modern...
Background Windows apps are quietly eating your Wi-Fi — here’s how to stop them
How-To Geekby Dibakar Ghosh4 Sept 2026
Do you have a fast internet connection, but your Windows PC often feels slower than it should? Have you already tried switching your DNS providers and other internet speed optimization hacks, but...
5 useful desktop gadgets you can build with an ESP32 this weekend (Sep 4 - 6)
How-To Geekby Tim Brookes4 Sept 2026
Your desk is your command station, and no command station is complete without the right equipment.
Microsoft's new version of Windows gets rid of all the annoyances (for a price)
How-To Geekby Viraj Gawde4 Sept 2026
Anybody who has set up a new Windows PC for development knows the tedium—spending the first few hours installing tools, muting distractions, changing File Explorer settings, and configuring Linux...
Your motherboard heatsink is secretly cooking your double-sided NVMe
How-To Geekby Ismar Hrnjicevic4 Sept 2026
SSD prices are higher than ever due to the ongoing NAND flash shortage, which makes both your existing NVMes and any future upgrades a serious investment.
5 ways you're unwittingly killing your GPU
How-To Geekby Monica J. White4 Sept 2026
As I occasionally torture myself with checking GPU prices at various retailers, I'm well aware of the fact that GPUs are, indeed, still massively overpriced. Shocker.
3 award-winning Netflix movies to watch this weekend (September 4-6)
How-To Geekby T.M. Amrita4 Sept 2026
Netflix has many award-winning movies hidden in its evolving library. You might find your new favorite watch from the platform's exhaustive collection.
I built a personalized desktop toolbox without writing a single line of code
How-To Geekby Tony Phillips4 Sept 2026
I use a surprising number of little utilities every day, from cleaning up text and calculating dates to converting file sizes and working out percentages.
4 open-source Android apps that beat the popular Play Store alternatives
How-To Geekby Ismar Hrnjicevic4 Sept 2026
Android has no shortage of high-quality apps, but with such a vast selection on the Play Store, finding the best one for a particular task can be surprisingly difficult.
4 more expensive Ryobi tools worth saving up for
How-To Geekby Cory Gunther4 Sept 2026
Ryobi is one of the most popular power tool brands on the market, and a big part of that is affordability.
The Truth Behind the World's Thinnest SSD
How-To Geekby Jon Fingas4 Sept 2026
Many tech companies like to tout "world's best" claims, but here's one that actually matters. Lexar has introduced the "world's thinnest portable SSD," the Muse, and it looks to be genuinely...
You don't need a USB flash drive—your old phone is a better portable file server
How-To Geekby Jorge A. Aguilar4 Sept 2026
Buying a new phone leaves you with an older one that is pretty much useless unless you trade it in. No one really needs a second phone unless it is for work.
7 ways to repurpose your old speakers
How-To Geekby Ismar Hrnjicevic4 Sept 2026
If your old speakers are gathering dust and you're not sure what to do with them, you've come to the right place.
3 fresh Netflix documentaries to watch this weekend (September 4 - 6)
How-To Geekby Derek Malcolm4 Sept 2026
After a pretty solid run of documentaries for August, it's finally September, and for non-fiction fans, that means Netflix has re-upped its library of gripping real-life stories to sink your teeth...
3 little-known Excel tools worth exploring this weekend (September 4-6)
How-To Geekby Tony Phillips4 Sept 2026
Excel has plenty of features that can make everyday spreadsheet work easier, but some of the most useful ones are surprisingly easy to overlook.
You can 3D print these 4 viral lifestyle products at home this weekend (Sep 4 - 6)
How-To Geekby Tim Brookes4 Sept 2026
If you watch a lot of YouTube or regularly scroll through social media feeds, you’re probably used to seeing a handful of brands show up time and time again.
I'm tired of in-display fingerprint sensors—foldables prove there's a better way
How-To Geekby Joe Fedewa4 Sept 2026
As cutting-edge as they may seem, foldable phones have more in common with regular ‘ol slab phones than they don’t.