The Best Digital Tools for Dungeons and Dragons
There are many Dungeon and Dragons purists who—even in the digital age—still rely on using old-fashioned tools from earlier decades. However...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Only U.S. State With Commercial Coffee Bean Production Is?
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How to Regain Access to Your Plex Server When You’re Locked Out
For the most part, the Plex Media Server experience is pretty flawless. You install the server software, you point your Plex clients at it, ...Read More
Anker’s Eufy Genie vs. Amazon Echo Dot: Are the Savings Worth It?
The Echo Dot is a great device, but Anker’s Eufy Genie ($35) aims to dethrone it with the same Alexa-based system and a $15 cheaper price ta...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Medical Term For The Numbness You Experience When A Limb “Falls Asleep” Is?
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How to Search Your Amazon Order History
You order so much stuff from Amazon, it’s tough to keep track of it all. If you need to go back through your history to find something you’v...Read More
The Cheapest Ways To Stream College Football (Without Cable)
We’ve shown you the cheapest ways to stream (almost) every NFL game this season. Now we’re back to do the same service for college ball…with...Read More
How to Enable or Disable Notification Dots in Android 8.0 Oreo
Google brought a handful of changes in Android Oreo, both big and small. Among the smaller, yet welcome additions to the operating system is...Read More
What’s the Difference Between a Facebook Profile, Page, and Group?
Facebook is used by a lot of different people for a lot of different things, so it’s only natural that Facebook would have different sets of...Read More
App Subscriptions Are a Good Thing
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How Do You Define a PowerShell Function That Requires Elevation?
PowerShell can be extremely useful for a lot of everyday tasks as is, but if you need to tweak some functions with a bit of safety in mind, ...Read More
How to Set Up the Kwikset Kevo Fob to Unlock Your Door Without Your Phone
Under normal circumstances, the Kwikset Kevo relies on your phone in order to know whether it should unlock your door. However, if you’d rat...Read More
Geek Trivia: Residential Communities Where People Live With Their Planes And Direct Runway Access Are Called?
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How to Stop Netflix From Sending You Emails and Notifications
Netflix is constantly adding new content, and the company doesn’t want you to forget it. You get emails or notifications when Netflix adds n...Read More
How to Train Your Pandora Radio Stations Better
Pandora is one of the oldest and most popular streaming radio services, but if you’re a long-time user, you might notice a certain sameness ...Read More
The Best Weather Apps for Android
Everyone has at least one weather app installed on their phone, but there are so many different ones out there. Finding the “best” one can b...Read More
How to Buy an Emoji Domain
Emoji are awesome, and even old people (like my 30-year old friends) are starting to realize it now. They add nuance to text messages that y...Read More
The Best Way to Save Money on Tech: Buy Used
Technology is expensive. We geeks love to shower ourselves with new gadgets, but it’s awfully costly. There are a lot of ways to save money ...Read More
How to Create a Local Backup of Your Synology NAS
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How to Control Your Smarthome Devices with Text Messages
As if there weren’t already enough ways to control all of your smarthome devices, text messaging could be the most convenient method for som...Read More
Geek Trivia: Which U.S. State Has The Largest Amount Of Land Set Aside For Native Americans?
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How to Stream Music to Your Google Home Over Bluetooth
Google Home is great for taking voice commands, but you can also send music from your phone to its speaker. While most apps let you cast aud...Read More
How to Remove Third-Party Facebook Apps From Your Account
You know how you can log in to services like Disqus, Best Buy, or Hulu, (or our very own comments) with your Facebook account? It’s a fast a...Read More
How to Set the Caps Lock Key as a Search Button on External Keyboards on Chromebooks
Google replaced the Caps Lock key with a search button on Chromebooks long ago, but if you plug an external keyboard up to a Chromebook and ...Read More
The 3 Best Ways to Make a Window Always-on-Top on Windows
Windows doesn’t offer a built-in way for users to make a window always on top. There are many third-party tools for this, but they’re often ...Read More
Geek Trivia: The First Sunday Newspaper In The World Was?
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Ecobee3 Smart Thermostat
While the Nest Thermostat may be the coolest smart thermostat on the block, the Ecobee3 has all sorts of neat features that the Nest Thermos...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Only Actor Who Appears In Both The Star Trek Pilot And First Aired Episode Is?
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How to Turn an Android Tablet Into a Desktop Notification Center
Android tablets seem to be slumping hard: sales are down and developers aren’t interested in supporting them with specific apps…not even Goo...Read More
How to Customize Your Plex Screensaver with Photos and Fanart
The default “screensaver” for Plex Home Theater clients is to simply dim the screen. Let’s do away with that boring method and replace the d...Read More
How to Re-Key Your Kwikset SmartKey Lock to Your Previous Key
Re-keying locks can sometimes be a pain, since you usually need to get a locksmith to do it for you. However, with Kwikset’s SmartKey techno...Read More
Geek Trivia: Which Of These Animals Is, Unlike Nearly Every Other Mammal On Earth, Mite Free?
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How to Control Your Wi-Fi Connected Roomba With Alexa or Google Home
You can control your Wi-Fi-connected Roomba from your phone, but if you have an Amazon Echo or Google Home (or a phone with Google Assistant...Read More
How to Let Someone Else Use Your Computer Without Giving Them Access to All Your Stuff
If you let someone use your computer, they could gain access to your saved passwords, read your email, access all your files, and more. Inst...Read More
What Is Windows Logon Application (winlogon.exe), and Why Is It Running on My PC?
The winlogon.exe process is a critical part of the Windows operating system. This process is always running in the background on Windows, an...Read More
What Is an “N” or “KN” Edition of Windows?
Microsoft distributes special “N” editions of Windows in Europe and “KN” editions of Windows in Korea. These are the same as the standard ed...Read More
How to Unlock Your Kevo Smart Lock Without Your Phone
The Kwikset Kevo mostly relies on your smartphone for locking and unlocking, but what if your phone died or you just forgot to bring it with...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Largest Living Turtle Species Is The?
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How to Schedule Your Wi-Fi Connected Roomba For Daily Cleaning Jobs
Roombas may make it easier to vacuum your home, but they can be loud and get in the way. Fortunately, you can schedule them to run when you’...Read More
What Is Client Server Runtime Process (csrss.exe), and Why Is It Running On My PC?
If you have a Windows PC, open your Task Manager and you’ll definitely see one or more Client Server Runtime Process (csrss.exe) processes r...Read More
How to Manually Disable the Power and Drive LEDs on Your Desktop PC
Desktop computers make a certain amount of noise and light during operation. Unless you’ve custom-built a monster gaming machine with awesom...Read More
How to Factory Reset Your Nintendo 3DS
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How to Turn Location Sharing Off on Twitter’s Mobile Apps
Twitter’s mobile apps make it very easy to share your location without really meaning to. Let’s look at how to know when Twitter is sharing ...Read More
What’s the Best Way to Back Up My Computer?
Everyone loses data at some point in their lives. Your computer’s hard drive could fail tomorrow, ransomware could hold your files hostage, ...Read More
How to Share Synced Plex Videos from One Device to Another
The Plex mobile apps for iOS and Android have a really neat but frequently overlooked feature: you can turn your mobile device into a tiny m...Read More
What Is Kevo Plus, and Is It Worth It?
The Kwikset Kevo doesn’t directly connect to the internet, so controlling it remotely isn’t possible unless you get the Kevo Plus add-on ser...Read More
Geek Trivia: In The Song Bohemian Rhapsody, “Scaramouche” Is A?
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How to Find Your Tile Tracker With Alexa or Google Home
Tile trackers are handy for finding your keys, wallet, or anything else you might lose. Normally, you need to use your phone to find your Ti...Read More
How to Sync Your Android Notifications to Your PC or Mac
If you’re working at your computer and your phone goes off, you can grab it, unlock it, and check the notification, likely throwing off your...Read More
How to Report a Whole Facebook Group
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How to Disable SMBv1 and Protect Your Windows PC From Attack
The WannaCry and Petya ransomware epidemics both spread using flaws in the ancient SMBv1 protocol, which Windows still enables by default (f...Read More
What Does the Builtin Command in Bash Do?
The builtin commands in Bash can be extremely useful, but what does “builtin” itself actually do? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the ans...Read More
How to Enable Automatic Firmware Updates for Your Wink Hub
Firmware updates are annoying, but they’re essential to a properly working (and secure) device. The Wink Hub is no exception, but if you’d r...Read More
Geek Trivia: When You See New Growth Rising Out Of An Old Tree Stump, You’re Seeing A?
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How to Find You Wi-Fi Connected Roomba When It Gets Lost
If you leave your Roomba to do its thing unattended—which is the whole point, after all—every once in a while it can get stuck in a corner o...Read More
Is Now a Good Time to Buy an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive?
The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the only retail-available VR headsets to use conventional gaming PCs as a platform, have been on the market fo...Read More
How to Build Your Own NES or SNES Classic with a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie
The NES Classic Edition is an official clone of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, and one of the best ways to play your favorite r...Read More
The Best Tools for Editing Pictures on Chromebooks
Chromebooks have long been touted as great machines for users who “don’t need anything more than a browser.” But as time has gone on, the ma...Read More
What Is a Macro Lens in Photography?
A macro lens is a lens designed for taking extremely close-up photos of the subject. If you’ve ever seen a photo of a spider’s eyes or the v...Read More
The Best New Features in Android 8.0 Oreo, Available Now
Android “O” is officially Android Oreo, which is beginning to roll out to compatible devices now. As with most major Android releases, this ...Read More
How to Skip the Wait and Upgrade Your Pixel or Nexus to Android Oreo Now
Android Oreo is here, but it’s rolling out to Pixel and Nexus devices slowly. If you still haven’t gotten the upgrade notification, here’s a...Read More
How to Randomize Your Hue Lights for Extra Vacation Security
If you want to give the illusion that you’re home when you’re really on vacation, your Phillips Hue smart bulbs now have a “presence mimicki...Read More
Are Smart Locks Secure?
You might think that smart locks are a security disaster just waiting to happen. After all, why would you trust an internet-connected device...Read More
Geek Trivia: The First Companion Character Link Has In Any Of The Legend Of Zelda Games Is?
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How to Middle Click on a Laptop Touchpad
Most laptop touchpads make it possible to perform a middle-click, but not all do. In some situations, you may need to enable this option in ...Read More
How to Make Phone Calls With Your Google Home
After Alexa gave users the ability to call other Echo owners, Google upped the ante with true phone calls. If you live in the U.S. or Canada...Read More
What Is “SmartScreen” and Why Is It Running on My PC?
Windows 10 includes SmartScreen, a feature that helps protect your PC from downloaded malware and malicious websites. The “SmartScreen” proc...Read More
How to Customize Your Command Prompt’s Color Scheme With Microsoft’s ColorTool
Microsoft created a new console color scheme for Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update, but existing Windows systems won’t get it automatically....Read More
How to Leave a Facebook Group
One of Facebook’s most annoying features is that any of your Friends can add you to a Facebook Group. I’ve had several acquaintances who are...Read More
Why You Should Replace Windows’ Default Image Viewer With IrfanView
As its featureset expanded, Windows became something of an omnibus. It now includes not one, but two built-in browsers, a defragmentation to...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Smallest Fox Species In The World Is The?
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What Is YouTube TV, and Can It Replace Your Cable Subscription?
It seem like everyone is jumping on the streaming live TV train these days, and with Google getting YouTube on board, it’s worth a closer lo...Read More
Geek Trivia: In Architecture, Structures Built For Decoration But Suggestive Of A Functional And Grander Purpose Are Called?
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Screen Savers Haven’t Been Useful For Decades. Why Are They Still Here?
I was walking through the dorms in 2003 when I saw it: a desk with three computer monitors, all with a Matrix screen saver scrolling green t...Read More
How to Stop and Restart Applications On Your Synology NAS
Just like desktop applications, the application packages on your Synology NAS need an occasional restart—but unlike desktop applications, it...Read More
How to Enable Auto-Lock for Your Kwikset Kevo Smart Lock
If you ever forget to lock your door on the way out, The Kwikset Kevo can make your life easy by doing it automatically whenever you leave t...Read More
Geek Trivia: In The Lord Of The Rings, Who Bore The One Ring For The Longest Period Of Time?
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How to Securely Send Large Files to Anyone With Firefox Send
We may be living in the future, but sending large files over the web remains…complicated. Email is a terrible way to send files over 1GB, an...Read More
What Is Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, and How Is It Different?
Microsoft has announced Windows 10 Pro for Workstations. This is a higher-end version of Windows 10 Professional for expensive PCs with powe...Read More
Why Are the PCI Express Ports on My Motherboard Different Sizes? x16, x8, x4, and x1 Explained
The PCI Express standard is one of the staples of modern computing, with a slot on more or less every desktop computer made in the last deca...Read More
How to Add Attachments in Gmail for the iPhone
While email is still an incredibly popular form of communication, it’s not always a part of everyone’s daily life. And if the time comes whe...Read More
How to Use Snapchat Without Sharing Your Location
Snapchat’s new Snap Map feature is incredibly creepy—it shares your location with all your Friends every time you open Snapchat—and might ma...Read More
A Brief History of BonziBuddy, the Internet’s Most Friendly Malware
If you had a computer in the early 2000s and didn’t have a ton of common sense (or proper antivirus software), you probably ended up with an...Read More
How to Install a Wired Security Camera System
If you’ve decided to get a wired security camera system instead of a Wi-Fi camera, the setup is a bit more involved, but you’ll end up with ...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Most Expensive Typo In History Was Created By A?
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What Is opendirectoryd, and Why Is It Running On my Mac?
You’re checking Activity Monitor, seeing what’s taking up resources on your Mac, when you notice a process called opendirectoryd. What does ...Read More
How to Set Up Your Wi-Fi Connected Roomba
iRobot has a few different models of Roomba vacuums, but the Wi-Fi connected Roombas are definitely some of the most convenient. You can sta...Read More
How to Use Safe Mode to Fix Your Windows PC (and When You Should)
Windows’ Safe Mode is an essential tool. On computers infected with malware or crashing because of buggy drivers, Safe Mode may be the only ...Read More
Is Now a Good Time to Buy a New NVIDIA or AMD Graphics Card?
A few years ago, people were predicting the death of PC gaming as we know it. Those people are feasting on an abundance of humble pie, as PC...Read More
Quick Tip: You Can Swipe Cards Away in Android Auto to Dismiss Them
Android Auto is a highly useful tool in the car. It provides music, navigation, traffic notifications, and quick access to calls and message...Read More
How to Allow (or Disallow) Direct Messaging from Everyone on Twitter
By default, only people you follow can send you direct messages on Twitter. This is just one of the ways Twitter tries to keep harassment to...Read More
What Is “Enhance Pointer Precision” in Windows?
The “Enhance Pointer Precision” setting in Windows can actually make you less precise with your mouse in many situations. This poorly unders...Read More
How to Manually and Automatically Update Your Synology NAS Packages
Keeping the operating system of your Synology NAS up to date is only half of the smooth home server experience: the other half is keeping al...Read More
How to Give Digital “Keys” for Your Kwikset Kevo to Other Users
The Kwikset Kevo allows you to lock and unlock your door without the need for actual keys. However, what if you want others to have access t...Read More
Geek Trivia: According To The USDA, A Sandwich Is Defined By The Presence Of?
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Quit and Hide macOS Apps from the Command+Tab Interface
Command+Tab is the main keyboard shortcut for switching applications in macOS. Hold Command then press Tab—you’ll see icons representing eve...Read More
How to Delete Items From Your Amazon Browsing History
Amazon uses your shopping and browsing history to give you recommendations and show you products that you might like. Unfortunately, that al...Read More
How to Load DRM-Free eBooks Onto Your Kindle
The Kindle is a fantastic reading device, but it’s almost entirely reliant upon Amazon’s closed retail system for buying books. That’s by de...Read More
What Is EA Access for Xbox One, and Is It Worth It?
EA Access for Xbox One gives you access to more than 50 games, discounts, and trials of new EA games before they’re released. But is the mon...Read More
What Is Dynamic Range in Photography?
In photography, the “dynamic range” is the difference between the darkest and lightest tones in an image, generally pure black and pure whit...Read More
How to Use Pushbullet to Sync All Sorts of Stuff Between Your PC and Phone
If you spend a lot of time at your computer, there’s a good chance you grab your phone somewhere between seven and 7,000 times per day to ch...Read More
How to Install and Set Up the Kwikset Kevo Smart Lock
Traditional door locks work just fine, but if you want to add some smarts to the security of your home, a smart lock is a good way to go. He...Read More
Geek Trivia: Throughout The Northeastern U.S., Sunrooms Are Commonly Referred To As?
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Why Microsoft Dropped 3D Pinball From Windows (and How to Bring It Back)
Forget Solitaire and Minesweeper. The best game ever included with Windows was a virtual pinball table. With blinking lights and arcade soun...Read More
What Is PlayStation Plus, and Is It Worth It?
If you have a PlayStation 4, Sony’s PlayStation Plus service is required to play multiplayer games online. A subscription costs $10 per mont...Read More
What Is “wsappx” and Why Is It Running on My PC?
The “wsappx” process is part of Windows 8 and 10, and you may see it running in the background or even using a significant amount of CPU and...Read More
How to Remove Someone From Your PlayStation Friends List
It’s cool being able to add your friends on PlayStation. You can see what each other are doing, what games you’ve been playing, and even pla...Read More
How to Delete All Location Information from Your Previous Tweets
Where you live is a pretty private location. Worryingly, it’s all too easy to leak it on social media without really meaning to. For example...Read More
Online Reviews Are Getting Worse: How Sellers Trick You Into Leaving Lucrative Reviews for Them
At this point, you’re probably aware that online reviews can be less than honest. Unscrupulous vendors, manufacturers, and other businesses ...Read More
How to Back Up Your Stardew Valley Game Saves
Stardew Valley, the smash hit indie farming simulation role-playing game, is the kind of game players get quite attached to after sinking a ...Read More
How to Get the Most Out of Your Nest Cam
The Nest Cam is one of the most popular Wi-Fi cams on the market thanks to its ease of use. If you’re a recent owner or just someone who’s c...Read More
Geek Trivia: A Character In Serialized Fiction Who Meets Or Exceeds The Popularity Of The Main Character Is Called A?
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What Is “dbfseventsd,” And Why Is It Running on my Mac?
Looking through Activity Monitor, you notice something named “dbfseventsd.” How do you even pronounce that? It’s running three times: twice ...Read More
The Best Comic Book Readers for Windows, Mac, and Linux
Comic books as a medium seem tailor-made for tablets, even if the timeline doesn’t precisely add up. But there are a surprising amount of co...Read More
How to Get Sideloaded Apps to Show up in FreeTime Profiles on Fire Tablets
Amazon’s Fire Tablets are an excellent choice for inexpensive kids’ tablets, and the FreeTime Profiles work really well to keep things sandb...Read More
How to Stop Getting Notifications Every Time Someone Posts in a Facebook Group
Facebook groups are a great way for societies, organizations, or just groups of like minded people to communicate. Unfortunately, by default...Read More
Browser Extensions Are a Privacy Nightmare: Stop Using So Many of Them
Browser extensions are much more dangerous than most people realize. These small tools often have access to everything you do online, so the...Read More
Geek Trivia: A Common Theme In Low-Budget Animation Is Characters With?
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Five Hidden Amazon Echo Features Worth Checking Out
The Amazon Echo is packed with tons of useful voice commands, but not all of them are obvious. You can also interact with Alexa from other d...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Weapon Or Tool A Video Game Character Needs To Advance The Story Is Called The?
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How to Schedule Automatic Maintenance on Windows 10 (and What It Does)
Windows 10 automatically performs system maintenance tasks like security scanning and disk optimization on a schedule. By default, Windows r...Read More
How to Disable the “Quick Access” Shortcuts in Google Drive
Recently, Google introduced a new feature in Google Drive that makes it easier to quickly access recently-opened or recently-edited files by...Read More
Geek Trivia: If Someone Is Promoted Within A Company In Order To Minimize The Harm They Can Cause, They’ve Been?
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How to Reset Your How-to Geek Trivia Score (and Feel Less Dumb)
My co-worker Jason is a jerk. Don’t get me wrong: I’m a big fan of his work and he’s probably the most agreeable person I could even hope to...Read More
How to Give Your Family Members an Automatic Amazon Gift Card Allowance
When your kids move away to go to school, they’ll probably phone home every once in a while to ask for money. If they shop a lot on Amazon (...Read More
How to Map Network Drives From the Command Prompt in Windows
Mapping a network drive to a shared folder from Windows’ graphic interface isn’t hard. But if you already know the network path for the shar...Read More
How to Turn Off Amazon’s Personalized Ads Around the Web
Amazon tracks your browsing history, which it then uses to advertise products to you across the web. Whether you’re tired of seeing ads for ...Read More
A Real iTunes Alternative for Windows – 8 New Features to Master iPhone [Sponsored Giveaway]
Complaints about iTunes have never stopped since its initial release and will continue if Apple has no intention of making some changes. Owi...Read More
How to Use Windows 10’s Built-In Photos App
As a fairly versatile operating system, Windows has always had ways of browsing and viewing photos. But with Windows 10, Microsoft decided t...Read More
How to Block Someone on the PlayStation 4 or Pro
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How to Replay a Snapchat Snap
It’s really annoying when you someone sends you a Snap and as you view it, you get distracted, look away and miss the message. This happens ...Read More
How Much Better Are Aftermarket CPU Coolers Than Intel’s Stock Coolers?
Building a gaming PC is an expensive proposition, even on the “value” side of things—we’re talking about at lest $500 for a new machine. Pen...Read More
How to Use a Physical Keyboard With Your iPad or iPhone
Your iPad and iPhone come with on-screen touch keyboards, but there’s nothing stopping you from connecting a good old fashioned physical key...Read More
Geek Trivia: When A TV Character Vanishes From A Series Without Mention, They’ve Fallen Victim To?
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How to Control Spotify and Vox With Your MacBook’s Touch Bar
By default, you can control your music with your Mac’s Touch Bar only if you use iTunes. Players like Spotify and Vox aren’t supported as of...Read More
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It’s pretty easy to edit Facebook posts. While that’s handy when you’re doing the editing, it can trip you up if you’re replying to someone ...Read More
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Windows 10 finally added virtual desktops as a built-in feature. If you keep a lot of apps open at once—or use your PC for very different ty...Read More
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This weekend, while most of the technology and gaming press wasn’t working on anything particularly important, Warner Bros. Interactive trie...Read More
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Everyone who uses Google services knows that Google has copies of your data—your search history, Gmail, YouTube history, and so much more. B...Read More
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How to Install and Test Windows 10 S
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Six Apple Wallet Features You May Not Have Known About
Apple’s Wallet app provides a convenient way to pull up all of your digital loyalty cards, boarding passes, tickets, and more. It also serve...Read More
Geek Trivia: The First And Only Human Deaths In Space Were The Crew Of The?
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How to Sync Your Clipboard Between Windows and macOS
Ever wish you could copy something on one computer, then paste it on another? Synced clipboards are becoming common: you can sync your clipb...Read More
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Amazon recently rolled out a feature that lets you ask Alexa for music based on what you’re doing. Amazon even announced that it would be ab...Read More
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How-To Geek is Hiring an Editorial Assistant / Writer
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How to Take Photos of a Solar Eclipse Safely
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What Is OAuth? How Those Facebook, Twitter, and Google Sign-in Buttons Work
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While you can put your smart lights on a schedule when you go on vacation, it’s actually better to have them turn on and off randomly, to ac...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Most Covered Beatles Song Of All Time Is?
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Seven Sites With Free Photos You Can Use However You Want
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How to Play Music On Your Amazon Echo Based On Your Activities
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How to Make Instagram Use Less Data
It’s easy to use a lot of mobile data with Instagram. Whether you’re posting your own photos and videos, or just flicking through your feed,...Read More
What Is Memory Compression in Windows 10?
Windows 10 uses memory compression to store more data in your system’s memory than it otherwise could. If you visit the Task Manager and loo...Read More
How to Set a Timer for Your Philips Hue Lights
Maybe you want to turn off your Philips Hue lights after a certain amount of time has passed, or have them blink as a reminder. Whatever you...Read More
Geek Trivia: The First Nuclear Merchant Ship Was The?
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What Is “backupd” and Why Is It Running on My Mac?
You notice a process named “backupd” while using Activity Monitor. What is this process, and why is it running on your Mac? via: howtogeek...Read More
How to Order and Set Up a Free Square Credit Card Reader
Most people don’t carry a ton of cash around anymore. That can be super inconvenient if you’re an independent artist or a small business own...Read More
Oculus Rift vs. HTC Vive: Which VR Headset Is Right for You?
The home virtual reality market might be a long way from mature, but the two main players on the PC side are firmly established: Facebook-ow...Read More
How to Get Better Casting on Android TV with Google’s Cast Receiver Beta
If you’re an Android TV user, you’ve probably used the casting feature—the one that makes Android TV work like Chromecast. Historically, it ...Read More
How to See a Log of Everything You’ve Ever Done on Facebook
Facebook keeps an Activity Log of absolutely everything you do—tracking things you like, post, or share on someone’s Timeline. You can view ...Read More
10 Useful Options You Can Configure In Your Router’s Web Interface
Your wireless router has a variety of useful options you can configure. These are practically hidden—you wouldn’t know these features exist ...Read More
Geek Trivia: A Music Composition Trick Used To Give The Illusion Of An Ever Rising Pitch Is Called A?
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What to Do When Your iPhone or iPad Isn’t Charging Properly
An iPhone that won’t charge properly is more than a little bit frustrating. Before you tear your hair out, take a stroll down out troublesho...Read More
Geek Trivia: What American Sport Can Trace Its Roots Directly Back To The Prohibition Era?
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The 10 Best Free-to-Play Online Shooters
Games are expensive. Want to play the latest headline-grabbing entry from EA or Activision? Be prepared to shell out $60…or $100 for the rea...Read More
How to Automatically Turn On Your Porch Lights When It Gets Dark Out Using Wink
If you’re like me and turn your porch lights on after the sun goes down, it’s sometimes easy to forget to do it every night. However, if you...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Only Other Animal In The Giraffidae Family Besides The Giraffe Is The?
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How to Get an RSS Feed For Any Subreddit
Reddit is terrible, but some individual subreddits are great. If you’d like to keep track of particular communities, but never want to open ...Read More
How to Turn Off Amazon 1-Click Ordering Everywhere
Amazon’s 1-Click Ordering can be handy for ordering things quickly, but maybe it shouldn’t be quite that easy to spend a ton of money withou...Read More
What Is Xbox Live Gold, and Is It Worth It?
If you have an Xbox One or Xbox 360, Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold service is required to play multiplayer games online. A subscription costs $...Read More
How to Turn Off “Ok Google” on Your Android Device
Using the “Ok Google” hotword to start a search or execute a command on your phone is a cool, useful feature. But I get that it’s not for ev...Read More
How to Make Snapchat Use Less Data With Travel Mode
Like Facebook, Snapchat can quickly use a lot of data. By default, even when you’re on mobile data, Snapchat will automatically download any...Read More
Three Ways to Quickly Search Your Computer’s Files on Windows 10
Windows 10’s Start menu can search your files, but it seems like Microsoft is more interested in pushing Bing and other online search featur...Read More
How to List or Search for Files in a .tar / .tar.gz Archive
If you have a huge tar backup file and you need to grab some files out of it, wouldn’t it be easier if you can look inside first? Click Her...Read More
The Different Types of Paint (and When to Use Them)
If you’re about to attack the walls in your house with a fresh new coat of paint, all the different choices in the paint aisle at your local...Read More
Geek Trivia: Han Solo And Indiana Jones Appeared Together In The Crossover Work Called?
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How to Bring Linux-Style apt-get Installations to Windows with Chocolatey
Linux users love installing software from the command line, and it’s not hard to understand why. Instead of downloading executables, running...Read More
How to Get a Notification When Your Dash Button Orders Something
Amazon’s Dash Buttons are a handy way to order supplies you need to buy regularly. Push a button and a couple days later a package shows up ...Read More
What is the M.2 Expansion Slot?
There’s a new open format sweeping the world of performance PCs, and it’s…well, complicated. The M.2 format is designed for manufacturers to...Read More
How to Remove Chromecast’s Network-Wide Android Notifications
In an effort to unify all devices on the same network, Google added a feature to the Google Home app (formerly called “Chromecast”). Now, if...Read More
Wireless Earbuds Used to Suck, But They’re Good Now
I hate wires. For a long time I’ve wanted to exclusively use wireless earbuds, but they just haven’t been good enough. It was impossible to ...Read More
The Ultimate Checklist Guide to Reinstalling Windows on Your PC
Reinstalling Windows isn’t as simple as just clicking through an installer. You’ll want to have important data backed up first, and then you...Read More
How to Extract a Single File from a .tar / .tar.gz Archive
If you’ve ever run into a scenario where you have a huge tar backup file but you only need to extract a single file, you’… Click Here to C...Read More
How to Import Photos from iPhone to Mac
There are several ways to transfer photos you took with your iPhone over to your Mac. Some of these methods are better than others, dependin...Read More
Geek Trivia: Fans Of Popular Works Of Fiction Who Desire To See Their Favorite Characters In A Relationship Are Known As?
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How to Reset Your MacBook’s Touch Bar When It Gets Stuck
It’s rare, but every once and a while your MacBook’s Touch Bar can get stuck, showing you only one set of buttons and not responding to touc...Read More
What Is 1-Click Ordering On Amazon and How Does It Work?
Amazon became a household name by letting you order almost anything you could possibly want from a single website. Naturally, Amazon wants t...Read More
How to Find and Install a Color Profile for a More Accurate Monitor on Windows and macOS
Color profiles, also known as ICC or ICM files, contain a collection of settings that help calibrate how colors appear on your monitor. You ...Read More
The Cheapest Cordcutting Plans for NFL Football Fans
Football season is almost upon us. That means one thing: expensive cable or satellite TV packages. Okay, it also means beer commercials and ...Read More
How to Disable Google Assistant (or At Least Take Its Shortcut Back)
Google Assistant should be available on basically all modern Android phones at this point, but not everyone loves it. If you find yourself d...Read More
What Is “Medium Format” in Photography?
Before the rise of digital photography, things were a lot less standardized. There were countless films available in different sizes that yo...Read More
Do I Really Need Antivirus If I Browse Carefully?
Whenever antivirus software is mentioned, someone always seems to chime up and say they don’t need an antivirus because they’re “careful”, a...Read More
How to Randomize Uploaded Filenames in WordPress
WordPress file upload capabilities have really improved over the years, but there’s one problem we keep running into — the filenames are per...Read More
How to Turn Photos Into “Memories” on Your iPhone
The Photos app on iPhone and iPad automatically arranges the photos and videos you take into “Memories.” But you don’t have to stick with th...Read More
How to Store Leftover Paint the Right Way
Painting is one of those home improvement activities that we’ve all done at least once, and while it’s relatively easy to do, storing the le...Read More
Geek Trivia: The Only Film Where Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny Appear Onscreen Together Is?
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How to Use Your Computer’s Hosts File to Block Tons of Malware, Porn, and Other Types of Websites
Whether you’ve given a computer to your child or just want to keep things clean on your own machine, blocking sites that serve malware, porn...Read More
How to Turn On Facebook’s Data Saver Tool
If you spend a lot of time on Facebook, you can burn through your mobile data pretty quickly just scrolling past pictures and autoplaying vi...Read More
What Is EA’s Origin Access, and Is It Worth It?
EA’s Origin Access gives you access to more than 70 games, discounts, and new EA games before they’re released for a monthly (or yearly) sub...Read More
How to Add Wireless Charging to Almost Any Phone
Fret not, wireless charging aficionados. Even though fewer phones support it out of the box, you do have options for adding wireless chargin...Read More
How to View and Delete Your Google Maps History on Android and iPhone
If you’re anything like me, you use Google Maps a lot. The thing is, it keeps a detailed history of everywhere you’ve been—regardless of whe...Read More
How to Use Instagram’s New Face Filters
Over the past two years, Instagram has slowly been cloning Snapchat. Now, they’ve added Snapchat’s last great feature: Face Filters. Here’s ...Read More
10 Useful Windows Commands You Should Know
There are some things you can only do from the command line—even in Windows. Some of these tools don’t have graphical equivalents, while oth...Read More
PHP: How to Get the First 10 Characters from a String
Lets face it, we’re not the best PHP programmers, or else we’d probably remember how to do this without having to look it… Click Here to C...Read More
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