How-To Geek

Chrome for Android is getting a classic desktop feature

Viraj Gawde — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:11:06 GMT

If your bookmarks folder is stacked with saved sites, you’ll know the struggle of finding anything on Chrome for Android isn’t exactly quick. Unlike on desktop platforms, where everything sits neatly in a bookmarks bar, phones have a multi-step process just to open any bookmark. Google is finally fixing that friction with a desktop-style bookmarks bar that’s rolling out now.

The 5 most annoying Android Auto problems (and how to fix them)

Ismar Hrnjicevic — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:00:17 GMT

Android Auto is easily the coolest feature your car can have if you're an Android user. It turns your car's head unit into an extension of your smartphone, and when it works correctly, it's perfect for displaying your maps, music, and messages all on a large screen that doesn't distract you during driving.

3 movie remakes that were actually better than the original

Rich Hein — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:45:16 GMT

Most of the time when I hear that a movie I like is getting remade, my first reaction isn't excitement. It's confusion. I find myself asking the same question: why? If the original worked, why revisit it at all? Hollywood doesn't exactly have a great track record here. More often than not, the remake ends up feeling like a thinner, louder, or more unnecessary version of something that was already good the first time around.

Forget the zoom slider: Use this 2-second Excel trick to see exactly what you need

Tony Phillips — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:30:16 GMT

Nothing kills your Excel workflow like manually zooming in to tiny text or zooming out to see the bigger picture. Instead of playing "too big, too small" with the slider or fighting your mouse wheel, you can use a two-second trick to snap any range into a perfect fit. It's better for your eyes, and much better for your productivity.

5 unexpected ways to repurpose your old GTX GPU instead of selling it for pennies

Monica J. White — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:15:16 GMT

When we think of exciting graphics cards, we usually think of the most expensive GPUs. Think the RTX 5090s or the RTX 5080s, not the RTX 3050s. But cheap or pricey, most people are no longer thrilled by the idea of an old Nvidia GTX GPU, and rightfully so. Nvidia has moved on to the RTX 20-series in 2018, after all.

I trust these open-source apps for all my PDF editing

Gaurav Shukla — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:04:16 GMT

Why pay for Adobe Acrobat or risk your data with online editors when excellent open-source PDF tools offer powerful, private alternatives? These PDF editors give you complete control over your documents and are free of cost.

Your smart home probably has too many automations

Adam Davidson — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:00:16 GMT

Automation is the key to any good smart home. Controlling your smart home with apps, voice commands, or wall-mounted dashboards is fine, but ultimately, you're still just pushing buttons. True automation makes things happen without you having to lift a finger, but it's all too easy for the number of automations to get out of control.

Hear me out: Plastic phones are better than metal and glass

Joe Fedewa — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:45:16 GMT

Nearly every high-end smartphone today is made of metal and glass—and they all look the same. Glass on the front, metal wrapped around the sides, and usually a combination of the two on the back. Plastic has been banished to “cheap” phones, but it really shouldn’t be that way.

This is the Docker setting that Plex users always get wrong

Patrick Campanale — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:30:16 GMT

Hardware transcoding is one of my favorite features of my media server, which is powered by Plex. It allows me to have one copy of a movie on it and then simply transcodes it into any container or format it needs. However, it took me a while to get it working properly with Docker.

Calling Nvidia's DLSS 5 "AI slop" completely misses the point of modern rendering

Sydney Butler — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:00:16 GMT

Another day, another DLSS version sows discord among the gaming masses. It takes me right back to the release of the first public version of DLSS, and all the surrounding negativity. Yet, today, all but a vocal minority of gamers deny that DLSS has been the killer feature of the generation.