Skip pricey SBC purchases and explore battery backed phone servers hosting Jellyfin, Vaultwarden and cloud storage.

Home Assistant and Frigate in one palm-sized box beat my Raspberry Pi setup.

Eventually, Windows Media Center came out (RIP) and we were able to kind of use that like a DVR, but it wasn't a great ...

Last time, I wrote about how I made it possible to search for photos by the people in them. I've started to accumulate a few ...

Even PS2 games are no match for my N100 mini-PC ...

Let your CPU take a breath sometimes ...

I was thinking about whether it would be possible to block sites I don't want my children to see (such as YouTube or TikTok).

Backing up your Android data to a local server can be a smart way to keep your information safe without relying on cloud ...

People are starting to push back against big tech surveillance and invasive advertising. Some people use ad blockers on their devices, but you can go further.

Beginners interested in physical computing may benefit from kits that include breadboards, jumper wires, LEDs and small ...

Nick Lewis is an editor at How-To Geek. He has been using computers for 20 years --- tinkering with everything from the UI to the Windows registry to device firmware. Before How-To Geek, he used ...

You can probably still read on it, and, with some finessing, you can turn it into a useful display.