How-to Tech

This How-to Tech section is full of great articles explaining how to handle the increasing amount of technological objects in your life. Visit the How-to Tech guide and learn how to become the tech expert in your household.

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'Hour of Code' Demystifies Computer Programming for Kids

Seniors May Be As Hooked to Smartphones As Their Grandkids

Slow-Motion Video Makes People Look More Guilty, Study Shows

How to Scrub Identifying Info From Your Digital Pics

Why It's Important to Digitize Your Vintage Photos and Movies

Pro Tips on Posing for Perfect Pics

Want to Shake Your Virtual Colleague's Hand? Holograms Could Help

How to Cancel Amazon Prime

Unplugging From Big Tech Is Harder Than You Think

Steganography: The Art of Hiding Messages in Plain Sight

We're Getting Closer to the Quantum Internet, But What Is It?

How Alan Turing and His Test Became AI Legend

People Still Use Fax Machines, But, Um, Why?

How Rolex Came to Rule the Wrist

New MIT Headset Can 'Hear' Your Thoughts and Respond

Run, Jump & Climb Your Way Through Our Roblox Quiz

Can You Survive Our Minecraft Quiz?

How Tetris Went From Soviet Mind Game to Smash Hit

How to Cancel Netflix

What's the Most-disliked Video on YouTube?

How to Adjust Your TV for the Best Picture

They're Killing the MP3, but That's OK

How Walkie-talkies Work

7 Best Ways to Charge Your iPod Without an Outlet

What the End of 3G Service Means to You

You Track the Weather. Does Your Weather App Track You Back?

How to Unlock Your iPhone

A Perfect Storm of Worldwide Catastrophes Is Causing the Global Semiconductor Shortage

Inside an Electric Motor

What’s the Difference Between LCD and LED?

Why You Still Can't Make a Cellphone Call on a Flight

5 Myths About Mark Zuckerberg

Top 5 Myths About Bill Gates

We Owe It All to Radio: The Inside Story of CES

Consumer Electronics Show 2002

Consumer Electronics Show 2001

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How to Build a Computer

Why build your own computer? Because you can make it to fit your needs exactly and save some money in the process. Plus, it's fun and easy to do.

By Marshall Brain & Jonathan Strickland