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Sydney Butler is a technology writer with over 20 years of experience as a freelance PC technician and system builder and over a decade as a professional writer. He's worked for more than a decade in user education. On How-To Geek, he writes commerce content, guides, opinions, and specializes in editing hardware and cutting edge technology articles.

Sydney started working as a freelance computer technician around the age of 13, before which he was in charge of running the computer center for hi…

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The Brain-Implant Future Is Almost Here. Are You Up for It?

The Brain-Implant Future Is Almost Here. Are You Up for It?

The Neuralink company is on track to start human trials of its implant technology and it seems likely that br…

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How To Play SteamVR Games on Oculus Quest 2

How To Play SteamVR Games on Oculus Quest 2

The Oculus Quest 2 might be a standalone VR headset, but you can also use it with a computer the same way as …

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3 open-source virtual desktop tools that make Windows’s built-in feature look outdated

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By Sydney Butler
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Windows 11 has a robust virtual desktop feature, but it is rather basic. It probably doesn't help that Microsoft only built its own virtual desktop solution long after Linux and macOS had shown us what they could do. The result is that there have been third-party virtual desktop apps for a long time now, across several versions of Windows.
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VLC tries to do everything, Windows Media Player does nothing—this third app is the perfect middle ground

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By Sydney Butler
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How often do you play local media files on your PC? These days, most of what we watch comes from a cloud server viewed through a web browser. Even if you have your own media, you're probably watching it using a self-hosting solution like Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby. But I find myself opening local video files on my Windows PC more often than you'd think, and I've always been partial to VLC over the built-in Windows Media Player.
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10 Things That Are Ruining Your Sound Quality On Spotify

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By Sydney Butler
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10 Things That Are Ruining Your Sound Quality On Spotify Nicoletaionescu/Getty Images In 2025, Spotify added lossless streaming for Premium users, allowing those with the right audio gear to enjoy the best quality audio currently available to consumers. However, just because Spotify can sound amazing doesn't mean that what you're hearing at the moment is the best the service can offer. By default, Spotify is set up rather conservatively.
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