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MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha9h ago
It’s been 30 years since the KDE desktop environment was released, and the team has a very special release in the form of version 6.8 set to release on October 14.
MakeUseOfby Charlene Badasie11h ago
There are multiple thrillers on Netflix that are easy to recommend based on their premise alone. Then there are the ones that are better approached with as little information as possible.
MakeUseOfby Manuviraj Godara12h ago
My favorite Windows features aren't the grandiose ones that let you do a bunch of stuff in one sweep. What impresses me are the ones that do one particular thing, no matter how minuscule, well.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi13h ago
Buying a microSD card should be one of the easiest tech purchases. Pick the storage size you need, grab one from a brand you trust, and get on with your day.
MakeUseOfby Isaac Akinleye13h ago
Open enough tabs for research and the browser stops being useful. Every page you need is sitting right next to a dozen others you probably don't, and there's nothing to tell you which one led to...
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke14h ago
James Gunn and Peter Safran are busy building out a new DC Cinematic Universe, and they have just completed an important project: the first season of Lanterns, an HBO show about the Green Lantern...
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre14h ago
I'm old enough to have a fairly decent MP3 collection, back from when we were burning our CDs to our hard drives and collecting them on our iPods (or Zunes, I guess).
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi15h ago
A Raspberry Pi looks like the obvious starting point for a tiny home server. The board is inexpensive, compact, efficient, and supported by a huge community.
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef15h ago
I work across multiple computers, and at least two at any given time. Recently, as I started to use more and more voice dictation to write on any app that supports it, I needed a way to use my...
MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile16h ago
I got a really expensive pair of headphones for my birthday a couple of months ago. I was pretty ecstatic about the purchase, but the moment I connected them to my Windows PC, the joy on my face —...
MakeUseOfby Isaac Akinleye16h ago
Reopening your apps after a restart is the easy part. Getting back to the folder, tabs, notes, or even the URL you were working from takes longer.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi17h ago
Privacy software has caught the subscription bug along with everything else. A VPN wants a few dollars every month, your password manager wants its share, and before long you’re paying enough...
MakeUseOfby Yash Wate17h ago
My first-ever laptop ended up in a drawer for years, collecting dust. That was until I realized I could repurpose it and give it a new life.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi17h ago
Browser download managers are easy to forget about because they usually work well enough to stay out of the way.
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder18h ago
Wide foldables are surging in popularity thanks to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 and the iPhone Duo.
MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile18h ago
User data is like gold right now, and it's more valuable than ever. Software companies will do anything to collect this data, just like Thanos collecting the Infinity Stones.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi19h ago
A $45 Raspberry Pi doesn't look like a serious subscription-eliminating machine at first. Mine is a Raspberry Pi 3B+, a 2018 board with a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, four USB 2.0 ports...
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell19h ago
Kodi isn't just another streaming app like Netflix or Hulu. It's a powerful open-source media center that allows you to organize, stream, and play almost any type of content, including movies, TV...
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell20h ago
Space horrors like the Alien franchise work so well because they pull us into the darkest depths of unexplored territory, and The Silent Sea, Netflix’s 2021 Korean sci-fi thriller, borrows from...
MakeUseOfby Sagar Naresh20h ago
When it comes to navigation on Android Auto, most of us trust Google Maps, even though there are other alternatives available.
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