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MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan27 Aug 2026
As a PC builder for over a decade, I've learned one thing: never trust advertised specs. Sure, PC components can reach those high speeds that are highlighted in red and are supposed to be catchy...
MakeUseOfby Shimul Sood27 Aug 2026
For wrong with my phone’s battery. On days when I was out running errands, sitting in cafés, or moving around, my phone easily made it through the day with plenty of charge left.
MakeUseOfby Saikat Basu27 Aug 2026
I've been reading on a Kindle app for years. I have this strange quirk of experimenting with Kindle settings to make the reading experience better, or at least different.
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips27 Aug 2026
Open your router's 2.4GHz settings, and you'll find a channel dropdown with 11 options, sitting there like 11 real choices that will make a difference to your signal. Well, they're not lying.
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan27 Aug 2026
Samsung has always made some of the finest screens, and their technology is what made me fall in love with tablets.
MakeUseOfby Yasir Mahmood27 Aug 2026
I opened a store orders workbook in Microsoft Excel and found seven of its twenty price lookups returning #N/A.
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar27 Aug 2026
Summary - Operation Bluebird is reviving the Twitter name with a new social network unaffiliated with X Corp.
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage27 Aug 2026
Microsoft is allegedly working on a new feature for Edge that will spot weak passwords and automatically replace them with stronger ones, so you don't have to worry about changing them yourself.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi27 Aug 2026
Smart home sensors always seemed gimmicky to me, the kind of thing you buy, get excited about for a week, and then forget they exist.
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage27 Aug 2026
For the first time ever, Rakuten Kobo has launched its award-winning line of eReader in over 500 Best Buy stores across the United States. Previously, U.S.
MakeUseOfby Isaac Akinleye27 Aug 2026
I don't think swiping apps away is a bad habit. I don't do it often, but when I do, I'm done with the apps.
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder27 Aug 2026
Your internet service provider (ISP) probably supplies a router for your home network, either for free or in exchange for a monthly rental fee.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi27 Aug 2026
Excel is a wonderful tool right up until it isn't. The moment your spreadsheet starts holding customer records in one tab and their orders in another, or your row count creeps past a few hundred...
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah27 Aug 2026
I’ve been using Windows 11 almost daily since launch, and I still sometimes find features I had no idea existed. And I’m not talking about anything that needs a registry hack to unlock.
MakeUseOfby Shimul Sood27 Aug 2026
I’ve used Pixels for years, and for most of that time, taking a photo has looked exactly the same. Open the camera, point it at whatever caught my eye, tap the shutter, and move on.
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips27 Aug 2026
My aging 2015 car has one big problem: it doesn't have Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. I didn't really mind, as I could always connect my smartphone to the in-car audio using a cheap USB-C to 3.5mm...
MakeUseOfby Sagar Naresh27 Aug 2026
When you buy a router and a plan, it usually ships with a pile of settings quietly set to "Auto," and most people don't bother to touch them.
MakeUseOfby Amir Bohlooli27 Aug 2026
The latest generation of open-weight large language models have been absurd. We're now getting what people have started calling "Mythos-class" models: enormous, extremely capable models that are...
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder27 Aug 2026
No one buys a phone based on its performance alone. The design, hardware, battery, software, and cameras all factor into your decision, but benchmark results still play an important role in...
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre26 Aug 2026
Over the last couple of weeks, I've missed a few notifications for package deliveries, some Slack pings, and a doorbell notification on my Pixel 9.
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