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MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef29 Aug 2026
I rarely use my USB drives to move data these days. However, all the USB sticks in my drawer have something important on them.
MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile29 Aug 2026
If you've read through some of my previous articles, I've mentioned several times that I use a five-year-old Dell Latitude laptop.
MakeUseOfby Isaac Akinleye29 Aug 2026
Earlier this month, my laptop crashed during a Windows update. The reason wasn't down to a bad patch or some driver conflict; it was because my system drive was dangerously low on space at the...
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi29 Aug 2026
I've called the clear plastic plug at the end of an Ethernet cable "RJ45" for as long as I've had any reason to name it. So do most router makers, cable sellers, and networking guides.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura29 Aug 2026
Every DeWalt cordless owner ends up in the same spot. You've got a row of 20V packs sitting fully charged between projects, doing nothing while they wait on the next drill or saw.
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha29 Aug 2026
Meme Linux distributions have existed for quite some time, with good examples like Hannah Montana OS or the elusive Red Star OS.
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke29 Aug 2026
On August 25, 2026, singer, songwriter, actor, philanthropist, and all-around delightful person Dolly Parton died at the age of 80.
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha29 Aug 2026
I’ve always had a soft spot for low-power graphics cards. I’m talking about GPUs that strike the perfect balance between performance and power efficiency, resulting in a design that doesn't require...
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar29 Aug 2026
Summary - Debian will allow AI-assisted contributions, provided they meet its existing quality, security, and maintainability standards.
MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson29 Aug 2026
One of the most dangerous things about Docker is how easy it is to just make another container. All I need is a Compose file, a published port, and a few seconds later I’ve got another service...
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah29 Aug 2026
I’ve been using Windows 11 since the day it launched, and five years is enough time for Microsoft to fix the stuff that annoyed everyone.
MakeUseOfby Amir Bohlooli29 Aug 2026
I pulled my camera out last week to shoot a few photos, and I instantly remembered why I don’t like using this thing: it takes AA batteries. My wireless mouse takes one AA.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi29 Aug 2026
I keep running into image edits that somehow demand either too little software or far too much of it.
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman29 Aug 2026
If the phone in your pocket was powerful enough to be a computer, why buy a separate tablet at all?
MakeUseOfby Saikat Basu29 Aug 2026
I've written about Kindle settings so many times that I thought I'd exhausted the subject. I keep looking past the obvious menus to find features that make our reading experience better on the...
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar29 Aug 2026
Google offers clean Android with zero clutter, while Apple delivers tight hardware and software integration.
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar29 Aug 2026
Summary - Android 17 will add broad OS-level ECH support to hide website hostnames from ISPs and other network observers during HTTPS connections.
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell28 Aug 2026
Greek mythology has inspired entertainment through poetry, novels, songs, and plays since time immemorial, and this influence endures in the age of film.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu28 Aug 2026
For years, I've run Docker on my home server, and it basically just worked. It was also a subtle convenience not having to type sudo.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura28 Aug 2026
Every 1.5Ah and 2.0Ah pack in my garage arrived the same way, bundled inside a kit box with a tool I actually wanted. For years they sat in a bin while the 4.0Ah batteries did the work.
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