6 movies everyone quotes without realizing they’re remakes
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke·1 Sept 2026
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." "Here's looking at you, kid." "May the Force be with you." Movie quotes have a way of slipping into everyday conversation.
This clever redundancy lets QR codes survive scratches, stickers, and missing pieces
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi·1 Sept 2026
For a format that once looked destined to fade away, QR codes have become more useful than ever. You’ve probably scanned QR codes that looked halfway retired already, with scratched shipping...
After a 50% price hike, Google TV Streamer is no longer a good deal, but this $60 alternative still does the job
MakeUseOfby Will McCurdy·1 Sept 2026
Streaming devices are one part of the consumer tech market that has been truly ravaged by ongoing component shortages, which have pushed up prices on everything from smartphones to consoles and...
These 4 Samsung apps are better than Google’s versions
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar·1 Sept 2026
Setting up a new Galaxy phone no longer requires replacing every preinstalled app with its Google equivalent.
Use these 5 free tools to find spyware and adware on your PC
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi·1 Sept 2026
Malicious software can easily find its way onto your computer and stay there undetected. However, with the right tools, you can scan your system and remove spyware, adware, and other malicious...
Amazon's leaked new Kindle model has a massive upgrade
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage·1 Sept 2026
Fresh filings submitted to the Federal Communications Commission suggest that Amazon is preparing to launch a second-generation refresh of its flagship Fire Max 11 tablet.
Silo fans shouldn't miss these 5 suffocating sci-fi movies
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell·1 Sept 2026
Silo, Apple TV’s dystopian drama, set in an underground bunker, is as claustrophobic as it is riveting.
I self-host my passwords without running a password manager server
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu·1 Sept 2026
When I started self-hosting, I quickly realized that many of the services I use actually depend on a server.
This open-source browser does so much that I finally stopped using Chrome
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef·1 Sept 2026
Chrome is an excellent browser. Even if you don't want Chrome specifically, you could pick one of the other Chromium browsers that are actually worth switching to, like Edge, and still keep all the...
I replaced Chrome, YouTube, Gboard, and Maps with their open-source alternatives and I'm not going back
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah·1 Sept 2026
Most Google apps are great, no doubt. My only problem is everything that comes with a tech giant like Google knowing too much about you.
Watch 'The Walking Dead', UFC, and 100+ free channels on your PS5 with no subscription
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar·31 Aug 2026
Summary - Live TV on PS5 offers more than 100 live channels and an expanding on-demand catalog without requiring a paid subscription.
Microsoft accidentally made a fantastic 4K Blu-ray player years ago
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder·31 Aug 2026
Physical media is making a resurgence, especially in home theater circles. Rather than pay for streaming services in perpetuity, some buyers are realizing that owning higher-quality 4K UHD Blu-ray...
After this update, your Windows PC will demand a 48-digit key, and most people can't produce one
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef·31 Aug 2026
Windows PCs have supported automatic device encryption for a couple of years now. For this to happen, though, your PC had to meet strict hardware requirements, and you needed to sign in with a...
5 gadgets you can power through Ethernet and skip the wall outlet
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura·31 Aug 2026
The outlet is never where you need it. It's not up in the ceiling where an access point should sit.
4 ridiculously useful Excel tools Microsoft barely tells you exist
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi·31 Aug 2026
Excel has been around for decades; somewhere along the way, Microsoft buried a handful of genuinely brilliant features so deep in menus that most people never stumble onto them.
I can finally copy text from almost anywhere in Windows with this tiny tool
MakeUseOfby Sagar Naresh·31 Aug 2026
When you encounter a Windows error, you're often shown a wall of text or codes you can't select or copy.
These 5 sensors come in every starter kit — and I don’t trust any of them
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi·31 Aug 2026
Every Arduino or ESP32 starter kit ships with a few common sensors that you'll see scattered across the internet in beginner projects.
I checked 3 years of phone storage use — I've been overpaying this whole time
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef·31 Aug 2026
Most flagship phones these days have similar specifications, so you don't look much at the hardware, but rather the brand.
Engineers just solved 3D printing's biggest structural weakness with a computational model
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage·31 Aug 2026
Summary - New computational model predicts optimal temperatures and speeds to strengthen interlayer bonding in FFF prints.
Google almost made the phone everyone keeps asking for now, and it wasn't the Pixel
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder·31 Aug 2026
Google is no stranger to smartphone hardware. It makes Google Pixel phones today, and before that, Google partnered with companies like HTC, Samsung, LG, Asus, and Motorola to make Nexus handsets.
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