My Wi-Fi dropped every hour, and the fix was way easier than I realized
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi·2 Sept 2026
Wi-Fi drops, especially in the middle of something important, are incredibly frustrating. My Wi-Fi was dropping almost hourly, leading to dropped calls and interrupted gaming sessions, even...
Netflix has a $700 million sci-fi blockbuster most Americans have probably never seen
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke·2 Sept 2026
The fourth-highest-grossing movie of all time is Ne Zha 2, an animated fantasy adventure film made in China. Most Americans haven't seen or even heard of this movie, but it's hugely popular.
Windows 11 is about to get safer, but your gaming PC might pay the price
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar·2 Sept 2026
Summary - Starting in October 2026, Windows quality updates will gradually enable Memory Integrity and, on some eligible PCs, VBS.
Every expansion slot PCIe made irrelevant, ranked by what made them special
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu·2 Sept 2026
If you open a PC case from the late '90s, you'll find a motherboard that looks chaotic. You may see a single AGP slot for the graphics card, a row of slots for ordinary expansion, and there may be...
I turned off 5 Windows 11 features Microsoft won't stop pushing
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman·2 Sept 2026
One of the reasons I like using a Mac most of the time, despite enjoying my Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i, is because you don't get nagged with offers and upgrades and even ads that Microsoft PCs seem to...
I can't believe these 11 Windows apps are free and open-source
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef·2 Sept 2026
Windows always had some great free alternatives to paid apps. But a few open-source tools are so polished and powerful that it's hard to believe they don't cost a cent.
Kindle Scribe users are switching to this AI-powered e-ink tablet for one reason
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage·2 Sept 2026
Summary - AINOTE 2: world’s thinnest E‑Ink tablet (~4.2 mm), 10.65″ glare‑free display, ultra‑light and commute‑ready.
Apple made one of its strangest sci-fi shows with almost nothing to look at
MakeUseOfby Christine Persaud·2 Sept 2026
If you're looking for a hidden gem on Apple TV you might have missed, there's a really unique one you probably passed by and didn't think twice about.
WhatsApp has a major new Android bug that can expose all your private photos — check this permission now
MakeUseOfby Will McCurdy·2 Sept 2026
An independent security researcher has highlighted an unconfirmed new bug that could mean your private photos can be accessed without ever unlocking your phone.
I changed one Android developer option and stopped apps wasting battery in the background
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah·2 Sept 2026
Android’s Developer Options menu has a reputation for being only useful for things like disabling animations and changing the Bluetooth codec.
iPhone users discover hack to save 21GB of storage, which also works on Android
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage·2 Sept 2026
A user on Reddit claims they freed up more than 21GB of storage space on their iPhone by disabling Apple Intelligence — the primary AI feature in the latest versions of iOS.
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is more than just another Big Bang Theory spinoff
MakeUseOfby Charlene Badasie·1 Sept 2026
The Big Bang Theory had loads of characters that could have carried their own spinoff. Although Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman) probably wouldn't have been at the top of anyone's list, he became the...
Android’s new trick for finding lost items without a tracker rolls out soon
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar·1 Sept 2026
Summary - Android 16+ users will soon be able to ask Gemini to save the locations of untagged items in Find Hub.
Steam Deck proved Linux can game, but your PC still needs Windows
MakeUseOfby Suman Biswas·1 Sept 2026
Steam revolutionized digital distribution for PC games, but Valve's more recent push toward Linux and Proton-based gaming—whether through the Steam Deck or Steam Machine—is its most ambitious move...
The smart speaker collecting dust can still run your smart home in these 7 ways
MakeUseOfby Bryan M. Wolfe·1 Sept 2026
There’s a good chance you have a smart speaker sitting somewhere in your house that you haven’t actually spoken to in months. Maybe the novelty wore off.
Linux might never be able to overthrow Windows, and that's perfectly fine
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha·1 Sept 2026
I love Linux. It lets me tinker, customize, and break things to my heart’s content, making it an incredible learning experience for diagnosing system issues.
I thought all passkeys were phishing-proof until I learned about synced passkey theft
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi·1 Sept 2026
I’d started thinking of passkeys as the credential an attacker couldn’t sweet-talk out of me. There was nothing memorable to punch into a fake login page, nothing reusable for a phishing kit to...
Samsung finally made the Quick Panel customizable enough in One UI 9
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre·1 Sept 2026
Samsung spent two straight updates (One UI 7 and One UI 8/8.5) promising a Quick Panel you could rearrange, but both times, there were limitations to the ways you could customize the panel.
My Ring doorbell kept ringing by itself at night; an $8 part fixed it
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura·1 Sept 2026
My house is a new build, and the builder installed a Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 (now sold as the Ring Wired Doorbell Pro) before we got the keys.
I didn't know Samsung's Secure Folder clones apps until I needed two Instagram accounts
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman·1 Sept 2026
Whether you're trying to maintain social media handles for multiple accounts or you're just trying to hide the fact that you have a dating app on your phone, Samsung gives you the tools to do both...
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