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MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan9 Sept 2026
PC maintenance is an unglamorous task that most Windows users set aside, but sooner or later, it can come back to bite them.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu9 Sept 2026
Before now, I was convinced that the safe default was port triggering. The idea of leaving ports permanently open just felt much riskier compared to opening a port only when an app needs it.
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder9 Sept 2026
I switched from Apple HomeKit Secure Video cameras to Google Nest cameras earlier this year, and I couldn't be happier.
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha9 Sept 2026
Making your very first home server can be a bit of a process, but it’s something that (should hopefully) pay off in the long run. It also makes for a rather fun project.
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar9 Sept 2026
I'm a good neighbor. We share tools, share a cup of sugar when required; you know, all that good stuff.
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke9 Sept 2026
HBO is working on a new TV show based on the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling, about a boy who learns he's actually a wizard and gets whisked away to a world of magic and wonder.
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan9 Sept 2026
A perfectly fine SSD can fail at any time, and compared with old mechanical hard drives, it shows no obvious signs of failure.
MakeUseOfby Mahnoor Faisal9 Sept 2026
Beyond the robot dogs and humanoids walking around the grounds of Messe Berlin, there was another trend I kept running into at IFA 2026: E Ink.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi9 Sept 2026
I have a confession, and it’s not exactly flattering: I’m a digital hoarder. At any given moment, my browser is basically a timeline of my week, with unfinished drafts, three different inboxes...
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar9 Sept 2026
Summary - Mullvad is shutting down its public encrypted DNS servers and financially supporting the nonprofit Quad9 instead.
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell9 Sept 2026
I love my smart TV. It's my portal to the undeniable and wonderful convenience of on-demand streaming services, where I can sit and imbibe the best from the world of entertainment.
MakeUseOfby Mahnoor Faisal9 Sept 2026
A few weeks ago, Boox started teasing a new product category called Boox Tile. At the time, the company said it would “extend the Boox ecosystem beyond traditional eReaders.” While it did announce...
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura9 Sept 2026
I wired the basement of my house myself, running Cat6 to every drop, and I still crimp my own cables when I need an odd length. So I went in with more confidence than tools.
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman9 Sept 2026
Chrome is notorious for using a lot of RAM, though it's gotten better over the years. At a time when computers are coming with less memory because of shortages caused by the AI data center...
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah9 Sept 2026
Windows 11 looks modern, but it strips away a lot of the customization that made earlier versions of Windows feel like yours.
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan9 Sept 2026
If you own a smartphone that's older than a year, it is possible the battery health has degraded noticeably. Unfortunately, smartphone batteries don't last forever.
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre8 Sept 2026
For months, I kept prodding the backlight and brightness sliders on my LG TV, certain the panel itself had gone dim, before I found the actual culprit buried three menus deep.
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef8 Sept 2026
Since its first Z Fold launch almost eight years ago, which looked like a gadget straight out of a sci-fi movie, to the launch of its latest Galaxy Fold 8, Samsung has come a long way in its...
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi8 Sept 2026
Setting up a fresh Windows PC these days is still old-school for an operating system that runs so much of the corporate world.
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder8 Sept 2026
Samsung fans have long been acquainted with the S Pen, but in 2026, you can only get one on a single phone: the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
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