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MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson13 Sept 2026
I don’t really need every single feature in paid budgeting apps or a PDF editor. I only need to organize my spending, combine documents for invoicing, and just get on with my workday.
MakeUseOfby Charlene Badasie13 Sept 2026
Resident Evil started as a video game before becoming a movie franchise. The original 1996 video game focused on a group of characters trapped in the mysterious Spencer Mansion while all hell broke...
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah13 Sept 2026
Android phones come loaded with Google's own apps, and most of them are pretty good, but that doesn't mean they're the ultimate choice.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi13 Sept 2026
I've been using an old laptop as a home server for almost a year now, and honestly, it's one of the best repurposing projects I have ever done.
MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson13 Sept 2026
I tend to repeat the same cycle when it comes to email clients. A newer option catches my eye, like Microsoft Outlook’s focused view, a pretty UI, or just the flexible appeal of webmail.
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre13 Sept 2026
I've spent a week gaming, benchmarking, and working with Lenovo's new Legion Pro 7i, and it's one of the most capable laptops I've tested this year.
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef12 Sept 2026
With great power comes great responsibility. I, being restless with my phone customization habits, keep trying new Android launchers when I get bored with the current one.
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan12 Sept 2026
While smartphones are evolving every day and support advanced features, they also carry privacy risks.
MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile12 Sept 2026
Windows Search has been on a horrible run in recent years. Including the things no one asked for, like web results mixed into local search, a cluttered interface, and overall slow performance...
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha12 Sept 2026
Anti-cheat (more specifically, kernel-level anti-cheat) is something we’ve come to normalize over time, despite its many security risks.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi12 Sept 2026
Every time I unbox a new Windows machine, before I even think about wallpapers, removing bloatware, or taskbar tweaks, I run through the same short list of open-source security tools.
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar12 Sept 2026
Google's default Android apps haven't changed much in years. The same basic task lists, flat dialer, and sticky-note editor from years ago are still what you get out of the box.
MakeUseOfby Adaeze Uche12 Sept 2026
My work used to involve waiting for raw files, opening them one by one, copying the data, pasting it into a master sheet, fixing column names and formats, removing junk rows, combining all the...
MakeUseOfby Sagar Naresh12 Sept 2026
I was pretty happy with what my internet speed was showing on speed tests. However, I couldn't see that reflected when loading web pages or playing YouTube videos.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura12 Sept 2026
I built my whole workshop around Ryobi ONE+, so I own more 18V and 40V batteries than I can keep track of.
MakeUseOfby Bryan M. Wolfe12 Sept 2026
For years, I figured the tiny "i" next to my network name in Settings > Wi-Fi on my iPhone was for looking up details, not fixing anything.
MakeUseOfby Adaeze Uche12 Sept 2026
Most people think speed in Excel means memorizing hundreds of formulas and functions. I thought so, too, until I discovered that just three functions could replace the pile of formulas I used to...
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke12 Sept 2026
3 Body Problem is one of the best sci-fi series on Netflix right now, an ambitious story of alien invasion based on a celebrated trilogy of books.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi12 Sept 2026
I stumbled across a website recently that looked vaguely like Google Earth after somebody had turned the globe into a giant radio dial.
MakeUseOfby Robin John12 Sept 2026
For years, my photo editing workflow had one non-negotiable first step: everything went through Adobe Lightroom.
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