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MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi25d ago
I’d always operated under the assumption that if my mouse felt sluggish, imprecise, or generally annoying to use, the solution was to throw money at the problem.
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah25d ago
Most smart TVs come with a few preinstalled apps to get you started. This typically includes streaming apps, but beyond that, there are plenty of useful apps that can take your smart TV experience...
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke25d ago
The weekend is here, which means opportunities to socialize, go outside, or, if you choose, to curl up on the couch and watch TV until you forget who you are.
MakeUseOfby Oliver Haslam25d ago
When you run an internet speed test, you're probably doing it because something isn't working properly.
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar25d ago
My six-year-old Asus Vivobook with 8GB of RAM was freezing every single day. I'd open a few browser tabs in the morning, the fan would kick in, the cursor would start dragging, and within minutes...
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah25d ago
I love using Windows, but I'm not a fan of bouncing between Settings, Control Panel, Microsoft Store, and File Explorer to get the basic stuff done.
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar25d ago
Summary - Pseudonymous repo claims reconstructed Stuxnet for research. - Stuxnet proved malware can cause physical damage, sabotaging Iran's centrifuges and altering cyberwarfare.
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips25d ago
Google isn't going anywhere anytime soon. That's as close to a fact as the Earth orbiting the Sun. But that doesn't mean you have to use Google for every online search.
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah25d ago
Chrome has a reputation for being a memory hog, and there are no two ways about it. You'll likely find it at the top of the processes list inside Task Manager any time you open it.
MakeUseOfby Bryan M. Wolfe25d ago
Your car has a USB port that isn’t for charging, and using it incorrectly is why the audio drops I plugged my phone into the nearest USB port, hit play, and the song cut out twenty seconds later.
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman25d ago
Just because you own a piece of technology hardware doesn't mean that it'll keep working forever.
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips25d ago
5GHz Wi-Fi is fast, but it has a persistent disconnection issue you may not realize affects your connection.
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha25d ago
I’ve been having a lot of fun with Promox, and finally decided to take the plunge, transforming my existing gaming PC into a home server.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura25d ago
Walk down the networking aisle and Cat8 begs to be picked. The box promises 40 gigabits per second at 2000 MHz, the highest number on the shelf, wrapped in heavy shielding that feels like it means...
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar25d ago
Summary - Amazon says a Fire TV Settings bug hid "Install unknown apps"; a component fix is rolling out automatically.
MakeUseOfby Charlene Badasie26d ago
Before The Queen's Gambit became one of Netflix's biggest shows in 2020, Scott Frank had already made a very different kind of series for the streamer.
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre26d ago
Spotify, Audible, and Kindle Unlimited can run well over $400 a year, more if you're on Spotify's Duo or Family tier, and every single thing they do, streaming music, audiobooks, and ebooks, is...
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu26d ago
When I started using Linux, I memorized several commands and used them so often that they became muscle memory.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu26d ago
There's this Windows Sandbox habit that I'm not so proud of: when I run an executable, or anything else I don't completely trust, I basically sit and watch.
MakeUseOfby Sagar Naresh26d ago
When it comes to playing videos on a PC, the majority of us would simply get VLC as a media player.
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