I installed DLSS 5 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption 2, and now I get the hype
MakeUseOfby Suman Biswas19d ago
Ever since its announcement, I have been very curious to see what DLSS 5 will look like in action, in real time.
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top 40%My phone was sending my Bluetooth speaker the worst possible audio until I flicked this one switch
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan20d ago
It can be frustrating when your Bluetooth speaker starts playing glitchy and low-quality audio without any noticeable reason. I recently purchased a new device, and the music quality was terrible.
Apple just made premium headphones that work better with Android than AirPods Max do
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar20d ago
Summary - Beats 360: modular over-ear, upgraded ANC, sweat/water-resistant, and come with a $350 price tag.
I turned my Android phone into a full desktop PC with an open-source app
MakeUseOfby Isaac Akinleye20d ago
There's something satisfying about giving an old piece of tech another reason to exist. My Pixel 4 XL has had several green lines running across its screen after a fall broke it.
My Android phone felt instantly calmer after I disabled these defaults
MakeUseOfby Kanika Gogia20d ago
Modern Android smartphones are packed with default behaviors to make your life easier. However, sometimes these small conveniences quickly add up and make your phone busier than it should be.
I turned my gaming PC into a Proxmox server and found a whole new use for its power
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha20d ago
Proxmox is a bit of a rabbit hole, and there are a lot of things you can do with virtualization and containers.
The future of handheld gaming could have more Android in it than you expect
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha20d ago
One of the worst victims of the RAMpocalypse has to be the handheld gaming PC segment. Devices like the Steam Deck, which were once meant to be affordable gateways to PC gaming (despite its age)...
These 5 popular gadgets are much closer to losing software support than their owners probably realize
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman20d ago
One day I reached for my phone to adjust the temperature of my Nest thermostat, the way I had for years, but the app wouldn't let me because Google had quietly cut off remote control access for my...
How to bypass Microsoft Store region locks and install apps from anywhere
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi20d ago
Microsoft Store availability can change depending on the region Windows is set to. That gets frustrating when you can find the exact app you want, open its Store page, and still end up staring at a...
ChatGPT’s scheduled tasks are seriously underrated, I use them for these 4 things
MakeUseOfby Judy Sanhz20d ago
I’ll be working in ChatGPT and get distracted for a moment. That distraction would make me waste more time than I’d like to admit, and I usually have that “Oh, right. The project!” moment.
I fed Cloudflare, Quad9, NextDNS, and AdGuard the same malicious domains to see who actually stops them
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi20d ago
Security-focused DNS services all make roughly the same promise. Point your devices at their resolver, and known malicious domains can get stopped before your browser ever connects to them.
My smart lights kept going offline, until this router setting fixed the whole room
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi20d ago
For months now, my smart lights have been a guessing game. I'd tap the light button in the manufacturer's app or Home Assistant, and about half the time nothing would happen.
These tiny 3D prints take minutes to make and are the ones I actually use
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre20d ago
I don't always have hours to wait on a print, so I keep a short list of things that finish in minutes.
Forget Resident Evil, Rotten Tomatoes ranks this obscure movie above every other zombie movie
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke20d ago
Resident Evil is a new film from Zach Cregger, the director behind Weapons, one of the best horror movies of 2025.
I tested 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1 head-to-head, and Google won on speed but lost on everything else
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah20d ago
Google's 8.8.8.8 and Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 are two of the most popular DNS servers out there, but you can only run one as your primary resolver at a time, right?
I stopped wasting a whole mini PC by moving its working n8n automations to a VM in one shot
MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson20d ago
My faithful but aging Intel NUC mini PC is still perfectly useful, but using it just to run two Docker containers no longer justifies dedicating an entire PC to the job.
Anker measured 2,000 ears to prove the AeroClip 2 sound like real earbuds, and I'm sold
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips20d ago
Open-ear earbuds weren't my favorite audio choice for a long time. Most options I tried didn't feel right, and the audio was often awful.
I stopped using LibreOffice because this open-source suite handles Microsoft files so much better
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi20d ago
I’ve used LibreOffice for years, and it’s easy to see why people stick with it. It’s a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office that’s mature and capable enough that I rarely felt limited...
Your Roku isn’t finished after setup until you check these 9 settings
MakeUseOfby Chris Hachey20d ago
Getting access to premier movies and TV series is exciting for anybody. Doesn't matter if it's a show or movie that you've seen a hundred times or if you're seeing it for the first time.
My Windows 11 PC runs smoother after I removed these preinstalled Microsoft apps
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah20d ago
Every Windows 11 PC comes loaded with apps, and the idea is to get you started without much hassle. Of course, not all those apps are useful, at least not to everyone.