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MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile19d ago
My laptop comes with a 512GB SSD, and it gets filled up pretty fast. I download a bunch of apps and files that I use once and never touch again, movies I keep just for the sake of it, and even...
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage19d ago
Community developers have adapted The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall into a persistent online multiplayer MMORPG project.
MakeUseOfby Kanika Gogia19d ago
Windows 11 comes with several features and settings that can make your PC more useful, even though some of these features also collect or use information about your PC use.
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman19d ago
For years I've defaulted to the gesture-based navigation on Android that puts a little navigation pill at the bottom of the screen.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi19d ago
I turned off 2G on my Galaxy S24 Ultra for a pretty mundane reason. My carrier already gives me newer network coverage everywhere I normally go, and keeping a decades-old cellular standard enabled...
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu19d ago
I have a habit you might call paranoia: I go hunting through the Task Manager once my computer's fan starts spinning louder than normal with the aim of "catching the burglar mid-heist."
MakeUseOfby Judy Sanhz19d ago
When I need to go somewhere, I set the destination and tap Start without questioning whether Google Maps' route is the best one.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi19d ago
My productivity systems have long been productivity problems. I used Notion for just about everything, and while my Notion subscription was paying for itself, it wasn't quite enough.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi19d ago
There was a time when telling someone the price of a Raspberry Pi was a punchline about how cheap computing had become. That time is over.
MakeUseOfby Shimul Sood19d ago
It’s been a little over a month since Google launched the Pixel 11 series, and I’ve been using the Pixel 11 pretty much every day since.
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke19d ago
Ever since HBO found success with Game of Thrones in the 2010s, every network and streaming service has wanted their own mega-hit high fantasy series.
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef19d ago
Chrome is the most popular browser on PC. However, on Android, it lacks the feature that makes it so easy to recommend on a PC: extensions.
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre19d ago
I install every Pixel update as soon as I can, and most months I have to go hunting for what changed. September was different: three of the four changes showed up in places I use daily.
MakeUseOfby Amir Bohlooli19d ago
You’ve probably used SUM a thousand times. Everyone has. SUM is fine for school assignments and tiny tables, but in the real world, it’s a blunt instrument.
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar19d ago
Summary - Discord relaunches revamped age-assurance to sort accounts into adult, teen, or unconfirmed.
MakeUseOfby Judy Sanhz19d ago
I wanted to free up as much Google storage as I could, so I decided to clean up Gmail too. I go through my inbox for junk email daily, but it turns out I still had years of old messages sitting...
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi19d ago
I can’t remember the last time I sat in front of a TV and started flipping through channels with absolutely no plan. Streaming pretty much erased that habit.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura19d ago
The tool aisle rewards big numbers. Ryobi's 12.0Ah pack towers over everything else on the 18V ONE+ peg. When your compact keeps dying halfway through a job, grabbing the giant looks like the fix.
MakeUseOfby Mahnoor Faisal19d ago
I lose something everywhere I go. At home, that's usually annoying more than anything. When I'm traveling, though, misplacing my keys, bag, or even my luggage can turn into a much bigger problem...
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah19d ago
Spam calls are a problem, no matter who you are or where you live. Between fake delivery alerts, car warranty scams, and calls claiming your bank account is about to be suspended, scammers keep...
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