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MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah3d ago
Most of us don't pay nearly as much attention to our monitor's settings as we do to our PC. I got my Samsung monitor three years ago, glanced at its settings on day one, and never touched them...
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi3d ago
For a while, my 3D printer was reliable enough to keep me optimistic but inconsistent enough to waste plenty of filament.
MakeUseOfby Kanika Gogia3d ago
I thought my iPhone data usage was under control. After all, I don't spend hours watching videos on the bus or downloading huge files without Wi-Fi.
MakeUseOfby Brady Klinger-Meyers3d ago
Plex surprises me with its suite of features, from its ability to work with useful add-ons to its ability to access personal images, like my own cloud storage.
MakeUseOfby Sponsored3d ago
If you've ever tried to record your kid's soccer match or your local five-a-side game on a phone, you already know the problem.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi3d ago
A free weekend is enough time to turn a spare Raspberry Pi or inexpensive ESP32 board into something genuinely useful.
MakeUseOfby Will McCurdy3d ago
If you're still using an older Android phone, one of its most useful features might be on borrowed time.
MakeUseOfby Charlene Badasie3d ago
The animated sci-fi series Scavengers Reign began as an eight-minute short in 2016 before spending years trying to become a full series.
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah4d ago
Voicemail is one of those features that just hasn't moved with the times. Visual voicemail is helpful, but there haven’t been any meaningful upgrades beyond that, like automatic summaries, noise...
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar4d ago
Summary - Montana, Florida, Iowa, and Nebraska sued TP-Link for misleading origin claims and security risks.
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha4d ago
Virtualization, emulation, and containerization might all sound familiar, but their approaches couldn’t be more different.
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell4d ago
I’ve been using Google Drive for over a decade, and it’s become ingrained in almost everything I do online.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura4d ago
My Ryobi ONE+ circular saw started acting its age last month. Crosscuts in 2x4s slowed to a crawl, the kerf smoked, and a pack that used to last an afternoon quit after a couple dozen cuts.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi4d ago
7-Zip is one of those programs I stopped seeing years ago. It just became part of Windows in my head, the same way Notepad or Task Manager is, except with a much uglier toolbar and a habit of...
MakeUseOfby Abhijith N Arjunan4d ago
Until recently, Gemini Gems were the only way to create a repetitive workflow with Google's AI assistant. However, these Gems never worked with the larger workflow within Gemini.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura4d ago
Garage trash cans fill up with parts that still have life left in them. Think of the saw blade that scorches every cut, the spade bit that skates across the wood, the sanding disc packed solid with...
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage4d ago
Google Messages is about to discontinue a useful feature for individual conversations which lets users choose to use traditional SMS and MMS messaging for particular contacts instead of depending...
MakeUseOfby Keval Shukla4d ago
Wireless Android Auto is great. You slide into the driver’s seat with your phone still in your pocket, and the dashboard magically springs to life with all your favorite Android Auto utility apps...
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage4d ago
Amazon has rolled out software update 5.20.1, bringing a wave of exciting new features to third-generation Kindle Scribe e-notebooks and all Kindle devices released from 2024 forward.
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre4d ago
My Apple Watch Series 7 did its job for almost five years. It tracked my workouts, helped me set timers, and notified me about messages I should've ignored.
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