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MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura2 Sept 2026
The tool aisle makes batteries look easy. A bigger amp-hour number should mean a stronger pack, and for years that held close enough to true.
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre2 Sept 2026
Samsung has rebuilt DeX three times in the last year, and I've believed "it's finally good" after each one — so this time, instead of just poking around the settings menu, I plugged my Galaxy Z...
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar2 Sept 2026
Summary - Workspace Studio can automatically reply to emails within existing Gmail threads while preserving conversation history.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu2 Sept 2026
Paying for an antivirus is a decision that feels instinctively so correct that almost no one questions it.
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi2 Sept 2026
Windows 11 has gotten pretty good at hiding the plumbing I’m not supposed to touch. That made it all the stranger when I ran dir /a C:\ and spotted a name I hadn’t expected to see outside an old...
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha2 Sept 2026
Upgrading PCs is funny business, and if you’re not careful, you might end up with too many parts. minus the CPU.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura2 Sept 2026
I've owned several iPhones over the last decade, even though I don't upgrade every year. Every time I switch, I assume the retired phone quietly exits my digital life. It doesn't.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi2 Sept 2026
Wi-Fi drops, especially in the middle of something important, are incredibly frustrating. My Wi-Fi was dropping almost hourly, leading to dropped calls and interrupted gaming sessions, even...
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke2 Sept 2026
The fourth-highest-grossing movie of all time is Ne Zha 2, an animated fantasy adventure film made in China. Most Americans haven't seen or even heard of this movie, but it's hugely popular.
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar2 Sept 2026
Summary - Starting in October 2026, Windows quality updates will gradually enable Memory Integrity and, on some eligible PCs, VBS.
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu2 Sept 2026
If you open a PC case from the late '90s, you'll find a motherboard that looks chaotic. You may see a single AGP slot for the graphics card, a row of slots for ordinary expansion, and there may be...
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman2 Sept 2026
One of the reasons I like using a Mac most of the time, despite enjoying my Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i, is because you don't get nagged with offers and upgrades and even ads that Microsoft PCs seem to...
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef2 Sept 2026
Windows always had some great free alternatives to paid apps. But a few open-source tools are so polished and powerful that it's hard to believe they don't cost a cent.
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage2 Sept 2026
Summary - AINOTE 2: world’s thinnest E‑Ink tablet (~4.2 mm), 10.65″ glare‑free display, ultra‑light and commute‑ready.
MakeUseOfby Christine Persaud2 Sept 2026
If you're looking for a hidden gem on Apple TV you might have missed, there's a really unique one you probably passed by and didn't think twice about.
MakeUseOfby Will McCurdy2 Sept 2026
An independent security researcher has highlighted an unconfirmed new bug that could mean your private photos can be accessed without ever unlocking your phone.
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah2 Sept 2026
Android’s Developer Options menu has a reputation for being only useful for things like disabling animations and changing the Bluetooth codec.
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage2 Sept 2026
A user on Reddit claims they freed up more than 21GB of storage space on their iPhone by disabling Apple Intelligence — the primary AI feature in the latest versions of iOS.
MakeUseOfby Charlene Badasie1 Sept 2026
The Big Bang Theory had loads of characters that could have carried their own spinoff. Although Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman) probably wouldn't have been at the top of anyone's list, he became the...
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar1 Sept 2026
Summary - Android 16+ users will soon be able to ask Gemini to save the locations of untagged items in Find Hub.
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