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MakeUseOfby Judy Sanhz25d ago
Gmail can feel like a lot when all you want to do is check your email. The side panels offer useful features, but they can get in the way if you don't use them much.
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura25d ago
For years I mowed the way I assumed everyone did. Blade set low, every Saturday, chasing the tight golf-course look my neighbor somehow pulled off. What I got was a thin, patchy lawn.
MakeUseOfby Robin John25d ago
Pixel cameras have always been easy for me to trust. I can pull the phone out, take a photo, and usually know I’ll get something sharp, bright, and perfectly usable.
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke26d ago
Star Wars is science fiction, but only just. It's not possible for humans to travel at the speed of light, the Force works way more like magic than science, and the odds are low that any version of...
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan26d ago
I still remember my first Raspberry Pi purchase in 2019 as a college student: a Raspberry Pi Zero, which I bought to build my first retro gaming console project.
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan26d ago
The native phone recording app is usually nothing to write home about. One option is to purchase an external microphone. But not all of us want to purchase and carry an additional accessory.
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan26d ago
Even though storage plays the biggest role in boot times, it's hardly a factor these days because SSDs are the standard for primary storage and they're superfast.
MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson26d ago
I don’t really need every single feature in paid budgeting apps or a PDF editor. I only need to organize my spending, combine documents for invoicing, and just get on with my workday.
MakeUseOfby Charlene Badasie26d ago
Resident Evil started as a video game before becoming a movie franchise. The original 1996 video game focused on a group of characters trapped in the mysterious Spencer Mansion while all hell broke...
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah26d ago
Android phones come loaded with Google's own apps, and most of them are pretty good, but that doesn't mean they're the ultimate choice.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi26d ago
I've been using an old laptop as a home server for almost a year now, and honestly, it's one of the best repurposing projects I have ever done.
MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson26d ago
I tend to repeat the same cycle when it comes to email clients. A newer option catches my eye, like Microsoft Outlook’s focused view, a pretty UI, or just the flexible appeal of webmail.
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre26d ago
I've spent a week gaming, benchmarking, and working with Lenovo's new Legion Pro 7i, and it's one of the most capable laptops I've tested this year.
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef26d ago
With great power comes great responsibility. I, being restless with my phone customization habits, keep trying new Android launchers when I get bored with the current one.
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan26d ago
While smartphones are evolving every day and support advanced features, they also carry privacy risks.
MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile26d ago
Windows Search has been on a horrible run in recent years. Including the things no one asked for, like web results mixed into local search, a cluttered interface, and overall slow performance...
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha26d ago
Anti-cheat (more specifically, kernel-level anti-cheat) is something we’ve come to normalize over time, despite its many security risks.
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi26d ago
Every time I unbox a new Windows machine, before I even think about wallpapers, removing bloatware, or taskbar tweaks, I run through the same short list of open-source security tools.
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar26d ago
Google's default Android apps haven't changed much in years. The same basic task lists, flat dialer, and sticky-note editor from years ago are still what you get out of the box.
MakeUseOfby Adaeze Uche26d ago
My work used to involve waiting for raw files, opening them one by one, copying the data, pasting it into a master sheet, fixing column names and formats, removing junk rows, combining all the...
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