Forget Resident Evil, Rotten Tomatoes ranks this obscure movie above every other zombie movie
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke16d ago
Resident Evil is a new film from Zach Cregger, the director behind Weapons, one of the best horror movies of 2025.
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top 46%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 Shah16d 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 Gibson16d 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 Phillips16d 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 Afolabi16d 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 Hachey16d 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 Shah16d 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.
I gave my basement freezer the one feature I'd want before it failed
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura16d ago
My basement chest freezer is a bet I make without thinking. Meat, garden vegetables, a whole summer of popsicles, all trusting a machine I never check.
I haven't flashed an ISO to a USB drive in years, and I don't know why anyone still does
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef16d ago
My job involves testing a lot of tools, and many of them only come as ISOs. That usually means flashing each one to a USB drive before I can boot from it.
I finally gave this Gemini tool a shot, and now I never miss an email
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder16d ago
Gemini is a catch-all hub for Google AI tools. It's not just a basic chatbot anymore — Gemini powers your Android voice assistant, works as the Spark personal productivity agent, and houses custom...
The best Windows 11 update in years is mostly Microsoft undoing itself
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre17d ago
In October 2021, Microsoft shipped a Windows 11 taskbar that could only live at the bottom of your screen.
This free launcher copies Pixel's best feature and adds everything Google won't
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi17d ago
I was poking around GitHub for Android apps when I came across Default Launcher, and the screenshots made me stop scrolling.
Windows said my drive was empty, but a free recovery tool found 104,000 photos inside it
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu17d ago
This specific drive held my family pictures from about a decade ago. So when I got the "You need to format the disk before you use it" message, I started panicking.
Your Android phone can run PS3 games now
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha17d ago
Android emulation has come a long way, and you can even play GTA 5 on your (relatively powerful) phone these days! PS3 emulation, on the other hand, is relatively new and not easy to accomplish.
I replaced my password manager, VPN, and antivirus with free tools and saved $300 a year
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu17d ago
I kind of trust my subscriptions and smoke alarms in the same way. Once I've set them up, I stop thinking about them and assume they're doing their job.
Windows 11 is starting to look better but Microsoft’s apps are letting it down
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan17d ago
Despite what you've read, 2026 has been a good year for Windows 11, and the 26H2 update about to land on everyone's system is, dare I say, a real cause for celebration.
Arc lost its biggest advantage for me when Google Chrome added this feature
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder17d ago
Earlier this year, I switched from Google Chrome and Safari to Arc. I made the latter my primary browser across my macOS and Windows machines for its superb cross-platform sync and its excellent...
Intel’s Nova Lake needs more than extra cores to beat AMD’s Zen 6
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan17d ago
In recent years, Intel has struggled to catch up with AMD, as Team Red's Zen architecture has been on a roll.
Android 17’s new feature that changed how I use my phone
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder17d ago
Wherever we go, smartphones aren't far behind. More than half of U.S. adults say they spend too much time on their phone, according to a Pew Research survey.
Your wireless earbuds won’t last long if you keep doing these things
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi17d ago
Wireless earbuds have become the default way most of us take in music, podcasts, or videos. They’re small, portable, and impressive in terms of audio capability for their size. .