SUM is for beginners — Excel pros use this instead
MakeUseOfby Amir Bohlooli15d 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.
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top 42%After months of backlash, Discord's age-verification system returns with the same basic problem
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar15d ago
Summary - Discord relaunches revamped age-assurance to sort accounts into adult, teen, or unconfirmed.
I thought my Gmail was clean until these 3 searches found years of forgotten emails
MakeUseOfby Judy Sanhz15d 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...
This free website turned me into a channel surfer again without a streaming app
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi15d 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.
The biggest Ryobi battery isn't always the upgrade you think it is
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura15d 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.
This $29 accessory is the first thing I'll pack for every trip from now on
MakeUseOfby Mahnoor Faisal15d 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...
I changed these iPhone call settings and spam callers barely reach me anymore
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah15d 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...
I installed DLSS 5 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption 2, and now I get the hype
MakeUseOfby Suman Biswas15d ago
Ever since its announcement, I have been very curious to see what DLSS 5 will look like in action, in real time.
My phone was sending my Bluetooth speaker the worst possible audio until I flicked this one switch
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan16d ago
It can be frustrating when your Bluetooth speaker starts playing glitchy and low-quality audio without any noticeable reason. I recently purchased a new device, and the music quality was terrible.
Apple just made premium headphones that work better with Android than AirPods Max do
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar16d ago
Summary - Beats 360: modular over-ear, upgraded ANC, sweat/water-resistant, and come with a $350 price tag.
I turned my Android phone into a full desktop PC with an open-source app
MakeUseOfby Isaac Akinleye16d ago
There's something satisfying about giving an old piece of tech another reason to exist. My Pixel 4 XL has had several green lines running across its screen after a fall broke it.
My Android phone felt instantly calmer after I disabled these defaults
MakeUseOfby Kanika Gogia16d ago
Modern Android smartphones are packed with default behaviors to make your life easier. However, sometimes these small conveniences quickly add up and make your phone busier than it should be.
I turned my gaming PC into a Proxmox server and found a whole new use for its power
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha16d ago
Proxmox is a bit of a rabbit hole, and there are a lot of things you can do with virtualization and containers.
The future of handheld gaming could have more Android in it than you expect
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha16d ago
One of the worst victims of the RAMpocalypse has to be the handheld gaming PC segment. Devices like the Steam Deck, which were once meant to be affordable gateways to PC gaming (despite its age)...
These 5 popular gadgets are much closer to losing software support than their owners probably realize
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman16d ago
One day I reached for my phone to adjust the temperature of my Nest thermostat, the way I had for years, but the app wouldn't let me because Google had quietly cut off remote control access for my...
How to bypass Microsoft Store region locks and install apps from anywhere
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi16d ago
Microsoft Store availability can change depending on the region Windows is set to. That gets frustrating when you can find the exact app you want, open its Store page, and still end up staring at a...
ChatGPT’s scheduled tasks are seriously underrated, I use them for these 4 things
MakeUseOfby Judy Sanhz16d ago
I’ll be working in ChatGPT and get distracted for a moment. That distraction would make me waste more time than I’d like to admit, and I usually have that “Oh, right. The project!” moment.
I fed Cloudflare, Quad9, NextDNS, and AdGuard the same malicious domains to see who actually stops them
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi16d ago
Security-focused DNS services all make roughly the same promise. Point your devices at their resolver, and known malicious domains can get stopped before your browser ever connects to them.
My smart lights kept going offline, until this router setting fixed the whole room
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi16d ago
For months now, my smart lights have been a guessing game. I'd tap the light button in the manufacturer's app or Home Assistant, and about half the time nothing would happen.
These tiny 3D prints take minutes to make and are the ones I actually use
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre16d ago
I don't always have hours to wait on a print, so I keep a short list of things that finish in minutes.