A finished $90 million movie was worth more shelved than released, and it'll never see the light of day
MakeUseOfby Charlene Badasie·6d ago
Hollywood canceling movies is nothing new. However, it is unusual for a studio to spend around $90 million on a superhero film and then decide that no one should ever see it.
I unlocked Nvidia’s professional GPU features on my consumer graphics card
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha·6d ago
Nvidia has maintained both a popular consumer and professional lineup for its GPUs for the longest time.
I used Google Messages for years without realizing this feature existed
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah·6d ago
Google Messages is one of those apps that everyone's familiar with. But behind that simple-looking interface, there are plenty of features that are easy to miss.
Android 17's new feature showed me exactly why my phone slows down every afternoon
MakeUseOfby Shimul Sood·6d ago
A new software update can completely change how you use your phone. Sure, there are always new features to play around with, but every once in a while, you come across something that actually helps...
Gmail stopped loading hidden trackers when I changed this one setting
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar·6d ago
Your inbox might look clean once spam is filtered out, but that doesn't mean it is private. Marketing emails and newsletters include tracking pixels that call back to the sender when their images...
Your old HDD's reliability depends on who made it, here's what testing from over 400k drives shows
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan·6d ago
Given how expensive NAND memory is, SSDs are out of reach for most, and HDDs are somehow making a comeback in the hardware market, despite their obsolescence.
There's only one smartphone battery spec that matters, and it's the one nobody checks
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder·6d ago
Battery life is one of the top considerations for buyers considering a new smartphone, and there's no shortage of specs that tell you how a phone's battery will perform.
Google Chrome was using 30GB RAM until I made this tweak
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips·6d ago
Google Chrome is a memory hog. It's a well-known problem with the world's leading browser, largely due to how Chrome handles each tab you open.
Your old router gathering dust can still be a Wi-Fi AP, WireGuard server, and NAS
MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile·6d ago
Earlier this year, I changed ISPs because my previous ISP was driving me up the wall. When my new ISP was installed, they gave me a new router, making the router that came with my previous ISP was...
I finally figured out why my Windows C: drive kept running out of space
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah·6d ago
The C: drive isn't meant to store everything — and yet, Windows saves everything there by default.
The 5 subscriptions you shouldn't try to replace with a self-hosted app
MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson·6d ago
I have an annoying habit of looking at every online subscription and asking myself the question that often marks the beginning of spinning up yet another Docker container: “What if?” That drive to...
Forget the new Street Fighter: These 5 video game adaptations can't be beat
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell·6d ago
The new Street Fighter movie has a lot to live up to, given its source material’s 40-year heritage, the dismal 1994 movie adaptation starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and the ill-fated Legend of...
I set up these Chrome features on every phone, and I still can't believe they're not the default
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman·6d ago
Chrome is an important part of my digital life, whether by relying on its fantastic cross-platform and cross-device password, bookmark, and tab syncing capabilities, or by utilizing the world of...
5 dead giveaways a Ryobi battery is counterfeit
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura·6d ago
I run more than 20 Ryobi ONE+ tools off a single shelf of batteries, and every pack on it came from Home Depot. That habit stuck after I recycled a batch of off-brand packs I'd bought on Amazon.
7 things you can do with a USB flash drive besides storing files
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi·6d ago
USB flash drives aren’t nearly as essential for moving files around as they used to be. Between cloud storage, messaging apps, and decent internet connections, I can go weeks without copying a...
I turned on 7 Windows 11 features Microsoft ships switched off, and I kept 3 but turned 4 back off
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi·6d ago
Windows 11 has a funny relationship with its own features. Microsoft will spend the engineering time building something useful, tuck a perfectly functional switch somewhere in Settings, and then...
Milwaukee just made the boring 5Ah battery interesting again
MakeUseOfby Chris Hachey·7d ago
Milwaukee offers power tools for a wide variety of skill levels. The quality craftsmanship and premium feel of the tools make Milwaukee one of the premier manufacturers today.
I shoot at 24MP instead of 50MP on my Samsung, and it saves me more storage than I expected
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre·7d ago
I left my Fold 8 on 50MP for its first weeks because more pixels felt like a better choice. Then I checked my storage and realized it was eating up a lot of the space on my phone.
I stopped my Galaxy from automatically doing these 5 things, and I wish I'd done it sooner
MakeUseOfby Kanika Gogia·7d ago
Samsung Galaxy phones offer a ton of smart features to make your life easier. Sometimes, though, these automatic behaviors might work against you. Your phone makes some decisions in the background.
7 useful things you can do with QR codes you create yourself
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi·7d ago
QR codes have a bit of an image problem. Most of the time, they show up on restaurant tables, boarding passes, posters, and product packaging, doing whatever job somebody else decided they should...
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