mAh is the worst way to compare power banks — this overlooked spec tells the truth
Comparing batteries by this metric is a bit like judging cars by cup.
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I wasted years optimizing my SSD for nothing — Windows was already doing it
I was making Windows slower, and the drive was barely.
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I got to watch House of the Dragon Season 3 early — It's bigger, bolder, and won't please everyone
If you want more action, you'll be happy. If you want the show the books, you'll be conditionally.
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I benchmarked Quad9, NextDNS, and Cloudflare, and the winner wasn't the big name
Multiple testing locations and it still wasn't completely.
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I never open a new Obsidian vault without making these changes first
Resumo da fonte MakeUseOf sobre Productivity, Obsidian: I never open a new Obsidian vault without making these changes first.
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5 Android apps you can finally delete because the feature is now built in
Your phone's been doing all of this for years. You just kept downloading apps for it.
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6 Google Translate tricks tourists never find until the trip is over
Google Translate does basic language-to-language translations via text and voice, but it does so much more you should explore before your next.
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My YouTube plays with the screen off now, and I didn't even pay for Premium
Resumo da fonte MakeUseOf sobre Entertainment, YouTube Premium: My YouTube plays with the screen off now, and I didn't even pay for Premium.
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After 8 distros in two years, the one that stopped my hopping is boring on purpose
The operating system had stopped being the thing I was working.
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My audiobooks deserved their own Plex, and this is it
Your media server is failing at audiobooks — here's the one built to fix.
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I self-hosted my email and finally understood why everyone warns against it
I got my own mail server running, but the celebration ended somewhere around port.
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I ran a free Microsoft tool and found 161 startup entries Task Manager couldn't see
I thought my startup was clean until Autoruns proved.
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I compared free Claude and free Gemini for real work, and only one is actually good for heavy daily use
Claude's free tier runs out fast, but Gemini keeps working — here's what that means for real.
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Your phone still knows where you are with GPS off, and it has four ways to tell
Smartphones are basically detectives with several backup.
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Your phone can stop spam calls before they ring, and the toggle is buried in plain sight
There's a built-in spam blocker on your phone that most people never turn on — here's how to activate.
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Two new Excel functions replaced every pivot table I used to build
Resumo da fonte MakeUseOf sobre Productivity, Microsoft Excel: Two new Excel functions replaced every pivot table I used to build.
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An info-stealer sat on my PC for months, and Antigravity finally rooted it out
Malware doesn't need to be loud when it's already getting what it.
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A $5 board turned my dumb lamp into a smart one
Resumo da fonte MakeUseOf sobre Smart Home, Smart Home: A $5 board turned my dumb lamp into a smart one.
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