I tried this hidden Google Chrome feature – and now I use it everyday
…It’s clean, modern, and makes looking at a screen for ten hours a day a lot more pleasant. I loved Gemini’s tight integration in Chrome. Since it works well with…
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Android Auto's split screen is the one feature I use on every single drive
…Sometimes I'll jump to PocketCasts to listen to a podcast, which takes over the Spotify portion of the screen, leaving the Waze section in the primary slot. This automatic-tiling system…
I ditched LM Studio for an open-source alternative — and my local model is doing things it couldn't before
Nolen Jonker May 31, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…
Windows 11's new driver allow-list could break your old hardware, and Microsoft won't tell you what's on it
…For anything mainstream, this is practically invisible, and won't affect day-to-day usage. For uncommon hardware, though, this may introduce a new host of issues. Related Microsoft is changing how…
Local LLMs are actually good now, and I wasted months not realizing it
Nolen Jonker Apr 18, 2026, 7:31 AM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…
6 settings I always change to make any TV feel more premium
…His image dissector camera tube was a revolutionary breakthrough that laid the groundwork for all modern television technology. Not quite. While John Logie Baird and Vladimir Zworykin were also television pioneers, it…
Affinity is a great Adobe alternative, but these underrated open-source apps are even better
Nolen Jonker Apr 4, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…
4 useful PowerToys features that belong in Windows 11 out of the box
…Some of these tools actually solve problems many Windows users deal with almost every day. Related Windows is becoming a power-user OS again, but only because PowerToys fixed it first PowerToys…
AMD's fTPM is still causing random stutters, but the fix could cost you money
…It ships enabled by default on virtually every modern AMD platform, and for most people, it works fine, but for a significant sub-section of people, it causes intermittent system-wide stutters…
I tested 3 free Photoshop alternatives for the same graphics project, and one was clearly the frontrunner
Nolen Jonker Apr 20, 2026, 1:01 PM EDT Nolen began their writing career in 2019, with three years dedicated to editing the Creative section at MakeUseOf . Their expertise lies at the…