Because the Android smartphone experience is designed to be single-user-focused, we don’t get many options for managing multiple accounts in third-party apps. One common solution to this problem is app […]
I benchmarked GPU performance on Windows vs. Linux, and the driver tax was unbelievable
Linux and Windows use very different methods for distributing and updating drivers. Windows takes a more hands-on approach, where you’ll have to download and update most packages manually. This is […]
Hulu buried one of its smartest sci-fi thrillers inside a sinister Silicon Valley lab
I found Devs the way I find most things worth watching now: by accident, scrolling Hulu at 11 at night, looking for something to put on while I did the […]
These awesome Linux distros run completely in RAM and barely touch your SSD
You can’t install Windows 11 on any machine with less than 4GB of RAM, but there’s a whole slew of Linux distros that not only run comfortably within those constraints, […]
Your smart switches won’t work in half of American houses, and it’s all because of this wire
I’ve got smart dimmer switches in my home office, my gym, the kitchen, and most of my basement, and in three years not one has failed to turn on. That […]
These registry tweaks made Windows 11 finally feel like the OS I actually wanted
Windows 10 reached the end of support on October 14th, 2025, yet nearly 30% of Windows users are still on the now-discontinued OS — including a few folks at MakeUseOf! […]
Every phone maker stopped putting this chip in, but Motorola didn’t
I’m used to watching smartphone features vanish with barely a goodbye. Removable batteries disappeared, headphone jacks followed, and microSD slots have been shuffled toward cheaper phones. These are all part […]
ASUS wants you to own your AI instead of renting it from the cloud
Summary ASUS’s new ProArt P14, P16, and GR1X use Nvidia RTX Spark to run demanding AI workloads locally. Up to 128GB of unified memory enables 120-billion-parameter models, 4K AI video […]
I turned Claude into a brainstorming partner by fighting every idea it gave me
I used to think getting better results from Claude meant writing better prompts. Give it more context, add more constraints, and explain exactly what I wanted, and I would get […]
This open-source smart home platform doesn’t need the cloud, and it’s surprisingly simple to set up
The most common smart home platforms all rely on some sort of third-party cloud infrastructure to some extent. But that’s a risk, especially if you live in an area with […]