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MUO - Technology, Simplified. Menu Sign in now Close Trending Submenu Productivity Android Smart TVs Networking Windows 11 Entertainment PC & Mobile Submenu Windows2 Linux Android Apple Technical Submenu Tech Explained Security Software Submenu Productivity Internet Creative Screen Submenu Entertainment Streaming Home Submenu Smart Home Home News Sign in Newsletter Menu More Action Sign in now Productivity Android Smart TVs Networking Windows 11 Entertainment Close Entertainment I bought a Steam Deck without spending a fortune, and you can too By  Brady Snyder Productivity viaim's earbuds solve the biggest problems with AI note-taking devices By  Sponsored Windows I replaced Windows Search with a free tool and my files are now instant to find By  Jorge Aguilar 1 YouTube YouTube is finally bringing back its direct messaging feature By  Dave Schafer DNS I switched to Cloudflare WARP and ran the numbers — the speed gap was bigger than I expected By  Gavin Phillips Package Managers 5 package managers that work on Windows, Mac, and Linux By  Oluwademilade Afolabi Mozilla Firefox I switched to mobile Firefox and discovered features desktop Chrome doesn't even have By  Kanika Gogia I changed how I prompt NotebookLM and my audio overviews immediately sounded more interesting 4 reasons your monitor's refresh rate matters more than its resolution Stop buying appliances from Best Buy — here's where the deals actually are These classic shows have 100+ episodes each — and they're all free on Roku right now My laptop was clinging to the slower Wi-Fi signal until I changed this setting I built a $5 Wi-Fi alarm that tells me the moment my internet goes down This underrated Claude Code mode makes it a real IDE rival The Raspberry Pi everyone stopped talking about is still worth buying Your terminal can render in 3D now, and Rust made it surprisingly usable More Must Reads See More 5 stress tests built to crash your PC on purpose, and why you want them to Posts By  Rob LeFebvre I replaced my Adobe Acrobat subscription with a free app and haven't needed to go back Posts 1 By  Jorge Aguilar I stopped buying cheap USB chargers after learning what "PPS" actually does for my phone Posts 1 By  Shaheer Khan PC & Mobile See More My Android apps update before the Play Store gets them — this one tool made that possible Posts By  Tashreef Shareef I switched back to Samsung because Google still hasn't built this into Pixel Posts By  Tashreef Shareef I stopped Windows from keeping old drivers and my PC boot time dropped by half Posts 1 By  Manuviraj Godara Latest I changed how I prompt NotebookLM and my audio overviews immediately sounded more interesting NotebookLM

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Posts By  Saikat Basu 4 reasons your monitor's refresh rate matters more than its resolution Computer Monitor

Always go for more Hz over Ultra HD if your budget allows it.

Posts By  Dave Meikleham Stop buying appliances from Best Buy — here's where the deals actually are Kitchen Appliances

Get your discounts more readily available.

Posts By  Chris Hachey These classic shows have 100+ episodes each — and they're all free on Roku right now Roku

There's so much available to watch on The Roku Channel you may never need to even think about Netflix again.

Posts By  Dan Selcke My laptop was clinging to the slower Wi-Fi signal until I changed this setting Wi-Fi

Windows has a built-in setting that keep your Wi-Fi signal locked-in.

Posts By  Gavin Phillips I built a $5 Wi-Fi alarm that tells me the moment my internet goes down Wi-Fi

The simplest network monitor I've ever built.

Posts By  Yadullah Abidi This underrated Claude Code mode makes it a real IDE rival Productivity

You don't have to give anything up to use Claude Code, and it may make programming a lot easier for you.

Posts By  Jorge Aguilar The Raspberry Pi everyone stopped talking about is still worth buying Raspberry Pi 3 B+

Everyone moved on. I didn’t.

Posts By  Yadullah Abidi Your terminal can render in 3D now, and Rust made it surprisingly usable Command Prompt

Rust developers have too much power, and this is the right way to use it.

Posts By  Yadullah Abidi This Windows 11 trackpad gesture gave me everything a second monitor does — without buying one Windows Tips

Virtual desktops in Windows offers an alternative to using multiple monitors, especially if you learn the gestures

Posts By  Brandon Miniman Obsession and Backrooms could change how movies get made (and it’s happened before) Streaming

Are Kane Parsons and Curry Barker the next Steven Spielberg or George Lucas, or are we jumping the gun?

Posts By  Dan Selcke I repurposed 4 old Apple devices, and now they all do something useful in my home iPad Pro

I gave my old Apple devices new life with these dedicated roles in my day-to-day life.

Posts By  Jonathon Jachura I turned off 4 location permissions I'd forgotten about — my battery lasts noticeably longer now Android

Your phone wants to know too much about where you are and where you will be, but you can get your privacy and your battery back.

Posts 1 By  Jorge Aguilar How AI and Linux devs are keeping old AMD Radeon cards alive Linux

Proving that AI can fuse with old technology to help fight against planned obsolescence.

Posts By  Sara Heritage Claude just released a Mythos-level model, but you only have 10 days to try it Technology Explained

After that, it's gonna cost ya

Posts By  Josh Hawkins I never knew what those double brackets in Excel meant — now I use them in almost every formula Microsoft Excel

They look like a typo, but they’re the reason your table formulas don’t break.

Posts By  Adaeze Uche The June Android security update is one of the biggest this year and most users haven't installed it yet Security

One of the flaws is already being used in targeted attacks, and if you're not on a Pixel, you may be waiting weeks for the patch

Posts 8 By  Rob LeFebvre If you use Claude regularly, these privacy settings are worth checking right now Productivity

Claude's privacy menu has a surprise waiting for you.

Posts 1 By  Shimul Sood I turned my Linux terminal into a walkie-talkie that no one can track Messenger

This Bash script turned my Linux terminal into an untraceable messenger — no account required

Posts 1 By  Gregory Gibson These 3 paid iPhone apps are now obsolete — Apple made them free without telling anyone iPhone Tips

Stop paying things that you can get for free.

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