Ben Stegner

1 week ago | makeuseof.com | Ben Stegner

What’s Your Favorite Laptop Brand? Does the Whole “AI Revolution” Bother You at All? What’s Geekiest Thing You’ve Ever Done With Your Computer?

1 week ago | makeuseof.com | Ben Stegner

When security questions and password hints are required for your accounts, you might not be filling them out wisely. To best protect your account security, you shouldn’t be truthful in these fields. Understanding Password Hints vs. Security Questions While these two account security features sound similar, they’re not the same. Password hints are just that—a small tip to help you recall a password you’ve forgotten.

1 week ago | makeuseof.com | Ben Stegner

You could describe what we're in right now as an AI revolution—it's rapidly improving in power, speed, understanding, and much more. AI's fast upgrades are exciting in one way, but concerning in others. Are you on board for everything with AI, wish it would have never happened, or feel another way? I'm generally not a fan of AI, at least in its current implementation. I worry a lot about what the world will look like over the next decade when it's already evolved as fast as it has.

2 weeks ago | makeuseof.com | Ben Stegner

Endless scrolling is most commonly associated with social media, but it appears on lots of other websites and apps too. Google stopped supporting infinite scroll a while ago, and MUO has also had it at various points in the past too. Do you find endless scrolling to be useful, a time trap, or something else? It depends on the app for me.

2 weeks ago | makeuseof.com | Ben Stegner

AI-generated images are one of the easiest ways to have some fun with AI, even if you don't use it for anything serious. But they're also useful for crafting an image when you can't otherwise find one that fits your needs just right. How often do you generate images with AI? I mainly make AI images for use at MUO; I don't generate them for my own purposes hardly at all. Gavin Phillips / GPT-4o / MakeUseOf