Gavin Phillips

6 days ago | makeuseof.com | Gavin Phillips

If your internet feels sluggish or buffering is driving you up the wall, the issue might not be your connection speed—it could be your DNS. Most people use their internet provider's default DNS servers, but these are often slower, less private, and less reliable than alternatives. However, there are a few handy tricks and tips you can use to speed up your connection.

6 days ago | makeuseof.com | Gavin Phillips

If there is one thing we can all celebrate in this world, it's lower prices and better privacy. And that's exactly what one of my favorite—and one of the best—private email and VPN providers is set to deliver to anyone using iOS. Proton Set to Lower Its Prices After Court Ruling Proton, developers of the excellent Proton Mail, Proton Pass, and Proton VPN, has revealed that it will drop its subscription prices for iOS users.

1 week ago | makeuseof.com | Gavin Phillips

If you've suddenly noticed that your Spotify albums aren't displaying correctly, you're not alone. Spotify users worldwide are reporting the same problem, noting that it's now impossible to select music from an artist's catalog. Musician Discographies Are Disappearing From Spotify If you load Spotify on your smartphone or desktop and head to any artist page, you may find that you suddenly have no albums available to listen to.

1 week ago | makeuseof.com | Gavin Phillips

With the number of data breaches each year, it can be difficult to understand if your perfect password is still secure. Even if you follow security practices and make a strong and unique password for each account, a breached password is still out there in the wild. That's why it's vital to periodically use a free tool to check if your passwords have been compromised. 6 Have I Been Pwned?

2 weeks ago | makeuseof.com | Gavin Phillips

Have you noticed ChatGPT agreeing with you more than usual? You're not alone. In fact, so many ChatGPT users noticed GPT-4o's sycophantic behavior, OpenAI is taking the unprecedented step of rolling back its model to a previous version. Why OpenAI Is Rolling GPT-4o Back to a Previous Version OpenAI's GPT-4o update has been a revelation for the leading AI chatbot, and not just for its image generation skills.