Smartphone Tethering Explained, How to Buy a Mechanical Keyboard, and Digitizing Old 8mm Home Movies

What is the fastest option for smartphone tethering? How do you choose which mechanical keyboard to buy? And what is the best option for digitizing old home movies? This week’s Really Useful Podcast answers all of these questions, and looks at which websites might be affected most by generative AI…

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This week, we’ve got these tips and explainers:

Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter:@thegadgetmonkeyand@gavinspavin, with your suggestions for future topics.

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Who asked for these upgrades?

It’s not super flashy, but it can help to keep your computer up and running.

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So much time invested, and for what?

OneDrive is one of the best, but it has a catch.

windows recovery environment on laptop screen.

These plugins will make you wonder why you used Photoshop in the first place.

One casual AI chat exposed how vulnerable I was.

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Technology Explained

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