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  • X says its updated web app is way faster
    by Jay Peters on November 5, 2026 at 12:25 am

    X is introducing a new version of its web app that it says is much faster than before, and it’s now rolling out the updated app “one country at a time” for signed-in users. “Open a profile on X.com over a slow connection,” principal engineer Yagiz Nizipli said in a blog post about the changes.

  • Qualcomm is betting big on data centers as smartphone sales sink
    by Terrence O’Brien on November 4, 2026 at 10:42 pm

    With smartphone sales tanking by around 20 percent compared to 2025, Qualcomm is looking to data centers to help boost its bottom line. During its Q4 2026 earnings call, the company laid out its plans to make a splash in the AI data center business, through partnerships with companies like Amazon and Meta announced earlier

  • 17 better ways Elon Musk could have wasted $446 million
    by Elizabeth Lopatto on November 4, 2026 at 9:45 pm

    One of the basic problems of spending too much time on social media is that you are cooking your brain by reading posts from a pack of attention-seeking lunatics. If your social media of choice is the site formerly known as Twitter, and it is your main source of contact with the outside world, you

  • How I learned to love an obnoxious phone grip
    by Allison Johnson on November 4, 2026 at 9:30 pm

    Much like a great recipe, it started with a stick of butter. This wasn’t real butter; it was a friend’s new phone grip, complemented by a phone case with bold stripes. Butter is in vogue now, or at least that’s what a 12-year-old told me a few months ago. This stick of butter was labeled

  • Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones are more than half off
    by Sheena Vasani on November 4, 2026 at 9:13 pm

    It’s not often that some of the best noise-canceling headphones you can buy are over half off. But right now, the first-gen Bose QuietComfort Headphones are on sale for $169.99 ($190 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Bose, matching its best price to date. The newer, second-generation version that launched in August is also down

  • Gemini for Home now plugs into AT&T’s smart security system
    by Emma Roth on November 4, 2026 at 8:23 pm

    AT&T’s smart home security system now integrates with Gemini for Home. The company says its Connected Life system is the “first” home security product to integrate with Google Home Premium, enabling a bunch of Gemini-powered features that can summarize home events, search your video history, and more. With the update, Gemini for Home can provide

  • Xbox previews two new ways to control cloud games
    by Tom Warren on November 4, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    I revealed yesterday that the new Xbox Nano controller supports a Wi-Fi connection directly to Xbox Cloud Gaming, and now Microsoft is making it official today. Two new Xbox previews will let players try out using a phone as a controller on smart TVs, as well as cloud connect on the Xbox Nano to connect

  • Google’s Pixel 11 phones are up to 27 percent off
    by Cameron Faulkner on November 4, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    You can save a heck of lot of money on Google’s Pixel 11 phones through November 8th, whether you want the best-for-the-least Pixel 11, or the slightly pricier Pixel 11 Pro that takes better photos. Even the big Pixel 11 Pro XL with a longer-lasting battery is hundreds off its original price. The Pixel 11

  • Nothing teases a screen-free AI device ahead of launch next month
    by Stevie Bonifield on November 4, 2026 at 6:26 pm

    Nothing CEO Carl Pei said in a post on X that the company’s launching its first AI device in December. That’s just a little over a year after Pei announced plans for “AI-native” devices and an AI operating system. He didn’t give away much about what exactly the new device is, only that one feature

  • Apple will check shared iCloud links for ‘harmful content’
    by Jay Peters on November 4, 2026 at 6:23 pm

    Apple will start checking iCloud items that are accessible to anyone who has the link for “harmful content” starting with iOS 27.3 and other 27.3 updates, the company says. “When you share an item that can be accessed by Anyone with the Link in version 27.3 or later of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS, that