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iOS 27 began rolling out on September 14, and it arrived with a screen most people may be tempted to tap through without reading: a prompt titled "Improve Siri & Apple Intelligence" offering two choices, "Share Audio and Text" or "Not Now."

A single Galaxy Z Fold 7 wearing a Temdan MagSafe Kickstand Case went through repeated pocket-height drops onto concrete, and it came away with no damage. The reviewer at Tech with Jerad reported the phone survived the drops intact and the case itself showed only minimal wear (Tech with Jerad). That's a strong result for one case built around impact and scuff resistance. It says nothing about a major durability concern with foldables: dust working its way into the hinge and scratching the inner...

Google hasn't even released the Pixel 11 yet, and already four codenames and a chip nickname for the phone after it have leaked online. That's where Google Pixel 12 rumors stand right now: reports about reports, built on a single leaker's Telegram posts rather than anything resembling a product announcement (Android Authority, 3 months ago).

Apple now markets the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max as an intelligent personal hub, pairing AI capability with personal context and calling privacy and security core to the design. That's a confirmed claim from Apple's own announcement. It doesn't tell you which parts of that hub are working today, or whether they apply to the phone you already own.

If Google Photos is unresponsive after editing on your Pixel, you're not imagining it. Pixel owners report that cropping or rotating a photo leaves the Share, Edit, and Trash buttons visible but unresponsive to taps, with no error message or loading indicator appearing on screen (Android Central, 2 days ago; Android Police, 3 days ago).

A Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra 360-degree leak is giving the clearest unofficial look yet at Samsung's next tablet lineup. New video and press renders, published by Android Headlines and NokiaPowerUser, show the Tab S12 Ultra and Tab S12+ from every angle, alongside a separate spec sheet claiming everything from chipset to pricing.

Apple Music subscribers don't have to wait until the end of the year to see their listening habits laid out. The 2026 Replay playlist has been updating since early February, tracking top songs throughout the year rather than appearing only as a year-end recap.

YouTube TV has topped JD Power's live TV streaming rankings for 2026, its fourth consecutive year in first place. That part isn't in dispute. The more interesting detail, buried a layer deeper in the same report, is that YouTube TV's cushion over the rest of the category is thinner than it was last year, and that live TV streaming as a whole is losing ground to cable and satellite on customer satisfaction rather than gaining it.

Microsoft has introduced a Windows platform framework that lets apps request an age signal tied to the person currently using the PC.

Search interest around "Xiaomi and Motorola phones launched at Snapdragon Summit" is pulling together three phones tied to Qualcomm's newer chips this week: Motorola's Signature, Motorola's Razr 60 Ultra, and Xiaomi's 17 Pro Max. Nothing in the material reviewed for this article backs up a shared Snapdragon Summit launch. Motorola's spec pages, the one available Xiaomi hands-on report, and Qualcomm's own chip announcement never place these three phones at the same event, in the same region, or...

Google confirmed on September 28, 2026 that a Chromebook upgrade to Googlebook OS is coming for at least some devices, though it still hasn't said which models qualify, when the migration will roll out, or how the process will work, according to PCWorld and 9to5Google. The announcement came through a new Google support page.

Spotify's Running Mode doesn't listen to your footsteps or track your pace the way the original Spotify Running feature did. That older feature used phone hardware to detect your cadence automatically before Spotify retired it in 2018 (The Verge, 2 months ago; Engadget, yesterday). Running Mode works differently: it builds a soundtrack around the BPM, duration, and music preferences you dial in before you start moving, rather than reacting to how fast you're actually running (The Verge, 2...

Windows 10 reached end of support on Oct. 14, 2025. Microsoft no longer provides ordinary free Windows 10 security updates, feature updates, or technical support, although enrolled Extended Security Updates devices continue receiving eligible security fixes.

Every time a Surface Dial clicks under a fingertip or a Surface Slim Pen 2 pulses after a completed gesture, three things happen in sequence: something detects the input, software decides how to respond, and a small motor produces the sensation felt. That pipeline sits at the center of Microsoft Surface touch interface design, and Microsoft has now documented, at least partially, how it works at the operating system level.

Microsoft has until Oct. 31, 2026, to explain why a June 2013 internal presentation called "Second-Hand Software" was not identified and disclosed earlier in its long-running antitrust dispute with ValueLicensing.

Hands-on footage of the OnePlus 16 has been circulating all week, and one detail keeps stopping people mid-scroll: a glowing pattern built into the back panel. OnePlus calls it the Interstellar Lighting Effect, a rear LED array wired into the phone's Tomorrow's Starlight colorway, and it looks striking enough on video that it's easy to miss how little is actually confirmed about how it works. Reservations for the OnePlus 16 are already open in China, T3 reports, which puts the OnePlus 16 LED...

"Excel multiple values in one cell" can mean two completely different things.

Google Photos is rolling out two separate updates this week: a set of vintage-style Moods filters for Android and wider availability of its AI-powered Wardrobe feature on Android and iPhone in Brazil, India, and the US.

iOS 27 now lets iPhone owners create their own Apple Wallet passes without a developer account.

Microsoft plans to let Microsoft 365 Copilot write, update, and delete data inside connected third-party apps, not just read it. Microsoft's September 22 Message Center entry lists the feature as "In development," with general availability targeted for October 2026, per the Microsoft 365 Message Center archive.

In December 2017, Microsoft and Qualcomm pitched a new category of Windows Always Connected PCs that would behave more like smartphones: instant wake, long battery life, and cellular connectivity without hunting for a hotspot.

Leaker Ice Universe says Samsung is preparing a split-screen Privacy Display upgrade for the Galaxy S27 Ultra that would dim only one app window in split-screen mode, even as that window gets resized.

Every Googlebook apparently hides an app called Glowbar Disco that syncs the laptop's light strip to whatever audio is playing, according to Android Authority, which reported the feature today. A Google product executive named it directly in a recent interview, though he never said where it lives on the device or how to launch it. Android Authority also reports that owners will need to "do some digging" once Googlebooks start reaching buyers in the US, a detail that puts the US retail rollout...

Microsoft has turned Copilot in Excel from a chat-based assistant into a tool that can edit workbooks directly. That change matters more in shared files, where multiple people may be changing formulas, formatting, charts, and data at the same time.

Most CarPlay customization doesn't happen on the car's screen. App order and widgets are managed from the paired iPhone, while wallpaper, display appearance, text size and Smart Display Zoom are adjusted through CarPlay itself.

Most Galaxy tablet problems, including freezing, laggy apps, or a screen that stops responding, don't need a factory reset.

Disney+ and Hulu now cost $21.49 a month each for their standalone ad-free plans, up from $18.99. Their ad-supported standalone plans rose 50 cents, from $11.99 to $12.49 a month.

The Galaxy Z Flip 8's outer FlexWindow does more than preview a selfie. Turn on Mirror View and the cover screen becomes a mirror-like, real-time reflection that Samsung says can run at up to 120 fps, with zoom and edge lighting available for a closer look.

The Apple CarPlay settings worth changing after that first pairing live in two places: the iPhone's Settings app and CarPlay's own Settings app on the vehicle display.

Game Pass subscribers who rely heavily on cloud streaming have a change to plan around starting in November: unlimited Xbox Cloud Gaming is going away.

If Netflix, Hulu, or another streaming service seems to be showing more commercials, there is data behind that impression. Ad minutes per hour across major US streaming services rose 18% between January and August 2026, according to Ampere Analysis.

If your Pixel 11 keeps dropping Wi-Fi, shows a 5G icon without usable data, or cuts out over Bluetooth, that doesn't automatically mean the phone is defective.

Spotify began rolling out a beta feature called Taste Profile to Premium subscribers ages 18 and older in the United States on Sept. 23, letting listeners type plain-language notes that steer their Home feed.

Microsoft released Visual Studio Code 1.139.0 to the Stable channel on September 23, 2026, replacing the sparse Insiders page that had appeared earlier in the month.

Chrome can now preserve more than the URL when you send a tab to another device. Google confirmed Sept. 24 that its cross-device handoff can save the exact state of the tab, including your scroll position and partially filled forms, so you can continue where you left off on another device.

Microsoft drops Copilot+ PC branding from its newest Surface hardware, even though those machines still meet every technical requirement the label was built around. Surface CVP Brett Ostrum confirmed the change directly to Windows Central this week: "These are not called Copilot+ PCs." The devices affected are Microsoft's newest Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, both of which still qualify under the original Copilot+ specification bar despite losing the name.

Audible's Timer sits right on the playback screen, but some of the app's more useful controls are easier to overlook. Shake to Extend lives in Player settings, while End of Chapter and finer 0.05x speed adjustments give listeners more control over when and how they listen.

Vivaldi shipped a fifth minor update for Desktop 8.2 on September 18, 2026, just one day after minor update 4 landed.

Horror fans have an unusually crowded month ahead. Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock, and AMC+ all have new horror series arriving in October 2026, with four premieres landing within a little more than two weeks of each other.

Scroll through a playlist and find half the tracks dimmed and unplayable, and the timing feels random: was it something you did, a subscription hiccup, or the label pulling the song outright? If you're searching for Apple Music songs grayed out how to fix, the troubleshooting path is more structured than the scattered advice online suggests. Apple's own Cloud Status labels, "Waiting," an exclamation mark, or "No Longer Available," point to different likely causes, and only some of them respond...