November 19, 2025
60+ early Black Friday deals: Get big savings on MacBooks, Nintendo Switch 2, Keurig, and Garmin gear
We found the latest early Black Friday deals on Apple products, robot vacuums, headphones, power stations, Legos, and tons more goodies. Best early Black Friday deals Best Apple deal Apple MacBook Air,
November 19, 2025
How to use Apple Pay on Amazon when Black Friday shopping
Here's how to use Apple Pay as your go-to payment method for seamless shopping during Amazon's Black Friday sale.Amazon's Black Friday 2025 sale is just around the corner. It officially kicks off on Nov. 20, a full week ahead of Thanksgiving, and runs through Cyber Monday on Dec. 1. But like most Am
November 19, 2025
San Francisco now has two driverless car options
Amazon-owned Zoox deploys its autonomous cars in San Francisco, following the launch of a select service in Las Vegas.Waymo has some competition in San Francisco — Amazon-owned Zoox just launched in the City by the Bay.Zoox, known for its toaster-shaped, carriage-style vehicles that lack steering wh
November 19, 2025
Level up your setup with the 45-inch LG Ultragear gaming monitor for its lowest price yet
As of Nov. 18, get the 45-inch LG Ultragear gaming monitor for its lowest price yet.SAVE $800: As of Nov. 18, get the LG 45-inch Ultragear OLED curved gaming monitor for $899.99, down from its usual price of $1,699.99. That's a discount of 47% and the lowest price we've seen.
November 19, 2025
Grab lifetime AdGuard family protection for under $20
Get lifetime access to the AdGuard Family Plan for just $18.97 with code FAMPLAN through Nov. 20 and protect all your devices from ads, trackers, and phishing.TL;DR: AdGuard’s Family Plan gives you lifetime, device-wide protection from ads, trackers, and malicious sites for just $18.97 (reg. $169.99
November 19, 2025
Streamline your AI stack with one platform and lifetime access for $75
Get lifetime access to the 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan for $74.97 (reg. $540) and use all the top AI models in one unified platform.TL;DR: If you’re tired of switching between different AI apps, the 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan gives you a single lifetime workspace powered by all the industry-l
November 18, 2025
Why does the internet keep crashing so often? First Google Cloud, then AWS, now Cloudflare.
Why do huge portions of the internet keep going down? We have an answer.Cloudflare suffered a major outage on Nov. 18, and it took many major platforms down with it. OpenAI, Spotify, X, and Canva were among just some of the websites and services that went down Tuesday morning.Feel like you're experi
November 18, 2025
Federal judge rules against FTC in Meta antitrust case
Federal judge rules against FTC in Meta antitrust case.Meta has emerged victorious in its years-long legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission, which accused the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly over social networking.In an opinion released Tuesday, Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. Di
November 18, 2025
I write about laptops all year long. See the top 6 early Black Friday laptop deals (so far).
Mashable's senior shopping reporter (and laptop expert) rounds up the best early Black Friday laptop deals across retailers like Amazon and Best Buy. The best early Black Friday laptop deals at a glance: Best MacBook deal
November 18, 2025
Cloudflare CTO apologizes to the internet as a whole after global outage
The Cloudflare CTO has apologized for the massive number of outages on Tuesday.On Tuesday afternoon, Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht apologized to the internet.After Cloudflare resolved an outage that caused widespread problems across the internet ecosystem, Knecht took to X to offer his apologies. The C
November 18, 2025
How to check or reload your Amazon gift card balance
Find out how to check an Amazon gift card balance — or reload it to use again during Amazon's Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.Amazon gift cards usually come with the starting balance printed on the physical card or mentioned in the email if you receive an eGift card. But what if you want to chec
November 18, 2025
Black Friday shopping? Heres how to use your Visa gift card on Amazon.
Can I use a Visa gift card on Amazon for Black Friday and Cyber Monday? How to add a Visa gift card as a payment method.Have a Visa gift card that you keep forgetting to use? 'Tis the season to break that bad boy out. You'll be able to squeeze way more out of those free funds when just about everyth
November 18, 2025
Google boss sounds the alarm over trillion-dollar AI bubble
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sounds the alarm over trillion-dollar AI bubble, saying that "no company is going to be immune, including us" if the bubble bursts.If fears of an AI bubble bursting were already keeping people up at night, recent comments from Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai certainly won't hel
November 18, 2025
Snag the Apple Watch Series 11 for its lowest price yet
SAVE $49.01: As of Nov. 18, get the Apple Watch Series 11 for $349.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $399. That's a discount of 12% and the lowest price we've seen. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon
November 18, 2025
Before Black Friday hits, a 4-pack of Apple AirTags is already on a major discount at Amazon
SAVE $34.01: A 4-pack of Apple AirTags is on sale at Amazon for $64.99, down from the normal price of $99. That's a 34% discount and just 50 cents more than the lowest we've ever spotted at Amazon. Opens in a new window Credit: Appl
November 18, 2025
The 30+ best early Black Friday Apple deals: We found record lows on AirPods and MacBooks already
Mashable has dug up the best early Black Friday Apple deals, including year-round lows on AirPods and MacBooks. The best early Black Friday Apple deals at a glance: Best AirTag deal Apple AirTag
November 18, 2025
Cloudflare down: What we know about the outage so far
Cloudflare is experiencing global issues, the service confirmed to Mashable on Tuesday morning.UPDATE Tuesday, Nov. 18, 11:33 a.m. ET: Cloudflare confirmed it had fully resolved the issue causing outages on Tuesday. This morning's Clouflare outage caused widespread errors across popular services, ap
November 18, 2025
Cloudflare outage cause revealed: This is what happened.
We're starting to get answers about what happened to bring down Cloudflare and large portions of the internet.UPDATE Tuesday, Nov. 18, 11:27 a.m. ET: Cloudflare confirmed it experienced a "significant outage" on Tuesday that stemmed from a crash in a software system that handles traffic for a number
November 18, 2025
What is Cloudflare?
For the second time this year, Cloudflare has experienced major issues — this time disrupting a wide range of platforms after what the company called an "unusual spike in traffic."If you're not familiar with Cloudflare, you're not alone. Often described as "the biggest company you've never heard of,
November 18, 2025
Snag the creator-favorite DJI Mic Mini for its lowest price yet
SAVE $70: As of Nov. 18, get the DJI Mic Mini (2 TX, 1 RX, and Charging Case) for $99, down from its usual price of $169. That's a discount of 41% and the lowest price we've seen. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon
November 18, 2025
Apple Podcasts having issues as internet outage continues
Can't load your latest podcast episode? A major Cloudflare outage is affecting websites, including Apple Podcasts.If you're trying to play an episode on Apple Podcasts, you might have an issue today.Apple's podcasting platform was seemingly disrupted on Tuesday morning due to a large-scale Cloudflar
November 18, 2025
Is ChatGPT down? Yes, but theres still a way to connect.
Users who tried to log into ChatGPT on Nov. 18 were met with this error message: "Please unblock challenges.cloudflare.com to proceed."UPDATE: Nov. 18, 2025, 10:21 a.m. EST As of 10:18 a.m. ET, OpenAI reported that its services had been restored. The latest message on its status page reads: "All im
November 18, 2025
Amazon is almost giving away the Fire TV Stick 4K Select ahead of Black Friday
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select is only $9.99 at Amazon ahead of Black Friday for select customers. That's a 75% discount.SAVE $30: As of Nov. 18, the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select is only $9.99 for select customers with the on-page coupon code STREAM4K at Amazon. That's 75% off its list price a
November 18, 2025
X is down, along with a chunk of the internet
Can't load your feed? A major Cloudflare outage is affecting websites including X (formerly Twitter).If you've been trying to check X to understand why large chunks of the internet are down, turns out it's impacted too.The platform formerly known as Twitter was disrupted on Tuesday morning due to a