10 Apple deals that prove Black Friday 2025 is starting earlier than ever

The best Apple deals this week, at a glance: Best MacBook deal Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $799 (Save $200) Shop Now Best iPad deal Apple iPad Air, 11-inch (M3, WiFi + cellular, 128GB) $472.60 (save $276.40 with on-page coupon) Get Deal Best M5 iPad deal Apple iPad Pro, 11-inch (M5, […]

Word, Excel, and 1TB of OneDrive storage keep your world organized for $70

TL;DR: Get a one-year Microsoft 365 subscription for $69.99 (reg. $99.99). Opens in a new window Credit: Microsoft Microsoft 365: 1-Year Subscription $69.99 $99.99 Save $30   Get Deal If your digital life is spread across multiple devices, Microsoft 365 keeps everything connected — seamlessly. For just $69.99 (reg. $99.99), you get a 1-year subscription […]

Score the DJI Mic Mini bundle for its lowest price ever

SAVE $70: As of Nov. 4, get the DJI Mic Mini for $99, down from its usual price of $169 at Amazon. That’s a discount of 41% and the lowest price we’ve seen. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon DJI Mic Mini $99 at Amazon $169 Save $70   Get Deal If you’re looking […]

Apple is reportedly working on a Chromebook-style laptop, but weve heard that before

Apple is reportedly working on a Chromebook-style, pared-down, less expensive laptop. We’ve heard rumors of this before — but maybe this time it’s different. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported on Tuesday that Apple was “preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers from Chromebooks […]

6 Android apps reportedly recording users conversations — delete, delete, delete

We’ve all had that eerie feeling that our phone is listening to every word we say. And for some users, it really could be. ESET cybersecurity researchers claim to have identified six malicious Android apps that reportedly spy on users, extract WhatsApp and Signal messages, and record their conversations. One of them, an app called WaveChat, could […]

Big YouTube channels are being banned. YouTubers are blaming AI.

UPDATE: Nov. 6, 2025, 11:41 a.m. EST YouTube reached out to Mashable to provide an update on the situation. YouTube says it reached out to Enderman, Andrewman, tarkin, Scrachit Gaming, and 4096 and reinstated the channels. A YouTube spokesperson also claims that the initial terminations were not determined by automated enforcement. Our original article on […]

Microsoft warns that an OpenAI API is being abused as a backdoor for espionage

On Monday, Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers warned that an OpenAI API was being abused as a backdoor for malware. The researchers concluded that bad actors were using the novel backdoor to conduct long-term espionage operations. Specifically, Microsoft’s cybersecurity researchers discovered that cybercriminals were taking advantage of the OpenAI Assistants API, a clever […]

The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max is down $34.99 thanks to this coupon code

SAVE $25: The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device is on sale for $34.99 with code 4KMAX at Amazon, down from the normal price of $59.99. That’s a 42% discount. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazon Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device $34.99 at Amazon $59.99 Save $25 use code […]