When is Black Friday? Black Friday 2025 falls on November 28, and Cyber Monday (which only became a thing in 2005) follows on December 1. Beat the store chaos and do your shopping from the comfort of your home (or office!).Are power stations really cheaper during Black Friday? The short answer is yes, power stations can be significantly cheaper in the run up to and during Black Friday. It’s a time of year when retails want to make up for the discounts they offer with volume of sales. Yes, price manipulation does happen sometimes, where some brands and retailers increase…
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Apple Maps users could start seeing ads in the app as soon as next year, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Similar to Google Maps and other mapping apps, Apple’s plan is to allow restaurants and other businesses with brick-and-mortar locations to pay to promote themselves in search results, Gurman says. While Apple already runs ads in the App Store, this could be part of a larger strategy to introduce more advertising in iOS. Apple will reportedly try to distinguish itself from the competition with a better interface, and by using AI to show relevant results. The…
We’ve rounded up the best deals for Saturday, October 25, below, so don’t miss out on these limited-time offers.Save $10 Off Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake EaterMETAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER TACTICAL ED – PS50METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER TACTICAL ED – XSX0Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater was one of 2025’s most anticipated games for many, as it marks a major return to the MGS franchise for Konami. This weekend, you can save $10 off the release for either PS5 or Xbox Series X. In our 8/10 review, we wrote, “Between its old-school stealth-action gameplay and engaging…
After four weeks at the top, the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max was finally dethroned as the most popular phone in our database. The Chinese maker won’t be too sad about it, though, as it’s replaced at the top by the newly announced Redmi K90 Pro Max. The third spot went to the Samsung Galaxy A56, which began another slow climb up the ranks, followed by the Galaxy S25 Ultra in fourth. The iPhone 17 Pro Max retained its fifth position as the Oppo Find X9 Pro climbed to sixth. With the global launch expected next week, Oppo’s new flagship…
Looking for a different day?A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, October 26 (game #602).Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today…
Even though the Strava-Garmin-Suunto lawsuit has since been voluntarily dropped, the whole debacle got me thinking about what alternatives are available should I wish to or even need to jettison my use of Strava. It’s good to remain light on your feet when it comes to app reliance, and the lawsuit was a timely reminder that maybe I was too reliant on the globally popular running app.With so many options on the market, including Runkeeper and TrainingPeaks, it can be difficult to know where to turn. After a period of research, I found the Adidas Running app. Full disclosure, I…
Samsung caught me off guard with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 this year. I wasn’t expecting a class-leading thin and light design, given the relative disappointments of the past three Z Fold generations.I love using the phone on a day-to-day basis (heck, we named the Z Fold 7 the best foldable in this year’s TechRadar choice awards), but there are a couple of things I found on the comparatively lesser-known Vivo X Fold 5 that I’d love to have on my Samsung foldable.One of them is a larger battery, and the second is a software feature called ‘Workbench,’ which I…
OpenAI is working on a new tool that would generate music based on text and audio prompts, according to a report in The Information. Such a tool could be used to add music to existing videos, or to add guitar accompaniment to an existing vocal track, sources said. It’s not clear when OpenAI plans to launch such a tool or whether it would be available as a standalone product (as opposed to integrating with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and video app Sora). One source told The Information that OpenAI is working with some students from the Juilliard School to annotate scores as…
Mega Man Legends 2 is celebrating its 25-year anniversary today, October 25, 2025. Below, we look back at how its unresolved cliffhanger ending still overshadows its memory.Mega Man Legends 2 is an unfinished promise. The anime-inspired adventure series was beloved by fans of the blue bomber for its inventive, Zelda-like spin on the classic formula. It was filled with lovable characters who have endured long past the series itself, like Tron Bonne, the Servbots, and the hero, Mega Man Volnutt. But like a serialized cartoon series, the second game in the series ended with a whopper of a cliffhanger–and then…
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