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Firefox has an easter-egg that is only triggered when using the address bar’s calculator feature. If the sum equals 150, a Firefox icon appears. Clicking this icon unfurls a drop-down with a playable version of the well-known mini-game Snake. omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/fire…

The Startup tab in the Windows 11 Task Manager is a pretty convenient way to identify any apps that launch when you sign in. There's a catch, however. You're looking in the wrong place -- Task Manager doesn't actually show you everything. xda-developers.com/task-mana…

Don’t be fooled by the version number: Vivaldi 8.3 is a major release, with a rebuilt Ad and Tracker Blocker in the desktop and mobile versions of the browser and some other features on the desktop. thurrott.com/cloud/web-brows…

Microsoft is working on and testing several Windows 11 changes, like Accelerated App Launch, Adaptive Hibernate, and cleaner privacy settings, that will be introduced as part of the November Patch Tuesday update. pcworld.com/article/3276840/…

In light of Google disabling Google Search for K-12 student accounts where schools disable AI-generated answers, DuckDuckGo is providing instructions for schools on how to make DuckDuckGo's AI-free version of its search engine a school's default instead. tomsguide.com/ai/google-is-g…

A cybersecurity firm has found residential proxies running on the White House's internal network, potentially exposing other devices and systems to cyberattacks. At least one device on the network allows outsiders to access the White House's network. this.weekinsecurity.com/rese…

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 theverge.com/tech/1026604/ap…

Google has released Chrome 157 for Windows, Mac and Linux. The update, which is rolling out over the coming days and weeks, fixes 213 security issues, including 7 critical flaws. malwarebytes.com/blog/bugs/2…

The first macOS 27.3 developer beta includes an important security fix that prevents command-line tools from accepting eMudhra's compromised web certificates. A macOS 27.2.1 update will likely arrive to the public sooner with the same security fix. macrumors.com/2026/11/04/mac…

Microsoft announced major memory efficiency improvements to Windows 11 this week, and these upgrades should already be live on your PC. pcmag.com/news/microsofts-bi…

Chrome’s redesigned three-dot menu now features a functional search box for finding browser actions, bookmarks, and recent history. Google is also experimenting with a scrollbar, pinned search field and footer, and cleaner, block-style menu sections. androidauthority.com/google-…

On the global web browser stage Safari lags behind Chrome. Even Safari devotees might've noticed that their favorite browser was lacking at least one long-sought feature: vertical tabs. The feature will arrive with iOS 27.3, iPadOS 27.3, and macOS 27.3. techradar.com/computing/brow…

Google is completely turning off Search in schools that reject its AI features, and access to Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom, and Google Search “will be entirely off” for K-12 student accounts unless “administrators explicitly turn them on.” theverge.com/tech/1025411/go…

The New York Times sued Brave, the 11-year-old, privacy-focused browser company, on Monday, alleging it scraped the outlet’s copyrighted content and unlawfully distributed it to customers the suit names as Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral, xAI, and Cohere. techcrunch.com/2026/11/02/ne…

You may have noticed that, after installing a software update on your phone, it started behaving sluggishly, running warm, or consuming battery faster. It can happen on iPhones and Android phones. The good news is that these issues are usually temporary. engadget.com/2300344/phone-s…

Microsoft ended mainstream Windows 10 support a year ago, but PC upgrades to Windows 11 have ground to a halt. Relief may not come until 2028 or even 2029, as high CPU prices, and high memory prices, keep PC prices up. computerworld.com/article/42…

Firefox's newest feature lets you pop out a page - or part of a page - into its own mini window. See why this is incredibly cool. zdnet.com/home-and-office/fi…

The maintainer of BTCPay Server, an open-source Bitcoin payment processor, has urged users to install the latest version as hackers have been draining “hot wallets” on instances running older versions. bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…

Microsoft spent October testing a surprisingly useful collection of Windows 11 features. Several changes could make a noticeable difference in how you use your PC. Here are 12 of them. windowscentral.com/microsoft…

Users leveraging Windows devices managed by their organization will soon be able to opt-in to an experience that auto-launches Edge at startup. IT admins will be able to control the opt-in, opt-out, and user-choice configurations available to end-user. neowin.net/news/microsoft-wi…