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Why Software Updates May Have An Unexpected Effect On Your Phone

Understanding the side effects of installing updates on your phone and how to deal with them.

You may have noticed that, after installing a software update on your phone, it started behaving unexpectedly. Animations may seem sluggish, the device gets slightly warm and the battery drains faster. Since software updates usually bring many improvements, it seems ironic to have these negative side effects — and they can happen on both the iPhone and Android phones.

The good news is that these issues are usually temporary; here's what's happening and what you can do about it.

Why your phone feels slower after an update

When you install an iOS or Android update, the system runs a lot of background processes to get everything in order. On the iPhone, Apple says that Spotlight reindexes all your data after an update. Depending on how much data you have, this can take hours or...

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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 37 Deals Announced in October 2026

SecurityWeek tracked 37 cybersecurity merger and acquisition (M&A) deals announced in October 2026. For a look at last year’s activity, see SecurityWeek’s 2025 Cybersecurity M&A Report, which covers more than 420 deals. Here are some of the most important cybersecurity M&A deals

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The Rise of LLMJacking: How Threat Actors Monetize Compromised Cloud and Model Resources

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YouTuber Druski is going to make exclusive content for Netflix

Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Netflix today announced a multiyear deal with the YouTuber, comedian, and influencer Druski, and he’ll create original content “exclusively” for the streaming service. The announcement is

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Could data center backlash flip Florida?

Patti Zirhut, a lifelong Republican, has been studying her ballot for weeks. Zirhut eagerly voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024, but she isn’t toeing the party line this year. “My ballot is all mixed up,” she says. She’s voting for some Republicans, some independents,

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