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Ice cream in December? Oh hell yeah. Ninja’s Creami Scoop & Swirl ice cream maker is 20 percent off for Black Friday, dropping it to a new all-time low of $279.99 at Amazon, Best Buy, and SharkNinja’s online storefront. It can make hard and soft serve ice cream, and, as my colleague Jen Tuohy found […]

For Black Friday, we’re seeing some of the best prices all year on AirPods, AirTags, and other Apple gear. And if you’ve been eyeing a tablet for streaming, browsing the web, and taking video calls, there’s no better time to save on an iPad. Right now, Apple’s latest entry-level iPad is down to a new […]

For a platform that everybody claims to have quit, Facebook is astonishingly resilient. A whopping 71 percent of American adults still use the site — and more than half check it daily — according to a recent Pew study, cementing it as one of the few constants in an otherwise shifting social media landscape.  And […]

We’ve seen Sony’s DualSense Edge discounted on a few occasions this year, and now it’s back on sale ahead of Black Friday as part of Sony’s ongoing holiday promo. Right now, you can snag the pro-style gamepad in either black or white at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy for around $169 ($30 off), which is […]

Meta may have just released the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) at the end of October, but they’re not significantly different from the last-gen model introduced in 2021. The overall experience is very similar, which is why the original Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses remain a great buy, especially now that they’re on sale for an all-time […]

Robot vacuums show up in our gift guides almost every year, and it’s easy to understand why: they clean, they save time, and they’re cheaper than hiring a professional. But not all robovacs are created equal, and some save more time than others. The Dreame X40 Ultra is one of those, offering a more genuinely […]

If you want your house to be the one everyone slows down to look at this holiday season, Philips Hue’s Festavia lights can make that happen. They aren’t cheap, but thanks to an early Black Friday sale at Amazon, you can pick up a 65-foot string for $145.19 (about $97 off) or a 130-foot strand […]

It might surprise you to hear that one of this year's awards season contenders is a Norwegian film. But it's not the first time. In 2022, Joachim Trier's sly, POV-shifting relationship drama The Worst Person in the World snuck into the Academy Awards with nods for Best International Film and Best Original Screenplay. His family-anchored […]

Chinese tech giant Alibaba entered the AI-powered smart glasses race on Thursday with the release of its Quark headsets in China. Notably, the batteries can be swapped out for all day usage unlike competitors.  Alibaba said the Quark AI glasses come in two variants, the S1 flagship and the “lifestyle-focused” G1, in multiple colors and […]

It has been a decade since the Stranger Things phenomenon began, and the Duffer brothers had had ample time to craft a strong finish to their breakout hit series. But the beginning of the show's fifth and final season feels like a frantic race to the end. While Stranger Things wasn't Netflix's first breakout hit, […]

Apple TV removed The Hunt from its streaming slate last week after concerns were raised about plagiarism. The move, previously reported by Apple Insider, comes after French media journalist Clément Garin claimed that the story closely follows Shoot, a 1974 novel written by Douglas Fairbairn. The Hunt was originally supposed to premiere on Apple TV […]

A decade after it first premiered, Netflix’s most impactful show is coming to an end. The fifth and final season of Stranger Things is being split apart into a three-part event that spans multiple holidays: it premieres on November 26th, with a second batch of episodes on Christmas, followed by the final episode on December […]