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Score the Beats Solo 4 Minecraft Edition headphones for half off at Target

SAVE $100: As of Jan. 16, get the Beats Solo 4 Minecraft Edition headphones at Target for $99.99, down from their usual price of $199.99. That's a 50% discount.

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The Garmin Venu 3S is back at its Black Friday price

SAVE $100: The Garmin Venu 3S smartwatch (41mm, Ivory) is on sale at Amazon for $349.99, down from the normal price of $449.99. That's a 22% discount that matches the lowest price we've ever spotted at Amazon.

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What to expect at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked

With CES 2025 behind us, you might think that you'd have a break from big tech company announcements.

Well, think again! 

Samsung's very own event, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025, is just around the corner: January 22 at 1pm ET to be exact.

While Samsung focused on "AI for All" at CES, showcasing mostly their latest home appliances and the AI-integrations in these products, the company held off on any announcements for their flagship line of smartphones, tablets, and other connected mobile...

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Get a like new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and save hundreds at Woot

SAVE $570: As of Jan. 16, get a like new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from Woot for $849.99, which is $570 off its new price of $1,419.99. That's a discount of 43%.

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TikToks CEO might attend Trumps inauguration, new report says

It looks like Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk won't be the only tech CEOs attending President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday. According to The New York Times, Shou Chew, the CEO of TikTok, will also attend.

This comes as the Supreme Court continues to debate the fate of Chew's app in the U.S., which could result in 170 million people losing access to it. If the court upholds the ban, as other courts have done, it will go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19.

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Colleen Hagerty

The Cost of Surviving a Wildfire

Evacuating a disaster is often the lifesaving choice, but it comes with short-term costs to address immediate needs and incalculable personal and financial tolls in the future.

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J. Hoberman

David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78

A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” considered his masterwork. He brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”

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Maggie Haberman, David McCabe and Sapna Maheshwari

Trump Is Said to Consider Executive Order to Circumvent TikTok Ban

The move is under discussion as the Chinese-owned app faces a Sunday deadline to find a new buyer or shut down in the United States.

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Amanda Hess

TikTok Refugees Get Wry Welcome on RedNote, Another Chinese App

In their mass migration to the Chinese app RedNote, social media users make a gleeful mockery of the American government.

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Karoun Demirjian

House Passes Bill to Deport Immigrants Convicted of Violence Against Women

Scores of Democrats joined Republicans in approving the measure, even though existing law already allows immigrants with contested legal status who are convicted of sex crimes to be deported.

Fast Company

Jessica Bursztynsky

How to test out the new Nintendo Switch 2

Fans of the handheld gaming console can enter a lottery for a chance to try out the Switch 2 this spring.

Nintendo unveiled its highly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 that’s set to be released later this year. Nintendo didn’t provide a launch date, but said it would share more at an April 2 event.

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Wendy Williams Gave A Rare Interview Where She Claimed She's Being Held "Hostage" In Her Guardianship

Last year, Wendy's team claimed that she was "cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated."

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Emma Roth

FDA bans use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods

Red Dye No. 3 is used in certain candy, desserts, frostings, and other treats. | Photo by Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images

The US Food and Drug Administration is banning the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, drinks, and medication, the agency announced Wednesday. The dye, which the FDA says gives certain candies, cakes, and frostings a “bright, cherry-red color,” was found to cause cancer in male rats.

Food manufacturers in the US now have until January 15th, 2027 to reformulate...

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Ash Parrish

All our unanswered questions about the Nintendo Switch 2

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Nintendo has finally revealed its new console, debuting the Switch 2 with a short video that went heavy on visuals but light on information. The video was paired with a brief follow-up press release from Nintendo that also didn’t go into much detail, with the company ostensibly saving all the juicy stuff for the Switch 2 Direct set to take place on April 2nd. While we wait for official word, here are the burning questions we still have about the Nintendo...

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Tom Warren

Microsoft bundles Office AI features into Microsoft 365 and raises prices

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Microsoft is bundling its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions, but it’s also raising prices as a result. Previously, Microsoft 365 subscribers had to pay an extra $20 per month to get Copilot inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as part of a Copilot Pro subscription, but Microsoft is now adding these AI features to Microsoft 365 apps for an extra $3 per month. Existing subscribers can opt out of the AI...

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Gaby Del Valle

As Americans flock to RedNote, privacy advocates warn about surveillance

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More than 700,000 US-based users have downloaded RedNote, a popular Chinese social app, as the TikTok ban deadline looms — but they may find themselves looking for yet another TikTok alternative soon. A US official told CBS News that Xiaohongshu, the app more commonly referred to as RedNote, has many of the same issues that caused Congress to ban TikTok and that the app could eventually face a similar ban unless it divests from its China-based parent...

The Verge

Andrew J. Hawkins

Tesla says the Cybertruck is ‘best-selling,’ so why is it offering discounts?

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Tesla is declaring the Cybertruck to be “America’s bestselling electric pickup truck in 2024.” And yet for the first time, the company offering discounts of up to $2,600 on the low-poly truck, a sign that demand may not be as strong as Tesla would like you to think.

The discounts, which appear on the company’s inventory webpage, are as high as $1,600 for brand new Cybertrucks, and up to $2,600 for slightly used demo versions of...

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Jay Peters Mia Sato

David Lynch has died

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David Lynch, the director behind Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and other unsettling works, has died, his family confirmed in a post on his official Facebook page. He was 78 years old.

The post announcing his passing didn’t list a cause of death. But last August, Lynch revealed that he had been diagnosed with emphysema “from my many years of smoking.” At the time, he told Sight and Sound that he could no longer “go out” over...

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Mark Schofield

F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?

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Max Verstappen begins 2025 as the reigning Drivers’ Champion, but also the driver most at risk for a penalty ban

The 2025 Formula 1 season is just a few weeks away. At the end of February all ten teams will be back in action at Bahrain International Circuit for pre-season testing, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix slated for March 16.

Over the next few weeks SB Nation will be getting you ready for what could be a...

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James Dator

Cam Newton’s entire career in Minion form is definitive proof AI was a mistake

What the heck is this?

Spend a few minutes on social media and you’ll stumble across some grifter trying to explain why AI is going to revolutionize everything. Then you find an entire recreation of Cam Newton’s career starring a minion and you realize the awe-inspiring power and utter terror of giving people the tools to create anything.

Tf is this lol pic.twitter.com/G1hplYooDC

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