The AirPods 4 and Lego’s brick-ified Grogu are our favorite deals this week
Although Amazon’s fall Prime Day event has come to an end, there are still some lingering discounts available. That means you have yet another chance to pick up an early gift for the holidays, or just something for yourself. Right now, for instance, Apple’s base AirPods 4 are sitting at their lowest price to date, as is Lego’s adorable Star Wars Grogu set. Meanwhile, if you’re looking to add smart lights to your space, a two-pack of Philips Hue smart LED bulbs is cheaper than ever. We’ve also rounded up a few more deals worth checking out below. Apple AirPods 4 Where to Buy: $129 $89 at Amazon $129 $89 at Walmart $179 $118.98 at Amazon (with ANC) Right now, you can get the entry-level AirPods 4 for around $89 ($40 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. Apple’s newer wireless earbuds are a solid option for first-time buyers, offering great sound, top-notch voice isolation for calls,...
Although Amazon’s fall Prime Day event has come to an end, there are still some lingering discounts available. That means you have yet another chance to pick up an early gift for the holidays, or just something for yourself. Right now, for instance, Apple’s base AirPods 4 are sitting at their lowest price to date, as is Lego’s adorable Star Wars Grogu set. Meanwhile, if you’re looking to add smart lights to your space, a two-pack of Philips Hue smart LED bulbs is cheaper than ever. We’ve also rounded up a few more deals worth checking out below.
Apple AirPods 4
Where to Buy:
$129 $89 at Amazon
$129 $89 at Walmart
$179 $118.98 at Amazon (with ANC)
Right now, you can get the entry-level AirPods 4 for around $89 ($40 off) at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. Apple’s newer wireless earbuds are a solid option for first-time buyers, offering great sound, top-notch voice isolation for calls, and an IP54 rating for water and dust resistance. The open-ear design is comfortable to wear over long listening sessions; however, since they don’t seal in your ear, audio will constantly compete with outside noise in loud environments. The earbuds also lack the more advanced features found in the AirPods Pro 3, including active noise cancellation, adaptive audio, and conversation awareness.That being said, the AirPods 4 with active noise cancellation — which are a nice upgrade over the standard model — are still matching their Prime Day low of $118.98 (about $60 off) at Amazon and Walmart. In addition to ANC, the step-up model offers several features found in the Pro model, including adaptive audio, conversation awareness, and spatial audio with dynamic head tracking. And thanks to the recent release of iOS 26, they also support Apple’s live translation feature, letting you translate languages like English, Spanish, and German in real time.
Read our AirPods 4 review.
Lego Star Wars Grogu with Hover Pram
Where to Buy:
$99.99 $69.98 at Amazon
$99.99 $69.98 at Walmart
$99.99 at Lego
Lego’s Star Wars Grogu set is still available for $69.99 ($30 off), an all-time low, at Amazon and Walmart. The 1,048-piece kit features an adorable baby Grogu and his floating bassinet — which is pretty dang cute, even in Lego form. He can be displayed in or out of his carrier, and you can also pose his head and ears. He also features dial-operated arms, so you can put them down by his side or outstretched, like he’s ready for a hug. As a bonus, the set also includes a cookie and a Sorgan frog, plus an information plaque and a tiny Grogu minifig for display.The set comes with step-by-step instructions, or you can follow along in the Lego Builder app, which lets you zoom in and rotate 3D models.
Philips Hue Smart 60W A19 LED Bulb (two-pack)
Where to Buy:
$89.98 $49.98 at The Home Depot
Right now, you can grab a two-pack of Philips Hue A19 LED bulbs for an all-time low of $49.98 ($49 off) at The Home Depot. The Bluetooth-enabled, 800-lumen smart bulbs feature simple functionality and allow for full-spectrum color plus tunable white light. Out of the box, you can connect via Bluetooth using the Hue app to turn the lights on or off, dim, and pick scenes; they also work with Amazon Alexa and Google a**istant for voice control.However, to really take advantage of the 60W-equivalent bulbs, you’ll need a Hue Bridge. This can expand control for advanced automations and away-from-home access. The bulbs support scenes for mood lighting, scheduling (including the ability to turn them on at sunset), and presence-based automations to turn on your entryway lights when you arrive home. You can even sync them with movies, video games, or music, allowing for a more immersive experience.
More of this week’s best deals
The Sonos Era 100 is still available for its Prime Day low of $179 ($20 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sonos. The smart speaker is an excellent entry point into the Sonos ecosystem, with a compact design that’s easy to place on a bookshelf or kitchen counter. It delivers a richer sound than its predecessor, the Sonos One, and supports features like line-in and Bluetooth audio. It also comes equipped with two tweeters that enable proper left and right channel reproduction, and a larger midwoofer for more robust bass. Read our review.
8BitDo’s Ultimate Bluetooth Controller is currently down to an all-time low of $44.99 ($25 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. Our editors love the controller’s simplicity, reliability, and performance across various platforms, including the Nintendo Switch 2 (and the original Switch), Windows PCs, and the Steam Deck. It features drift-free Hall effect joysticks and can connect via Bluetooth, a 2.4G adapter, or USB. It even comes with a convenient charging dock, making it easy to top off after every play session.
The Ugreen Uno Charger is on sale for $34.49 ($15 off) at Amazon and Ugreen’s online storefront (with promo code UL15570), matching its Prime Day discount. The playful GaN charger resembles a tiny robot, complete with an LED display that shows different expressions to indicate charging status. It offers a max output of 65W, with two USB-C ports and one USB-A port for charging three devices simultaneously. It’s worth noting that the Uno Charger doesn’t support wireless charging, though.
You, too, can build this ESP32 ePaper device that tells your fortune
If you want to get started with both the ESP32 and ePaper displays, what better way to get accustomed to both than by a small, simple, yet endlessly fun little project? If you're on the hunt for something to make that doesn't take a ton of effort and gives you...
If you want to get started with both the ESP32 and ePaper displays, what better way to get accustomed to both than by a small, simple, yet endlessly fun little project? If you're on the hunt for something to make that doesn't take a ton of effort and gives you something cool to talk about, then this ESP32 fortune teller may just be what you're looking for. It has a ton of pre-made fortunes loaded on it, works offline, and best of all, it comes with additional features that elevate it past being just a novelty.
William Garcia Boston
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AMD just dropped a compact AI workstation that makes discrete GPUs look outdated for running LLMs
AMD has announced the availability of the Ryzen AI Halo developer platform, powered by AI Max 300-series processors. This range of mini PCs isn't going to win awards for gaming prowess, nor are they designed as low-cost options for attaching behind workstation monitors.
AMD has announced the availability of the Ryzen AI Halo developer platform, powered by AI Max 300-series processors. This range of mini PCs isn't going to win awards for gaming prowess, nor are they designed as low-cost options for attaching behind workstation monitors.
Michael Johnson Chicago
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I spent weeks chasing a DisplayPort problem that HDMI solved in seconds
DisplayPort has largely been the primary cable PC enthusiasts reach for, and for good reason. It has better bandwidth than the HDMI of its era, native VRR before HDMI caught up, and there's no royalty funny business or weird treatment of Linux drivers. When I upgraded from my 1440p IPS...
DisplayPort has largely been the primary cable PC enthusiasts reach for, and for good reason. It has better bandwidth than the HDMI of its era, native VRR before HDMI caught up, and there's no royalty funny business or weird treatment of Linux drivers. When I upgraded from my 1440p IPS display to a 4K OLED, I reached for DisplayPort once more. I plugged it in, set my refresh rate on the "Gaming Mode" of my Samsung Odyssey G8 to 240Hz, and thought that'd be the end of it. Then I experienced weird static lines in the display and periodic black screens that weren't frequent enough to be very concerning, but just enough for me to search for a fix. After chasing ghosts of panel problems, cable replacements and entire GPU swaps, I found that the DisplayPort implementation itself wasn't up to snuff, and switching to HDMI was the only fix.
John Doe New York
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Outlook is Microsoft’s neglected masterpiece
There was a time when Microsoft Outlook was the undisputed king of Windows productivity — a fast, feature-packed native application that handled massive enterprise workflows without breaking a sweat.
There was a time when Microsoft Outlook was the undisputed king of Windows productivity — a fast, feature-packed native application that handled massive enterprise workflows without breaking a sweat.
Olivia Miller Seattle
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Someone built a fully motorized Lego WALL-E controlled by a PS4 controller, complete with a built-in taser
One of the coolest things people who build stuff can do is bring something from fiction into reality. We've seen plenty of Pip-Boys and even a fully 3D-printed wearable suit of Doomguy's armor that used in-game assets for extra accuracy. One recurring trend is when people remake robots from movies...
One of the coolest things people who build stuff can do is bring something from fiction into reality. We've seen plenty of Pip-Boys and even a fully 3D-printed wearable suit of Doomguy's armor that used in-game assets for extra accuracy. One recurring trend is when people remake robots from movies and books, because tinkering and robotics often go hand-in-hand.
Sophia Wilson Atlanta
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In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is a risk factor
The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways in which Elon Musk's companies interact and overlap with each other, shuffling money around in ways that are often difficult to keep...
The SpaceX IPO is here, and it's more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways in which Elon Musk's companies interact and overlap with each other, shuffling money around in ways that are often difficult to keep track of. This is evident in ways that are both obvious and less so. A CTRL-F search for "Tesla" yields 87 results, xAI is mentioned 356 times, and X 267 times. Even the Boring Company (7 times) and Neuralink (3) get a few mentions. Throughout its 330 pages of rocket launches and interplanetary wishes, you can trace the network of ways in which Musk's …Read the full story at The Verge.
Sophia Wilson Atlanta
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The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn’t selling it yet — they’re asking for help to build it
The Flipper Zero spent the past five years becoming the kind of device that people either own and love or have a strong opinion about despite never having touched one. It packaged NFC, sub-GHz radio, infrared, RFID, and a handful of hardware interfaces into a pocket-sized microcontroller toy that became...
The Flipper Zero spent the past five years becoming the kind of device that people either own and love or have a strong opinion about despite never having touched one. It packaged NFC, sub-GHz radio, infrared, RFID, and a handful of hardware interfaces into a pocket-sized microcontroller toy that became unexpectedly serious in the hands of researchers, hobbyists, and the occasional teenager. It was hugely popular, and the company says that it generated over $150 million in sales with more than a million devices sold.
Olivia Miller Seattle
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Home a**istant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home’s infrastructure
Before combining everything onto a few Proxmox-powered cluster nodes, I ran dedicated hardware for specific packages, be it Home Assistant and Frigate. The former was running on a compact mini PC, and by compact, I mean ridiculously small. It had an Intel chip, barely any RAM, and almost no storage,...
Before combining everything onto a few Proxmox-powered cluster nodes, I ran dedicated hardware for specific packages, be it Home Assistant and Frigate. The former was running on a compact mini PC, and by compact, I mean ridiculously small. It had an Intel chip, barely any RAM, and almost no storage, making it perfect for running the smart home ... or so I thought. Though I enjoyed having no layers, no extra software, and no hypervisor at the time, I eventually outgrew the system it ran on. Bare metal can prove useful for many deployments, and it's never really the wrong choice to make for Home Assistant.
Michael Johnson Chicago
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‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
Bambu Lab makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet, but that reputation is suddenly under siege. It all started when Paweł Jarczak received a private message from the company on Reddit asking him to delete his code. Now the 3D printing community is lining up behind Jarczak to fund...
Bambu Lab makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet, but that reputation is suddenly under siege. It all started when Paweł Jarczak received a private message from the company on Reddit asking him to delete his code. Now the 3D printing community is lining up behind Jarczak to fund a war against Bambu - and the future of 3D printers could be at stake.Jarczak is a developer who shared a way to let people remote control their Bambu printers without using Bambu software. But Bambu wanted to lock down its system, despite relying on open-source code. That provoked a furious coalition of open-source advocates and YouTubers to respond."I' …Read the full story at The Verge.
Jane Smith Los Angeles
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Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments
Meta says it needs to “offset the other investments we're making.” | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they've been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In an email from Meta management shared...
Meta says it needs to “offset the other investments we're making.” | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they've been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In an email from Meta management shared by Business Insider, impacted staffers were told that the planned headcount reduction was part of the company's "continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we're making."Reports of an upcoming wave of layoffs started circulating in March, though at that time Meta was believed to be cutting up to 20 percent of its total company headcount. According to a recent memo shared in May, the layoffs are now …Read the full story at The Verge.
Silmara da Rocha Brazil
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Roku is offering up to 90% off streaming subscriptions, but you only have until Sunday
You know, there's always a big rush from retail companies to meet the demands of popular retail days like Black Friday. But what if a company just made up a day and then began celebrating it with deals? I mean, nothing's stopping a business from announcing that today's a special...
You know, there's always a big rush from retail companies to meet the demands of popular retail days like Black Friday. But what if a company just made up a day and then began celebrating it with deals? I mean, nothing's stopping a business from announcing that today's a special kind of day and then offering discounts because of it.
Dulce María de la Crúz Mexico
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I ditched Docker Desktop for native containers and everything is better
I adore Docker and its containerization ecosystem as much as the next tinkerer. Between its simple commands, Compose functionality, and massive community support, Docker is easy to pick up for beginners and reliable enough to serve veteran project-building enthusiasts. But as someone who started with Docker and moved on to...
I adore Docker and its containerization ecosystem as much as the next tinkerer. Between its simple commands, Compose functionality, and massive community support, Docker is easy to pick up for beginners and reliable enough to serve veteran project-building enthusiasts. But as someone who started with Docker and moved on to other container runtimes over the course of my DIY project-building journey, I have to admit that it has certain quirks that make it a bit of a hassle for advanced container-hosting tasks.
