Get the Lifetime License bundle of All-in-One Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows + Windows 11 Pro at just $49.97 (reg. $408) and ensure your computer is up to date for seamless productivity. Hurry, this exclusive Cyber Monday offer ends tonight, Nov. 27, at 11:59 p.m. PST.

Efficiency and prime compatibility are crucial to accomplishing your professional and personal tasks. The All-in-One Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License + Windows 11 Pro Bundle meets these vital needs by offering users digital tools to achieve their goals. Moreover, during our Cyber Monday event, you can upgrade and save over $350.

At the heart of this dynamic duo is a lifetime license to the Microsoft Office Pro 2021 suite for Windows, featuring a range of essential applications crafted to elevate productivity across different domains. The suite provides uninterrupted access, allowing users availability to all eight Office Pro 2021 applications. From Excel’s robust data analysis features to OneNote’s organized digital note-taking and PowerPoint’s dynamic presentation tools, the suite effortlessly caters to diverse tasks.

Unlike subscription-based models like Microsoft 365, this plan lets users work seamlessly and benefit from the software’s latest features and updates without incurring ongoing costs. Plus, with our exclusive Cyber Monday deal, you can make this powerful suite yours at an unbeatable value.

Adding to the software bundle is Windows 11 Pro, the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system. This update rated 4 out of 5 stars by PC Magazine, delivers a tailored and user-friendly experience with a visually pleasing interface. It facilitates workflow while prioritizing enhanced security, featuring assets like BitLocker encryption and hardware-based isolation. With multiple layers of authentication, your essential data is effectively safeguarded.

Tailored for remote and hybrid work environments, Windows 11 Pro seamlessly integrates Microsoft Teams into the taskbar, simplifying communication with friends and family. The flexibility is further increased using a single activation key across three devices. 

Grab extra savings this Cyber Monday on The All-in-One Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License + Windows 11 Pro Bundle for $49.97 (reg. $408) through tonight, Nov. 27, at 11:59 p.m. PST with no coupon code required. 

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Churn out valuable content in seconds with a subscription to this AI tool on sale for $19.97 through Nov. 27.

Crafting insightful and value-packed content is often difficult—even for professional writers. Sometimes, even performing writing tasks that appear to be simple, like coming up with blog ideas or creating an outline for an email newsletter requires a significant amount of mental effort. During times when you’re struggling to even type a single sentence, you can take advantage of the power of AI to give you a huge lift.

Write Bot is an AI-powered tool designed to generate content in mere seconds. Whether you’re writing a blog post, creating compelling ads, or composing witty social media captions, this tool can help you complete just about any writing task a hundred faster. Thanks to generative AI technology, machine learning algorithms, and natural language processing techniques, it can yield thousands of words in a jiffy and produce content that mimics human writing. Through Nov. 29, you can score a lifetime subscription for only $19.97.

Writer’s block will no longer be a problem when you have Write Bot at your disposal. It makes short work of producing valuable content, freeing up your plate to focus on other more important tasks. Like other AI writing tools, it asks for a specific use case and a prompt and then uses that information to generate your desired content.

Write Bot automatically churns out content in full, ready-to-use format, but if you find that the initial output does not fulfill your specific requirements, simply provide additional context and detail, and it will rework the content to deliver what you’re looking for. You can also edit and polish accordingly, so you can tailor the content to your specific requirements.

With a premium plan, Write Bot generates up to a million words per month for over 12 use cases. Plus, on top of writing, it can also translate text, summarize information, and so much more.

A premium lifetime subscription to the tool normally goes for $539, but for a limited time, you can get it on sale for $19.97.

Prices subject to change.

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Pick up a refurbished Apple MacBook Pro 13.3″ (Early 2015) on sale for only $359.97 through Nov. 27 during a special Black Friday price drop. 

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the two days in the year when you can revel in massive discounts on just about anything imaginable—even for Apple products.

From now through Nov. 27, you can get your hands on a new-to-you MacBook Pro for only $359.97, no coupon necessary. This refurbished laptop may not be the newest on the roster, with the model coming from the 2015 range, but it’s still the powerful notebook you know and love.

It comes with a 13-inch Retina display with a 2560×1600 resolution and an energy-efficient LED backlight, perfect for browsing, streaming, and gaming in vivid quality. It packs Intel Iris Graphics 6100 for seamless streaming and playing low-demand games, and with its 8GB RAM, you have enough memory to complete any type of task, making it great for productivity.

Powering it all up is an Intel Core i5 processor with smart dual-core and four-way processing performance to accommodate multitasking, complemented by Intel Turbo Boost technology for extra power when you need it. 256 GB storage is also available for storing all your files and media, and thanks to the 74.9Whr Li-po battery, you can enjoy up to 12 hours of continuous use on a single charge.

It’s worth noting that this particular MacBook Pro has a grade “B” refurbished rating, meaning it may have light cosmetic marks on the case. But worry not, any scuffing on the body has nothing to do with its performance. It’s been vetted to function like new, so you’re essentially getting a computer that runs like it’s fresh off the shelves.

Formerly retailing for $1,099, you can grab this refurbished Apple MacBook Pro 13.3″ (Early 2015) for only $359.97 through Nov. 27.

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The holidays are stressful. Good thing having sex and/or masturbating reduces stress and helps you sleep. So drop what you’re doing and get on the gift of getting off with these Cyber Monday sex toy deals at Amazon.

Womanizer OG $159.99 (Was $199)

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Our best overall sex toy pick, the Womanizer OG has lots of intensity levels, can be used for clitoral stimulation or on your G-spot, and its Smart Silent tech keeps things discreet. The Womanizer OG takes all that is good in a bullet vibrator and all that is good in a clitoral stimulation toy and combines it into a versatile, wunderbar vibrator that you can use on multiple erogenous zones. Twelve levels of Pleasure Air intensity and three vibration modes separately can lead you to all kinds of new highs. You’ll want to buy it over and over and over until the neighbors complain … about all the packages on the porch.

Lubricant deals

• selfmade Intimacy Serum $14 with 50% off coupon
• Nécessaire The Sex Gel $20 (Was $25)
• Hello Cake Toy Wonder $15.19 (Was $18.99)
• Playground Date Night, Natural, Water-Based Personal Lubricant $20 (Was $25)
• Playground Mini Escape, Natural, Water-Based Personal Lubricant $20 (Was $25)
• Playground Love Sesh, Natural, Water-Based Personal Lubricant $20 (Was $25)
• Hello Cake Silicone Lube $14.40 (Was $18)

Toy deals

• We-Vibe Chorus Couples Vibrator $167.20 (Was $199)
• Womanizer Wave 2in1 Stimulation Showerhead $95.20 (Was $119)
• Womanizer Starlet 2 $39 (Was $49)
• Hello Cake Male Stroker Dual Entrances $15.98 (Was $19.98)
• Hello Cake Spin Stroker $44.80 (Was $56)
• Hello Cake Flutter Vibe $27.98 (Was $34.98)
• Hello Cake Buzzy Butt $29.98 (Was $31.99)
• Hello Cake Pretty Big Dil $22.40 (Was $28)
• Hello Cake Oral Stroker $15.98 (Was $20)
• Hello Cake Tush Pops $25.60 (Was $32.99)
• Hello Cake Little Sucker $23.98 (Was $29.98)
• Hello Cake Little Massager $23.99 (Was $29.99)
• Hello Cake Silicone Penis Ring $18.39 (Was $22.99)
• Hello Cake Vibrating Stroker $23.98 (Was $29.98)
• Hello Cake Vibrating Cock Ring $28.79 (Was $35.99)

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Black Friday is over and you’re probably back at work. But, stop replying to those tedious emails and go catch some Cyber Monday deals. This is the biggest day of the year for e-commerce, and for good reason. It’s a last chance for retailers to blow out desirable products at excellent prices that you won’t see again until well into next year. So, put an Excel spreadsheet on your screen, fire up your smartphone browser, and go get the rest of your holiday shopping done.

TV deals

• SAMSUNG 65-Inch Neo QLED 8K QN900C Mini-LED Quantum HDR Smart TV $3,297.99 (was $4,997.99)
• SAMSUNG 77-Inch Class OLED 4K S95C Series Quantum HDR Smart TV $3,597.99 (was $3,997.99)
• Sony OLED 65-inch BRAVIA XR A80L Series 4K Ultra HD TV $1,698 (was $1,798)
• Sony 65 Inch Mini LED 4K Ultra HD TV X93L Series BRAVIA XR Smart Google TV $1,598 (was $1,698)
• LG C3 Series 55-Inch Class OLED evo $1,296 (was $1,799)
• LG C3 Series 65-Inch Class OLED evo $1,596 (was $1,999)
• LG QNED80 Series 86-Inch Class QNED Mini LED Smart TV $1,696 (was $1,969)
• LG 75-Inch Class UR9000 Series Alexa Built-in 4K Smart TV$796 (was $926)
• Amazon Fire TV 32″ 2-Series HD smart TV with Fire TV $109 (was $199)
• Amazon Fire TV 65″ Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV, Dolby Vision $589 (was $799)
• Amazon Fire TV 75″ Omni QLED Series 4K UHD smart TV $879 (was $1,099)

Kitchen deals

• Instant Stand Mixer Pro, 600W 10-Speed Electric Mixer with Digital Interface $179 (was $299)
• Instant Cold Brew Electric Coffee Maker $42 (was $59)
• Instant Pot 10-Quart Air Fryer $76 (was $149)
• Instant Pot 6 Quart Air Fryer Oven $59 (was $119)
• Instant Pot Duo Plus 9-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker $69 (was $129)

Personal care deals

• Shiatsu Neck and Back Massager with Soothing Heat $36 (was $69)
• Nekteck Shiatsu Foot Massager Machine with Soothing Heat, Deep Kneading Therapy, Air Compression $63 (was $79)
• Nekteck Foot Massager with Heat, Shiatsu Heated Electric Kneading Foot Massager Machine $39 (was $49)

Solar generator and portable power station deals

• Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 300, 293Wh Backup Lithium Battery $199 (was $279)
• Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 500 $349 (was $499)
• Jackery Explorer 1500 Pro Portable Power Station, Solar Generator $899 (was $1,699)
• Jackery Explorer 1000 Portable Power Station $649 (was $1,099)

Home decor deals

• Govee 100ft LED Strip Lights, Bluetooth RGB Christmas LED Lights with App Control $14 (was $25)
• Govee Smart Outdoor String Lights $57 (was $99)
• Govee RGBIC Neon Rope Lights for Desks $89 (was $129)

Water bottle, mug, and cooler deals

• YETI Rambler 16 oz. Colster Tall Can Insulator for Tallboys & 16 oz. Cans $15 (was $30)
• YETI Rambler Gallon Jug, Vacuum Insulated, Stainless Steel with MagCap $91 (was $130)
• YETI Rambler 16 oz Stackable Pint, Vacuum Insulated, Stainless Steel with MagSlider Lid $22 (was $30)
• Hydro Flask Wide Mouth Straw Lid $35 (was $49)
• Hydro Flask All Around Travel Tumbler with Handle Stainless Steel Double-Wall Vacuum Insulated $33 (was $45)
• Hydro Flask Tote – Reusable Cooler Lunch Travel Bag $56 (was $75)
• BrüMate Pour Over 20oz Insulated Travel Coffee Mug $35.99 (was $44.99)

Awesomely nerdy deals

• LEGO Harry Potter Hogwarts Express – Collectors’ Edition 76405, Iconic Replica Model Steam Train $350 (was $500)
• YubiKey phishing-resistant USB-C hardware identity authentication BOGO

Personal audio deals

• JBL Tune Buds – True Wireless Noise Cancelling Earbuds (Black), Small $49 (was $99)
• Jabra Elite 8 Active Sports ANC Bluetooth Earbuds $134.99 (was $199)
• Jabra Elite 10 True Wireless ANC Dolby Atmos Earbuds $189.99 (was $249.99)
• SHOKZ OpenRun Pro – Open-Ear Bluetooth Bone Conduction Sport Headphones $124.95 (was $179.95)
• EarFun Air Pro 3 Bluetooth 5.3 aptX Adaptive ANC Earbuds $55 (was $82)
• Vibes High-Fidelity Invisible Earplugs $21.71 (was $33.99)
• Loop Experience Plus Earplugs, 18 or 23 dB noise reduction $35.51 (was $44.95)

Hard drive and portable SSD deals

• Seagate Storage Expansion Card 2TB Solid State Drive $229 (was $279)
• SanDisk 2TB Portable SSD – Up to 800MB/s, USB-C, USB 3.2 Gen 2 $89 (was $135)
• Crucial X10 Pro 4TB Portable SSD – Up to 2100MB/s Read, 2000MB/s Write $209 (was $311)

Space heater and heated clothing deals

• Lasko Oscillating Digital Ceramic Tower Heater for Large Rooms, with Adjustable Thermostat $59 (was $79)
• ORORO Men’s Soft Shell Heated Jacket with Detachable Hood and Battery Pack $109 (was $160)
• ORORO Women’s Slim Fit Heated Jacket with Battery Pack and Detachable Hood $109 (was $160)
• ORORO Heated Gloves for Women and Men, Rechargeable Heated Motorcycle Gloves $89 (was $149)

DNA test kit deals

• AncestryDNA + Traits Genetic Test Kit $49 (was $119)
• Know Your Pet DNA by Ancestry $69 (was $99)

Camping accessories deals

• CLIQ Portable Chair – Lightweight Folding Chair for Camping $84.99 (was $129.99)
• LifeStraw water purification products $9.99 – $49.95 (was $19.95 – $64.95)
• Vasque winter hiking boots

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Society spends a large chunk of its time trying to convince you that you need to spend all your money on fancy things. That’s especially true around Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping holidays. In truth, you probably don’t really need anything on this list. But, if you’re going to drop serious cash on a splurge item before the new year, you might as well save at least some money. Here are some seriously high-end and luxury items that are actually discounted for Cyber Monday. Bring money.

LG C3 77-inch OLED TV $2,496 (was $3,499)

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The big TV is a quintessential shopping holiday staple and this is one of the best you can get. It’s an OLED, so the color and contrast are phenomenal. Plus, it relies on LG’s OLED Evo tech in order to reach brightness levels its predecessors couldn’t come close to. You can save money by going smaller, but that’s not what this list is about. Go big and then ship to home and enjoy that purchase. That’s our motto for 2024. (Want to go even bigger? Samsung has an 85-inch 8K QLED screen that will only set you back $5,497.99 if you act fast.)

More really expensive stuff that’s slightly less expensive for Black Friday:

• KEF LS60 Wireless Tower Speaker System $4,999 (was $5,999)
• Focal Utopia 2022 flagship open-ear headphones $3,999 (was $4,999), plus a Naim Uniti Atom Music Headphone Edition streaming player/amp to drive them $3,039 (was $3,799)
• Cambridge Audio CXN V2 Stereo Network Streamer $899 (was $999)
• Canon EOS R5 Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera $2,999 (was $3,899)
• Traeger Ironwood XL Wood Pellet Grill and Smoker with WiFi and App Connectivity $1,799 (was $1,999)
• Husqvarna 967852945 18V Automower 430XH Lithium-Ion 0.8 Acre Cordless Robotic Lawn Mower Kit (5 Ah) $1,749 (was $2,499)
• Jackery Explorer Kit 6000, Explorer 2000 Plus and 2X PackPlus E2000 Plus Expandable Battery $3,999 (was $5,299)
• Breville Barista Touch Impress Espresso Machine with Grinder $1,199 (was $1,499)
• Segway Ninebot SuperScooter GT1P/GT2P $2,699 (was $3,999)
• SAMSUNG 55″ Odyssey Ark 2nd Gen 4K UHD 1000R Curved Gaming Monitor $1,999 (was $2,999)
• Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop – AMD Ryzen 7-7700X, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070Ti GDDR6X $1,949 (was $2,499)
• DEWALT 20V MAX Power Tool Combo Kit, 9-Tool Cordless Power Tool Set with 2 Batteries and Charger $569 (was $949)
• iRobot Roomba Combo j9+ Self-Emptying & Auto-Fill Robot Vacuum & Mop $999 (was $1,399)
• Vitamix Propel Series 750 Blender,Black $399 (was $629)
• Garmin Approach R10, Portable Golf Launch Monitor $499 (was $599)
• Dyson Airwrap $479 (was $599)
• HexClad Hybrid Nonstick Frying Pan, 12-Inch $159 (was $199)
• KitchenAid® 7 Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer, Cast Iron $499 (was $599)
• ASUS ROG Azoth 75% Wireless DIY Custom Gaming Keyboard $199 (was $249)
• SNOO Smart Sleeper Baby Bassinet $1,101 (was $1,695)
• Logitech G923 Racing Wheel and Pedals $279 (was $399)
• Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool™ HP07 Air Purifier, Heater, and Fan $549 (was $749)

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The holidays are filled with lots of green things. Pine trees. Holly. Mistletoe. The holidays can also be stressful, leading us to indulge in a different bit of greenery to relax. Our favorite vaporizer from PAX is $90 off so you can toke it and have some green of the currency kind left in your pocket.

PAX Plus Vaporizer $160 (Was $250)

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The PAX Plus is a cannabis essential and one of the easiest to use. Simply click the top once, wait until the purple light turns green, and inhale. You won’t have to worry about temperature either—the PAX Plus will cool down when not in use and heat up when it’s picked back up. It also comes with a concentrate chamber to enjoy the wax, shatter, or budder of your choice. 

More cannabis deals

• Omura Series X Complete Bundle w/ X1 Vaporizer, Home Fill System and 4 Flowerstick packs $149.99 (Was $169.99)
• LEVO C-Large Batch Herbal Oil Infusion Machine $199 (Was $249)
• Viking Factory Large Wooden Box Tray Set $27.99 (Was $39.99)
• Storz & Bickel Volcano Classic $359.25 (Was $479)
• PuffCo Peak $199 (Was $269)
• Blazy Shorty Pink Pre-Rolled Cones $13.22 (Was $16.50)
• Dad Grass Tincture Trio Bundle $179 (Was $195)
• ZIG-ZAG–Terpene-Infused Hemp Cones $15.88 (Was $19.85)
• ZIG-ZAG-Natural Hemp Wraps $12.61 (Was $16.88)
• Raw Unrefined Classic 1.25 1 1/4 Size Cigarette Rolling Papers, 50 Count (Pack of 6) $6.50 (Was $9.99)
• RAW Natural Unrefined Pre-Rolled Filter Tips-1 Bag of 200 Tips $8.44 (Was $12.99)

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A solar generator is a sizable investment, but can really save you in a pinch. These portable power stations store enough juice in their built-in batteries to keep your devices, appliances, and anything else that requires electricity going when the grid isn’t an option. Cyber Monday has brought some of the deepest discounts we’ve ever seen on brands like Bluetti, Jackery, Anker, and Ecoflow, so we’ve collected the best Black Friday deals on solar generators we’ve seen so far.

Anker SOLIX C1000 Portable Power Station, 1800W Solar Generator $649 (was $999)

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This is Anker’s newest portable power station, and it’s cheaper than we’ve ever seen it for Black Friday. The super-fast battery charges to 100 percent from zero in just under an hour so that it can be ready on short notice. It offers six full-sized outlets (with ground), two USB-C ports, and two USB-A ports for powering devices. That’s more than you’ll find on many similar models. Plus, the internal battery has enough juice to charge an iPhone nearly 100 times or keep a camp light going for up to 60 hours.

• Anker SOLIX F2000 Portable Power Station, PowerHouse 767 and 760 Expansion Battery $2,399 (was $2,999)
• Anker SOLIX F2000 Portable Power Station, PowerHouse 767 and 760 Expansion Battery, with 3×200W Solar Panels $3,399 (was $4,599)
• Anker SOLIX F2000 Portable Power Station, PowerHouse 767, 2400W Solar Generator $1,399 (was $1,998)

Jackery solar generator deals

• Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Plus 200W, 2042Wh LiFePO4 Battery $1,959 (was $2,799)
• Jackery Solar Generator 1000 Plus Kit, Explorer 1000 Plus Portable Power Station +1xExpandable Battery + 2xSolarSaga 100W Solar Panels $1,899 (was $2,399)
• Jackery Solar Generator 1000, 1002Wh Capacity with 2xSolarSaga 100W Solar Panels $899 (was $1,699)
• Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Plus 400W, 2042Wh LiFePO4 Battery 3000W Output $2,259 (was $3,299)
• Jackery Solar Generator Explorer 500, 518Wh Portable Power Station $599 (was $799)
• Jackery Solar Generator 3000 PRO 400W, 3024Wh Power Station with 2x200W Solar Panels $2,499 (was $3,999)
• Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 240, 240Wh Backup Lithium Battery $154 (was $239)
• Jackery 1000 Plus Solar Generator, 1264Wh Portable Power Station with 2xSolarSaga 100W Solar Panels $1,189 (was $1,699)
• Jackery Solar Generator 2000 PRO 2160Wh Capacity with 1XSolar Panel SolarSaga 200W $1,349 (was $2,399)
• Jackery Explorer 2000 PRO Portable Power Station $1,189 (was $1,899)
• Jackery Solar Generator 1500 PRO 200W, 1512Wh Power Station with 1x200W Solar Panel $1,499 (was $2,099)
• Jackery Explorer 1000 Portable Power Station, 1002Wh Capacity $649 (was $1,099)
• Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 300, 293Wh Backup Lithium Battery $199 (was $279)
• Jackery Solar Generator 300 Plus Portable Power Station with 40W Book-sized Solar Panel $319 (was $399)
• Jackery Solar Generator 1000, 1002Wh Capacity with 2xSolarSaga 100W Solar Panels $899 (was $1,649)

Ecoflow solar generator deals

• EF ECOFLOW Solar Generator DELTA 2 Max 2048Wh With 400W Solar Panel $1,998 (was $2,998)
• EF ECOFLOW RIVER 288Wh Portable Power Station $199 (was $349)
• EF ECOFLOW Solar Generator DELTA2 with 220W Solar Panel $899 (was $1,649)
• EF ECOFLOW Solar Generator RIVER 2 Pro 768Wh LiFePO4 Battery with 220W Solar Panel $729 (was $999)
• EF ECOFLOW Portable Power Station 3600Wh DELTA Pro $2,399 (was $3,599)
• EF ECOFLOW Solar Generator DELTA Max (2000) 2016Wh with 220W Solar Panel $1,399 (was $2,399)
• EF ECOFLOW RIVER 2 Max Solar Generator 512Wh Long-life LiFePO4 Portable Power Station& 160W Solar Panel $579 (was $919)
• EF ECOFLOW Portable Power Station DELTA 1300, 1260Wh Solar Powered Generator $709 (was $1,099)
• EF ECOFLOW Solar Generator 120V/3.6KWh with 400W Portable Solar Panel $2,899 (was $4,799)
• EF ECOFLOW Solar Generator DELTA 2 Max 2048Wh With 400W Solar Panel $1,998 (was $2,998)
• EF ECOFLOW Portable Power Station RIVER mini, 210Wh Backup Lithium Battery $169 (was $349)
• EF ECOFLOW 240V/7200Wh Home Battery Backup: 2 DELTA Pro with Double Voltage Hub, Lifepo4 Power Station, 7200W Electric Generator $4,699 (was $6,599)
• EF ECOFLOW Solar Generators, DELTA 2 Portable Power Station with 2PCS 100W 12V Solar Panels $829 (was $1,299)
• EF ECOFLOW Solar Generator DELTA2 with 220W Solar Panel, LFP(LiFePO4) Battery $899 (was $1,649)

Bluetti solar generator deals

• BLUETTI Portable Power Station AC200MAX, 2048Wh LiFePO4 Battery Backup $1,299 (was $2,159)
• BLUETTI Portable Power Station EB3A, 268Wh LiFePO4 Battery Backup $198 (was $349)
• BLUETTI Portable Power Station AC180, 1152Wh LiFePO4 Battery Backup $649 (was $999)
• BLUETTI Solar Generator AC200MAX with 350W Solar Panel Included $1,899 (was $2,799)
• BLUETTI Solar Generator AC300&B300 3072Wh Expansion Battery with 3 PV200 200W Solar Panel Included $3,899 (was $4,199)
• BLUETTI Solar Generator EB70S with PV200 Solar Panel Included $839 (was $1,098)
• BLUETTI Solar Power Station AC300 & B300 Expansion Battery, 3072Wh LiFePO4 Battery Backup $2,299 (was $2,999)

Ugreen solar generator deals

• UGREEN Portable Power Station PowerRoam 2200, 2048Wh LiFePO4 Power Station $1,399 (was $1,999)
• UGREEN Solar Generator PowerRoam 1200 Portable Power Station with 200W Solar Panel Included $749 (was $1,249)

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This Cyber Monday deal hits pretty close to my heart. My car’s battery decided to give up the ghost at a very inconvenient time and location just last week. It was cold. I was late. Cellphone service was bad. Luckily, I had the jump starter I bought last Black Friday with me, and it got me going so I could get home. Right now, Amazon has several jump starters on sale for Cyber Monday and, while it may not be as exciting as a new pair of AirPods or a heated coffee mug, you’ll certainly be glad to have one when you need it.

NOCO Boost Plus GB40 1000A UltraSafe Car Battery Jump Starter $79 (was $125)

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This 12V pack retails for $125 and regularly sells for just over $100, so you’re saving yourself at least $20 here. It has enough oomph inside to jump-start a 6.0L gasoline engine or a 3.0L diesel. In addition to its car resurrection skills, it’s also a portable battery pack that can charge devices like your phone. A built-in flashlight has several modes, including one that flashes SOS in Morse code in case you’re really in a jam. The whole thing is IP65 rated so you can use it in the bad weather when you really need it. After last week’s little misadventure with my battery, I’m grabbing one for my wife and daughter as well.

Portable Car Jump Starter with Air Compressor, YaberAuto 150PSI 3000A Car Battery Jump Starter (9.0 Gas/8.0L Diesel) $79 (was $219)

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This powerful bank adds another useful element into the equation: a 150psi compressor. That means, in addition to starting almost any engine and providing illumination from its built-in flashlight, it can fill tires, basketballs, and whatever else needs a boost of air when you’re on the road.

More car jump-starter Cyber Monday deals

• NOCO Boost HD GB70 2000A UltraSafe Car Battery Jump Starter, 12V Battery Booster Pack, Jump Box, Portable Charger and Jumper Cables for 8.0L Gasoline and 6.0L Diesel Engines $159 (was $199)
• NOCO Boost X GBX155 4250A 12V UltraSafe Portable Lithium Jump Starter, Car Battery Booster Pack, USB-C Powerbank Charger, and Jumper Cables for Up to 10.0-Liter Gas and 8.0-Liter Diesel Engines $295 (was $439)
• NOCO Boost X GBX75 2500A 12V UltraSafe Portable Lithium Jump Starter, Car Battery Booster Pack, USB-C Powerbank Charger, and Jumper Cables for up to 8.5-Liter Gas and 6.5-Liter Diesel Engines $199 (was $249)
• NEXPOW Car Jump Starter,Car Battery Jump Starter Pack 1500A Peak Q10S for Up to 7.0L Gas and 5.5L Diesel Engine $47 (was $89)
• BUTURE Car Battery Jump Starter 2500A Jump Box (8.5L Gas/8.0L Diesel), Portable Car Starter Battery Pack with Extended Smart Jumper Cables $54 (was $139)
• AstroAI Car Jump Starter, 2000A 12V 8-in-1 Battery Jump Starter, Up to 7.0L Gas & 3.0L Diesel Engines $49 (was $87)

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Reducing damaging “ultra-emission” methane leaks could soon become much easier–thanks to a new, open-source tool that combines machine learning and orbital data from multiple satellites, including one attached to the International Space Station.

Methane emissions originate anywhere food and plant matter decompose without oxygen, such as marshes, landfills, fossil fuel plants—and yes, cow farms. They are also infamous for their dramatic effect on air quality. Although capable of lingering in the atmosphere for just 7 to 12 years compared to CO2’s centuries-long lifespan, the gas is still an estimated 80 times more effective at retaining heat. Immediately reducing its production is integral to stave off climate collapse’s most dire short-term consequences—cutting emissions by 45 percent by 2030, for example, could shave off around 0.3 degrees Celsius from the planet’s rising temperature average over the next twenty years.

[Related: Turkmenistan’s gas fields emit loads of methane.]

Unfortunately, it’s often difficult for aerial imaging to precisely map real time concentrations of methane emissions. For one thing, plumes from so-called “ultra-emission” events like oil rig and natural gas pipeline malfunctions (see: Turkmenistan) are invisible to human eyes, as well as most satellites’ multispectral near-infrared wavelength sensors. And what aerial data is collected is often thrown off by spectral noise, requiring manual parsing to accurately locate the methane leaks.

A University of Oxford team working alongside Trillium Technologies’ NIO.space has developed a new, open-source tool powered by machine learning that can identify methane clouds using much narrower hyperspectral bands of satellite imaging data. These bands, while more specific, produce much more vast quantities of data—which is where artificial intelligence training comes in handy.

The project is detailed in new research published in Nature Scientific Reports by a team at the University of Oxford, alongside a recent university profile. To train their model, engineers fed it a total of 167,825 hyperspectral image tiles—each roughly 0.66 square miles—generated by NASA’s Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) satellite while orbiting the Four Corners region of the US. The model was subsequently trained using additional orbital monitors, including NASA’s hyperspectral EMIT sensor currently aboard the International Space Station.

The team’s current model is roughly 21.5 percent more accurate at identifying methane plumes than the existing top tool, while simultaneously providing nearly 42 percent fewer false detection errors compared to the same industry standard. According to researchers, there’s no reason to believe those numbers won’t improve over time.

[Related: New satellites can pinpoint methane leaks to help us beat climate change.]

“What makes this research particularly exciting and relevant is the fact that many more hyperspectral satellites are due to be deployed in the coming years, including from ESA, NASA, and the private sector,” Vít Růžička, lead researcher and a University of Oxford doctoral candidate in the department of computer science, said during a recent university profile. As this satellite network expands, Růžička believes researchers and environmental watchdogs will soon gain an ability to automatically, accurately detect methane plume events anywhere in the world.

These new techniques could soon enable independent, globally-collaborated identification of greenhouse gas production and leakage issues—not just for methane, but many other major pollutants. The tool currently utilizes already collected geospatial data, and is not able to currently provide real-time analysis using orbital satellite sensors. In the University of Oxford’s recent announcement, however, research project supervisor Andrew Markham adds that the team’s long-term goal is to run their programs through satellites’ onboard computers, thus “making instant detection a reality.”

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You’re in luck if you’ve resisted the temptation of Black Friday deals to get your gaming deals. You can still save hundreds of dollars on a new console gaming PC and get deep discounts on plenty of games across every major platform. These deals are going fast, so while your patience has been rewarded, it can also be your undoing if you don’t act quickly enough.

Xbox Series X $399.99 (w/ clickable coupon, Was $499.99)

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The Xbox Series X is Microsoft’s most powerful game console to date, capable of playing 4K games at up to 120 frames per second with HDR (High Dynamic Range) enabled. It can play Xbox One and some Xbox 360 games as well. The system can play game discs but comes equipped with a 1TB SSD to store digital games as well. This $100 Cyber Monday discount brings the console down to its lowest price ever, and it likely won’t stay there for very long. And don’t forget to grab some great games:

Xbox Series X/S game deals

• EA SPORTS FC 24, $29.99 (Was $69.99)
• LEGO 2K Drive, $34.99 (Was $69.99)
• Sonic Origins Plus, $19.99 (Was $39.99)
• Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1, $39.99 (Was $59.99)
• No More Heroes 3 Day 1 Edition, $19.99 (Was $39.99)
• Star Ocean The Divine Force, $19 (Was $39.99)
• Payday 3, $24.99 (Was $39.99)

PlayStation 5 game deals

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, $24.99 (Was $34.99)
• Super Bomberman R 2, $19.99 (Was $49.99)
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human, $19.99 (Was $59.99)
• Final Fantasy XVI, $39.99 (Was $69.99)
• Sonic Superstars, $34.99 (Was $59.99)
• Payday 3, $24.99 (Was $39.99)
• Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.1, $39.99 (Was $59.99)
• Dead Island 2: Day 1 Edition, $34.99 (Was $69.99)
• Sword Art Online Last Recollection, $39.99 (Was $59.99)
• No More Heroes 3 Day 1 Edition, $19.99 (Was $39.99)
• Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, $24.99 (Was $49.99)

Nintendo Switch game deals

• Octopath Traveler II, $39.99 (Was $59.99)
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, $29.99 (Was $49.99)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, $24.99 (Was $34.99)
• Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, $19.99 (Was $29.99)
• Samba de Amigo: Party Central, $19.99 (Was $39.99)
• Super Bomberman R 2, $19.99 (Was $49.99)
• Rune Factory 4, $19.99 (Was $29.99)
• Trinity Trigger Day 1 Edition, $29.99 (Was $39.99)

Razer deals

• Razer BlackShark V2 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset, $99.99 (Was $179.99)
• Razer Huntsman V2 Analog Gaming Keyboard, $149.99 (Was $249.99)
• Razer DeathStalker V2 Gaming Keyboard, $149.99 (Was $199.99)
• Razer Quick Charging Stand for PlayStation 5, $24.99 (Was $39.99)
• Razer Leviathan V2: Multi-Driver PC Gaming Soundbar with Subwoofer, $199.99 (Was $249.99)
• Razer BlackShark V2 X Gaming Headset, $39.99 (Was $59.99)
• Razer Wolverine V2 Wired Gaming Controller for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, $48.99 (Was $99.99)
• Razer Barracuda Wireless Gaming & Mobile Headset, $100.99 (Was $159.99)
• Razer Orochi V2 Mobile Wireless Gaming Mouse, $44.99 (was $69.99)
• Razer Kraken V3 HyperSense Wired USB Gaming Headset, $79.99 (Was $129.99)

MSI deals

• MSI Thin GF63 Gaming Laptop, $799.99 (Was $999)
• MSI Aegis R (Tower) Gaming Desktop, $799.99 (Was $949)
• MSI Creator M16, $1,099.99 (was $1,599.99)
• MSI Vigor GK71 Sonic RED AM Mechanical RGB Gaming Keyboard, $79.99 (Was $129.99)
• MSI Stealth 17 Studio Gaming Laptop, $2,399.99 (Was $2,799)
• MSI Katana 17 Gaming Laptop, $1,199.99 (Was $1,399)
• MSI Aegis ZS Gaming Desktop, $1,099.99 (Was $1,249)

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On November 25, a healthy male Sumatran rhinoceros was born at a western Indonesian sanctuary. This birth is welcome news for the critically endangered species. There are less than 50 Sumatran rhinos left, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

[Related: Rhino horns are shrinking, and humans are to blame.]

A seven-year-old female rhino named Delilah gave birth to the 55 pound calf at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park (SRS TNWK) on the island of Sumatra. According to officials from the sanctuary, a conservation guard found her laying next to her calf early on Saturday morning. The birth was about 10 days before the baby’s expected due date. The baby’s father is a rhino named Harapan who was born at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ohio before coming to Sumatra. 

“You never know if a first-time mom will know what to do, but Delilah brought that calf into the world and started nursing it with no fuss or fanfare. It’s an incredible event that gives hope to the future of this critically endangered species,” International Rhino Foundation executive director Nina Fascione said in a press release. 

Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of all rhino species at about 1,000 to 2,100 pounds and three to four feet tall. They have two horns that are dark gray to black. The horns are usually very smooth and form a slender cone that is curved backwards in the wild. Poaching, illegal trading of rhino horns, and climate change have pushed these mammals to the brink of extinction. According to the IUCN Red List, they are currently extinct in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, according to the Red List. It is uncertain if they are still present in Myanmar. 

Successful births like this one are also rare. In 2012, a male rhino named Andatu born at Way Kambas became the first Sumatran rhino born in an Indonesian sanctuary in over 120 years.

“Two years ago there was only one captive Sumatran rhino pair in the world able to successfully produce offspring. Now there are three pairs–six rhinos–who are proven breeders. Those are much better odds for the long-term survival of this species,” said Fascione.

According to Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar, this still-to-be-named calf is the fifth born under a semi-wild breeding program at the park. The new addition brings the rhino herd at Way Kambas up to 10 animals and follows the birth of another calf in September. 

[Related: Rhinos pay a painful price for oxpecker protection.]

The sanctuary is part of a special zone in the national park where all of the rhinos are protected and looked after by local experts.

“The main objective is to produce Sumatran rhino calves to maintain the survival of the Sumatran rhino species which is now threatened with extinction,” sanctuary Director General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation Satyawan Pudyatmoko said in a statement. “The Sumatran rhino calves are the result of a breeding program. In the future, at SRS TNWK they can be released back into their natural habitat.”

Veterinarians from the Rhino Foundation of Indonesia (Yayasan Badak Indonesia) and animal care staff will continue to closely monitor Delialah and her new calf as they bond.

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Cyber Monday is the ideal time to save hundreds of dollars on a kitchen upgrade that might be hard to justify otherwise. Vitamix, KitchenAid, Breville, and other premium appliance makers have slashed hundreds of dollars off the price of their highest-end gear. Any of these appliances will save you time in the kitchen, making tasks like kneading bread dough, blending homemade soup, or brewing barista-quality coffee at home a cinch.

Vitamix Propel Series 510 Blender $279.95 (Was $479.95)

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If you need a blender powerful enough for making everything from smoothies to soups, Vitamix’s Propel Series 510 is a can’t-miss Cyber Monday deal. A $200 discount on Amazon brings the 48-ounce blender down to its lowest price ever. The Propel Series 510 is outfitted with 10 speed settings, a BPA-free dishwasher-safe container, and laser-cut stainless steel blades that won’t dull after years of use. Glyphs located next to the speed control knob allow you to access settings specifically designed for smoothies and soups with a single twist. Once you’re done cooking, add a little soap and water to the blender’s container and run it at its highest speed. This will quickly clean the bowl.

Want to check out other blenders, or maybe coffee makers, air fryers, multi-cookers, nugget ice, toasters, and any manner of other countertop convenience? We got you:

Vitamix deals

• Vitamix E310 Explorian Blender, $289.95 (Was $349.95)
• Vitamix Propel Series 750 Blender, $399.95 (Was $629.95)
• Vitamix A3500 Ascent Series Smart Blender, $574.95 (Was $649.95)
• Vitamix 7500 Blender, $509.95 (Was $559.95)
• Vitamix Ascent Series A3300, $649.95 (Was $729.95)
• Vitamix Eco 5 FoodCycler, $499.95 (Was $599.95)
• Vitamix A2500 Ascent Series Smart Blender, $499.95 (Was $549.95)
• Vitamix A2300 Ascent Series Smart Blender, $449.95 (Was $499.95)

Breville deals

• Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo Pizza Oven, $799.95 (Was $999.95)
• Breville Barista Touch Impress Espresso Machine, $1,199.95 (Was $1,499.95)
• Breville the Barista Express Impress Espresso Machine, $719.95 (Was $899.95)
• Breville Infuser Espresso Machine, $479.96 (Was $599.95)
• Breville Countertop Smooth Wave Microwave, $319.95 (Was $399.95)
• Breville Sous Chef Pro 16 Cup Food Processor, $329.95 (Was $449.95)
• Breville the Joule Oven Air Fryer Pro, $439.95 (Was $549.95)
• Breville Combi Wave 3-in-1 Microwave, $399.95 (Was $499.95)

Ember Mug deals

• The Ember Smart Mug 2 (10-ounce Black) $99 (was $129.95)
• Ember Temperature Control Smart Mug 2 (10-ounce Metallic Collection), $109.46 (Was $139.95)

GE Profile deals

• GE Profile Opal 1.0 Nugget Ice Maker, $228 (Was $386.02)
• GE Profile Smart Oven with No Preheat, $298.96 (Was $449)
• GE Profile Semi Automatic Espresso Machine + Steam Frother, $339.15 (Was $579)
• GE Digital Air Fryer Toaster Oven + Accessory Set, $149 (Was $219)

KitchenAid deals

• KitchenAid Artisan Mini 3.5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer, $239.99 (Was $379.99)
• KitchenAid Classic Series 4.5 Quart Tilt-Head Stand Mixer, $239.99 (Was $329.99)
• KitchenAid Artisan Series 5 Quart Tilt Head Stand Mixer, $349 (Was $449.99)
• KitchenAid® 7 Quart Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer, $499.95 (Was $599.99)

Wolf Gourmet deals

• Wolf Gourmet 4-Slice Extra-Wide Slot Toaster, $319.95 (Was $399.95)
• Wolf Gourmet Elite Digital Countertop Convection Toaster Oven, $549.95 (Was $999.99)
• Wolf Gourmet Programmable 6-in-1 Multi Cooker with Temperature Probe, $499.95 (Was $999.99)
• Wolf Gourmet Precision Electric Griddle, $449.95 (Was $649.95)
• Wolf Gourmet Programmable Coffee Maker System, $449.95 (Was $799.99)
• Wolf Gourmet True Temperature Electric Kettle, $179.95 (Was $449.99)
• Wolf Gourmet High-Performance Blender, $399.95 (Was $879)

OXO deals

• OXO Brew 12-Cup Coffee Maker, $199.99 (Was $299.99)
• OXO Brew 9 Cup Stainless Steel Coffee Maker, $183.95 (Was $229.95)
• OXO Brew 8 Cup Coffee Maker, $135.99 (Was $199.95)
• OXO Brew Adjustable Temperature Kettle, $83.95 (Was $104.95)

De’Longhi deals

• De’Longhi Dinamica Plus with LatteCrema System, $1,299.99 (Was $1,668.59)
• De’Longhi Magnifica Evo with LatteCrema System, $599.95 (Was $899.95)
• De’Longhi All-in-One Combination Coffee Maker & Espresso Machine, $200 (Was $249.95)
• De’Longhi La Specialista Arte, $499.95 (Was $699.95)
• De’Longhi Air Fry Oven, $149.95 (Was $188.91)
• DeLonghi America Livenza All Day Combination Contact Grill and Open Barbecue, $218.24 (Was $299.95)

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The end is nigh for many Google accounts. Beginning on December 1, “inactive” accounts that haven’t been logged into within the last two years will begin disappearing as part of a purge announced by the company back in May. This means any unused accounts’ emails, photos, videos, and documents spread across Google products like Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet, and Photos could disappear as soon as this weekend.

That said, the move shouldn’t come as a surprise. Since revealing its plans earlier this year, Google says it sent multiple notifications to applicable users, both to any account’s Gmail address, as well as any available associated recovery emails.

[Related: The US antitrust trial against Google is in full swing. Here’s what’s at stake.]

The reasoning behind trashing unused accounts is, simply put, security. According to Google, bad actors are as much as 10 times more likely to gain access to abandoned accounts than active accounts utilizing protective measures like 2-step-verification. Once compromised, the hijacked accounts can be then harnessed to send malware, spam, and even aid in identity theft.

Google won’t slash its list of inactive accounts in one fell swoop, however. First up will be any accounts that were never used after being created, followed by a phased approach to tackle the rest “slowly and carefully,” according to the May announcement.

To spare your rarely-if-ever used account from the culling, all users need to do is simply sign in at least once before December 1. That’s enough to reset Google’s activity threshold, and stave off an automatic deletion. Using Gmail, accessing Google Drive, watching YouTube videos while logged in, or even signing into a third-party app using your Google Account all count as activity, as well.

Currently, the purge only concerns personal Google accounts. School, work, and official organizational accounts are not in danger come December 1, as well as those accounts with linked, active subscription plans set up through news outlets or apps. Google also does not currently plan to delete any accounts hosting YouTube videos, either.

[Related: How to back up and protect all your precious data.]

If nothing else, the mass deletion campaign can serve as a helpful reminder to log into old accounts, update passwords, establish two-factor authentication protocols, and download backups of any old uploaded content or data. The easiest way is to head over to the Google Takeout page and follow its instructions for exporting data.

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Anyone with a small dog will tell you that they come with big personalities. Charli, my Aussie Shepherd-Japanese Chin mix, is 10 pounds of opinion. So, if she doesn’t like something, well, hope you kept the receipt. And, while every comfy spot in the house is ultimately hers, she still likes to have a space that’s exclusive when she’s feeling reclusive. But when it came time to upgrade her crate, we not only had to deal with a picky pup but also the logistics of limited space—which is why we love the Fable Crate, which lets her have a cozy den and we don’t have to lose a “side table.” And right now, the stylish accessory is up to 30% off if you buy it today.

Fable Crate $345 – $1,015 (w/ coupon BFCM2023, was $495 – $1,499)

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Arriving in five easily assembled bentwood pieces, Charli’s Fable crate blends in seamlessly in the corner beside our couch (as seen at the top of the page). Topped by planters and bathed in indirect light for much of the day, it’s like a secluded forest glen for when she needs to recover from her adventures—or just take a mid-afternoon post-nap nap. We opted for the small, naturally, and went with the lighter signature finish. But there are also medium and large sizes, and you can go darker walnut if you’re feeling it. You can also choose between a metal or clear acrylic built-in gate … for when contractors come calling or for any other reason you don’t want your loyal companion snuffing around the house. I couldn’t remember where I put the Fable receipt if my life depended on it, but the restful look on Charli’s face when she’s nestled in her crate says it’s safe to rip it up anyway.

Additional Fable accessories for outdoor exploration:

• FABLE Magic Leash – Hands-Free Can be Worn as a Belt, Bandolier, or Wrist Strap $52 – $60 (Was $64 – $75)
• FABLE Magic Link Dog Leash – Slip-On Collar & Waist Leash for Dog Walking $52 – $60 (Was $64 – $75)
• FABLE Signature Waterproof, Durable, Lightweight Leash $38 (Was $48)

Want to know more about your dog than where they like to sleep? Get a DNA test:

• Wisdom Panel Essential Dog DNA Test Kit $68.24 (Was $104.99)
• Basepaws Dog DNA Test $84 (Was $89)
• DNA My Dog Essential Test–Breed ID Test $76 (Was $79.99)
• Embark Breed & Health Kit-Dog DNA Test $127 (Was $199)
• Embark Breed Identification Kit $99 (Was $129)
• Orivet Genopet Dog DNA Test $75.95 (Was $94.94)
• Know Your Pet DNA by Ancestry $69 (Was $99)
• Koko DNA Test for Dogs Advanced $90.99 (Was $129.99)

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The sun is setting earlier, giving you a longer chance to get a view of the night sky. You can see stars, planets, meteors, and more with this Celestron telescope deal at Amazon for Cyber Monday.

Celestron-AstroMaster 114EQ Newtonian Telescope-Reflector Telescope for Beginners $199.96 (Was $319.95)

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This telescope is great for older kids who want to learn more about the sky or someone with a budding interest in the stars. It’s just as user-friendly as it is powerful, and the package includes 2 eyepieces (20mm and 10mm), a full-height tripod, and a StarPointer red dot finderscope. You also get a free download of Starry Night, a software program that helps you learn about what’s in the atmosphere. I’ve personally seen the moon through a telescope and it is indeed super, super, super cool.

• CELESTRON StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Telescope $298.99 (Was $479.95)
• Celestron-NexStar 127SLT Computerized Telescope $492.79 (Was $699.95)
• Celestron-NexStar 130SLT Computerized Telescope $518.16 (Was $639.95)
• Celestron-PowerSeeker 127EQ Telescope $132.58 (Was $219.95)
• Celestron-70mm Travel Scope $72.07 (Was $109.95)
• Celestron-AstroMaster 70AZ Telescope $126.65 (Was $189.95)
• Celestron-PowerSeeker 50AZ Telescope $47.99 (Was $63.95)
• Celestron–StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Telescope $319.99 (Was $469.95)
• Celestron-AstroMaster 130EQ Newtonian Telescope $239.20 (Was $349.95)
• Celestron-50mm Travel Scope $50.96 (Was $74.95)
• Celestron–76mm Signature Series FirstScope $52.94 (Was $71.95)

If you’re thinking to yourself, “How can I support one of my favorite 151-year-old brands while fulfilling my desire to own a telescope of my own?”, it’s your lucky day. Our telescope, made in collaboration with Celestron, is up to $100 off this Cyber Monday.

POPULAR SCIENCE AstroMaster 80mm – Portable Refractor Telescope $149.95 with coupon (Was $239.95)

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This telescope under $500 is a beginner-friendly model with an even friendlier price. The short tub provides a relatively loose view of celestial objects, so beginners won’t get frustrated trying to find specific areas. Plus, the short tube design keeps it small and light, so this is a great scope to keep as a backup for quick jaunts out into dark sky country without lots of gear.

• Popular Science StarSense Explorer DX 100AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Telescope $269.95 with coupon (Was $349.95)
• Popular Science StarSense Explorer DX 5” Smartphone App-Enabled Telescope $499.95 with coupon (Was $599.95)

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In August, a cargo ship known as the Pyxis Ocean set sail—literally. The ship, about 750 feet long, had been outfitted with a pair of “sails” made of steel and fiber-reinforced plastic to harness wind power on the long voyage from Shanghai to Paranaguá, Brazil.

The Pyxis Ocean still uses its traditional engine but, along with careful routing decisions, its new sails will help to cut the amount of fuel burned on international voyages, says Simon Schofield, chief technology officer at BAR Technologies, the UK-based company that designed the sails.

“We are harnessing the same elements as we did hundreds of years ago, we’re just doing it in a more efficient way,” Schofield says.

Schofield, a veteran engineer of elite yacht-racing competitions, helped to found BAR Technologies in 2016, in the hopes that insights from shipping’s sexier cousin could be among the tools that help marine industries modernize to address climate change.

Shipping is a serious source of greenhouse gas emissions. Together, fishing and international and domestic shipping created over 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2018, which is close to 3 percent of all human-driven emissions, according to the International Maritime Organization, the UN agency that oversees the safety and security of the shipping industry.

Yet the voyages are the lifeblood of global trade: The UN Conference on Trade and Development estimated that in 2021, ships transported about 11 billion tons of goods, representing over 80 percent of world trade. The Pyxis Ocean, as one example, was chartered for its sail-assisted voyage by the US agricultural giant Cargill; upon arriving in Brazil, the cargo ship picked up about 63,000 metric tons of soybean meal to transport to Poland.

If the industry doesn’t change, emission numbers from shipping are likely to increase, says Benjamin Halpern, a marine ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. “All of the economic forecasts for global trade say that trade will continue to be more and more global,” he says. “There’s just more people buying more goods every year.”

The International Maritime Organization, or IMO, has projected that shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 could reach up to 130 percent of their 2008 levels. Shipping could also start to affect new regions of the globe as the Arctic warms and sea ice retreats, potentially opening up new shipping lanes, says Casey O’Hara, a conservation data scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

“The status quo is not business as usual; it is going to be on an upward trend and potentially have impacts in some of the more untouched places in the world,” he says.

While shipping is only a small part of the whole picture affecting the world’s oceans, reducing just some of the pressures on marine life can help ecosystems be more resilient to other stressors, such as noise pollution, fishing and coastal development, adds O’Hara, who with Halpern authored a 2022 overview of the compounding pressures on marine systems in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources.

With all this at stake, the IMO’s 175 member states recently voted unanimously to adopt a more ambitious set of climate goals. These new goals, agreed upon in July 2023, would see countries strive for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping by “close to” 2050. Countries committed to trying to cut international shipping’s annual emissions by at least 20 percent, compared to their 2008 levels, by 2030, and by at least 70 percent by 2040. Remaining emissions could be “balanced out” with carbon removal or carbon sequestration projects, to complete the goal of net zero.

That’s “light-years” ahead of the IMO’s previous, 2018 strategy, which aimed for only a 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050, says Delaine McCullough, shipping emissions policy manager at the environmental advocacy group Ocean Conservancy. But, she adds, even this latest strategy could require larger emission cuts sooner, to guard against even temporarily overshooting key global warming benchmarks.

How can shipping reach the IMO’s new targets? In the short run, a handful of technical and operational changes could make a big difference in cutting emissions, McCullough says. In June 2023, the research organization CE Delft, which focuses on sustainable energy and transportation, published a study suggesting that a combination of measures could, under certain conditions, cut emissions by 28 percent to 47 percent. These would include slowing ships down so they would burn less fuel, adding wind power, and mixing in a small percentage of alternative fuels.

But achieving the industry’s loftiest goals will probably require a much bigger overhaul.

One of the main changes will likely be widespread adoption of greener fuels, says Pernille Dahlgaard, chief officer of government, business and analytics at the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, a research organization that works with the marine and energy industries. Many ships currently run on heavy fuel oil, a fossil fuel that is relatively inexpensive and widely available for refueling stops at ports.

The two main alternative contenders so far are green methanol and e-ammonia, but neither fuel is ready for mass adoption yet, says Dahlgaard. Green methanol is difficult to procure in the quantities needed, and e-ammonia presents safety risks, she adds. Both options are more expensive than traditional fuel.

The uncertainty around the fuel—or fuels—of the future is extra challenging in the shipping industry, because ships typically have a roughly 25-year lifespan, says Dahlgaard. “The vessels that come on water now, they will still be sailing in 2050,” she says. “So when you’re ordering a vessel today, you need to think about … your strategy for actually living up to that net zero in 2050.”

On top of that, alternative fuels need to be available when compatible ships arrive. That requires technological investment in ships to synchronize with fuel development, as well as investments in ground transportation, infrastructure and port operations, says Jesse Fahnestock, decarbonization project director of the Global Maritime Forum, an international nonprofit.

Fahnestock advocates for the creation of “green shipping corridors”: shipping lanes that support vessels that use alternative fuels. The corridors would require collaboration among a wide array of players, including ports, governments, fuel providers and ship owners. In that sense, the effort is much like a testing ground for a future global transformation of the industry.

“Decarbonizing everything at once is a huge challenge,” Fahnestock says. Green corridors could provide a way to “shrink that challenge down to size but still pursue it at a meaningful commercial, industrial scale,” he says.

But whether it’s snazzy technologies or alternative fuels or green corridors, shipping decarbonization won’t happen by the initiative of the private sector alone, most experts argue. It’s a “trillion-dollar investment,” as Dahlgaard puts it. National governments will likely need to craft new regulations as well as economic policies such as an emissions trading scheme or a carbon tax, says McCullough.

“If we can get two really solid, technical and market measures together, those can be really powerful in driving the industry,” she says.

The challenges are daunting, but for Fahnestock, the latest IMO strategy will at least help to chart the course.

“There’s a long-term strategy now,” he says. “Now we know that the journey to zero is going to go all the way to zero.”

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Cyber Monday is officially here, and you can save big on everything from smart home tech and soundbars to sought-after Bluetooth speakers—essential for anyone who wants to listen to music with friends and family this holiday season. Many of the deals we’ve found are discounts on Bluetooth speakers that have found themselves in our buyer’s guides. If your current Bluetooth speaker is on the fritz, or you’d like to treat yourself (or someone you know) to an audio upgrade they can appreciate on the go (or with a wireless turntable), don’t miss these limited-time deals.

Sony SRS-XE200 $97.95 (Was $129.99)

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Sony SRS-XE200 is an excellent mid-sized Bluetooth speaker whose Cyber Monday discount brings it down to its lowest price ever. The speaker has a pair of drivers and passive radiators for well-balanced sound, a battery that lasts up to 16 hours per charge, and an IP67 durability rating, which means it’s dustproof and can be completely submerged under water. The SRS-XE200 can also take advantage of Sony’s Wireless Party Connect feature, allowing you to sync up to 100 speakers. A built-in strap makes the speaker easy to carry or hang outdoors. This Bluetooth speaker even has a microphone, so you can use it as a speakerphone.

Sony Bluetooth speaker deals

• Sony SRS-XB100, $38 (Was $59.99)
• Sony SRS-XP500, $298 (Was $399.99)
• Sony SRS-XG500, $298 (Was $499.99)
• Sony SRS-XV800, $498 (Was $549.99)

Sonos Bluetooth speaker deals

• Sonos Roam portable speaker $134 (was $179)
• Sonos Roam SL, $119 (Was $159)
• Sonos Roam (2-Pack), $268 (Was $358)

JBL Bluetooth speaker deals

• JBL Flip 6, $89 (Was $129.95)
• JBL Clip 4, $44.95 (Was $79.95)
• JBL Go 3, $29.88 (Was $49.95)
• JBL Partybox Encore Essential, $179 (Was $299.95)
• JBL PartyBox 110, $249.95 (Was $399.95)
• JBL Boombox 2, $249.95 (Was $399.95)
• JBL Charge 5, $119.95 (Was $179.95)
• JBL Boombox 3, $349.95 (Was $499.95)
• JBL Pulse 4, $129.99 (Was $249.95)

Bose Bluetooth speaker deals

• Bose SoundLink Revolve (Series II), $159 (Was $219)
• Bose SoundLink Revolve+ (Series II), $229 (Was $329)
• Bose SoundLink Flex Bluetooth Speaker, $119 (Was $149)
• Bose SoundLink Micro Bluetooth Speaker, $99 (Was $119)
• Bose S1 Pro+ All-in-one Powered Portable Bluetooth Speaker, $649 (Was $699)

Ultimate Ears Bluetooth speaker deals

• Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM 3, $59.99 (Was $99.99)
• Ultimate Ears Boom 3, $99.99 (Was $149.99)
• Ultimate Ears Logitech MEGABOOM 3, $149.99 (Was $199.99)

Bang & Olufsen Bluetooth speaker deals

• Bang & Olufsen Beosound Explore, $144.58 (Was $199)
• Bang & Olufsen Beosound Emerge, $710 (Was $899)
• Bang & Olufsen Beosound A1 (2nd Generation), $179 (Was $250)

Marshall Bluetooth speaker deals

• Marshall Emberton, $99.99 (Was $169.99)
• Marshall Emberton II, $119.99 (Was $169.99)
• Marshall Kilburn II, $179.99 (Was $299.99)
• Marshall Willen, $99.99 (Was $119.99)

TREBLAB Bluetooth speaker deals

• TREBLAB HD-Mini, $19.96 (Was $39.97)
• TREBLAB FX100, $39.84 (Was $89.97)
• TREBLAB HD77, $59.96 (Was $119.97)
• TREBLAB HD-Force, $89.97 (Was $179.97)
• TREBLAB HD-360, $119.97 (Was $189.97)

Tribit Bluetooth speaker deals

• Tribit StormBox Bluetooth Speaker, $54.39 (Was $77.59)
• Tribit Bluetooth Wireless Portable Speaker, $47.99 (Was $79.99)
• Tribit Upgraded MaxSound Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker, $47.39 (Was $79.99)
• Tribit XSound Go Speaker, $27.19 (Was $49.99)
• Tribit StormBox Blast Portable Speaker, $155.98 (Was $199.99)
• Tribit StormBox Micro, $39.99 (Was $59.99)
• Tribit Upgraded StormBox Pro, $79.99 (Was $119.99)
• Tribit StormBox Flow, $63.99 (Was $79.99)
• Tribit XSound Mega Portable Bluetooth Speaker, $79.99 (Was $129.99)

Soundcore Bluetooth speaker deals

• Soundcore Motion+, $69.99 (Was $99.99)
• Soundcore Motion 300, $63.99 (Was $79.99)
• Soundcore 2, $29.99 (Was $39.99)
• Soundcore Mini 3, $31.99 (Was $40.99)
• Soundcore Motion X500, $129.99 (Was $169.99)
• Soundcore Motion X600, $149.99 (Was $199.99)
• Soundcore Glow Mini Portable Speaker, $31.99 (Was $39.99)
• Soundcore Motion 100, $47.99 (Was $59.99)
• Soundcore Rave Neo 2, $87 (Was $109)

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The assortment of black dots that decorate African penguins’ mostly all-white fronts might help the birds tell each other apart. This is the first documented time that animal behaviorists and psychologists have pinpointed a physical feature that a bird species uses for visual recognition. The findings are described in a study published in the January 2024 issue of the journal Animal Behaviour.

[Related: How African penguins continue to survive changes in climate.]

In birds, distinguishing individual flock members is primarily based on auditory cues and not visual cues. For example, some parrots distinguish their offspring with squawking equivalent of individual names. This new research is one of the first studies to show that birds could use visual cues more than scientists previously believed. 

According to study co-author and animal psychologist Luigi Baciadonna, the dots on African penguins appear when they are about three to five months old. These birds molt annually and reemerge in the same position when the new plumage comes in. 

In the new study, a team from Italy’s University of Turin, the University of Oulu in Finland, and Zoomarine Italia marine park near Rome conducted a simple experiment with 12 penguins. The team built a small enclosure with plywood walls that was just tall enough to prevent a penguin from seeing over it. They placed cameras on either end of the pen and life-size pictures of two penguins on one of the far walls. One penguin entered the enclosure, where one of the pictures featured its specific mate. 

African penguins form lifelong bonds with their partners and the team tracked their responses to images of other penguins from their species. They found that the penguins spent more time looking at the picture of their partner than they did a picture of a different familiar penguin. This occurred even when the heads of the penguins were blurred. 

When the test penguins were shown two images of their partner, including one that had the spots removed, they preferred the images where the dots remained intact. However, this preference for their partner did not occur when the birds saw unspeckled versions of their mate and a different bird. According to the team, this suggests that the penguins use these spots to tell one another apart.

[Related: Jackass penguins talk like people.]

African penguins live along the coasts of Namibia and South Africa. They are about 24 to 27 inches tall and eat squid, anchovies, and other small fish. African penguins are known to be particularly communicative with one another, so scientists have studied their behavior to better understand some of the more advanced social behaviors seen in primates. A 2021 study found that African penguins are capable of vocal accommodation. Different group members have a different dialect and vocal accommodation allows group members to learn to speak more like the others. 

“Given how goofy penguins can seem–almost stumbling over their feet as they walk, for example–the birds may not seem like they are all that bright,” Baciadonna told New Scientist. “But we showed in these two or three experiments that actually they are quite complicated and complex. They’re also clever.”

Animal physiologist and director of the Institute of Neurobiology at the University of Tübingen Andreas Nieder told Science, “It is an original study with a remarkable finding.” Nieder was not involved in the new research.

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You probably already know how to scan a QR code with your phone. It’s simple enough: just open the camera app, point your phone at the code, and tap the link. What if you’re on your computer, though? You could point your phone at the computer screen, but that inter-device dance isn’t necessary. You can open that code right from your laptop or desktop. 

Scan a QR code in Google Chrome

Google Chrome users have it the easiest, as the browser has a built-in feature specifically to handle this situation. Right-click the image containing the QR code and click Search Image with Google. 

This will open a Google Lens panel to the right of your browser window. At the top you’ll see your image. Below that you will see the words QR code: Text, along with the text contained in the QR code. If the text is a link you will also see a button for opening the link. 

Non-Chrome users can still access this feature, it just requires an extra step. Simply head to Google.com in your browser of choice and click the Search by image icon, which is in the right side of the search bar.

You can upload an image with a QR code, if you want, or provide a URL for the image. Either way Google Lens will open and let you know what’s in the QR code. 

Scan a QR code with your webcam

Sometimes you have a QR code on a sheet of paper but your phone isn’t handy. Your laptop has a camera, though, and you can use it instead. 

In Windows 10 and 11 you can use the Camera app, which is included with your operating system. You can find this application by opening the Start menu and searching for “Camera”. Scanning is simple: hold your QR code in front of your webcam and click the QR code button. 

Apple’s macOS does not have a built-in camera application capable of scanning QR codes. The good news: the free application QR Journal, which you can download in the Mac App Store, can use the webcam to scan QR codes. 

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Entry-level motorcycles too often feel like beginner bikes. Even if they don’t have training wheels, they have the vibe of first bicycles that are quickly outgrown and forgotten.

BMW has escaped this trap with the G 310 R, which is an ideal starter bike because of its affordable $4,995 price tag, its rider-friendly low seat that makes it easier to plant both feet on the ground, and its 349-lb. curb weight. The company even trimmed its regular $495 destination fee to $245 to help keep the price within reach for buyers on a budget.

BMW tells me that the G 310 R is a favorite at Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Basic RiderCourse. It is easy to see why, considering the bike’s combination of racy styling and ease of use.

But anyone who decides to start out on a G 310 R shouldn’t feel like it is a temporary ride, waiting to be replaced by a “real” bike once the owner gains some experience. That’s because the G 310 R provides “real” big technology like standard anti-lock brakes (ABS) and a sophisticated suspension that includes an inverted fork for the front wheel and a long-wheelbase cast aluminum swingarm for the rear.

Inverting the fork (also called “upside down” forks”) bolts the heavy forks sliders into the triple clamps that secure them to the bike’s steering head, leaving the lightweight tubes to stretch down to the axle. That leaves the lighter tubes as the unsprung mass that has to travel up and down with the road surface while the heavier part is fixed in place. This contributes to more responsive front suspension.

Meanwhile, the lengthy swingarm to the rear axle lends the bike greater stability compared to a short swingarm.

The value of anti-lock brakes should be self-evident, but to recap, the BMW’s computer prevents riders from locking a wheel under heavy braking. In a car, this produces a slide and prolongs stopping distances. On a bike, if the front wheel locks, it tends to immediately slip to one side or the other and pitch the rider to the ground. 

If the rear wheel locks, the bike will start to slide sideways. Riders’ typical response to this is to release pressure to the rear brake. Doing so while the bike is not pointed in the direction of travel when the rear tire regains traction causes the bike to catapult the rider off in a spectacular and painful “high side” crash. 

ABS is worth its weight in cryptocurrency because it prevents both kinds of crashes by ensuring that the wheels keep turning until the bike comes to a complete stop. It is also important because most riders, when faced with a potential crash, fail to apply the brakes hard enough. Ideally, knowing that they can’t lock the brakes will encourage more riders to brake harder so that maybe more of them will stop short of hitting the obstacle ahead.

Regardless, riding the Cosmic Black G 310 R test bike was enough fun to put such sober considerations in the background. I had the opportunity to test it alongside BMW’s sexy S 1000 R and I can confirm that the smaller bike held its own while slicing through mountain switchbacks, courtesy of its advanced suspension and light weight.

It also highlighted the G 310 R’s user-friendliness. While the S 1000 R has a very abrupt clutch friction point and brakes that grab aggressively with the slightest application of pressure (very much like Ferrari’s brakes), the G 310 R has a wide, easy-to-engage clutch friction point and brakes that grip progressively, making it very easy for even beginning riders to pull away from a stop and then arrive at the curb like pros instead of the amateurs they are.

Like most of today’s generation of starter bikes, the G 310 R has only one cylinder in its 313-cc engine, when earlier small bikes would have had smoother-running twin-cylinder engines. But the BMW’s 34-horsepower single incorporates a counterbalancer, so it revs to its surprisingly high 9,500-rpm redline with unexpected smoothness. This makes it easier to keep the engine spinning out as much power as possible while clicking through the six-speed transmission, letting the G 310 R feel adequately powerful.

The bike’s engine has an unorthodox configuration, with the cylinder tilting rearward like the back half of a Harley-Davidson V-twin. As with the Harley’s rear cylinder, that puts the BMW’s intake system in front, with the exhaust pipe trailing off the rear, which is the opposite of most single-cylinder bikes.

The rear-leaning cylinder lets the bottom of the engine and the heavy transmission shafts that live there slide forward, shifting the bike’s balance onto the front wheel for greater stability. It also clears space behind the transmission for the aforementioned long rear swingarm.

All of this speaks to the benefit of rethinking the engineering challenge from the beginning of a project and dismissing convention to deliver a superior result. The G 310 R is fun to ride for riders of all levels, not just beginners. But it treats them especially well, just as the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s rider’s school. The BMW engineer team should be proud of their clever solutions to creating an affordable bike that is a true BMW.

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Setting up a smart home can save you a considerable amount of time, improve your house’s aesthetics, and even increase its safety. But replacing each light bulb, lock, and everything in between can get expensive fast. Thankfully, Cyber Monday is jammed full of deals that dramatically reduce the amount you’ll have to spend on the highest-end gear, with some items clocking in at under $10. If you’re looking to start (or expand) your smart home this year, don’t miss these Cyber Monday deals.

Google Nest Thermostat $89.99 (Was $129.99)

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Google’s Nest Thermostat is one of the few smart home gadgets that may actually pay for itself over time, which sweetens this already excellent Cyber Monday deal. Once it’s connected to your HVAC system and Wi-Fi network, the smart thermostat will learn your habits and intelligently heat and cool your home based on when you wake up and go to bed. This is far more efficient than leaving your heating and cooling system on all day. By reducing the amount of time the HVAC system is running, Google’s Nest Thermostat can lower your utility bill, which is especially important during the hottest and coldest months of the year.

Nanoleaf deals

• Nanoleaf Essentials Smart LED Color-Changing Light Bulb $14.99 (Was $19.99)
• Nanoleaf Shapes Triangles and Mini Triangles $199.99 (Was $249.99)
• Nanoleaf Lines Smart Color LED Dimmable Gaming and Home Decor Wall Lights Smarter Kit $199.99 (Was $299.99)
• Nanoleaf Essentials Matter Bluetooth & Thread Smart LED Lightstrip $49.99 (Was $89)

Philips Hue deals

• Philips Hue Smart 75W A19 LED Bulb $32 (Was $54.99)
• Philips Hue Smart 75W A19 LED Bulb $34.49 (Was $49.99)
• Philips Hue Dimmer Switch with Smart 85W BR30 LED Bulbs $89.59 (Was $127.98)
• Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Lily Outdoor (4-Pack) Base Kit $351.98 (Was $439.98)
• Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit $125.99 (Was $179.99)
• Philips Hue​ White Ambiance Base Lumen Smart Button Starter Kit $79.99 (Was $119.99)
• Philips Hue Go Portable Table Lamp (2-Pack) $239.99 (Was $299.99)
• Philips Hue Lucca White Outdoor Wall Light $49.99 (Was $69.99)

August home deals

• August Home Wi-Fi Smart Lock (4th Generation) $157.99 (Was $229.99)

Schlage deals

• Schlage Encode Century WiFi Latitude Lever Smart Keyless Entry Touchscreen Door Lock $249 (Was $309.99)

Yale deals

• Yale Assure Lock 2 $181.99 (Was $259.99)
• Yale Security Assure Lock SL $103.99 (Was $169.99)
• Yale Smart Cabinet Lock $90.99 (Was $129.99)

Ecobee deals

• ecobee New Smart Thermostat Premium with Smart Sensor and Air Quality Monitor $219.99 (Was $249.99)
• ecobee Smart Sensor (2-Pack) $78.99 (Was $99.99)
• ecobee New Smart Thermostat Enhanced $169.99 (Was $189.99)
• ecobee Smart Video Doorbell Camera (Wired) $139.99 (Was $159.99)
• ecobee SmartCamera $79.99 (Was $99.99)
• ecobee Smart Sensor for Doors & Windows (2-Pack) $59.99 (Was $79.99)

Eufy deals

• eufy Security Video Doorbell E340 (Battery Powered) $125.99 (Was $179.99)
• eufy Security Video Smart Lock S330 $244.99 (Was $349.99)
• eufy Security Floodlight Camera E340 Wired $169.99 (Was $219.99)
• eufy Security Smart Lock C220 $99.99 (Was $149.99)
• eufy Security Indoor Cam C120 $28.99 (Was $42.99)
• eufy Security, eufyCam 2C 2-Cam Kit $129.99 (Was $239.99)
• eufy Security Indoor Cam S350 $99.99 (Was $129.99)
• eufy Security eufyCam E330 (Professional) 2-Cam Kit $279.99 (Was $349.99)
• eufy Security SoloCam S340 $139.99 (Was $199.99)
• eufy Security C210 Smart Lock $74.99 (Was $99.99)
• eufy Security by Anker SmartTrack Link $13.99 (Was $19.99)
• eufy security eufyCam S300 (4-Cam Kit) $489.99 (Was $699.99)

TP-Link deals

• TP-Link Tapo Smart LED Light Strip $29.99 (Was $49.99)
• TP-Link Tapo 2K Pan/Tilt Security Camera $25.99 (Was $34.99)
• TP-Link Kasa Smart 3 Way Switch $25.99 (Was $39.99)
• TP-Link Kasa Smart Plug Power Strip $20.99 (Was $29.99)
• TP-Link Kasa Apple HomeKit Outdoor Smart Plug $19.99 (Was $29.99)
• TP-Link Kasa Smart Light Bulbs $13.99 (Was $24.99)
• TP-Link Kasa Smart Light Bulbs (4-Pack) $25.99 (Was $39.99)

GE Cync deals

• GE CYNC Smart LED Light Bulbs (2-Pack) $17.99 (Was $23.99)
• GE CYNC Indoor Smart Plug $10.49 (Was $14.99)
• GE CYNC Smart Dimmer Light Switch $25.34 (Was $54.99)
• GE CYNC Smart LED Light Bulbs (4-Pack) $60.79 (Was $75.99)
• GE CYNC Smart LED Light Bulb $9.74 (Was $12.99)
• GE CYNC Smart Light Switch $18.74 (Was $44.99)
• GE CYNC Smart LED Light Bulbs $35.09 (Was $44.99)
• GE CYNC Smart LED Light Bulbs (4 Pack) $31.52 (Was $39.96)
• GE CYNC Smart LED Light Bulbs (2 Pack) $11.94 (Was $14.05)
• GE CYNC Smart Indoor Security Camera $38.99 (Was $69.99)
• GE CYNC Dynamic Effects Smart LED Light Strip $74.99 (Was $179.99)
• GE CYNC Smart LED Light Bulbs $37.08 (Was $49.99)

Ring deals

• Ring Video Doorbell $54.99 (Was $99.99)
• Ring Indoor Cam (2nd Gen) $29.99 (Was $59.99)
• Ring Stick Up Cam Battery $59.99 (Was $99.99)
• Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus $119.99 (Was $199.99)
• Ring Battery Doorbell Plus $119.99 (Was $179.99)
• Ring Spotlight Cam Plus $119.99 (Was $169.99)
• Ring Video Doorbell Pro 2 $149.99 (Was $249.99)
• Ring Spotlight Cam Pro $179.99 (Was $229.99)

Blink deals

• Blink Video Doorbell $29.99 (Was $59.99)
• Blink Mini Pan-Tilt Camera $29.99 (Was $59.99)
• Blink Wired Floodlight Camera $49.99 (Was $99.99)
• All-new Blink Outdoor Cameras (5-Pack) $199.99 (Was $399.99)
• Blink Mini (2-Pack) $39.98 (Was $64.99)
• All-New Blink Outdoor 4 Floodlight Camera $79.99 (Was $159.98)

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Appliances make for excellent gifts around the holidays. Need to impress the in-laws you’re meeting for the first time? Here is a nice immersion blender! Is there a White Elephant around the corner? Three words: Hot dog toaster. You can always get something for yourself, too. No matter whose kitchen and home game needs upgrading, you can find the perfect gift with these steep Shark and Ninja deals at Amazon for Cyber Monday.

Ninja GR101 Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle $79.99 (Was $139.99)

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Bring the barbecue inside with this grill-griddle combo that would make George Foreman envious. It can reach up to 500 degrees and its perforated mesh lid eliminates smoke and reduces splatter. The removable grill and griddle plates are easy to clean, and the mesh lid is dishwasher safe. It’s a great investment since a Big Mac is $7 now.

• Ninja CFP301 DualBrew Pro Specialty 12-Cup Drip Maker with Glass Carafe $149.99 (was $229.99)
• Ninja CFN601 Espresso & Coffee Barista System $179.99 (Was $249.99)
• Ninja DCT401 12-in-1 Double Oven $249.99 (Was $329.99)
• Ninja C59500 Foodi NeverStick Premium 10-Piece Cookware Set $279.99 (Was $379.99)
• Ninja CFN601 Espresso & Coffee Barista System $179.99 (Was $249.99)
• Ninja OO101 Woodfire 8-in-1 Outdoor Oven $399.99 (Was $600.95)
• Ninja DCT451 12-in-1 Smart Double Oven $249.99 (Was $349.99)

Shark WD201 HydroVac Cordless Pro XL 3-in-1 Vacuum, Mop & Self-Cleaning System $199.99 (Was $359.99)

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This cordless 3-in-1 device vacuums, mops, and cleans itself. You can use it on hard floors, area rugs, tiles, and laminate. The included multi-surface concentrate eliminates and prevents odors. The water tank is designed to separate liquid from solids to quickly and easily empty the tank. And placing the HydroVac on its dock after every use activates self-clean mode so you don’t even have to think about it.

• Shark IZ361H Pet Plus Anti-Allergen Cordless Stick Vacuum $199.99 (Was $329.99)
• Shark HP232 Clean Sense Air Purifier MAX with Odor Neutralizer Technology $189.99 (Was $299.99)
• Shark HP102 Clean Sense Air Purifier $129.99 (Was $179.99)
• Shark IW1111 Detect Pro Cordless Vacuum $259.99 (Was $379.99)
• Shark RV2310AE Matrix Self-Emptying Robot Vacuum $299.99 (Was $499.99)

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If you’ve recently picked a big, new 4K TV, you’ll want to get a soundbar to go with it. These compact speaker systems can pump out louder, higher-quality sound than the audio equipment built into ultra-thin TVs without taking up a tremendous amount of space. Some soundbars come with additional speakers—a subwoofer for more bass or wireless rear speakers for surround sound—while others stand on their own. You can save hundreds of dollars on a wide range of soundbars thanks to an abundance of Cyber Monday deals.

Sonos Ray $223 (Was $279)

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The Sonos Ray is the best Cyber Monday soundbar deal due to its impressive audio fidelity for something of such a diminutive size. At just 22 inches wide, you can easily fit this soundbar beneath any TV or inside an entertainment center. Sonos packed the Ray with a multi-driver audio system, including a pair of woofers and outward-facing tweeters connected to a custom-designed amplifier that guarantees well-balanced sound. This Cyber Monday deal on the Sonos Ray solves both issues if you’ve put off getting a soundbar due to its high price and large size.

Bose soundbar deals

• Bose TV Speaker, $199 (Was $279)
• Bose Smart Soundbar 600, $399 (Was $499)
• Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar, $799 (Was $899)

LG soundbar deals

• LG S40Q, $126.99 (Was $196.99)
• LG S95QR, $996.98 (Was $1,799.99)
• LG GX, $349.95 (Was $999.99)

Vizio soundbar deals

• VIZIO M213ad-K8, $144.97 (Was $179.99)
• VIZIO V20-J8, $79.99 (was $119.99)
• VIZIO M512E-K6, $498 (Was $799.99)

JBL soundbar deals

• JBL MK2, $199.95 (Was $299.95)
• JBL Bar 300, $249.95 (Was $399.95)
• JBL Bar 500, $379.95 (Was $599.95)

Samsung soundbar deals

• SAMSUNG HW-S60B, $197.99 (Was $347.99)
• SAMSUNG HW-B550, $177.99 (Was $277.99)

Sony soundbar deals

• Sony HT-S400, $178 (Was $299.99)
• Sony HT-S2000, $298 (Was $499.99)
• Sony HT-A7000, $998 (Was $1,399)

Polk soundbar deals

• Polk Audio React Sound Bar, $169 (Was $269)

Denon soundbar deals

• Denon DHT-S217, $149 (Was $249)
• Denon DHT-S316, $229 (Was $299)

Bang & Olufsen soundbar deals

• Bang & Olufsen Beosound Stage, $1,649 (Was $2,199)

Need a top-quality source and/or screen to pair with that soundbar? Pick up a Panasonic 4K Blu-ray player on sale and shop these amazing deals on Samsung TVs.

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Holiday lights are fun, but keeping them up all year round can bring about the judgy comments from friends and visitors. Govee smart lights, however, allow you to keep festive illumination around your space all year with no fear of judgment. They make everything from behind-the-TV lights to improve your binge-watching experience to outdoor illumination and simple LED light strips. Right now, Amazon has Govee smart lights up to 44 percent off for Cyber Monday. Fight off those winter blues with some saucy red lights.

Govee Smart Outdoor String Lights $57 (was $99)

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This ample kit gets you 96 total feet of RGB bulbs that you can program to show up to 16 million colors in 47 different program modes. So, decorate the outside space at your home for the holidays with red and green bulbs. Then, once the holidays are over, switch them over to white (or whatever color you want). They’re IP65-rated against the elements, so you can leave them up in the weather without worrying about them. This is a great, easy, and now affordable way to upgrade your outdoor space.

More Govee smart lighting deals

• Govee RGBIC Floor Lamp, LED Corner Lamp $59 (was $99)
• Govee 100ft LED Strip Lights $15 (was $25)
• Govee Curtain Lights $89 (was $129)
• Govee Envisual TV LED Backlight T2 with Dual Cameras $79 (was $139)
• Govee Envisual TV Backlight T2 with Dual Cameras $109 (was $159)
• Govee Smart LED Light Bars $35 (was $50)
• Govee Glide Hexa Light Panels $99 (was $179)
• Govee RGBIC Gaming Light Bars H6047 with Smart Controller $49 (was $89)
• Govee Outdoor Spot Lights, Christmas Decoration $49 (was $89)
• Govee RGBIC Gaming Lights, 10ft Neon Rope Lights Soft Lighting for Gaming Desks $49 (was $89)
• Govee Outdoor String Lights H7020, 48ft RGBIC Halloween Lights Outdoor $48 (was $69)
• Govee WiFi Outdoor LED Strip Lights Waterproof $47 (was $67)
• Govee Outdoor Spot Lights, Christmas Decoration, IP65 Waterproof Uplight Landscape Spotlights $118 (was $165)
• Govee RGBIC LED Strip Lights M1 with Matter, 6.56ft WiFi LED Lights $39 (was $59)
• Govee Outdoor Pathway Lights $109 (was $169)
• Govee RGBIC Neon Rope Lights for Desks, 16.4ft LED Gaming Desk Lights $89 (was $129)

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Holiday travel means your family’s germs have a chance of making themselves home when the celebration is over. Amazon has deals on air purifiers from our favorite brands this Cyber Monday to obliterate unwelcome microscopic company so you can focus on reuniting with your loved ones.

PuroAir HEPA 14 Air Purifier $154.99 (Was $229)

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Our favorite air purifier for mold, the PuroAir HEPA 14 Air Purifier covers a massive 1,115 square feet and includes a powerful HEPA 14 air filter, which is ten times more powerful than HEPA 13. What you get is a hospital-grade air purifier under $200 that removes 99.99% of fine particles down to .1 microns in size. Mold? Other things in the air that cause allergies? Sorry, you won’t find any here. It’s third-party lab tested and certified, meaning you’re getting a scientifically-developed air purifier from scientists and virologists at Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and Oxford universities that are backed up by other scientists. You can also get a two-pack to put one in the bedroom and another in the living room.

BLUEAIR deals

• BLUEAIR Pure Mini Max $49.99 (Was $69.99)
• BLUEAIR Pure 211i Max $243.92 (Was $349.99)
• BLUEAIR Pure 211+ Auto $288.99 (Was $339.99)
• BLUEAIR Pure 311i Max $159.99 (Was $229.99)
• BLUEAIR Pure 311i+ Max $203.92 (Was $299.99)
• BLUEAIR Pure 411a Max $97.99 (Was $139.99)
• BLUEAIR Pure 411i Max $118.99 (Was $169.99)
• BLUEAIR Pure 511 $69.99 (Was $99.99)

Levoit deals

• LEVOIT Core Mini Air Purifier $39.99 (Was $49.99)
• LEVOIT Core 200S Air Purifier $76.49 (Was $89.99)
• LEVOIT Core 300 Air Purifier $84.99 (Was $99.99)
• LEVOIT Core 400 Air Purifier $186.99 (Was $219.99)
• LEVOIT Vital 100S Air Purifier $109.99 (Was $139.99)
• LEVOIT 200S Air Purifier $159.99 (Was $189.99)

Molekule deals

• Molekule Air Mini+ $249.99 (Was $359.99)
• Molekule Air Pro $649.99 (Was $1,014.99)

NuWave deals

• Nuwave OxyPure Smart Air Purifier $499.99 (Was $599.99)
• Nuwave Air Purifier for Large Room $616.24 (Was $724.99)
• Nuwave OxyPure ZERO Smart Air Purifier $339.99 (Was $399.99)
• Nuwave Portable Air Purifier $117.29 (Was $137.99)
• NuWave OxyPure ZERO E500 $297.48 (Was $349.99)
• Nuwave Oxypure Air Purifier $89.99 (Was $119.99)

Miscellaneous deals

• Germ Guardian Air Purifier with HEPA 13 Pet Filter $119.87 (Was $264.99)
• PHILIPS Air Purifier 800 Series $89.99 (Was $139.99)
• VEVA Air Purifier Large Room $79.99 (Was $166.99)
• Shark HP102PK2 Clean Sense Air Purifier for Home $249.99 (Was $377)

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We’re huge fans of solar generators around here. Yes, they’re an investment, but they can really come in handy when the power goes out or you head out into the wilderness. Jackery regularly tops our lists of the best solar generators and portable power stations because the company builds sturdy, powerful, reliable products that excel in our hands-on tests. Amazon has a bunch of fantastic Jackery deals for Cyber Monday right now, but they’ll only last as long as they’re in stock, so grab one to ensure your back-up power will last.

Jackery Explorer 1500 Pro Portable Power Station $899 (was $1,699)

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While Cyber Monday is notorious for fake deals that only offer a discount on jacked-up prices, that’s not the case here. This 1800W charger typically actually sells for more than $1,600, which makes this nearly half-off the regular price. It offers a total of eight outputs, including three typical outlets, two USB-A, two USB-C, and a 12V DC port for RV travelers. With this much power stored up, it can charge an iPhone more than 60 times. Plus, it can run a TV for up to 17 hours, and power all sorts of tools if you’re using it on a work site. It’s super-versatile and weighs less than 40 pounds, which makes it very easy to lug around thanks to the super-sturdy built-in handle.

More Jackery portable power station and solar generator deals

• Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 240, 240Wh Backup Lithium Battery $154 (was $239)
• Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 300, 293Wh Backup Lithium Battery $199 (was $279)
• Jackery Solar Generator 300 Plus Portable Power Station with 40W Book-sized Solar Panel $319 (was $399)
• Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 500, 518Wh Outdoor Solar Generator Mobile Lithium Battery Pack $349 (was $499)
• Jackery Solar Generator 300, 293Wh Backup Lithium Battery with 1XSolar Panel SolarSaga 100W $419 (was $499)
• Jackery Solar Generator 300 Plus Portable Power Station with 1X SolarSaga 100W Solar Panel $439 (was $579)
• Jackery Explorer 1000 Portable Power Station $649 (was $1,099)
• Jackery Explorer 1000 Plus Portable Power Station,1264Wh Solar Generator (new version) $899 (was $1,199)
• Jackery Solar Generator 1000, Explorer 1000 and 1xSolarSaga 100W Solar Panel $899 (was $1,289)
• Jackery Solar Generator 1000, 1002Wh Capacity with 2xSolarSaga 100W Solar Panels $899 (was $1,649)
• Jackery 1000 Plus Solar Generator, 1264Wh Portable Power Station with 2xSolarSaga 100W Solar Panels $1,189 (was $1,699)
• Jackery Explorer 2000 PRO Portable Power Station $1,199 (was $1,899)
• Jackery Solar Generator 2000 PRO 2160Wh Capacity with 1XSolar Panel SolarSaga 200W $1,349 (was $2,399)
• Jackery Explorer 1000 Plus Kit, Explorer 1000 Plus Portable Power Station +1X PackPlus E1000 Plus Expandable Battery $1,599 (was $1,999)
• Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 2000 Plus $1,659 (was $2,159)
• Jackery Solar Generator 1000 Plus Kit, Explorer 1000 Plus Portable Power Station +1xExpandable Battery + 2xSolarSaga 100W Solar Panels $1,899 (was
• Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Plus 200W, 2042Wh LiFePO4 Battery 3000W Output, Portable Power Station with 1X200W Solar Panel $1,959 (was $2,799)
• Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Plus 400W, 2042Wh LiFePO4 Battery 3000W Output $2,259 (was $3,299)
• Jackery Solar Generator 3000 PRO 400W, 3024Wh Power Station with 2x200W Solar Panels $2,499 (was $3,999)
• Jackery Explorer 3000 Pro Solar Generator + Manual Transfer Switch, 3000W Portable Power Station with 2 * 200W Solar Panels $2,699 (was $4,199)
• Jackery Explorer Kit 4000, Explorer 2000 Plus and 1X PackPlus E2000 Plus Expandable Battery $2,699 (was $3,799)
• Jackery Explorer Kit 4000 Plus, 2X Portable Power Station Explorer 2000 Plus $3,399 (was $4,299)
• Jackery Solar Generator 4000 Kit, Explorer 2000 Plus and 1X PackPlus E2000 Plus Expandable Battery with 2X200W Solar Panel $3,399 (was $4,999)
• Jackery Explorer Kit 6000, Explorer 2000 Plus and 2X PackPlus E2000 Plus Expandable Battery $3,999 (was $5,299)

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The idea of having authentic, pizzeria-quality pizza is possible with an Ooni Fyra oven, which is currently $105 cheaper than usual, thanks to a Cyber Monday deal. This relatively compact oven runs on wood pellets and can get up to 950 degrees Fahrenheit in roughly 15 minutes. Ooni is responsible for making our favorite pizza oven ever, and this discount brings the Fyra 12 down to its lowest price ever on Amazon.

ooni Fyra 12 Wood Fired Outdoor Pizza Oven $244.30 (Was $349)

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A big part of the Fyra 12’s appeal is its size. At 20 pounds, a single person can set up, break down, and move this pizza oven before and after use. The oven’s tall stack keeps smoke from billowing on your face as you launch and retrieve home-cooked pizzas, while a pellet hopper on its backside can be monitored to maintain a steady stream of fuel. This ease of operation, combined with Amazon’s Cyber Monday discount, makes the Ooni Fyra 12 a no-brainer for any pizza enthusiast looking to up their game from an indoor home oven.

More pizza oven deals for devoted pie lovers

• Breville Smart Oven Pizzaiolo Pizza Oven, $799.95 (Was $999.95)
• EAST OAK Outdoor Pizza Oven, $167.99 (Was $239.99)
• Cuisinart CGG-403 3-in-1 Pizza Oven Plus, $179.99 (Was $299.99)
• Ninja OO101 Woodfire 8-in-1 Outdoor Oven, $299.99 (Was $399.99)

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Cyber Monday is one of the best days of the year to score a great deal on any gadget, from soundbars and WiFi routers to a brand-new pizza oven (all of which you’ll eventually find on our site today). Streaming company Roku is offering up some of the best deals we’ve seen on TVs and media streamers, which are all a solid value at their typical price. For a limited time, you can get a new 75-inch Roku TV for under $500, while Roku’s entry-level media streamer clocks in at just under $25. These deals won’t last long, though, so make sure to take advantage of them while you can.

Roku 75-Inch Class Select Series 4K $449.99 (Was $699.99)

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A 75-Inch TV would be the perfect centerpiece in any home theater system, and getting one for $450 is unheard of. But for right now it’s possible thanks to a Cyber Monday deal at Best Buy. Roku’s Select Series 4K Smart TV has a 4K resolution, supports HDR10+, automatic brightness, and other video settings that optimize its image quality. The set runs on Roku’s easy-to-operate software, which allows you to get quick access to Netflix, Hulu, and hundreds of other streaming apps with no additional hardware. The TV’s simple remote makes the interface easy to navigate and even has dedicated buttons that take you directly to the most popular streaming apps. If you want the Cyber Monday TV deal that offers the biggest screen at the lowest price, this is it.

Roku TV deals

• Roku 24-Inch Class Select Series HD Smart RokuTV, $99.99 (Was $119.99)
• Roku 32-Inch Class Select Series HD Smart RokuTV, $129.99 (Was $169.99)
• Roku 55-Inch Class Select Series 4K, $299.99 (Was $349.99)
• Roku 65-Inch Class Select Series 4K, $399.99 (Was $449.99)
• Roku 75-Inch Class Plus Series 4K, $799.99 (Was $999.99)

Roku Streamer deals

• Roku Express 4K+ $24.97 (Was $39.99)
• Roku Streaming Stick 4K, $29.99 (Was $49.99)
• Roku Ultra, $69 (Was $99.99)

Fire TV deals

• Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite, $15.99 (Was $29.99)
• Amazon Fire TV Stick, $19.99 (Was $39.99)
• All-new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, $24.99 (Was $49.99)
• All-new Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max, $39.99 (Was $59.99)
• Amazon Fire TV Cube, $109.99 (Was $139.99)

Chromecast deals

• Chromecast with Google TV (HD), $19.95 (Was $29.99)
• Google Chromecast with Google TV (4K), $37.98 (Was $49.99)

Want to ditch streaming for discs? Check out this deal on a 4K Blu-ray player. Need somewhere to showcase all that quality content? Shop these amazing deals on Samsung screens. Want a sound system to match your new set? Don’t miss these great deals on an assortment of soundbars.

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Need a fast, reliable way to connect all of your gear to the Internet? A three-pack of eero 6+ mesh WiFi routers has returned to its lowest price ever for Cyber Monday. The routers were designed to blanket an area of up to 4,500 square feet with a fast, reliable, and stable connection to the Internet. It’s this extreme range (amongst other technical feats) that landed these routers a spot on our guide to the best WiFi routers.

Amazon eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi system $194.99 (Was $299.99)

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With speeds of up to 1Gbps, and the ability to connect over 75 devices to the Internet simultaneously, this mesh WiFi system will solve any lingering WiFi issues you may have for good (and this Cyber Monday deal will help deal with any price issues you might have). One router has to be connected to your ISP-supplied cable modem with an Ethernet cable, but the others can be placed anywhere there’s an outlet. This flexibility is especially helpful if you live in a large home, and don’t want to string Ethernet cables through your walls. If you’re having trouble with a spotty home Internet connection, this is the best Cyber Monday deal we can recommend.

Here are more Cyber Monday Eero deals

• Amazon eero Pro 6E mesh Wi-Fi System, $399.99 (Was $549.99)
• Amazon eero 6 dual-band mesh Wi-Fi 6 extender, $64.99 (Was $79.99)
• Amazon eero Pro 6 mesh Wi-Fi 6 router, $119.99 (Was $199.99)
• Amazon eero 6 mesh Wi-Fi system, $159.99 (Was $199.99)
• Amazon eero mesh WiFi router, $44.99 (Was $69.99)
• Amazon eero Beacon mesh WiFi range extender, $49.99 (Was $99.99)

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With the holiday season fast approaching, parents around the world are deciding which new toys to purchase for their kids this year. Many will opt for classic favorites like Lego bricks, Mr. Potato Heads, Jenga sets, and Barbie dolls. Others will choose toys with more high-tech flair—like remote-controlled robotic dogs, light-up drones, or books that play animal sounds—for that tot who loves smashing buttons.

But while modern parents are bombarded with ads for toys that light up, make sounds, move under their own power, and respond to voice commands, they don’t hear much about the environmental crisis fueled by electronic toys, or e-toys. 

According to a recent report by the WEEE Forum, a multinational nonprofit organization focused on the management of “waste electrical and electronic equipment,” the world threw out more than 7 billion e-toys in 2022. Many, if not most, of these toys didn’t reach a proper e-waste recycling facility due to a dearth of regulations and consumer awareness that toys containing batteries and circuit boards require special disposal. Instead, experts believe these toys are often winding up in the regular trash, increasing the risk of battery fires at waste management facilities and creating new environmental hazards at landfills. Even when people want to recycle their e-toys properly, recyclers might not want to take them because they are hard to deconstruct and often contain very little material worth recycling. 

Ultimately, experts say, toy makers and toy retailers must take more responsibility for e-toy waste—whether that’s by setting up take-back programs for broken e-toys, redesigning toys to be more recycling friendly, or embracing new business models that replace cheap, throwaway toys with stuff that’s built to last.

There’s no doubt our appetite for electronic toys is growing: Revenue from wholesale shipments of e-toys into the United States increased nearly 200 percent between 2010 and 2022, according to data from the Consumer Technology Association. Yet as e-toys proliferate, we seem to be valuing them less. In recent years, “toys have gone from being viewed more as essential tools to childhood development to junk you get at the holidays,” said Krystal Persaud, an award-winning toy designer and the cofounder of Wildgrid, an educational marketplace that uses game-like principles to help consumers learn how to implement home electrification projects. “Which is very unfortunate.” (Persaud was selected as a Grist 50 Fixer in 2023.)

Indeed, the pressure toy makers feel to make sales—particularly during the holiday season, when they earn a large chunk of their annual revenue—motivates them to constantly churn out new toys. Persaud described it as “very analogous to fast fashion.” 

“It’s very trend driven,” she told Grist. 

One of the ways a toy maker can stay trendy is by giving their toys new capabilities with embedded electronics. According to Persaud, the cost of manufacturing electronic components like circuit boards has fallen so much in the last several decades that it’s now relatively easy to incorporate them into the simplest and cheapest of toys, which is how parents end up with plastic trucks that bark sounds and flash lights.

The problem with cheap electronic toys is that they aren’t necessarily built to last, be repaired, or even have their batteries removed and replaced. As a result, many e-toys will inevitably become junk in somebody’s basement or garage until it’s time to get rid of them. At that point, e-toys “are going to end up most likely in the municipal solid waste system rather than the recycling stream,” said Callie Babbitt, a e-waste researcher at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

That’s a problem both for safety and environmental reasons. E-toys with lithium-ion batteries can spark a fire if the battery is mishandled, crushed or punctured at a waste management facility. Once they enter landfills, electronics create additional hazards because some of their components contain toxic substances like lead, mercury, and cadmium that can leach into the surrounding soil and water, endangering the health of nearby communities and ecosystems. 

The reason dead e-toys aren’t getting to the right place, Babbitt says, has to do with e-waste regulations. In the U.S., there’s no overarching federal guidance on how to manage e-waste, which is instead regulated through a patchwork of state policies. In roughly half of U.S. states, the policy is no policy at all. Most of the other states have some sort of “extended producer responsibility” scheme that requires electronic device manufacturers to pay funds into a program administered by state or local officials or private entities. Those funds go toward collecting specific electronics on a state collection list and sending them to e-waste recyclers. Not a single state collection list includes e-toys. “They’re not traditionally part of that system,” Babbitt said.

In many cases, consumers can still drop off e-toys at e-waste collection sites. But Babbitt says that “most of the effort toward actually communicating about recycling” is geared toward items on the state list, meaning consumer awareness about how to recycle e-toys is relatively low. And in some states, like Minnesota, consumers might have to pay a collection facility to take their junk toys, according to Maria Jensen, who co-directs a Minnesota-based nonprofit called Recycling Electronics for Climate Action that advocates for stronger e-waste recycling policies.

Often, county governments—which run many of Minnesota’s e-waste collection sites—“are not supported well enough to afford to collect and send those to a recycler,” Jensen told Grist. “So what happens is they charge the consumer.” While about a quarter of the e-waste Minnesotans generate is collected for recycling, Jensen speculates that the amount of e-toy waste collected is much lower.

Outside of the U.S., different countries have very different e-waste policies. But when it comes to e-toys, a similar pattern emerges globally: These devices are not reaching recyclers. While between 20 and 30 percent of large electronics like TVs and printers are recycled on a global scale, the global recycling rate for e-toys is closer to 10 percent, said Kees Baldé, a senior researcher at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Baldé co-authored the recent WEEE Forum report that identified e-toys as the largest contributor to “invisible” e-waste, a category that included 9 million tons of electronics last year. 

Invisible e-waste, which the report authors defined as types of e-waste with a very low recycling rate based on national data, also includes vapes, headphones, home smoke detectors, and other small consumer electronics. “Basically people don’t really know what to do” with e-toys and other forms of invisible e-waste, Baldé told Grist. 

Worldwide, Baldé says, these products are only sometimes covered by extended producer responsibility schemes. Because they are often made of cheap materials like plastic with only small amounts of the precious metals that e-waste recyclers make money recovering and selling, recyclers tend to lose money processing them. “The treatment of e-waste, in particular this type of e-waste, is worthless,” Balde said.

The way e-toys are designed creates additional challenges for recyclers. Whereas TVs and computers tend to follow similar design principles and include similar components, toys come in a huge variety of sizes and form factors that recyclers may not be familiar with, meaning additional time and effort must be spent figuring out how to take them apart. What’s more, many are not built to be disassembled. More than a nuisance, this can be a hazard for recyclers, who may not be aware that a toy with no screws, charge ports, or obvious external labels contains a lithium-ion battery.

Frequently, e-toy batteries are “completely encased in plastic,” Jensen said. “So you actually have to break it open, physically, to get the battery out.” Otherwise, that battery could accidentally enter a recycler’s shredder and spark a fire.

To solve the e-toy waste crisis, experts say that regulators and the toy industry need to step up. Governments could expand their extended producer responsibility schemes to include more categories of electronics, such as e-toys. While this wouldn’t address design issues, it would provide the municipalities, nonprofits, or private businesses that collect e-waste much-needed funding to get these items to a recycler that can handle them. Toy manufacturers, or big box retailers like Walmart and Target, could serve as collection points for old e-toys, similar to how Best Buy stores collect a variety of consumer electronics and appliances for recycling. Persaud, the toy designer, suspects that retailers setting up e-toy take-back programs “would be the fastest” way to start collecting dead toys en masse.

The Toy Association, an industry group whose members account for 93 percent of toy and game sales in the U.S., didn’t respond to Grist’s request for comment.

In the longer term, design standards focused on longevity and repairability could slow the tide of waste by ensuring e-toys are built to last longer. The European Union recently adopted a new regulation that requires manufacturers of portable electronics to make their products’ batteries removable — an important first step. Baldé wants to see the bloc go much further. “We need more policy interventions to simply ban these products that don’t have a minimum guaranteed lifespan or can’t be repaired,” he said.

Finally, we all need to reframe our relationship with toys and stop treating them as disposable. While consumers can’t solve this problem alone, we can all be more mindful about the type and quantity of toys we buy. Parents, Persaud suggests, can ask friends and family for the type of toys they want their children to receive, perhaps requesting e-toys only when the electronics give the toy “a superpower that wasn’t there before.” Or they can stick to secondhand, analog, or even homemade toys made of highly recyclable materials like wood.

Persaud emphasized that kids, especially young children, don’t need their toys to have interactive buttons and light-up features in order to have fun with them. “There’s a lot of things you can do without [the toy] being electronic,” Persaud said. “Just with blocks, with paper. You can really play with anything.”