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Phones have become such a part of our daily lives that it's important to find ways to make them easier to use. There's always one place that can make navigating cleaner, smoother, and easier: the Home Screen. But you might not realize there are some neat features available in your system launcher, like Samsung's One UI Launcher.

When Toyota rolled out its first hybrid system in the 1997 Prius, the idea was straightforward. Let a gas engine and an electric motor trade off propulsion duties, so the car could ultimately go farther on less fuel. Almost three decades later, Toyota has stretched that same idea in two different directions inside a single car.

We've all been there. Your PC is lagging, you open up task manager to see what is going on, and the graph shows you that 95% of your RAM is in use. Switching to the process tab doesn't help; the numbers don't seem to add up.

Ever since its release in early 2022, Valve's Steam Deck has been touted as the best handheld PC for most people and the default recommendation for anyone looking to get into handheld PC gaming, for good reason.

Many of us rely on Google Maps (or your navigation app of choice) running through Android Auto to get from point A to point B. It makes sense—navigation is one of the most fundamental features any modern car can offer, and it's only made better by Android Auto because it ditches the clunky built-in systems in favor of something familiar.

SAVE $24: As of July 28, get the Anker Prime Charging Station for $55.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $79.99. That's a discount of 30%.

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If you're the type of person who hates wrangling cables but loves to make sure all your electronics have 100% battery, you need a charging station. You can plug in multiple devices in one central location, overnight if you prefer, and wake up to a menagerie of fully-charged tech, ready to start the day. Easy, affordable, and reliable, and we've got one that's even cheaper than usual for you today, courtesy of Amazon.

As of July 28, get the Anker Prime Charging Station for $55.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $79.99. That's $24 off and a discount of 30%.

SEE ALSO: Amazon has knocked Soundcore C50i by Anker earbuds under $40 for a limited time — save $30

This device has six ports, so you can charge multiple devices at once, with each USB-C port supporting 100W max. When using two USB-C ports at the same time, both will offer 100W of power. That means you have the capacity to charge up to two 14-inch MacBook Pros to 50% in under 30 minutes. It can handle your phones, tablets, gaming consoles, and just about anything else you need, too.

Plus, it's super small and compact. It has safety features to help continuously monitor temperature and protect your devices while they're charging. That way you can feel comfortable about leaving all your tech to juice up when you head to bed or leave all of your devices charging while away.

This is a great way to consolidate your devices to charge them at once, all while not having to spend an arm and a leg. Swap from one cable to an entire selection of charging ports and be more efficient about filling those batteries.

SAVE $150.00: The Shark PowerDetect Pet Plus Clean & Empty cordless stick vacuum is on sale at Amazon for $399.99, down from the list price of $549.99. That's a 27% discount.

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These days, we have robot vacuums and robot lawn mowers to take care of keeping underfoot areas clean and manicured. But if you prefer to vacuum on your own, we have models with excellent features that make things easier. Check out this deal at Amazon.

As of July 28, the Shark PowerDetect Pet Plus Clean & Empty cordless stick vacuum is on sale at Amazon for $399.99, down from the list price of $549.99 at Shark. That's a 27% discount.

When it comes to cordless stick vacuums, suction power matters. The Shark PowerDetect Pet Plus Clean & Empty doesn't mess around. This model is designed to tackle stubborn pet hair that loves to get stuck on carpet and furniture. Shark included a flexible crevice tool and the brand's Furfins tool to help clean pet hair in any location of your home.

Another major benefit of the Shark PowerDetect Pet Plus Clean & Empty cordless stick vacuum is the self-emptying base. Set the stick vacuum back on its charging base, and all debris from the vacuum will whisk off to the base. You'll need to empty the base every 45 days or so, but that's minimal effort compared to emptying the debris canister after each vacuum.

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Espeically great for homes with pets is the Shark odor neutralizer technology. This fragranced puck sits on the self-emptying base to provide a fresh scent. If you're not one for scents in the house, you can easily leave the cartridge out.

If you could use a vacuum upgrade, consider today's sale price on the Shark PowerDetect Pet Plus Clean & Empty cordless stick vacuum. It's a powerful model with great features for pet owners, and it's on sale for under $400.

Luxury SUVs have become increasingly expensive, with many new compact models now pushing well beyond the $50,000 mark before options. That has made the lightly used market especially appealing, where three-year-old examples can deliver virtually the same technology, comfort, and performance for thousands less than their original sticker price.

SAVE $100: As of July 28, the new Dyson V8 Cyclone cordless vacuum and Car Cleaning Kit bundle is on sale for $299.99. That's $100 off the vacuum's MSRP of $399.99.

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I test vacuums for a living and am a Dyson truther in most instances. However, I had never backed the Dyson V8 as the best budget stick vacuum — if you wanted to spend no more than $300 on a vacuum, I'd quickly tell you to buy a Shark stick vacuum that comes with a self-emptying dock instead. My mind changed when Dyson released the revamped Dyson V8 Cyclone in June. Its launch price of $399.99 was already practical, but as of July 28, you can save $100 and grab the new Dyson V8 Cyclone for just $299.99 at Dyson's website.

Funnily enough, the old Dyson V8 is also on sale for $299.99 at Amazon. So let's compare the specs while their prices are identical:

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The old Dyson V8 has 115 Air Watts of suction power. The new Dyson V8 Cyclone has 150 Air Watts of suction power — the same as my favorite Dyson vacuum, the V12 Detect Slim. Dyson itself has confirmed that the Cyclone is the most powerful V8 model ever. The V8 Cyclone also has three suction modes compared to the old V8's two.

Battery life has also improved. The Dyson V8 Cyclone can clean for up to 60 minutes on one charge while the old V8 maxed out at 40 minutes. Despite a more powerful motor and more powerful battery, the V8 Cyclone only weighs 0.1 ounces more than the old V8. They both have 0.14 gallon dust bins.

As if we needed any more proof that the V8 Cyclone stretches your $299.99 further, it also comes with more attachments than the old V8 at Amazon. You'll get Dyson's stick vacuum car cleaning kit that includes a crevice tool, extension hose, stubborn dirt brush, and mini soft dusting brush. The other V8 only comes with the crevice tool. Plus, a self-emptying dock for the V8 Cyclone is coming in August.

If your Fire TV Stick keeps rebooting, freezing, or buffering and feels like it's on its way out, it might not actually be broken. Different symptoms often have different causes, so the fix for a device that's buffering won't be the same as one that's stuck in a reboot loop. So before you throw it away and buy a replacement, check whether you can get it working properly again.

Last month, Apple tragically raised the prices on many of its devices, largely thanks to the industry-wide memory shortage known as RAMageddon. This month, it's giving consumers some relief. Sort of.

Apple officially launched a new leasing program today called Apple Upgrade. If the cost of buying a new iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch outright brings you to your knees, Apple Upgrade lets you lease a device for as low as $11.99 per month. While it doesn't actually reduce the price of Apple products, it changes the perceived cost by swapping the shock of the full price with a predictable low monthly payment. Price psychology!

This is the first time Apple is expanding its leasing options beyond just smartphones. Aside from iPhones, the new Apple Upgrade program also features a range of iPads, Apple Watches, and Macs, though not every product in Apple's lineup is included. Notably, the MacBook Neo — Apple's most affordable laptop — is not available in the program. Leasing prices start at $17.99 per month for iPhones, $11.99 per month for iPads and Apple Watches, and $24.99 per month for Mac devices. Leases run for 12 or 24 months for both iPhones and Apple Watches and 24 or 36 months for iPads and Macs.

Once your lease is up, you have a few options. You can either upgrade your device, keep it with a one-time fee, or return it to an Apple store and quit the program altogether. While Apple hasn't said how much that one-time purchase fee will be, it'll likely just amount to the full price of the phone minus your leasing payments. So, not exactly a deal.

Apple Upgrade is run by Klarna. So, similar to a credit card, you'll need approval before you can participate. Apple says applying takes mere minutes and requires a soft credit check that won't impact your credit score. Once approved, you'll be able to keep track of your lease and payment details through the Klarna app.

Here's a quick look at some of the sample prices (minus taxes):

• iPhone 17 Pro (256GB) — $1,099 $31.99/month with a 24-month lease or $45.99/month with a 12-month lease

• iPhone Air (256GB) — $999 $28.99/month with a 24-month lease or $41.99/month with a 12-month lease

• iPad Pro, 11-inch (256GB, WiFi) — $1,199 $24.99/month with a 36-month lease or $31.99/month with a 24-month lease

• iPad Air, 11-inch (128GB, WiFi) — $749 $15.99/month with a 36-month lease or $19.99/month with a 24-month lease

• MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M5 chip, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,999 $38.99/month with a 36-month lease or $53.99/month with a 24-month lease

• MacBook Air, 13-inch (M5 chip, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,299 $24.99/month with a 36-month lease or $34.99/month with a 24-month lease

• Apple Watch Series 11 (42mm, GPS) — $399 $11.99/month with a 24-month lease or $21.99/month with a 12-month lease

In case you missed it, Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program is now dead. The Apple Upgrade program is its replacement. If you're still on the existing iPhone Upgrade program, you can choose whether or not you want to move to the Apple Upgrade program when your contract ends.

It's no secret that Apple’s ecosystem is a closed garden; most of its apps and services are only available on its own platforms. This won't be changing anytime soon, but that doesn't mean Apple has gate-kept all of its apps—some have found their way onto the Google Play Store.

SAVE $549.01: The Bluetti FridgePower portable power station is on sale at Amazon for $949.99, down from the list price of $1,499. That's a 37% discount.

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No part of a power outage is convenient, but there's an especially inconvenient aspect to losing grid power: the refrigerator is no longer cooling. That puts the refrigerator and freezer food on a timeline of how long it'll last without power before it needs to go in the trash. If keeping the refrigerator online is a priority, check out this Amazon deal.

As of July 28, the Bluetti FridgePower portable power station is on sale at Amazon for $949.99, down from the list price of $1,499. That's a 37% discount.

We've come to love portable power stations for camping and using when the power goes out, but the major brands are introducing us to a new category of convenience: refrigerator backup power. The Jackery FridgeGuard launched earlier this summer, as did the Bluetti FridgePower. The Bluetti model is larger, coming with 2,016Wh capacity which can keep your fridge cooling for almost a full 24 hours.

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Using the Bluetti FridgeGuard is simple. Place the slim power station on top of your refrigerator and plug your fridge into the Bluetti. Then plug the Bluetti into grid power. The power station is designed to keep itself 100% charged and ready to take over when grid power fails. Within 10 milliseconds of detecting a loss of grid power, the Bluetti will take over cooling the fridge.

While the name suggests it should be used as fridge backup, you can also use it elsewhere in the house. Make sure the aquarium stays filtering or your workstation always has power with the Bluetti FridgeGuard.

Since it's on sale for a 37% discount, snag the Bluetti FridgePower portable power station before fall storm season arrives.

Be sure to remember your Galaxy phone's PIN or password, as the consequences might be severe the next time you forget. Samsung has revealed that Android 17-based One UI 9, preloaded with new phones like the Galaxy Z Fold 8, will force a factory reset after 13 failed unlock attempts.

SAVE $250: As of July 28, get the Dyson OnTrac active noise-cancelling headphones for $249 at Amazon, down from their usual price of $499. That's a discount of 50%.

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Looking for a new pair of headphones, but aren't sure where to start? You could try all the usual suspects, but did you know that Dyson has a pair you could feasibly buy? And what's more, they're on sale right now. They may look like just another pair of flashy cans, but they're actually quite fantastic.

As of July 28, get the Dyson OnTrac active noise-cancelling headphones for $249 at Amazon, down from their usual price of $499. That's $250 off and a discount of 50%.

SEE ALSO: The 12 best headphones of 2026 — we tested the top contenders from Sony, Apple, Bose, and Beats

These noise-cancelling headphones look quite interesting, but the question remains: how do they sound? According to Mashable reviewer Timothy Beck Werth, they offer exquisite audio quality. He called them a competitor for the "best audio experience" he's ever had, and had additional high praise for them in his review of the typically pricey headphones.

And while they do a great job of making your everyday music and calls sound great, they also live up to their promise of blocking out any erroneous outside noise with noise cancellation options.

"During a test call, a friend was able to tell that I was calling on headphones, but they could barely hear the train passing in the near distance," Werth said of the noise cancellation abilities.

If you're ready to try a different brand after flirting with companies like Bose or Apple, Dyson is where it's at next. And for this discount, it's well worth seeing if these over-ear headphones click with you—and we think they will.

Bad Excel habits rarely cause problems straight away. Instead, they quietly build up until your workbook becomes difficult to update, troubleshoot, or trust—and by then, fixing everything can take longer than rebuilding it. None of these five habits will break a small spreadsheet overnight, but once your workbook grows or someone else has to use it, they become much harder to undo.

T-Mobile, one of the biggest mobile carriers in the U.S., went down for hours on Monday, leaving many of its customers without cellular service.

Customers took to social media yesterday to complain about the downtime, while T-Mobile was fairly silent about the issue.

T-Mobile has now issued a statement apologizing for Monday's service disruption.

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"We have fully restored service for all customers and sincerely apologize for the difficulties to those who experienced network impacts today," the company said in a statement late last night. "At T-Mobile, we know that customers rely on us to stay connected to what matters most, and we appreciate their understanding as we prioritized resolution."

The service disruption affected T-Mobile customers nationwide and also affected customers of wireless carriers that use T-Mobile's network, such as Mint Mobile.

On Monday afternoon, millions of customers found their smartphones in SOS mode, which appears on cellular devices when regular service is disrupted. SOS mode allows users to make emergency calls even when a mobile network is down.

Hours after the nationwide service disruptions began on Monday, T-Mobile put out a statement acknowledging the issue.

"Our teams are actively working on the reports of technical challenges impacting some customers," T-Mobile said at the time. "Any service impacts are in the process of being resolved and are our highest priority. We know how critical it is to stay connected, and every available resource is focused on resolving this as quickly as possible."

T-Mobile has yet to share exactly why its network went down. Mashable has reached out to T-Mobile for more information and will update this piece when we hear back.

Samsung's smart glasses still haven't made their long-awaited debut, but the company just gave us a few more crumbs of info about them.

Per The Korea Times, Samsung executive Choi Jae-in offered some mildly illuminating remarks about the upcoming "Galaxy Glasses" during a press conference after Galaxy Unpacked earlier this month. Namely, he said Samsung's status as a maker of smartphones and other smart devices could give its glasses a leg up over competitors like Meta, which doesn't produce other compatible hardware.

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“Running artificial intelligence (AI) effectively requires significant computing power, but packing all the necessary chips into a pair of glasses makes it difficult to deliver a lightweight and comfortable experience that smart glasses should provide," Choi said, per The Korea Times. "As the first major smartphone brand to enter the smart glasses market, we have a lot of things to offer (to the market).”

In other words, the fact that Samsung's glasses will interface directly with a Samsung phone could, in theory, make them more capable than Meta's.

The other point Choi made that's worth mentioning here concerns the price of the glasses that firms like Warby Parker and Gentle Monster are designing. According to Choi, you can expect a "reasonable" price point, but one that will still "initially be positioned in the premium range." Meta's glasses start at $299, so maybe set your expectations around there.

Samsung's glasses are reportedly coming this fall. We'll have plenty of coverage when that happens.

SAVE UP TO $160: The Samsung 55-inch Class Mini LED 4K TV is on sale at Samsung for $439.99 and at Amazon for $537.99, down from the list price of $599.99. That's up to a 27% discount.

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We have a slew of fun fall shows coming in just a few weeks. New Abbott Elementary, season 51 of Survivor, The Traitors: New Blood, and season 6 of Slow Horses on Apple TV. If you've been thinking your current TV isn't doing its job well anymore, it's probably time for an upgrade. Check out this Samsung deal if you're shopping for a new TV.

As of July 28, the 55-inch Samsung Class Mini LED 4K TV is on sale at Samsung for $439.99 and at Amazon for $537.99, down from the list price of $599.99. That's up to a 27% discount. At the time of writing, Amazon hasn't dropped the price to match the low at Samsung, but double check before you buy if you prefer Amazon.

SEE ALSO: T-Mobile is giving away the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 for free — how to claim

The 55-inch display on the Samsung Class Mini LED 4K TV is great for a larger bedroom, rec room, and even gaming thanks to the 144 Hz refresh rate. Mini LED backlighting is perfect for getting stark color contrast and deep blacks.

Samsung used the brand's Pure Spectrum Color technology to make the display look more lifelike than ever. Combined with the HDR picture quality, you'll be watching Planet Earth in a whole new way.

Before fall shows start up in September, upgrade to the 55-inch Samsung Class Mini LED 4K TV while it's on a major sale. The crisp display and gaming specs make this a model a versatile pick.

TL;DR: Manscaped has launched The Lawn Mower Go, its most affordable body hair trimmer yet, priced at $49.99 with a SkinSafe ceramic blade and waterproof design.

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Manscaped is expanding its Lawn Mower lineup with a new, more budget-friendly option: The Lawn Mower Go, launching for $49.99.

It's designed specifically for below-the-waist grooming, with a slim, lightweight build that's meant to be easy to handle — a solid option if you're new to grooming or just want something simpler than Manscaped's pricier options.

The trimmer uses a SkinSafe ceramic blade, designed to reduce nicks and cuts in sensitive areas, paired with a compact grip for better control. It comes with two adjustable comb attachments, so you're not locked into just one trim length. It's also fully waterproof, rated to withstand up to 1 meter of water for 30 minutes, so it works well in the shower and rinses off easily.

There's also a built-in LED spotlight, so you can actually see what you're doing instead of just trimming blind. For everyday use, it offers up to 60 minutes of runtime and charges over USB-C. The trimmer comes with a travel lock and a built-in sport strap, so it's easy to toss into a gym bag or weekend travel bag without worrying about it turning on by accident.

Easy to trim, easier on your wallet — grab the Lawn Mower Go for $49.99.