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Julia Fox sat down with Mashable reporter Ty Cole at the junket for the Jordan Peele-produced Him. Directed and co-written by Justin Tipping, Him centers on a professional football draft hopeful Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers) whose dream is to be the GOAT (greatest of all time). Cam's father pushed him towards that goal since he was a child, telling him, "That's what real men do. They sacrifice. No guts, no glory." The aspiring sports star is aided toward this goal by former football great Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans), who puts Cameron through an unconventional yet intensely grueling training regiment that pushes him to the limits of sacrifice.

In this interview, Julia Fox, who plays Isaiah's wife and influencer Elsie White, broke down what she believes to be the relationship between sacrifice and success in high-level sports.

"It kind of calls for you to disconnect a little bit from your wants and desires," Fox said. "I know a lot of players won't eat the foods they love. They just stop everything in order to just be [disciplined]... Their sacrifices literally know no bounds. It's every single aspect, you know? It's a little dehumanizing. Even the way that they can be traded overnight... You're going to get attached to your players, the city, you brought your family there, and now your child needs to change school[s]. I feel like a lot of these players get so much identity from the teams they play with. And then overnight that can just be gone. Or overnight they could get an injury, then they're used goods."

Fox also discussed how having a child has changed what she, personally, would sacrifice for her career:

"I'm a mom. I have a young child. I can't really do all the things I wish I could do. So for me, I would say my biggest sacrifice comes from the time that I'm willing to sacrifice."

Him opens in theaters Sept. 19.

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Happy New iPhone Day!

And what better way to celebrate the launch of the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 family than by smashing them to pieces?

That's right, just hours after the iPhone launched, users are already breaking their iPhones — sometimes on purpose.

Early users have discovered that the iPhone 17 Pro's new aluminum unibody (the iPhone 16 Pro used titanium) is prone to scratches, and users are sharing photos of scratched-up demo iPhones on display at Apple Stores around the world. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman even speculates this is why we didn't get the black iPhone 17 Pro — the anodized aluminum body is too prone to scratching, and black gives away the game, he says.

SEE ALSO: Marques Brownlee shows how good a black iPhone 17 Pro would have looked

However, some poor, unfortunate souls simply decided to tempt fate and left the Apple Store without slipping their new $1,199 smartphone into a matching case. You can spare yourself from this fate by picking out an iPhone 17 Pro case before buying your iPhone. (You can get a good one for as little as $15.99, folks.)

We should note that we can't verify the user photos showing broken iPhones. In the generative AI era, it's all too easy to falsify images. However, images like these are spreading on X, Instagram, and TikTok, so we're sharing them.

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While some iPhones are lost to acts of god, some pro users are also deliberately taking apart their new iPhones and showing off their innards for all the world to see. Popular YouTubers like Jerryrigeverything are known for these types of breakdown videos.

For instance, tech tester Marcus Cupello has been doggedly trying to break the new ultra-thin iPhone Air, which does have a titanium body.

You can see the iPhone Air bend (but not break) in Cupello's stress tests. He goes even further, attacking the iPhone Air with a hammer, a bowl of water, a screwdriver, and more tools.

Expect to see more of these types of videos post-iPhone day as intrepid tech bloggers rip apart their new Apple phones to see what's under the titanium or aluminum hood. (Please don't try this at home!) Unfortunately, Mashable's budget doesn't allow us to buy an iPhone Air simply to destroy it, but we are eager to see who successfully breaks the iPhone Air first.

As we move closer to the most exciting season of the year—i.e., Halloween (too soon?), I find myself watching a lot of action-thriller movies, craving that unexpected excitement, piqued curiosity, and exhilarating flow of adrenaline. It's a good thing, then, that Hulu is stacked on the pulse-pounders.

The iPhone Air officially hit store shelves this Friday, but select early reviewers already had their hands on Apple’s thinnest iPhone yet. It’s the company’s boldest design shift since the iPhone X introduced FaceID and OLED displays. This time, though, Apple isn’t chasing new sensors or screen tech — it’s rethinking how the iPhone feels in your hand. And based on early iPhone Air reviews, people are into it.

That’s not to say it’s flawless. The Air compromises on camera quality and battery. Like the long-running MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro debate, users are asking if the tradeoff in performance is worth the sleek form factor and lighter feel. For many reviewers, the answer is yes — especially if you value aesthetics, portability, and a bit of novelty in your daily device. So, while the thin Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge was a flop, we wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone Air takes off.

Mashable’s full review of the iPhone Air is still in the works. So, until we're ready to render a verdict, here's a guide to the early iPhone Air reviews, both positive and negative.

On the design

PCMag's Eric Zeman:

The Apple iPhone Air is an exciting phone that favors design and aesthetics over features and raw performance. It looks terrific and is a joy to use, but lacks some capabilities of other models.

WIRED's Julian Chokkata:

The iPhone Air is just 5.6 millimeters thick and 165 grams; contrast that with the iPhone 17 Pro, which has a smaller screen yet weighs 206 grams and is 8.75 mm thick. It's a palpable difference. Initially, you might feel like the lighter weight makes the Air seem “cheap,” but that notion quickly disappears. This phone feels strong, durable, and rigid.

CNET's Abrar Al-Heeti:

There's one design element that's a bit of a letdown, especially if you spend as much time binging YouTube and TikTok videos on your phone as I do. The iPhone Air doesn't have a speaker on the bottom, only one at the top of the phone. That means the listening experience isn't as immersive, and music doesn't sound as good as it would on an iPhone with multiple speakers. It's not a deal-breaker, but for a nearly $1,000 phone, I'd expect a little more without having to resort to AirPods Pro 3 or other headphones for better audio.

CNET's Abrar Al-Heeti holds the iPhone Air. Credit: CNET

Engadget's Sam Rutherford:

Apple is setting new highs for mobile design with the iPhone Air. Not only is it even skinnier at just 5.6mm (versus 5.8mm for the S25E), it's the best example yet of what I like to call “the sci-fi space pebble look” thanks to its rounded corners and beautifully polished edges. It's a proper marvel of engineering and while I generally don't like saying this, you really do have to hold one to fully appreciate Apple's craftsmanship.

On battery life

The Verge's Allison Johnson:

Now for the less-good news: battery life is just okay. And honestly, that’s a pretty good outcome for the Air; the situation could have been worse. If you’re a light user and you spend most of your time on Wi-Fi, you might never have a problem with the battery.

PCMag's Eric Zeman:

The iPhone Air ran for 19 hours and 15 minutes. That's less than the 16 Plus's 21 hours and 51 minutes, but better than the iPhone 16's result of 17 hours and 47 minutes. More importantly, it's the shortest battery life of the new iPhone 17 models by several hours. The iPhone 17 runs for five hours longer, the 17 Pro runs for eight hours longer, and the 17 Pro Max runs for an amazing 13 hours longer. If you have battery anxiety, the iPhone Air is not the iPhone for you; the other models offer far more battery life.

Gizmodo's Raymond Wong:

In my totally unscientific daily testing, I would say the iPhone Air has good battery life, but my iPhone 16 Pro still had more juice by the end of the day. Is it deal-breaking, poor battery life like many people have been fearing? Absolutely not.

On the camera:

ZDNet's Kerry Wan:

The iPhone Air's cameras are both its high and low points. I'm a fan of the 18MP Center Stage front camera, as it can adaptively stretch out the field of view and give selfies a level of depth and embrace that's long been missing on phones in general…On the other hand, the rear 48MP camera leaves a sensor or two to be desired. Color accuracy, contrast, and shadow detail are still the iPhone's forte (as depicted in the samples above), but there were several moments when I craved the more distant optical zooming of the Pro model, especially when recording live events and subjects far away.

CNET's Abrar Al-Heeti:

It felt surprisingly limiting to not have an ultrawide camera, especially when I wanted to capture more sweeping landscapes. Not to turn this into a thin phone showdown, but I couldn't help but think of how the Galaxy S25 Edge does have a 12-megapixel ultrawide-angle camera, alongside a 200-megapixel wide-angle camera, which makes it feel like less of a compromise in that regard. 

TechRadar's Jacob Krol:

This is where the compromises necessitated by the iPhone Air’s unfeasibly thin design begin: the iPhone Air only features a single, 48-megapixel Fusion camera on the back. It can shoot at 1x, a sensor crop in 2x, or a maximum digital 10x, but the quality falls off noticeably with the latter.

The Verge's Allison Johnson:

On the subject of limitations: that camera. I mean, technically there are two of them — the 48-megapixel rear camera and a new 18-megapixel selfie camera that does some cool stuff. But there’s just one sensor and lens on that rear camera bump, even though the Galaxy S25 Edge managed to fit a second one. The single rear camera feels justifiable on the $599 iPhone 16E; on the Air it feels like a real concession.

Tom's Guide's Mark Spoonauer:

However, I don’t like that shoppers have to give up both an ultrawide lens and telephoto zoom with the iPhone Air. At least Samsung gives you an ultrawide camera that enables macro photography. But the iPhone Air’s main 48MP camera is very good overall.

It's iPhone 17 launch day. Consumers around the world are lining up at their local Apple stores in order to pick up the latest line of smartphones from Apple: the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 series.

However, within just a few hours of the new iPhone launching, Apple customers took to social media to share something a bit odd.

Some of the brand new iPhone 17 Pro devices on display in Apple Stores were already scratched.

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"Demo unit iPhone 17 Pro scratches on day 1…(it’s not even 24 hours yet)" posted one user on X alongside photos of the scratched devices. "Use a case immediately if you don’t wait to experience this kind of issue. I’m very disappointed with the quality here."

Photos and videos of the scratched-up in-store demo iPhone 17 Pro units quickly spread online, and some X users are already sharing photos of their own scratched phones, though we can't verify these posts.

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As Bloomberg's Apple insider Mark Gurman reports, the outlet experienced scratched-up iPhone 17 Pro devices in-person at various locations around the world, including Apple stores in New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and London.

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According to Gurman, it's not just the iPhone 17 Pro either. The iPhone 17 Pro Max and black iPhone Air were also "prone to scratching." The iPhone 17 Pro devices were also susceptible to a circular mark on the back of the device left by Apple’s MagSafe charger.

Of course, there's a simple solution to scratching: Start using an iPhone 17 Pro case immediately.

SEE ALSO: The best iPhone 17 Pro cases to protect (or hide) your new phone Is this why there's no black iPhone 17 Pro?

When Apple introduced its new iPhone 17 line, many Apple fans noticed that a black iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max was conspicuously absent from the lineup. A black iPhone offering has long been a standard iPhone color option, if not outright seen as the default iPhone option for many Apple customers. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max are only available in Silver, Cosmic Orange, and Deep Blue.

Gurman believes that the easily scratchable rear of the new iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max could explain the absence of the black iPhone 17 Pro.

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This year, Apple decided to replace the titanium body of the iPhone 16 Pro with an aluminum unibody for the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max models. Anodized aluminium is notoriously prone to scratches, and these scratches are much more visible on darker-colored devices. 

The fact that Bloomberg only noticed scratches on the back of the black iPhone Air, which unlike the Pro and Pro Max is made with a Ceramic Shield, further substantiates this theory.

Apple likely won't experience any sales troubles due to this issue. Apple has had issues with scratch-prone iPhone models before. However, this might finally explain why we didn't get an iPhone 17 Pro or Pro Max in black this year.

SEE ALSO: Marques Brownlee shows how good a black iPhone 17 Pro would have looked

As a writer and director, Jordan Peele has brought us the gnarly thrills of Get Out, Us, and Nope. As a producer, he's been busy expanding Black horror by uplifting other filmmakers, like Nia DaCosta (Candyman), J.D. Dillard (The Twilight Zone reboot), and now Justin Tipping, co-writer and director of Him. 

The upside of Peele's involvement is tying these rising filmmakers to an established brand of blockbuster horror and Black excellence. The downside, however, is that fans and critics may not be as welcoming to visions of horror that don't mimic Peele's signature scares. Critics were tough on Candyman and The Twilight Zone. So what will that mean for Him?

SEE ALSO: 'Him' trailer: Producer Jordan Peele turns football practice into a bloodbath

On Tipping's side are two incredible leading men. Marlon Wayans, in an off-brand dramatic turn, and Tyriq Withers are a sensational team, reflecting perhaps their own places in the movie industry. 

The former plays a charismatic, established football star who has grown weary of the pressures of fame and the abuse perpetrated by the sport on his body, not to mention the even darker underbelly of sacrifices he cannot talk about. The latter plays the ambitious, talented, but naive rookie who's unaware of what football will truly demand from his body, mind, and soul. 

The resulting film, while uneven, is rich because of these two performances, colliding with Tipping's giallo-inspired vision of American football. But is this film overall a win? 

Him plays like Suspiria meets the NFL draft.  Credit: Universal Pictures

For legal reasons, the script by Tipping, Zack Akers, and Skip Bronkie won't use familiar team names or other NFL-affiliated brands, including the actual moniker of the annual "big game." But Him doesn't need that. 

Centered on a team called the Saviors, Him instead focuses on the training required to become the GOAT (greatest of all time). Former college footballer turned actor Tyriq Withers stars as draft hopeful Cameron Cade. Ever since his boyhood, Cam's father pointed him to Black excellence in the field of football, telling him, "That's what real men do. They sacrifice. No guts, no glory." 

Cam is a college quarterback hoping to follow in the footsteps of his idol, Saviors' MVP Isaiah White (Wayans). Fourteen years after what should have been a career-ending injury on the field, White is finally eying retirement. But first, he takes Cam under his wing to see if the young man is ready to be "Him," meaning the next big thing for the Saviors' brand. However, Isaiah's training is unconventional, demanding Cam surrender his phone and submit to a regimen held mostly in a bizarre underground bunker, deep in a scorching desert. 

Like the aspiring ballerinas of the horror classic Suspiria, who are also trapped in a sketchy training facility, he's initially so driven to do right by his teacher that he'll do anything he's asked. This begins with tests of his obedience that begin with humiliation, then quickly graduate to endurance and violence. As his body is pushed to its limits, his mind quakes with horrific visions. Are they hallucinations caused by a concussion? Or scarier yet, are they real? And either way, what do they mean for Cam?

Him brews solid suspense and surreal scares.  Credit: Parrish Lewis / Universal Pictures

Tipping reimagines the iconography of American football in some sensationally scary sequences. For instance, a mascot, tall, masked, and wielding a weapon emerges in a jump scare and acts like a slasher, assaulting an unwitting footballer. Throughout Cam's journey, mascots will emerge in costumes fluffy, glittery, and yet alien and disturbing. There's a sense that they're hiding something sinister beneath their too-broad grins and fluttering limbs.  

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Fans get a similarly transformation. Their excited cheers turn into echoing, haunting yowls. Their fervor for Isaiah turns against any who might threaten his going for another win. Specifically, as Cam reaches the gates of the desert compound, his conveyance is ambushed by Marjorie (a truly creepy Naomi Grossman), whose long blonde hair and make-up seem ruined by years of sweat, tears, and obsession. She spits threateningly at Cam's car and glares at him as if an animal rages inside her. At her sides are two figures covered in white body paint. But instead of resembling the beer-bellied bros of Sunday night football, they have more in common with the skinny, ash-covered acolytes of Mad Max: Fury Road's Immortan Joe, their faces covered in strange football-shaped masks, goons to a cult.

As hinted by the team name Saviors, football is their faith, the quarterback their God. Tipping will push this point with more Christian iconography, like the gold cross around Cam's neck, the recreation of The Last Supper at a pivotal point in his training, and the offering of a grail that might be filled with red wine or sacrificial blood. Isaiah ties the idea of football and its demanded sacrifices of blood and body to gladiators in ancient Rome, though considering the film's third act reveals, there are historical references closer to home that might have been more effective. 

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Tipping is at his best when using smothering swaths of blood red light, flashing effects, and X-ray filters to disorient the standard vision of football, its play, training, and medicines. While Wayans bellows in mercurial moments, Withers is the audience conduit, alternately charmed and alarmed by this icon. Their chemistry, a dizzying mix of mutual admiration and toxic jealousy, makes Him steadily compelling as it tackles sequences of psychological horror and violence. But frustratingly…

Him fumbles its climax.  Credit: Universal Pictures

For much of the movie, Tipping plays with what's real. The horrors playing out onscreen could be visions from Cam's brain trauma, acting out his anxieties of fame and fans, or they could reflect the horrid extremes football obsessives might reach in pursuit of that exultant win. Such a setup certainly demands a violent finale. And yet, the one that Him offers feels lifted from another film.

After so much stylish and nightmarish suspense, the big showdown between Cam and Isaiah is confoundingly simple in its staging and infuriatingly anti-climactic. From there, the film pitches into a totally different look, taking its hero outside of the oppressive interiors of the compound to a brightly lit day with a sloppily introduced array of antagonists.

The violence that follows is splashy in a mainstream horror way, but cut together so slapdash it feels like an afterthought. It left me curious if Universal panicked and demanded a new ending with too little notice, because as it is, Him's climax feels jarringly disjointed from too much of what came before. Unanswered questions, curious characters, and even a seeming murder are left not only dangling, but utterly forgotten in place of a conclusion that only raises new queries, offering no satisfaction.

Julia Fox is utterly bizarre and diabolical.  Credit: Universal Pictures

Where Wayans and Withers ground Him in a world of challenging masculinity, Fox represents something else entirely. Her hair bleached pale blonde — eyebrows and all — she plays Isaiah's ostentatious wife Elsie White, a lifestyle influencer. In a whirlwind of an entrance, she welcomes Cam, declares the value of jade yoni eggs for "pussy" health, then hands him the male equivalent. "Put it up your butthole," she declares, before disappearing down a dark corridor, all while screaming at her assistant Taylor (a spunky Kiara Gomez Glad Bak). 

In the austere masculinity of this training compound, Elsie is a vision of femininity, sex, fashion, fame, and white privilege. She parrots the talk of sacrifice while dressed like a sultry disco ball and prattling on about the privacy required for the ultra-rich. Within this, she is outrageous comic relief, but also underscoring the film's message about race, its barriers and advantages within the media and sports. In Him, she is a siren and a spectacular scene-stealer. Even in a third act that's steadily falling apart with a barrage of shocks and assaults, Fox is mesmerizing.

In the end, Him is a mixed bag, offering rich performances, unnerving scares — especially one involving a sauna — and food for thought in terms of sport, race, religion, and masculinity. But perhaps with Him, Tipping, who's helmed episodes of sensational TV shows like The Chi and Dear White People as well as the calamitous true crime comedy series Joe vs. Carole, bit off more than he could chew.

Something ambiguous in the conclusion could have paid off, perhaps if Him stayed with the play of surreal suspense it had been running. But in its final minutes, Tipping's tale pivots to something more concrete, gorier, and less daring. That ending, though twisted and thrilling, doesn't feel earned. So, in the end, Him falls short of astounding. 

Him opens in theaters Sept. 19.

Manual transmissions are going extinct, and fast. Fewer and fewer cars let you row your own gears, especially on the affordable end of the market. Automakers figure most people just want the convenience of an automatic, so that’s where they put their money.

The 8Bitdo Pro 2 Wireless Bluetooth Controller, which is compatible with the Switch 2, is currently available for just $40 on Amazon. This is a big 34% discount from its usual list price of $60. The controller is great, especially since it has Hall Effect Joysticks.

Ultralight gaming mice are the top choice for most online shooters, as their low weight allows for faster, more precise flick shots and quick turns. While plastic is the go-to material, metal mice have recently started appearing—and I badly want one.

Is your favorite AI chatbot scheming against you?

If "AI scheming" sounds ominous, you should know that OpenAI is actively studying this phenomenon. This week, OpenAI published a study conducted alongside Apollo Research on "Detecting and reducing scheming in AI models." The researchers “found behaviors consistent with scheming in controlled tests,” the result of AI models with multiple, and at times competing, objectives.

So, what is AI scheming, and does it mean that ChatGPT is lying to you?

In a blog post about the study, the creators of ChatGPT define AI scheming as a chatbot "pretending to be aligned while secretly pursuing some other agenda." OpenAI wants to know why AI is deliberately lying to users and what to do about it.

OpenAI introduces the study with an interesting "human analogy" to better understand what AI scheming is:

Imagine a stock trader whose goal is to maximize earnings. In a highly regulated field such as stock trading, it’s often possible to earn more by breaking the law than by following it. If the trader lacks integrity, they might try to earn more by breaking the law and covering their tracks to avoid detection rather than earning less while following the law. From the outside, a stock trader who is very good at covering their tracks appears as lawful as — and more effective than — one who is genuinely following the law.

This sounds like a real problem; however, OpenAI claims that most AI models have "little opportunity to scheme in ways that could cause significant harm." According to OpenAI, the real harm could come in the future as AI is given "more complex tasks with real-world consequences." In addition, OpenAI warns that AI models will only get better at scheming in the future if the issue isn't dealt with now.

There are other ways AI can be at odds with its own users. For instance, if a user requests information on making controlled substances, an AI chatbot might face two competing objectives: Answer a user's query and keep them engaged, but also abide by system prompts that prohibit sharing this type of potentially harmful information.

In order to guard against AI scheming, OpenAI says its researchers "trained versions of OpenAI o3 and OpenAI o4-mini" by "teaching them to read and reason about a general anti-scheming spec before acting." OpenAI refers to this as "deliberative alignment⁠."

OpenAI says that utilizing this method reduced AI scheming; however, researchers have yet to discover how to eliminate AI scheming altogether. 

An even more concerning discovery from OpenAI's research is that AI models can't simply be taught not to scheme. Doing so would actually just make them better at scheming in the future.

"A major failure mode of attempting to 'train out' scheming is simply teaching the model to scheme more carefully and covertly," the study found.

SEE ALSO: 'The illusion of thinking': Apple research finds AI models collapse and give up with hard puzzles

In fact, OpenAI says, training with the intent to eliminate scheming actually makes the AI model aware that they are being tested for scheming, and as a result, the AI model will simply lie in order to pass the test.

"Anti-scheming training does appear to reduce scheming, but our analysis is complicated by another factor: models often become more aware that they are being evaluated. This situational awareness can itself reduce scheming, independent of genuine alignment," the study says.

In conclusion, OpenAI finds that "scheming is a complex failure mode that we do not expect to diminish with scale." OpenAI continues, saying "our findings show that scheming is not merely a theoretical concern—we are seeing signs that this issue is beginning to emerge across all frontier models today."

To summarize: AI models can intentionally lie to their users. Again, that sounds like a big problem, but OpenAI says it isn't yet.

Per OpenAI, most AI models aren't responsible for tasks with "real-world consequences" yet, limiting the potential for harm — for now.

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

The 2025 Emmys may be over, but you can continue to celebrate your favorite TV shows' wins thanks to Google's post-Emmys Easter egg.

If you type in the name of one of last night's winning shows into Google search, like Outstanding Comedy Series winner The Studio or Outstanding Drama Series winner The Pitt, you'll see a trophy icon float up on screen. Clicking on the widget will let you know how many awards the show won at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.

SEE ALSO: All the winners from the 2025 Emmys

Replacing the trophy, the icon will then resemble a flower. Clicking it throws a virtual bouquet across the screen to celebrate that show's awards, giving the series and everyone who worked on it their flowers. Google has previously featured this celebratory mechanic for other high-profile events like the Olympics, where users could throw bouquets at countries and athletes.

Get to celebrating! Credit: Screenshot: Belen Edwards

The flower icon also reveals how many total bouquets have been thrown for each show. At the time of writing, The Pitt has received approximately 336,700 bouquets, and The Studio has received approximately 405,600. The big bouquet winner so far, though, is Adolescence, which took home six Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and acting awards for Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper, and Erin Doherty. At the time of writing, Adolescence has received approximately 741,600 virtual bouquets.

The bouquets aren't just for entire shows, though. You can also send virtual kudos to individual actors, writers, and directors who won Emmy awards, from Severance's Tramell Tillman to Hacks' Hannah Einbinder.

Facebook trouble? Whether you have an account-related issue or you want to report a bug, you have a few ways to contact Facebook support. We'll show you what your contact options are

SAVE $40: As of Sept. 19, get the Asus ZenScreen portable monitor for $169 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $209. That's a discount of 19%.

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Love to work on the go but run out of room with your phone or tablet? Or maybe you want a dual-screen setup with your laptop at home? A portable monitor is the way to go. And you may be surprised to learn that you won't have to pony up an ungodly amount of cash to add one to your setup, especially with this Amazon deal.

As of Sept. 19, get the Asus ZenScreen portable monitor for $169 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $209. That's $40 off and a discount of 19%.

SEE ALSO: The best monitors in 2025

This 16-inch full HD IPS display is an ultraslim, thin, and perfectly portable option that you can connect with any laptop with a USB Type-C or Type-A port. It features a kickstand so it can stand on its own, and it's small enough to fit in your laptop case, backpack, and on smaller surfaces.

It features flicker-free and low blue light technology to help protect your eyes when you use it for a long stretch of time, and is compatible with mounts if you want to have it out for a more permanent solution.

Whether you work from your iPad on your daily commute or you want a setup that can go with you and you're still tweaking the specifics, you can't really go wrong with this affordable option from Asus. It might not be the most efficient solution for gaming, but it can handle just about everything else very nicely.

SAVE $350: As of Sept. 19, the Mashable Choice Anker Solix C1000 portable power station is down to just $449 (reg. $799) at Amazon as a Lightning Deal. That's a savings of 44% — but you'll have to act fast.

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Anker is known for offering quality products at budget-friendly prices — and the Solix C1000 portable power station is no exception. Already coming in at a relatively low (compared to competitors) $799, Amazon dropped its price as a Lightning Deal today. If you're in the market for portable power, whether for camping or power outages, act fast to score this Mashable Choice Award-winning device for less.

As of Sept. 19, the Anker Solix C1000 is on sale for only $449. That's a savings of 44% from its $799 list price and just $20 shy of its best-ever price. Since it's a Lightning Deal, you'll have to grab it today before the timer runs out or before all units have been claimed — whichever comes first.

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"The Anker Solix C1000 portable power station nails performance, design, and versatility. It’s a must-pack for weekend camping trips and comes in handy during power outages," Mashable contributor Lauren Allain writes in her review.

It weighs less than 30 pounds, which is like carrying a stocked cooler — not lightweight, but maneuverable. I wouldn't bring it along on a hike, but for powering a campsite or a tailgate, it's a dream. Of course, it helps that it has ergonomic handles on both sides for transport. With a massive 2,400W output and 11 versatile ports (two USB-C, two USB-A, and six AC), you can deliver power to everything from your phone and laptop to your coffee maker and refrigerator. It recharges in less than an hour via wall power, but you can also connect it to solar panels if you're off the grid.

Even at full price, our reviewer thinks the Solix C1000 is worth it for most people. And at 44% off, it's a helluva deal if you're in the market for a power station. Just remember you'll have to act fast.

SAVE $50: As of Sept. 19, get the DJI Osmo Action 4 Adventure Combo for $349, knocking $50 off its list price for 13% savings.

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DJI has become the 'it' camera of vloggers on the go. We spotted them everywhere during VidCon, and we get the hype. Having tried our hand at the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, we think it's the ultimate social media camera. Not to mention, their pocket mics are everywhere and hard to find in stock. So if you're ready to invest in a DJI camera, we've got a deal for you.

As of Sept. 19, get the DJI Osmo Action 4 Adventure Combo for $349. That saves $50 off of its $399 list price, providing 13% in savings.

The DJI Osmo Action 4 Adventure is made for more than just content creation. This is a camera meant for rugged adventures. It films day or night, with strong low-light performance, still capturing video in 4K. The Osmo Action 4 functions in extreme temperatures too, up to -4 degrees Fahrenheit. Plus, if you're filming on rocky terrain, it has three different stabilization videos.

Shop the DJI Osmo Action 4 Adventure Combo for $349 at Amazon now.

In a torrent of controversy surrounding ChatGPT and teenage mental health, OpenAI says it's working on some safeguards for the future.

CEO Sam Altman wrote in a somewhat short and vague company blog post this week that the firm is working on an automatic age detection feature that would, in theory, intelligently place users under the age of 18 into a restricted version of ChatGPT. Pursuant to that, adults may eventually need to provide some kind of proof of their ages in order to use the unrestricted version of the chatbot. However, it should be noted that Altman provided very few specifics, including a timeline for when this might roll out.

SEE ALSO: 4 reasons not to turn ChatGPT into your therapist

The announcement came as the parents of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old whose death by suicide was allegedly assisted by ChatGPT, spoke to Congress about potentially regulating the chatbot. Raine's family file a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI in late August.

Around the same time, the company confirmed that some parental controls will come to ChatGPT in late September. These will include the ability for parents to link their accounts to those of their children and restrict access to the app. Parents will also receive notifications when ChatGPT "detects" distress on the part of the underage user, though it may also notify law enforcement if a parent can't be reached.

Honda’s revived Prelude is stepping back into the spotlight as an attainable two-door built to capture driving enthusiasts who might otherwise gravitate toward a Mazda MX-5 or Toyota GR86. After years without a dedicated sporty coupe in its lineup, Honda is clearly positioning this car to rekindle the brand’s fun-to-drive reputation while keeping pricing within reach of everyday buyers.

Cloudflare, a platform that provides network services, was the victim of a DDoS attack last week. It was also accidentally the cause of it.

You might remember Cloudflare was linked to a massive outage in June of this year. When Cloudflare went down, so did sites like Spotify, Google, Snapchat, Discord, Character.ai, and more, all of which rely on Cloudflare's services. That time, the disruption was sparked by a Google Cloud outage. Earlier this month, Cloudflare had another blunder, albeit much less disruptive than its outage from the summer — but this time, it did it to itself.

"We had an outage in our Tenant Service API which led to a broad outage of many of our APIs and the Cloudflare Dashboard," Tom Lianza, the vice president of engineering for Cloudflare and Joaquin Madruga, the vice president of engineering for the developer platform at Cloudflare, wrote in a Sept. 13 blog post. "The incident’s impact stemmed from several issues, but the immediate trigger was a bug in the dashboard."

The bug, according to Lianza and Madruga, caused "repeated, unnecessary calls to the Tenant Service API." On accident, Cloudflare included a "problematic object in its dependency array" which was recreated, treated as new, caused it to re-run, and, eventually, the "API call executed many times during a single dashboard render instead of just once."

"When the Tenant Service became overloaded, it had an impact on other APIs and the dashboard because Tenant Service is part of our API request authorization logic. Without Tenant Service, API request authorization can not be evaluated. When authorization evaluation fails, API requests return 5xx status codes," the blog reads.

Everything is back on track at Cloudflare for now.

"We’re very sorry about the disruption," the blog post reads. "We will continue to investigate this issue and make improvements to our systems and processes."

SAVE UP TO $200.99: As of Sept. 19, you can get the new Apple Watch Series 11 (and other models) for up to $200.99 off via 24 monthly bill credits when you add a qualifying watch line at T-Mobile.

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Paying full price for a brand-new Apple Watch isn't always in the budget, which is why it pays to keep an eye on carrier promotions. If you're willing to add a new watch line, T-Mobile's latest offer cuts the price of the brand-new Series 11 by over $200, which is a deal you won't find anywhere else right now.

SEE ALSO: How does the Apple Watch Series 11 stack up against the Series 10? Let’s compare.

As of Sept. 19, you can get up to $200.99 back when you buy a new Apple Watch (like the Series 11 42mm, priced at $499.99) on a monthly plan and add a new Watch Plan Plus line. The savings are applied as bill credits over 24 months, cutting your monthly payment from $20.84 down to just $12.46 per month.

The main catch, as with most carrier deals, is that you have to stick with the plan for the full two years to get all the credits. If you cancel your service early, the credits stop and you'll be on the hook for the remaining balance of the watch.

Amazon has a bunch of different products and services these days, but its bread and butter is still books. Right now, the company is offering a pretty sweet deal for Prime members that will make it a lot easier and cheaper to load up your Kindle with ebooks.