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SAVE $20: The DJI Mic Mini (2 transceivers, one receiver) is on sale at Amazon for $79, down from $99. That's a 20% discount that matches the record low price at Amazon.

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The calendar for summer content creation is getting full. If you've been managing with recording audio on your phone, it might be time for an upgrade. Before you start your next recording session, check out this deal.

As of May 27, the DJI Mic Mini (2 transmitters, one receiver) is on sale at Amazon for $79, marked down from the standard price of $99. That's a 20% discount that saves $20 on the recording bundle. This sale price also matches the record low at Amazon.

Spend just a few minutes on YouTube, TikTok, or even Instagram, and you'll spot the DJI Mic Mini. It looks like almost every creator is using the DJI Mic Mini, and there's good reason. Mashable Lead Shopping Reporter Bethany Allard reviewed the DJI Mic Mini and mentioned it's one of the best upgrades a content creator can buy.

When testing near a busy street on a windy day, Allard found the Mic Mini to have impressive performance. "With and without the noise-cancelling feature, the mic picked up my voice while barely picking up the sound of wind — birds and car engines were lost in many cases," she wrote. Mashable also used the DJI during VidCon when conducting interviews in a loud setting. The DJI had no issues recording crisp and clear audio.

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For today's sale price of $79, you get an entire mic bundle that includes one DJI receiver, two transmitters, the DJI Mic Mini charging case, four windscreens, two magnetic mic clips, a carrying pouch, and more.

If you have content creation plans this summer and need a mic upgrade, consider the record-low price on the DJI Mic Mini. For under $80, you'll be able to upgrade to an industry favorite that excels in performance and ease of use.

SAVE $30: As of May 27, get the Apple AirPods 4 for $99 at Amazon, down from their usual price of $129. That's a discount of 23%.

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If you're spending time out and about ahead of summer and listening to your favorite songs, a new pair of earbuds may be in order. There are plenty of options out there, thankfully. You just need to pick a pair that's right for you. We'd like to suggest going with Apple AirPods, which aren't just comfortable and great-sounding: you can also save $30 on them right now if you go with the AirPods 4 right now at Amazon.

As of May 27, get the Apple AirPods 4 for $99 at Amazon, down from their usual price of $129. That's $30 off and a discount of 23%.

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The AirPods 4 are all about great sound and comfort while listening. They've been revamped from their prior iteration, and they're perfect for long listening sessions, calls, or just catching up on podcasts. With the Apple H2 chip, they're great with audio, but also excellent for sound as well thanks to voice isolation, spatial audio with head tracking, and advanced computational audio that isolates your voice while cutting background noise.

They're also compatible with Siri on iOS, and work in an interesting way: just nod your head yes or shake your head no to reply to Siri and interact with the voice assistant. They'll also pair just with you putting your AirPods 4 near your phone. With up to 5 hours of listening time and 30 hours total thanks to their battery case, you get plenty of time to jam out as well.

If you're ready to choose a new pair of earbuds and save some cash while you're at it, this is definitely a model you can go with right now. Just be sure to get them before they sell out.

If you have spent years working with editors built on Electron, you already know how heavy they feel, and VS Code is no exception. If your project is big enough, the interface starts to stutter. It is a performance tax that we have come to accept as the cost of doing business in modern development. Zed changes that by stripping away the web stack entirely. Now, I think VS Code is too slow compared to Zed.

SAVE $200: As of May 27, the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air (M5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) is on sale at Amazon for just $1,099.99. That's 15% or $200 off its list price and its lowest price on record.

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The 13-inch Apple M5 MacBook Air dipped below $900 for the first time for Memorial Day (and is still holding strong). While I highly recommend grabbing that deal while it's still around, there's one reason you might want to pass: the 15-inch model is on sale for just $1,099.99. They're both nearly perfect machines, but "most folks will make good use of the larger screen on the 15-inch M5 MacBook Air," writes Mashable's resident laptop expert Haley Henschel.

As of May 27, you can grab the 15-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip, 16GB RAM, and 512GB of solid-state storage for only $1,099.99. That's 15% or $200 off its list price and — just like the 13-inch model — its lowest price to date.

Mashable named the larger M5 Air the "best MacBook for most people." Besides a couple of extra inches of screen real estate, it also packs two more speakers and two more GPU cores than the 13-inch option. Otherwise, they're exactly the same, with the M5 chip's wildly impressive performance and speed, sizable base storage, and support for WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 6 technology.

If you're rocking an M3 or M4 MacBook Air, the M5 might be a hard sell. It's not all that different from the M4 Air, with the same vivid Liquid Retina display, 12MP Center Stage webcam, dual Thunderbolt 4 ports, 18-hour battery life, sleek all-aluminum build, and spectacular speakers. "By boosting its performance even further...the Air is now too powerful for its own good," writes Mashable Tech Editor Tim Werth.

The one complaint about the M5 Air in Werth's review was that he wishes it was $200 cheaper. Well, wish granted. Grab the 15-inch MacBook Air while it's down to $1,099.99 post-Memorial Day.

Writer/director Jane Schoenbrun has been shaking up horror with such critically heralded indies as We're All Going to the World's Fair and I Saw The TV Glow. Now MUBI, the distributor that brought The Substance to the U.S., has teamed with Schoenbrun for their next offering, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.

After scoring rave reviews out of its Cannes Film Festival debut, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma reveals its first trailer, giving audiences a taste of what had critics giddy.

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Hacks' Hannah Einbinder stars as Kris, a queer filmmaker determined to relaunch the long and maligned slasher franchise, Camp Miasma. To get it right, Kris believes she must get the film series' original Final Girl (Gillian Anderson) on board. But little could she know how meeting this hero would go. From the looks of this trailer, their meeting of the minds not only resurrects the movie's possibilities but also its slasher, known as Little Death.

Opposite Einbinder and Anderson is a cast that includes Amanda Fix, Arthur Conti, Eva Victor, Zach Cherry, Sarah Sherman, Patrick Fischler, Dylan Baker, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Quintessa Swindell, Kevin McDonald, and Jack Haven.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma will open in theaters on Aug. 7.

Makita fans know the company makes all sorts of products, from battery-powered coffee machines to capable 18V LXT power tools. And while most of you own the basics, like an impact driver, drills, and saws, there are several lesser-known Makita tools you'll want to check out.

I've been using optical audio for over a decade, but I had no idea what I was missing out on. I intentionally avoided using HDMI ARC because of issues that I had early on with it, but it seems like eARC fixed all the gripes that I originally had with ARC.

Smart homes are increasingly becoming a crucial part of a functioning modern household, so I've decided to take the plunge and create my own smart home.

Logitech's MX Master series of mice has become a common sight in YouTube videos or photographs of tech-savvy people's desk setups, but what makes this now-iconic mouse so special?

You've probably heard of God Mode—the folder trick that's supposed to put every Windows setting in one place. It sounds exactly like what a power user would want, which is why it's so disappointing when you realize that it no longer includes every setting in one place—at least not on modern Windows devices.

Most monitors and TVs have a set of mounting holes on the back that follow the VESA standard. This is the mounting system that allows you to wall-mount your TV or put your monitors on special monitor arms.

It's a blink-and-you-miss-it moment but Pheobe Bridgers' feature film acting debut is teased in the trailer for Primetime. Honestly, you can't stop multi-talented musicians making their way into Hollywood.

In the latest A24 unsettler, the Grammy-winning artist joins a talented cast including Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, and Skyler Gisondo. Pattinson plays investigative journalist and TV presenter Chris Hansen, who famously hosted the controversial Dateline series To Catch a Predator in the mid-2000s.

Directed by Lance Oppenheim, Primetime draws inspiration from Hansen's mission to make the notorious NBC show, which has a complicated legacy — Jimmy Kimmel once referred to it as "Punk'd for pedophiles." Hansen's team deployed hidden surveillance and undercover reporting to expose — and assist in arresting — men soliciting sex with minors in online chatrooms. It was true crime on primetime TV, with Hansen's decoy actors and production team working with police and online watchdog group Perverted Justice to confront accused sexual predators as the cameras rolled. And the ratings were through the roof.

It's not clear who Bridgers will play yet, however, with the talent of this cast and the complex notoriety of the show it's channelling combined, we're absolutely in.

Primetime will hit cinemas autumn 2026.

My son is a big Plex fan. I was on the fence about it. I had some concerns about certain features being paywalled, among other things. I ended up quite liking Jellyfin for some of my media, so I switched over to it. I'm still going to try Emby at some point and see how it integrates into my setup as well, but Jellyfin has been my daily driver for a while now.

Sherlock Holmes' clever sister Enola (Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown) is back with a new mystery to solve, and Netflix has an overtly romantic teaser trailer for you.

Following the cases of the missing mum and sister, Enola Holmes 3 will see the young sleuth leave Victorian England behind for Malta with the love of her life, Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Partridge). As the trailer shows, marriage is afoot! But what's a wedding without a kidnapping interruption and a spot of gunfire?

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Henry Cavill returns as world famous detective Sherlock, as does Helena Bonham Carter as their mother, Eudoria, Himesh Patel as Dr. John Watson, and Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Moriarty/Mira Troy.

Enola Holmes 3 debuts on Netflix July 1.

SAVE $51.99: As of May 27, the new Sony PS-LX3BT Bluetooth turntable is on sale for $348 at Amazon (normally $399.99). That's a 13% savings and its best price ever.

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After testing Sony's updated PS-LX3BT turntable earlier this spring, I can confirm it's still one of the best record players for beginners.

It sounds great, it's super easy to set up, and its Bluetooth connectivity and automatic operation are both very convenient. To quote my review: Having come from a regular manual turntable, "It made me feel so spoiled that I was genuinely bummed to ship it back at the end of my testing period."

The PS-LX3BT also has a USB-B port that lets you rip vinyl tracks onto a laptop — a pretty nifty feature. (If you managed to snag the new Charli xcx singles on vinyl, you can use it to digitize those exclusive B-sides.)

One of the only things I didn't love about the PS-LX3BT was its price. It retails for $399.99, which is significantly more than the competition, so I'd try to find it on sale for less. Right now, it happens to be on sale for its lowest price ever: Amazon has it marked down to $348, or roughly $52 off. Best Buy and Sony also have it on sale with free shipping, but for a buck or two more.

The Sony PS-LX3BT is a fully automatic belt-driven turntable. Just press its green "Start" button to start listening to a record. Credit: Haley Henschel / Mashable

The only other thing I dinged the PS-LX3BT for was having a heavy tracking force of 3.5 grams. You generally want it to be between one to three grams to minimize wear and tear on your records. If that concerns you, Sony's higher-end PS-LX5BT turntable has a removable cartridge with a tracking force of just two grams.

The PS-LX5BT is even more expensive, but it's also on sale right now. Amazon's discounted price of $473 (or about $27 off) also beats competing deals at Best Buy and Sony by a teensy bit.

The debate between Microsoft and Google is an old (and divisive) one. For many, it might look like there's an obvious winner, based on their preferences, but when it comes to productivity, the answer may be a bit more complicated.

While Google has owned Waze since 2013, it only started incorporating Waze's best features into Maps in the last few years. Now, both navigation apps do many of the same things, but that doesn't mean they're the same. Here are a few of the differences, and why I still prefer Waze.

Before smartphones, keeping passengers entertained on a long road trip meant packing a case of CDs, hoping the AC held out, and answering "are we there yet?" every 45 minutes (or seconds).

Google AI Overviews hallucinated more than Ken Kesey when it first launched in 2024, fabricating facts about drizzling "glue on pizza," among other offences.

And though the Gemini-powered technology has improved its accuracy dramatically over the last two years (unfortunately for publishers), AI Overviews still gets basic questions wrong. And that includes spelling tests.

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Google's AI tools remain abysmal at answering questions about spelling, having gone viral two years ago for responding to the question "how many r's are in the word strawberry?" incorrectly. But it's still bad. On Tuesday, X user Naomi Rohatyn tested the large language model's (LLM) current ability to answer to a spelling question.

"How many e's in the word astronomical?" they asked.

"There are exactly 2 'e's in the word "astronomical" (a-s-t-r-e-n-o-m-i-c-a-e-l)," replied AI Overview.

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We tried it ourselves, getting the same answer.

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It appears to work for any word with four or more syllables:

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Suffice to say, people are having another gleeful round of testing the technology's spelling weakness, sharing their findings on social media.

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I don't want to be all Billy Madison spelling bee about this, but considering users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results, surely the information provided in AI Overviews should be accurate. But it's complicated.

AI chatbots need exact context and specifics to answer as well as they can, so surely spelling words within their training data seems easy. However, things get knotty when you ask an LLM to consider words letter-by-letter, as the model will process text in chunks rather than individual characters (it's called tokenisation).

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I thought I'd ask Google's Gemini itself, to see what it had to say for itself. Defend your poor spelling!

"The short answer is that I don't look at or write text the way you do," Gemini told me. "When you write the word 'apple,' your brain processes five distinct letters. When I read or write text, I see the word as a single unit called a token (a numerical representation of a word or part of a word).

"Because I process words as whole blocks of meaning rather than strings of individual letters, I don't naturally 'spell' out words sequentially. I know exactly what 'apple' means and how it relates to other words, but I don't inherently focus on the fact that it contains two 'p's unless specifically asked to break it down."

Mashable has reached out to Google for human comment.

Personally, I use Winhance to create a custom Windows 11 ISO free of Windows bloatware, so I don't have to spend hours disabling and deleting superfluous apps and features after installing Windows. You can use Rufus instead if you'd like, since the utility not only allows you to install Windows 11 with a local account, but also to disable unwanted Microsoft apps and features such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot, and so on.