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The best Memorial Day tech deals of 2026: Best headphone deal Sony ULT Wear $148 (save $101.99) Get Deal Best laptop deal 13-inch MacBook Air (M5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) $999 (save $100) Get Deal Best TV deal Amazon Ember 50-inch 4-Series with Fire TV (2025) $309.99 (save $90) Get Deal

Replacing a busted laptop or losing your favorite earbuds is painful enough without having to pay full retail price to replace them. Memorial Day is historically a great weekend to score discounts on big-ticket electronics (and mattresses!), but finding a real deal among all the manufactured holiday markdowns can be confusing, and a little insulting (looking at you, inflated list prices!).

SEE ALSO: The best deals this week, according to Mashable's team of shopping experts

To help you find the biggest discounts, I sifted through the sales to round up the best tech deals happening this weekend. I prioritized Mashable's favorite tech — so you get genuinely good, vetted gear, not just whatever inventory retailers are trying to clear out of their warehouses.

Best Memorial Day headphone deal Sony ULT Wear $109.06 at Amazon
$249.99 Save $140.93   Get Deal at Amazon Get Deal at Best Buy Get Deal at Walmart Why we like it

Read our full review of the Sony ULT Wear headphones.

The Sony ULT Wear headphones are a Mashable Choice Award winner, and they're on sale for $148 at Amazon, which is exactly how much they were during the Amazon Big Spring Sale. While this isn't the lowest we've seen them go for (they were $128 in December of 2024), it's still a great deal considering Amazon is matching the price of one of its biggest sales of the year. If you want something a little fancier, the Sony WH-1000XM6s are on sale for their Big Spring Sale price, too (which is their lowest price to date).

More Memorial Day headphone deals

• Bose QuietComfort — $229 $349 (save $120)

• Sennheiser Momentum 4 — $230 $299.99 (save $69.99)

• Marshall Monitor III — $248.99 $379.99 (save $131)

• Sonos Ace — $348 $399 (save $51)

Best Memorial Day laptop deal 13-inch MacBook Air (M5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) $999 at Amazon
$1,099 Save $100   Get Deal at Amazon Why we like it

Read our full review of the M5 MacBook Air.

The MacBook Neo isn't on sale yet (it probably never will be because it's already at such an affordable price point), but the brand-new 13-inch MacBook Air (M5, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) is $100 off on Amazon right now, meaning you can get it for just $999. This isn't the lowest price we've seen the M5 at, but it's close: It was $949 April 6. In our review, Mashable Tech Editor Timothy Werth said the new MacBook Air "takes everything good about the MacBook Air and adds the faster M5 chip."

More Memorial Day laptop deals

• Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M5, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,499.99 $1,699 (save $199.01)

• Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M5, 24GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,749 $1,899 (save $150)

• Apple MacBook Pro, 14-inch (M5 Pro with 15-core CPU/16-core GPU, 24GB RAM, 2TB SSD) — $2,399.99 $2,599 (save $199.01)

Best Memorial Day TV deal Amazon Ember 50-inch 4-Series with Fire TV (2025) $309.99 at Amazon
$399.99 Save $90   Get Deal at Amazon Why we like it

Right now, you can get the Amazon Ember 50-inch 4-Series with Fire TV (2025) for $309.99. (If you're a new Xbox GamePass customer, you'll also get a month of the subscription for free.) That's a 23% discount and not too shabby of a deal for a 2025 TV.

More Memorial Day TV deals

• Samsung 65-inch Q7F QLED 4K TV — $427.99 $629.99 (save $202)

• Roku 65-inch Plus Series Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $479.99 $649.99 (save $170)

• Amazon Ember 55-inch Mini-LED QLED 4K TV — $559.99 $819.99 (save $260)

• TCL 75-inch T7 QLED 4K TV — $629.99 $899.99 (save $270)

• Hisense 65-inch U7 Mini-LED ULED 4K TV — $696.94 $1,499.99 (save $803.05)

The best Memorial Day mattress deals at a glance: Best mattress deal overall DreamCloud Classic Hybrid (Queen) $649 (save $1,243) Get Deal Best mattress deal for people with back pain Saatva Rx (Queen) $2,799 (save $650) Get Deal Best organic mattress deal Avocado Green Mattress (Queen) $1,359 (save $240) Get Deal

Memorial Day is hands-down one of the best times of the year to buy a new mattress. Discounts during this holiday weekend typically drop prices by $400 (or more), and brands love to throw in free add-ons like pillows or sheet bundles. That's pretty good news, considering most bedding will cost you an arm and a leg nowadays.

SEE ALSO: Saatva is already taking $650 off luxury mattresses for Memorial Day

Your sleep is no place to skimp. I recently upgraded to the Saatva Rx, and getting it was easily the best decision I've made all year. But while investing in a good bed is important, there's no reason to pay full price when you can snag a holiday discount. If your current mattress is sagging or you're just tired of waking up with random back pain, I def recommend taking advantage of these sales.

Best Memorial Day mattress deal Opens in a new window Credit: DreamCloud DreamCloud Classic Hybrid (Queen) $649 at DreamCloud
$1,892 Save $1,243   Get Deal Why we like it

The best deal you can get right now is on a DreamCloud. The brand's top-rated hybrid Queen mattress — which features six layers, a CloudQuilt quilted cover, cooling fiber technology, and 1 inch of "pressure-relieving" memory foam — is on sale for just $649 (!!) right now. Or, if you need a base and all, the company's basically giving away bundles. You can score a bundle that includes the mattress, an adjustable bed frame, and a full sheet set (pillows and all) for under $2K.

More Memorial Day mattress deals

• Amerisleep: Get up to $1,000 off all mattresses and 40% off bundles

• Bear: Get 35% off sitewide, plus $275 worth of free accessories

• Casper: Get up to 30% off select mattresses and 35% off bundles

• Purple: Get up to $900 off a mattress and a base

• Helix: Get 25% off sitewide with code MEMDAY25

• Leesa: Get 30% off select mattresses

• Mattress Firm: Get up to 60% off select mattresses with Queens starting at $189.99

• Nectar: Get up to 50% off select mattresses and 66% off bundles

Best Memorial Day mattress deal for people with back pain Opens in a new window Credit: Saatva Saatva Rx (Queen) $2,799 at Saatva
$3,449 Save $650   Get Deal Why we like it

I'm only 32, but because I live with endometriosis and interstitial cystitis, I experience back pain on the reg. Like, chronic, can't sleep, going to rip my hair out, back pain. This month, I decided to switch from Purple (my former go-to mattress brand) to Saatva, and I couldn't be happier. For someone with chronic, debilitating back pain, the Saatva Rx is the mattress to get, and right now, you can get it (or any mattress on the Saatva site) for $650 off.

Best organic Memorial Day mattress deal Opens in a new window Credit: Avocado Avocado Green Mattress (Queen) $2,039 at Avocado
$2,399 Save $360   Get Deal Why we like it

If you're trying to be a little greener, Avocado is offering up to 20% off select mattresses, including its luxury mattress collection, and 15% off its Avocado Green Mattress (a best-seller). The Avocado Green Mattress is the "most certified organic mattress" and has a 4.5 average star rating with around 19,439 reviews. It's formaldehyde-free (you'd be surprised how many products contain this nasty stuff!), OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified, and is available in five comfort levels. Of course, the price will vary depending on the size you get, but a Queen with a "medium" top will cost you $2,039 with the discount.

More organic mattress deals

• Essentia: Get 25% off sitewide plus a free, luxury sheet set (worth $749) when you buy the Dormeuse REM9 Active or Classic REM5 Active

• Birch: Get up to 25% off sitewide with code MEMDAY25

• Naturepedic: Get up to 20% off sitewide

• Plush Beds: Get up to 50% off select mattresses and free white-glove delivery, plus 25% off all toppers and bedding through May 18

UPDATE: May. 19, 2026, 5:00 a.m. EDT I initially wrote about my first impressions of the Shark PowerDetect UV Reveal 2-in-1 in March 2026 after a week of using it daily at home. This review was updated after two more months of testing.

The most iconic thing I've seen a Shark robot vacuum do in years is drive down the runway during the season finale of Canada's Drag Race in January 2025. That's partially the Drag Race mega fan in me speaking, but it's also the professional robot vacuum reviewer in me being bored with Shark's robot vacuum features lately.

So I was pleasantly surprised when Shark announced one of the coolest cleaning features I've ever heard with the launch of the Shark UV Reveal 2-in-1. I first started testing it at home in March 2026, and have been comparing its skills to the other top robot vacuums of 2026 for two months. Here's how it's been going.

After feeling meh about Shark's robot vacuum features for the past two years, I have one thing to say: You better work. Credit: World of Wonder What's special about the Shark UV Reveal?

It's in the name: The Shark UV Reveal uses a UV light to detect stains on the floor that we wouldn't see with a casual glance down. That could be anything from those super-faint water stains on the bathroom floor, to sticky residue from a kitchen spill you thought you wiped up, to invisible droplets of dried pet pee. If there were ever a robot vacuum for Dexter Morgan, it would be this one.

Apparently, the robot vacs I tested last week didn't fully clean up this cat puke. Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable The UV Reveal also lets you know that doors need to be wiped down every so often. Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable

UV stain detection is a first for the mainstream robot vacuum industry — the other best robot vacuum and mop combos of 2026 use some combination of LED light sensors and AI camera systems to detect stains. While LEDs are helpful when scoping out wet spills and tiny dry particles, a plain LED bulb won't make an invisible stain glow like it's under a black light. AI mess detection via cameras, like the before-and-after shots that Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai+ takes, can also only go so far if there's nothing visible to take a picture of. Good ol' homegrown UV proof feels much less subjective, much like the reason that I'm so obsessed with Dyson's stick vacuum laser.

Shark wasn't innovating as hard when designing the UV Reveal's self-empty dock. It's pretty similar to the docks of the Shark PowerDetect NeverTouch Pro and Shark PowerDetect ThermaCharged from 2025, without the transparent water tanks. I kind of expected a more style-forward dock for $1,299.99, but I will say that the white version does look less plasticky than the black one.

Leota appreciates that the self-empty dock is bagless (therefore less wasteful). Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable The large mopping pad covers a lot of ground. Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable

Flipping the UV Reveal over, there's another Shark classic underneath: The singular flat mopping pad... again. Shark is the only big robot vacuum brand that hasn't branched out to dual spinning mop pads (elite corner mopping) or a roller mop (elite spill soaking) in at least one model. But there are a few special features baked in to separate this Shark from the basic 2-in-1 robot vacuums.

Is the Shark UV Reveal good at mopping?

The Shark UV Reveal is a very thorough robot vacuum mop combo. Shark's HyperSonic mopping vibrates more than 100 times per minute while the vac is in motion, similar to the speedy back-and-forth motion you'd use to chip away at something sticky or dried on with a cloth. We've seen sonic mopping from Shark plenty of times before, but not this intense.

The turquoise lights kicking on mean the UV light has detected a stain. The UV Reveal sniffed out a few gross spots on my floor that I wouldn't have necessarily thought about otherwise, like the sticky puddle of soggy kibble and crusty dry food chunks near my cats' bowls and remnants of dried cat puke that I thought another robot vacuum mopped up last week.

The UV Reveal mopped up wet shoe grime, then went around again to ensure the area was clear. Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable The pad pops in and out every second or two. Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable

The vacuum hovers and scrubs the same piece of floor for a while (almost 30 seconds sometimes) to make sure whatever stubborn grime is getting the extra attention it needs. Depending on the size of the stain, the whole vacuum will also swing back and forth in a half circle to come at the stain from more than one angle (the same idea as Shark's Matrix Cleaning system in previous vacuums). I sent the UV Reveal to deal with the muddy shoe storage zone near my front door, which was caked in both dried slush from the past two days and brown water that was just tracked in a few minutes prior. It left the whole area gleaming — there's not much arguing with a UV light checking the work for you.

After going back to the dock to charge, you might hear (and I quote), "I detected stains. I'm heading back out to aggressively attack them." Bad day to be a stain.

SEE ALSO: Dreame's X60 Max Ultra Complete is the best robot vacuum for pet hair I've tested. Sucks that it's so expensive.

But I was most psyched to see that the big mopping pad isn't restricted to the round circumference of the robot vac. Instead, the mopping pad pokes out from under the vacuum's body every second or two. In theory, that should solve a lot of the lazy edge mopping issues that I've experienced with past Shark robot mops. I mean, that design must be a good idea if Roborock thought of it, too — it's an incredibly similar setup to the $1,599.99 Roborock Saros 20 Sonic.

The UV Reveal's suction and large mop surface area worked well together when sent to clean up around both litter boxes. The litter box on a tile floor uses crystal litter, and the litter box on a hardwood floor uses finer, dustier grass litter. Both areas of heavy tracked litter were left around 97 percent clean (barring some pieces left near edges).

Is the Shark UV Reveal good on carpet?

The Shark UV Reveal is definitely a mopping-focused robot vacuum, I'll put it that way. It's probably not going to win any "best robot vacuum for pet hair" awards from me, but it's powerful enough for daily upkeep of your carpeted rooms or rugs.

The other flagship robot vacuum releases in 2026 so far clock between 30,000 and 35,000 Pa of suction power. How does the Shark UV Reveal compare to those, you ask? No one knows, at least on paper — Shark infamously does not provide suction power measurements in Pascals as other brands do. If I had to guess, I'd put the UV Reveal somewhere in the 20,000 to 25,000 Pa range.

Sansa is wondering why I keep wasting catnip on vacuum testing. Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable The Shark UV Reveal did leave some quinoa around the edge of the rug, but most robot vacs do. Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable

The most intense rug test I gave the UV Reveal involved a heinous concoction on my fluffiest rug: Way more spilled quinoa than would ever be realistic on a fur rug, spilled catnip, and probably 10 tufts of lint and fur pulled directly from the ChomChom and strewn around the rug's fibers. The UV Reveal actually had the easiest time with the catnip flakes and large cat hair puffs, snatching up around 97 percent of either. More quinoa was left behind in the rug and around the edges where the rug hits the hardwood (though most robot vacuums struggle with that). The same thing happened with shredded cheese around the kitchen rug.

The UV Reveal didn't have as much success with deep cleaning carpet, especially when it came to embedded shedding. My lint roller and black socks often showed that the UV Reveal left behind a light layer of cat hair on the living room rug. If you want a Shark vacuum that's really wicked on pet hair, get the cordless Shark PowerDetect stick vacuum instead.

Shark is finally taking small obstacle avoidance seriously It's not every day that I see a Shark robot vacuum successfully dodge a cat toy. Credit: Leah Stodart / Mashable

After way too long of seemingly non-existent small obstacle avoidance, Shark finally made a robot vacuum that can be trusted to clean around random clutter on the floor. The difference is really night and day — in my testing, the UV Reveal didn't run over any power cords or phone chargers, cat toys, or even the kitchen hand towel that always falls off the hook.

Factors to keep in mind

There's no doubt that its unique UV stain detection and meticulous scrubbing earn points in the sanitation department. But the Shark UV Reveal's mop doesn't rinse itself in real time, while the roller mops I've been testing do. Its frequency for returning to the dock to wash the mop can be toggled to as low as 15 minutes, but that's way too much time to spread something sticky or smelly across the whole room.

Having tested countless other hybrid robot vacuums in the same premium price range, I know that I'm valid to expect a robot vacuum to automatically head back to wash its mop if it senses that the mop is too dirty. Not that your UV Reveal should have the opportunity to smear large spills around, anyway. It's not really built for soaking up messes larger than a few droplets. (The instruction booklet specifically notes to avoid "liquids.")

SEE ALSO: I tried the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai at home. I was cursing it out more often than I was cheering it on.

Back in March, I questioned whether the UV Reveal provides a premium enough experience to realistically compete with other robot vacuums in the $1,000+ price range. Things are slightly different in May — I've been catching the UV Reveal on sale for $849.99 lately, which does feel more appropriate for the feature set you're getting. But $849.99 is the exact same sale price of the Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow that I tested around the same time, and the Roborock is a more well-rounded robot vacuum in my book.

I also think it's fair to expect a livestream pet camera from any flagship robot vacuum near $1,000, and the UV Reveal still doesn't have one. IDK, maybe you're pro no camera if you're paranoid that your robot vacuum camera could spy on you.

Finally, the SharkClean app is way too basic for this price point. It's not unusable by any means, but I've seen how granular and customizable robot vacuum apps can get.

The SharkClean app's home map doesn't offer much detail. Credit: Screenshot / Shark The Roborock app's home map is more comprehensive and easier to navigate. Credit: Screenshot / Shark

Shark's bare bones purple map is disorienting compared to the color-coded rooms of the Dreame and Roborock apps. Those apps also provide much more insight about the types of messes they're encountering (i.e., "large particle" detection and stronger suction when approaching scattered dry cat food or cat litter). I so badly wish that the attention to detail of the UV light were extended to vacuuming.

Scientists detected a mysterious radio signal that lasted nearly three weeks, shattering previous records and pointing to an enormous magnetic structure that trapped energetic particles in space high above the sun.

The signal came from a so-called "type IV radio burst," a kind of radio noise associated with solar eruptions. Scientists usually watch these bursts flare up and disappear within mere hours. But this one persisted for about 19 days — almost four times longer than the previous record-holding event.

Several NASA and European Space Agency spacecraft observed the phenomenon, which happened last August, as the sun rotated. The Solar Orbiter saw it first. Nearly two weeks later, the Parker Solar Probe and Wind spacecraft near Earth detected the same signal. STEREO-A, short for the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory,  picked it up a day after that. This pattern hinted it was one long-lived source rotating with the sun rather than a succession of unrelated eruptions.

The signal also pulsed in a surprisingly regular rhythm. Roughly every 45 minutes to an hour, the radio emission brightened and dimmed. Researchers think enormous magnetic structures above the sun may have vibrated, almost like a ringing bell, periodically affecting the trapped electrons.

"Those vibrations probably squeezed and stretched the trapped electrons in a repeating cycle, which changes the brightness of the radio signal," according to NASA. 

The observations suggest the sun can maintain huge, organized reservoirs of energetic particles for weeks at a time. By studying this extraordinary event, scientists think they have gained a way to estimate the location of solar radio sources using only one spacecraft, a technique that could eventually improve space-weather forecasts. That's valuable because, while solar storms aren't harmful to human health on Earth, they can wreak havoc on satellites, GPS systems, radio communication, and power grids.

SEE ALSO: This NASA gear may be the first to survive the brutal lunar night

The researchers, who published their findings in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, believe the source sat near a "helmet streamer," a giant arching magnetic structure that rises from the sun's atmosphere and stretches far into space. They estimate that the structure measured more than 1.2 million miles wide — enormous even by solar standards.

The event coincided with three fast coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, massive eruptions that blast plasma and magnetic fields into space. The scientists suspect those eruptions repeatedly supplied fresh electrons or reshaped the magnetic environment in ways that kept the signal alive.

NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft tracked the radio burst between Sept. 6 to 9, 2025, mapping the emissions as they rotated across the sun. Credit: Vratislav Krupar et al 2026 ApJL 1003 L5 / https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae5537

The radio waves themselves showed an unusually strong polarization, meaning the waves oscillated in an ordered way rather than a chaotic one. That clue suggested the electrons moved through a surprisingly organized magnetic environment.

Scientists still don't know exactly how the sun made the radio waves, but they have two ideas. One explanation involves plasma emission, a common process in which energetic electrons moving through thin gas naturally create radio signals. Another possibility involves a rarer mechanism that behaves somewhat like a natural microwave laser in space and may operate inside unusually low-density magnetic cavities.

While the researchers don't have a clear understanding of the phenomenon, their evidence points toward a giant, rotating magnetic trap that survived for weeks while solar eruptions continued feeding it energetic particles.

The study also tackles a longstanding technical problem. Low-frequency solar radio waves bend and scatter as they travel through space, making their true source elusive. The researchers developed a correction method to account for some of that distortion. Using the new technique, they traced the source to heights between 2.5 to 4.3 million miles above the sun. 

The scientists say future missions could combine the technique with improved radio imaging and particle measurements to track solar eruptions more accurately.

TL;DR: Make coding easier with some help from Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026, now just $34.97 (reg. $499.99) until May 31.

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Looking for an easier way to code? Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 serves as your one-stop shop for coding, helping you build apps, create websites, and develop software in one place.

Right now, you can score a license to this helpful software for only $34.97 until May 31.

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Whether you’re tackling a complex workload or just building a basic website, Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is ready to help you tackle your project. Developers everywhere appreciate its AI-powered features and advanced debugging tools, which help boost productivity.

This software was built as a 64-bit IDE, so it’s designed to handle large solutions and complex workloads. It lets you work with different languages and platforms, allowing you to build, debug, and test .NET and C++ apps targeting Windows, Linux, and containers. It also integrates easily with Azure, GitHub, and other DevOps workflows.

Visual Studio helps you save time, letting you type less and code more with Intellicode. This technology understands the context of your code, from variable names and functions to the type of code you’re trying to write.

A ranked list of the next best suggestions speeds up your process, and built-in AI-assisted refactoring and code suggestions help reduce bugs and boilerplate.

Codelens shows you important info like the most recent changes, authors, tests, and commit history right in the editor. You can also check out test status and references without having to leave your code.

If you work with others, you’ll appreciate how seamless it is to collaborate with Visual Studio. You can create real-time collab sessions with your coworkers, making it easier to stay on the same page and keep code consistent and maintainable.

Snag a lifetime subscription to Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 for only $34.97 until May 31.

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TL;DR: Knock out your to-do list when you’re on the go with this Dell Latitude 7430, currently on sale for just $449.99 (reg. $1,366).

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Looking for a laptop that won’t slow you down? When laptops are designed to be portable, many of them sacrifice power — but the Dell Latitude doesn’t compromise. This device was made for professionals who need to tackle their workload from anywhere, and right now, it’s on sale for just $449.99 (reg. $1,366).

The Dell Latitude 7430 was made for today’s professional, so it understands that most work doesn’t happen at your desk. This portable device is equipped with an Intel Core i7 Processor, so it’s ready to handle all your multitasking needs while still providing a smooth workflow.

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16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage make sure you’re enjoying fast data access and quick responsiveness. This Dell Latitude’s 14-inch display features anti-glare technology, a 1920 x 1080 resolution, and Intel Iris Xe Graphics, so you can get it all done in stunning detail.

Connect easily with WiFi 802.11AX and Bluetooth 5.2, or hook up via multiple ports, including a USB-C, USB 3.2, HDMI, and an audio jack. There’s a fingerprint reader to provide extra security. And you’ll be running on Windows 11 Pro, a modern operating system made for today’s demanding workflow, too.

You’re saving nearly $1,000 thanks to this model’s grade A refurbished rating. That means it has been refurbished by Dell and will arrive in near-mint condition, with minimal to zero scuffing.

Bring home your own Dell Latitude 7430 for just $449.99 while supplies last.

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SAVE $265: As of May 19, the Toshiba 65-inch Class C350 Series TV is on sale for $264.99 at Best Buy. That's a 50% discount on the list price.

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On the lookout for a great TV deal? Head directly to Best Buy, because there's an impressive new deal on the Toshiba 65-inch Class C350 Series that you won't want to miss. The retailer has kicked off its Memorial Day sale early with some truly standout deals, including this TV for half off, down from $529.99 to $264.99. Yep, that's a saving of $265 on list price.

This TV features 4K Ultra HD resolution with natural color and detailed images. It uses the REGZA Engine ZR to analyze content and support 4K-level picture quality, and uses an AI 4K Upscaler to convert older content to near-4K quality. Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos are supported for HDR imaging and audio together.

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For gaming or World Cup watch parties, you'll appreciate the Ultimate Motion feature that reduces blur in fast-moving scenes. The Game Mode includes ALLM, VRR, and eARC to boost picture quality, whatever you're watching.

On the inside, the TV comes with Amazon Alexa and Fire TV built in. This will give you easy access to apps and streaming platforms including Netflix and Prime Video, plus many live TV options.

Find this Toshiba TV deal at Best Buy now.

SAVE $30: As of May 19, the DJI Neo is on sale for $169 at Amazon. That's a 15% discount on the list price.

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If you're looking for a drone that's affordable and beginner-friendly, meet the DJI Neo.

It's a self-flying drone that usually listed for under $200. And right now, you can buy this drone for just $169, a $30 saving in Amazon's Memorial Day sale. And it weighs just 135 grams, so not only is it easy to use, it also means you won't need FAA registration or a Remote ID.

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This drone supports subject tracking and includes eight QuickShots modes for capturing vlogs and different types of footage. The drone can also be controlled using voice control (EN/CN), a mobile app, RC controller, or without a controller entirely, so it gives you different ways to fly and record content.

It records 4K ultra-stabilized video using DJI stabilization technology and includes level-4 wind resistance, so you're set to film even if the conditions aren't calm. It also has full-coverage propeller guards for added protection when flying around obstacles like trees.

There’s been a lot of talk about new U.S. restrictions affecting DJI drones, but don't worry, these changes apply only to future imports. Drones already stocked by retailers are still available to buy and use. So act fast to bag this deal at Amazon.

SAVE $1,200: As of May 19, the Hisense 100-inch U6 Pro Series TV is on sale for $2,299.99 at Amazon. That's a 34% discount on the list price.

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The World Cup is just a few weeks away, and if you've been looking to upgrade your TV before the tournament kicks off, there's lots of deals live at Amazon right now.

One deal that's caught our eye is the Hisense 100-inch U6 Pro Series, more than $1,000 off in Amazon's Memorial Day sale. As of May 19, this impressive TV is down to $2,299.99 from $3,499.99, saving you $1,200 in total.

With this TV, you'll be able to watch all the matches in incredible quality. It uses Hi-QLED MiniLED technology with hundreds of local dimming zones to improve viewing qualities like the contrast and color accuracy. It also supports Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+ Adaptive, HDR10, and HLG.

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The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered.

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Here are the clues and answers to NYT's The Mini for Tuesday, May 19, 2026:

AcrossHow often the Mini comes out

• The answer is Daily.

Difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set

• The answer is Range.

Caribbean island near Venezuela

• The answer is Aruba.

Price to pay

• The answer is Cost.

Jersey number worn by star linebacker Micah Parsons, the first Packer to wear it since 1926

• The answer is One.

DownConstellation whose name comes from the Latin for "dragon"

• The answer is Draco.

"___ Burr, Sir" ("Hamilton" number)

• The answer is Aaron.

Currently occupied, as a restroom

• The answer is In Use.

Community honored by the GLAAD Media Awards, for short

• The answer is LGBT.

"___ or nay?"

• The answer is Yea.

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Stephen Colbert's Late Show will air its final episode this Thursday, May 21, ending the popular talk show after over 30 years on air. Unsurprisingly, Colbert hasn't been going gentle into that good night, releasing his inhibitions and growing delightfully unhinged as the Late Show's finale draws closer.

To that end, the late night host dedicated Monday's episode to showing Late Show sketches which were filmed throughout the years but never made it to air. Entitled "The Worst Of The Late Show," the entire episode has also been uploaded to YouTube so fans everywhere can enjoy an hour of the "best worst stuff" the Late Show team had produced.

"We thought we might just take it a little easy tonight," said Colbert, sitting at his desk for a very laid-back opening monologue. "We definitely have enough material for a 'Best Of' clip show. But y'all got YouTube. You do it."

Casually eating steamed chicken with his hands because nothing matters anymore, Colbert also offered enlightening explanations as to why some of these featured bits were rejected. For example, the 2016 U.S. presidential election's unexpected results forced the Late Show to axe a joke involving nude male models' painted butts. A 2023 Thanksgiving sketch advertising "erotic body gravy" was also cut for being too weirdly sexy. 

"When I watched it, I said, 'Those actors are way too attractive for comedy,'" Colbert explained. 'You guys ended up just making softcore gravy porn.'"

Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.

Released in August 2025, Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move on to the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you covered! Below are piecemeal answers that will serve as hints so that you can find your way through each difficulty level.

How to play Pips

If you've ever played dominoes, you'll have a passing familiarity with how Pips is played. As we've shared in our previous hints stories for Pips, the tiles, like dominoes, are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The main difference between a traditional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. The touching tiles don't necessarily have to match.

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The conditions you have to meet are specific to the color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, every side of a tile in that space must add up to the number provided. It is possible — and common — for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space.

Here are common examples you'll run into across the difficulty levels:

• Number: All the pips in this space must add up to the number.

• Equal: Every domino half in this space must be the same number of pips.

• Not Equal: Every domino half in this space must have a completely different number of pips.

• Less than: Every domino half in this space must add up to less than the number.

• Greater than: Every domino half in this space must add up to more than the number.

If an area does not have any color coding, it means there are no conditions on the portions of dominoes within those spaces.

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Less Than (4): Everything in this space must be less than 4. The answer is 2-2, placed horizontally; 1-1, placed vertically.

Number (5): Everything in this space must add up to 5. The answer is 1-1, placed vertically; 4-4, placed vertically.

Greater Than (9): Everything in this space must be greater than 9. The answer is 4-4, placed vertically; 6-6, placed horizontally.

Equal (3): Everything in this space must be equal to 3. The answer is 3-3, placed horizontally.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for May 19 Pips

Number (11): Everything in this space must add up to 11. The answer is 4-4, placed horizontally; 1-0, placed vertically; 6-5, placed vertically.

Less Than (2): Everything in this space must be less than 2. The answer is 1-0, placed vertically.

Number (11): Everything in this space must add up to 11. The answer is 6-5, placed vertically; 6-3, placed horizontally.

Greater Than (4): Everything in this space must be greater than 4. The answer is 6-4, placed vertically.

Greater Than (3): Everything in this space must be greater than 3. The answer is 6-4, placed vertically.

Number (1): Everything in this space must add up to 1. The answer is 2-1, placed vertically.

Equal (3): Everything in this space must be equal to 3. The answer is 6-3, placed horizontally; 3-3, placed horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for May 19 Pips

Equal (1): Everything in this space must be equal to 1. The answer is 0-1, placed horizontally; 1-1, placed horizontally; 1-2, placed horizontally.

Greater Than (0): Everything in this space must be greater than 0. The answer is 1-2, placed horizontally.

Number (9): Everything in this light blue space must add up to 9. The answer is 3-1, placed horizontally; 3-3, placed horizontally.

Number (2): Everything in this space must add up to 2. The answer is 3-1, placed horizontally; 1-5, placed horizontally.

Number (8): Everything in this green space must add up to 8. The answer is 4-4, placed horizontally.

Number (9): Everything in this purple space must add up to 9. The answer is 5-4, placed horizontally.

Number (9): Everything in this dark blue space must add up to 9. The answer is 1-5, placed horizontally; 4-6, placed horizontally.

Number (9): Everything in this light blue space must add up to 9. The answer is 2-2, placed horizontally; 5-3, placed horizontally.

Number (8): Everything in this space must add up to 8. The answer is 5-3, placed horizontally; 5-6, placed horizontally.

Equal (6): Everything in this space must be equal to 6. The answer is 4-6, placed horizontally; 5-6, placed horizontally; 6-6, placed horizontally.

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Today's Connections: Sports Edition will require some sports and pop culture knowledge.

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier — so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. The sports Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words, and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake — players get up to four mistakes before the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

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Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Top executive

• Green: Southeast players

• Blue: Drew the QB

• Purple: Get up

Here are today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Heads of an Organization

• Green: An SEC Athlete

• Blue: QB Drews

• Purple: ____Up

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Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections: Sports Edition #603 is...

What is the answer to Connections: Sports Edition today?

• Heads of an Organization: BRASS, LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, TEAM OFFICIALS

• An SEC Athlete: AGGIE, GAMECOCK, SOONER, VOLUNTEER

• QB Drews: ALLAR, BLEDSOE, BREES, LOCK

• ____Up: CHANGE, TUNE, WARM, WIND

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new sports Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

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If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer from previous hurdles is shown, with correct and misplaced letters clearly shown.

An important note is that the number of times a letter is highlighted from previous guesses does necessarily indicate the number of times that letter appears in the final hurdle.

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If you find yourself stuck at any step of today's Hurdle, don't worry! We have you covered.

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Chaos.

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BABEL

Hurdle Word 2 hint

To overwhelm.

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WHELM

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Hurdle Word 3 hint

Rules.

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BYLAW

Hurdle Word 4 hint

A religious hymn.

Hurdle Word 4 answer

PSALM

Final Hurdle hint

Sea cycles.

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TIDAL

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Game Changer kicked off Season 8 on May 18 with a "legally spicy" episode called "Don't Wake Standards and Practices," that dared to mock Disney, Star Wars, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Bluey, and much, much more copyrighted intellectual property. But how did Dropout's producers decide what was too far? 

Mashable reached out to Game Changer host and Dropout CEO Sam Reich for answers to your burning "Don't Wake Standards and Practices" questions. 

In this Season 8 premiere, Reich welcomed Lou Wilson, Ally Beardsley, and Jeremy Culhane to a Game Changer set that resembled the board game Don't Wake Daddy — with a standards and practices lawyer who pops up in place of Daddy. 

Because, as Reich put it in the episode, "We're all grown up, and we're not afraid of Daddy anymore. We're afraid of the legal consequences of our actions." 

With each prompt, the players were trying to push the envelope for comedy, without going into a legal danger zone that would wake Standards and Practices, and send them back to start. To determine how dicy their comments are, Reich welcomed three "legal eagles" to take over the podium. In the episode, real-life lawyers Devin Stone, Alexis Noel, and Iya Baclagan served as judges, awarding points and penalties. But after much laughs and so much dunking on Disney properties, you might well be wondering how Dropout can get away with showing all this on Game Changer. 

We went to Reich for the answers. Over a video call, he shared the ins and outs of "Don't Wake Standards and Practices."

How can Game Changers' "Don't Wake Standards and Practices" air? Ally Beardsley laughs while Jeremy Culhane does up his pants on "Game Changer: Don't Wake Standards and Practices." Credit: Kate Elliott / Dropout

"In [making this episode], we were presented with this paradox," Reich said, "We're creating an episode where we're basically asking players to be legally spicy. What if they do something so spicy we can't show it? Haven't we shot ourselves in the foot? We kind of rolled the dice on that. Although we had a little bit of advice from our lawyers, obviously." 

Reich also acknowledged that Fair Use, a U.S. legal doctrine, is at play here, allowing copyrighted material to be used without permission for criticism, news reporting, educational purposes, or parody.

Was anything cut from Game Changer's Season 8 premiere for legality?  Ally Beardsley, Lou Wilson, and Jeremy Culhane compete on "Game Changer: Don't Wake Standards and Practices." Credit: Kate Elliott / Dropout

Nope. Reich told Mashable, "Coming out of [making the episode], our lawyers looked at it, and they allowed us to keep everything. And the reason is because in the world of entertainment legality, commentary and context are everything. And the context of this being about pushing legal limits serves us so well that they're not concerned that anyone would be confused about like the 'why' we're saying any of this."

Are those really Dropout's lawyers? Alexis Noel, Devin Stone, and Iya Baclagan are "Game Changer"s legal eagles for "Don't Wake Standards and Practices." Credit: Kate Elliott / Dropout

No. 

Reich shared, "Devin [Stone, known on YouTube as] Legal Eagle, I have known for a few years. He's obviously an online personality; he's a Dropout fan. We've been looking for an opportunity to work with him on something, and this was just like the perfect case of A and B coming together."

Reich continued, "Alexis [Noel], we found through casting. Iya [Baclagan], we found through casting. Alexis is a little bit more like traditional corporate law experience, as I understand it. Iya is a true Standards and Practices lawyer; that's what she does. So, the fun there was all three of them came from different backgrounds….It was fun to see when they aligned and when they diverged. But all of them are super camera-ready and down to clown lawyers."

How was Ally's video about Disney and McDonald's allowed?  Ally Beardsley sings on "Game Changer." Credit: Kate Elliott / Dropout

After Culhane and Wilson toyed with sexual innuendo, Beardsley was given a classic Game Changer prompt with "Propose a Visual Effect to Go Here." Beardsley becomes the first to awaken Standards and Practices by proposing an animation featuring a Mickey Mouse with pierced nipples and a "completely accurate Death Star" that reveals the McDonald's logo. 

Reich is surprised that they didn't have to cut any of Ally’s pitch. "I, in a million years, never thought we would be able to animate that for real. I was like, best-case scenario, a couple of sketches, maybe." However, he added, "It helps that our version of Mickey Mouse looks like absolute nightmare fuel," noting, "The fact that we aren't advertiser-supported means that we could be R-rated, which is super helpful."

Did the creator of Bluey sign off on her appearance here?  Sam Reich, Lou Wilson and Phil on "Game Changer." Credit: Kate Elliott / Dropout

Later in the episode, Wilson is challenged to "threaten Bluey." And as he does, a little animated dog that looks pretty much like Bluey frolics onscreen, along with some less accurate Bluey characters, reflecting Wilson's ignorance of that particular IP. 

Reich quoted back this reporter's description of the scene in his explanation, saying, "'Pretty much' is the operative word there. [Plus], it's like so clear that Lou doesn't really know what's going on with Bluey. He has Bluey as the dad. He says, 'Yellow Wife.' I think that helps us out a little bit here."

Did Dropout reach out to Bluey creator Joe Brumm, for permission? Reich laughed, "Good Lord, did we not ask. This is one of those cases where it's like, maybe better to ask for forgiveness than permission."

However, Reich has a past work relationship with Brumm, which made him pretty confident the Australian animator would be okay with this bit. He added, "All I can say is, Joe, please don't. Please don't come after us."

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There are points in "Don't Wake Standards and Practices," where the legal eagles refer to Broadcast Standards, like the Safe Harbor rule, which basically says more provocative material is allowed to air on television after 10 p.m. However, as a streamer, Dropout doesn't have to follow those rules. 

Reich explained how Game Changer's producers determined what would work best for the episode, saying, "We asked our lawyers to think a little bit more in terms of network broadcast standards, or like cable broadcast standards, than in terms of streamers, because streamers can get away with so much. Therein kind of lay our resolution to the paradox, as if it were. Like our lawyers were going to judge it by cable broadcast standards, we were going to show it relative to streaming standards, and in the gap is where we saw the entertainment possibility."

Legally, does Jeremy have game?  Jeremy Culhane gets spanked by Phoenix Askani on "Game Changer: Don't Wake Standards and Practices." Credit: Kate Elliott / Dropout

Over the course of the episode, Jeremy Culhane takes a beating, being literally spanked by Phoenix Askani and dragged by Stone for his lack of "game." But in the end, he wins the episode and edit approval. Thus, the premiere ends with a comically clunky cut in which Stone declares, "Points added for Jeremy's well-documented and extraordinary game."

So, does Reich think Culhane has game? He told Mashable, "I think I have to say, legally, Jeremy has game, because I believe that's the truth. Is it incredibly fun to say he doesn't? Oh boy, yes. It's funny, Jeremy now being like a young star of Saturday Night Live, now that feels like punching up."

Game Changer Season 8, episode 1, "Don't Wake Standards and Practices," is now streaming on Dropout. 

Watching Bluey, the beloved Australian cartoon show for kids, you might not think of Dropout, a streaming platform that revels in adult humor. But thanks to Game Changer's provocative Season 8 premiere episode, "Don't Wake Standards and Practices," Dropout CEO and host Sam Reich has revealed an incredible connection between the comedy streamer and the hit cartoon. 

To answer burning questions we had about Game Changer's "Don't Wake Standards and Practices," Mashable Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko spoke with Reich about the ins and outs of the "legally spicy" episode. When asked about Lou Wilson's Bluey rant — during which a parody of the adorable pup appeared onscreen — Reich revealed that he'd previously worked with Bluey creator Joe Brumm. 

"I don't think that most people know this," Reich said. "It's the tiniest little diatribe, but we did an animated series really early on for Dropout called What the Fuck 101, which was like a messed-up Magic School Bus."

"At the time," Reich explained, "The chief animator of that [show] was like, 'I'm gonna have to pull double duty on this and another project that's been green-lit, because it's really personal to me.' And so, simultaneously, this guy, Joe Brumm, was doing What the Fuck 101 and the first season of Bluey. And before that, he did a huge number of College Humor shorts. I mean, all over his resume, the biggest thing on his resume was College Humor before it was Bluey." 

Reich clearly relished his time working with Brumm, both at College Humor and its spinoff streamer Dropout. And of Bluey, he said, "I've watched a fair amount of it. It's fantastic. It's so heartfelt and distinct and original, and it's a work of art. And you would never guess the other things that Studio Joho was doing for us."

WTF 101 is now streaming on Dropout. 

Bluey is now streaming on Disney+. 

UPDATE: May. 19, 2026, 12:52 p.m. A previous version of this article said Dropbox aired "What the Fuck 101," instaed of Dropout.

Blink and you'll miss Nika King in Euphoria Season 3.

The actor and comedian plays Leslie Bennett, Rue's (Zendaya) mother. She's appeared in some of the show's most memorable scenes, including a visceral fight with Rue in the series-best Season 2, episode 5.

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By Season 3, though, Leslie has been relegated to a presence at the end of Rue's phone. In episode 2, Rue leaves her a devastating voicemail from a gas station. In episode 6, Leslie picks up the phone, and the pair have a heart to heart about Rue hoping to come home.

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Viewers solely hear Rue's side of the conversation, similar to her episode 3 phone call with Fezco (the late Angus Cloud) from prison. Euphoria only cuts to Leslie at the very end of the call, when she tells Rue she loves her and hangs up.

It's the one time viewers see Leslie this episode, and based on King's reaction on Instagram, the lack of screen time and audible dialogue came as a shock. Thankfully, it seems like she's able to laugh about having such a minuscule part in the episode.

Nika King in "Euphoria." Credit: HBO

In an Instagram video posted after episode 6 aired, King laughs into the camera, saying, "I just watched my episode that I've been promoting all week, and my mom over here clowning me. My mom is clowning me! She said the internet waited all this time for me to just say one line."

"Three years," her mother, chef Sharon Allen, chimes in from the background.

"I can't do nothing but laugh," King says.

Allen finishes with a killing blow: "What you want me to say? You ain't had nothing to say [in the episode]."

"You better be glad I have a sense of humor," King responds. "You better be glad I got thick skin."

King went viral in 2024 for a stand-up set about the long-delayed Euphoria Season 3.

"People are like, 'We need Season 3.' I'm like, 'Bitch, I need Season 3!' I haven't paid my rent in six months," King says in her set. "And Zendaya's over in Paris at fashion week. I'm like, 'Bitch, come home! I need you. Mama needs you.'"

After fans expressed concern over King's situation, she clarified that her comments were jokes in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter: "My reference about Euphoria during my stand-up tour was a lighthearted joke. Most people have seen me portray serious characters on-screen but my roots are in comedy."

However, King's time on Euphoria isn't over yet. In a reply to a comment on an April 26 Instagram post, King said she's in episodes 6 and 8. Of course, just how much of episode 8 remains to be seen, but surely anything will be more than her role in 6, right? Right?

New episodes of Euphoria Season 3 premiere Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and HBO Max.

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The BMW M3 turns 40 this year, and unlike me, it’s still quick in middle age!

Luxury SUVs have gotten so good across the board that they almost start blending together. Most of them chase the same formula too—quiet cabins, smooth rides, big screens, and just enough performance to feel expensive.