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We're nearing the tail-end of 2025, which means we're already about to see the hardware that will power next year's phones. Now, Qualcomm has just announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and while that name is awful, the chip is actually pretty good.

One of the greatest joys of reading is sharing what you love. When you buy a physical book, and you love it, you pass it along to friends and family members who might glean some of the same happiness, or sadness, or wonder that you had when you read it. But sharing that joy isn't always so easy when you've got an e-book instead of a physical book. Handing your entire Kindle over to someone just doesn't feel realistic — but that isn't the only way to share an e-book.

Amazon used to allow readers to loan Kindle e-books to friends or family temporarily, however the company quietly did away with the feature. Now if you want to loan out a book, you can only do so through the Family Library.

Kindle e-readers have a lending feature built in called the Family Library. It's a great way to share your book collection with your friends and family: It links together two adults and up to four children, from an adult's account, to share Amazon Prime benefits and Kindle e-books. To set it up, you'll need to link all the accounts together through Amazon Family.

Once you've got that set up, then you can start sharing with the whole household. Here's how to share books within your Amazon Family.

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What You Need

• An Amazon account

Step 1: Navigate to your Content Library

Under the Account & Lists tab, navigate to the Content Library section.

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Step 2: Navigate to your Books

Once you're in the Content Library, navigate to the Books section where all of your EPUB files, library loans, and Kindle Store purchases live.

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Step 3: Select book and share with family

Browse through your book library to select the book in your library you'd like to share. Once you've found the book, select the More Actions tab and find Manage Family Library. Then you can select who in your Amazon Family can also access that title.

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Netflix's Haunted Hotel introduces a new scene-stealing cartoon chaos agent in the form of Abaddon (voiced by Jimmi Simpson), a demon trapped in the body of a small Victorian child.

SEE ALSO: 'Haunted Hotel' review: 'The Shining' meets 'Bob's Burgers' in Netflix's charming animated comedy

Throughout the course of Haunted Hotel, Abaddon learns how to use a computer and discovers the power of YouTube. So it was only a matter of time before he stumbled on the cultural juggernaut that is Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters.

But would this ancient entity really root for demon-fighting K-pop band HUNTR/X? Of course not! He's a demon himself, so he'd obviously stan the villainous Saja Boys.

That's the premise behind a new Netflix promotional video for Haunted Hotel. The video sees Simpson-as-Abaddon performing the (literal) hell out of the Saja Boys' sinister banger "Your Idol," one of many chart-topping hits from KPop Demon Hunters' stacked soundtrack. All in a day's work of trying to indoctrinate people into your cult, right?

Abaddon's impromptu "Your Idol" music video cuts together several scenes from Haunted Hotel, which I praised in my review as "the perfect watch to get you in the Halloween spirit. More kooky than spooky, it's a sweet twist on the family sitcom format that'll have you champing at the bit for October to arrive sooner."

Which KPop Demon Hunters song should Abaddon perform next? The logical answer is the Saja Boys' bubbly "Soda Pop," but based on the way Simpson was hitting those "Your Idol" high notes, I think he could do a sneakily solid "Golden."

Haunted Hotel is now streaming on Netflix.

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Sitting down and scrolling through movies and TV shows to find the perfect one for your mood at the moment can be challenging. There are so many streaming services out there and so little time. Sometimes, you'll be able to find the same movie or show on multiple streamers, making it more likely that you're going to choose it. But if you're not in the mood for that genre of content, you'll move past it.

Google just released Search Live to everyone in the United States, following an open beta period. Instead of typing your questions, you can have a full-on conversation with an AI assistant in real time, and you can even use your phone's camera to show it what you're talking about.

The Pokémon Company International is not pleased that President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using its intellectual property to promote the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) raids.

“We are aware of a recent video posted by the Department of Homeland Security that includes imagery and language associated with our brand," said a statement from the Pokémon Company International provided to Mashable. "Our company was not involved in the creation or distribution of this content, and permission was not granted for the use of our intellectual property.”

On Tuesday, the DHS posted a 1-minute video across their social media accounts on platforms like X and Facebook set to the theme song for the Pokémon TV show. 

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The DHS video includes clips from various ICE raids, where individuals alleged to be undocumented immigrants are being searched and arrested by ICE officers. Interspersed between the footage are clips of Pokémon's protagonist, Ash Ketchum. The video is another example of the Trump Administration's unapologetic, meme-centric, and often dehumanizing approach to social media.

After fans of the franchise spoke out against the dehumanizing video, the Pokémon Company initially stayed silent. The company's former legal boss even told IGN that the company would probably avoid commenting and let the situation blow over. He also noted that several of the company's executives are green card holders, and likely don't want to antagonize the Trump administration.

After the @DHSgov X account posted the video, many social media users quickly tagged the official X accounts for Pokémon and Nintendo and urged the companies to take action. Nintendo, for example, is known to be stringent when it comes to protecting its IP, as many video game content creators on platforms like YouTube have experienced firsthand.

As the Daily Beast points out, one clip used in the DHS video is from a raid overseen personally by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. This particular raid reportedly resulted in two U.S. citizens being wrongly detained. 

It's unclear if the Pokémon Company International or Nintendo intend to take further action against the unauthorized use of their intellectual property. As of Wednesday, Sept. 24, the video is still available on official DHS accounts on social media.

Mashable contacted the Department of Homeland Security for comment, and we'll update this story if we receive a response.

Do you want a wireless keyboard that only needs the power of nature and your own initiative to stay running for a long time? Logitech might have the answer.

This week, the company announced the launch of a repairable, solar-powered keyboard, the Logitech Signature Slim Solar+ K980.

The Swiss computer peripheral company's new wireless keyboard is available now, and it sports a couple of very interesting features. It features a solar cell that the company claims can last up to a decade. Second, it's meant to be repairable, per The Verge. Logitech told The Verge that it's encased in a plastic casing that should be easy for users to work around, and spare parts for repairs are being sold by iFixit, a website that partners with a lot of tech companies to sell replacement parts for all sorts of devices.

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Even cooler is that the keyboard will apparently work with artificial light, not just true solar rays. So, even if your office doesn't get direct sunlight, you can stay powered up.

Aside from the solar aspect repairability, it looks like a fairly standard wireless Logitech keyboard. It's got both Mac and PC button labels as well as a new dedicated key for launching whatever AI assistant your operating system defaults to, or ChatGPT, if you prefer.

The Logitech K980 keyboard goes for $99.99 and is available now at the Logitech website.

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We all know Instagram is prioritizing short-form video content via Reels, so it should come as no surprise that a redesign is on the horizon.

In a post on Instagram Reels (of course), Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the app has reached three billion users, which prompted them to look at what fueled that growth. "And if you look at the last few years, almost all of that growth has been driven by DMs, Reels, and recommendations," Mosseri said in the post. Because of that, Mosseri said, they're redesigning the app.

Right now, if you swipe right on Instagram, you'll be brought to your DMs; if you swipe left, you'll be prompted to post a story; and the buttons on the bottom navigation menu are for the home page, the search/explore page, the button for creating your own post, the Reels page, and, of course, your own profile. Soon, that'll change.

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In the coming months, Instagram is going to change that selection you see at the bottom of your app to home page, Reels, DMs, search/explore, and your own profile. Say goodbye to the dedicated posting button. You'll still be able to post on the app, of course, but you'll just have to click at the top left instead.

Instagram has also begun testing a new "way for you to tune your algorithm by adding and removing topics based on your interests, starting with reels," Mosseri's post reads. Users will be able to navigate to a page in your settings that informs them what the algorithm thinks they're interested in, and then tailor it to their actual interests.

"Really excited for all that’s to come. Thank you for being on the journey with us and making Instagram so special. 🙏🏼," Mosseri wrote.

You know exactly what you're going to get when a new V/H/S movie drops — a bite-sized sampling of gnarly stories and thematically linked frights — and judging by the trailer, V/H/S/HALLOWEEN doesn't look like it'll disappoint.

The video above teases six new tales in the ongoing horror anthology series, with directors Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly (who directed the truly upsetting Too Many Cooks), Micheline Pitt-Norman and R.H. Norman, indie auteur Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell, Queen of Earth), Paco Plaza (creator of the REC franchise), and Anna Zlokovic bringing a variety of gore-spattered Halloween scares. We're expecting nightmarish horror houses, trick-or-treating expeditions gone terrifyingly wrong, a gnarly monster known as The Mommy, found-footage nasties, and much more.

V/H/S/HALLOWEEN just premiered at the world-famous genre film festival Fantastic Fest to fairly positive reviews. That's never a bad sign for horror hounds, so grab some snacks and brace yourself for some seasonally appropriate shocks... if you dare!

V/H/S/HALLOWEEN debuts on Shudder October 3.

Reliability can make or break a compact SUV. Drivers want something affordable, practical, and built to last without piling on repair costs.

Jessica Chastain — star of the upcoming Apple TV+ series The Savant — has publicly disagreed with Apple's decision to pause the release of the show.

The show is focused on infiltrating and stopping extremist hate groups online. And while Apple's reasoning for the postponement was vague — a statement mentioned only "careful consideration" — many have assumed the tech giant decided it wasn't appropriate timing after the killing of rightwing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk.

Chastain posted a statement to Instagram saying she was "not aligned" with Apple's decision to pause the show.

She wrote, in part:

"I wanted to reach out and let you know that we’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release of 'The Savant.' In the last five years since we’ve been making the show, we’ve seen an unfortunate amount of violence in the United States: the kidnapping attempt on Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer; the January 6th attack on the Capitol; the assassination attempts on President Trump; the political assassinations of Democratic representatives in Minnesota; the attack on Speaker Pelosi’s husband; the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk; the recent shooting at an ABC affiliate station in California; and over 300 school shootings across this country. These incidents, though far from encompassing the full range of violence witnessed in the United States, illustrate a broader mindset that crosses the political spectrum and must be confronted. I’ve never shied away from difficult subjects, and while I wish this show wasn’t so relevant, unfortunately it is. 'The Savant' is about the heroes who work every day to stop violence before it happens, and honoring their courage feels more urgent than ever."

Chastain made sure to note that she valued her partnership with Apple and hoped the show would still reach audiences soon. The original release was scheduled for Friday. Apple has not yet provided a new premiere date.

Reviews of the show have not yet been released, but after the postponement, Variety called the decision a "huge mistake," noting The Savant was "precisely the type of show America needs right now."

Are you disappointed by the sound profile in what are arguably Apple’s best AirPods to date? While the active noise cancellation is seriously impressive and the earbuds no longer fall out of my ears, I’ll admit that the bass can feel a little overcooked.

Just getting off the Wednesday high and craving new stories and thrilling characters? Netflix has you covered with its lineup of shows and movies for October, giving your watch list a well-deserved fall refresh.

After a nearly week-long suspension, Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back on the air. But not for everyone.

While Jimmy Kimmel Live! network ABC and its parent company Disney decided to bring back the late night show, broadcast station owners Nexstar and Sinclair are preempting new episodes of the show with alternate broadcasts. Nexstar and Sinclair criticized Jimmy Kimmel's monologue remarks about far-right commentator Charlie Kirk's killer, for which Kimmel apologized in his first monologue following his suspension.

SEE ALSO: Jimmy Kimmel returns to air, addresses Kirk comments in emotional monologue

According to Reuters, Nexstar and Sinclair own over 25 percent of the nation's ABC affiliates. Impacted markets include Washington, D.C; Nashville, Tennessee; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington.

Kimmel even joked about his continued preemption by Nexstar and Sinclair in his first monologue back. When discussing the overwhelming number of people who reached out to him during his suspension, he gave a special shout-out to "the guy who fired me from my first radio job in Seattle — where we are not airing tonight, by the way. Sorry, Seattle."

How can you watch Jimmy Kimmel Live?

If you are not in a media market with an ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar and Sinclair, you'll be able to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live! as it airs at 11:35 p.m. ET on weeknights. You can catch the show on broadcast TV, or on live TV streaming services like Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, Sling TV, DirecTV, and Fubo TV.

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However, if you are in one of the media markets owned by Nexstar and Sinclair, you will be unable to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live! as it airs on broadcast TV. The same goes for live TV streaming services, as they require your location in order to provide you with local channels, meaning you'll end up with Nexstar and Sinclair's preempted local broadcasts.

You can try to circumvent these local restrictions by using a streaming VPN in order to change your location. While using a VPN in this way isn't illegal, it does violate streaming platforms' terms of service, meaning you might incur account restrictions or simply get an error message when you try to watch something.

Instead, your best bet for watching Jimmy Kimmel Live! is to stream the episode following its broadcast. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is streaming on both Disney+ and Hulu, with new episodes available the day after they air. However, if you'd prefer to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live! for free — especially since Disney+ and Hulu prices are increasing soon — the show's YouTube channel also regularly uploads segments from the show, including Kimmel's monologue and his interviews.

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Windows 11 is always getting new features and changes, and this time around, there are some important updates to system apps like Paint and Notepad. Here’s everything Microsoft rolled out in Windows this past week.

For the past few years, charging speeds on Samsung phones have ranged from 25W to 45W—brands stateside have not followed Chinese brands in adding insane charging speeds on their phones. As a matter of fact, your next Samsung phone upgrade might have a sizable speed boost.

SAVE UP TO $6.01: Apple's new cases for the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, and iPhone Air are 10% off on Amazon as of Sept. 24, with prices starting at $34.99.

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As per usual, Amazon has been quick to put several brand-new Apple devices on sale in the wake of the company's "Awe Dropping" product showcase on Sept. 9. Earlier this week, we saw the fresh Apple Watch Series 11 and the redesigned AirPods Pro 3 briefly get $10 cheaper. Some FineWoven MagSafe wallets for the new iPhone 17 series also received a small-but-welcome markdown.

Apple's new flagship smartphones haven't gone on sale on sale just yet, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that a slew of new cases for them are 10% off on Amazon for a limited time. The deal applies to Apple-branded clear, silicone, bumper, and "TechWoven" styles for the base iPhone 17, the upgraded iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, and the ultrathin iPhone Air. (TechWoven is Apple's new Pro-tier case type made with multicolored yarn that's sealed with a scratch- and stain-resistant coating.)

SEE ALSO: The best iPhone 17 cases you can buy for your new phone, including some on sale already

Prices range from $34.99 (typically $39) for a clear iPhone Air bumper case to $52.99 (normally $59) for the Pro and Pro Max's TechWoven case with MagSafe capabilities. Each style comes in several color options.

Ten percent off isn't a huge discount, admittedly, but if you purchased a new iPhone right at launch and don't want to risk dinging it out of the box, a deal's a deal. A case is an especially important purchase if you bought or plan on buying the iPhone 17 Pro or Pro Max, which are reportedly very easy to scuff up. (People on social media have dubbed this issue "scratchgate" — you know a problem's bad when it gets "-gated.")

For reference, all of Apple's iPhone 17 series cases are still full price in the Apple Store, and only three silicone styles were price-matched at Best Buy.

Android is a mobile operating system...right?

That's been true for more than a decade, but it may not be entirely true going forward. In an on-stage conversation between Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon and Google's head of platforms and devices Rick Osterloh at a Qualcomm event (via The Verge), the two executives did more than just hint that Android for PC is coming. They practically shouted it at us. You can hear it in the video starting at around 53 minutes.

SEE ALSO: Google expands 'Help me' photo editing tech to more Android phones

“In the past, we’ve always had very different systems between what we’re building on PCs and what we’re building on smartphones, and we’ve embarked on a project to combine that,” Osterloh said. "We are building together a common technical foundation for our products on PCs and desktop computing systems.”

Osterloh expanded on that by saying Google wants to bring all of its Android AI features and apps to the PC ecosystem. Amon replied by saying he's already seen Android for PC and called the new experimental Android OS "incredible." They didn't go into any other details about when and how this will be distributed, but it seems like Android laptops will soon be a reality. For fans of Android mobile devices, that's very good news. Currently, the seamless connectivity between iPhones and MacBooks is a huge benefit of the Apple ecosystem.

To be clear, this isn't entirely surprising. Android Authority reported in 2024 that Google was planning on doing this, while Google itself confirmed plans to merge ChromeOS (the operating system that powers Chromebook laptops) and Android into one thing earlier this year. We have no idea when this is actually going to happen, but if they keep talking about it, it's a smart bet that we'll see it relatively soon.

SAVE $148.01: As of Sept 24, get the Hisense U7 85-inch 4K TV for $1,149.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $1,298. That's a discount of 11%.

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If a new TV is in the cards for you, you're likely shopping around to find the best bang for your buck. Should you desire a large TV that also respects your budget, this Hisense pick from Amazon gets high accolades for everything it brings to the table.

As of Sept 24, get the Hisense U7 85-inch 4K TV for $1,149.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $1,298. That's $148.01 off and a discount of 11%.

SEE ALSO: Best TVs under $500: Low-budget, high-quality TVs in every size

This 4K TV boasts mini-LED backlighting as well as QLED Quantum Dot technology to give you a bright picture as well as over a billion shades of color. With full-array local dimming and Dolby Vision support, that all translates to excellent-looking shows, movies, games, and whatever you desire. It all combines for a TV that punches above its weight class.

It has 1500 nits of peak brightness with HDR support and is IMAX Enhanced. Plus, options like Filmmaker Mode let you watch movies exactly as they were intended. Its 144Hz refresh rate and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro support make it a great contender for gamers as well. Thanks to its built-in Game Bar, you can change settings to your liking straight from the TV, so it'll be ready for whatever fall title you want to play.

There's a lot to love about this TV, but most of all, its price is the most impressive thing about it. It'll likely sell out quickly, so make sure to grab yours while you still can.

SAVE 38%: As of Sept. 24, the Nothing Ear (Open) headphones are on sale for $99 at Amazon, down from $159. That's a discount of 38%, or a savings of $60.

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I have a confession to make: I hate most earbuds. I just can't stand that plugged-up feeling, and I like being able to hear if a bike is about to run me over on the street. The problem is that most open-ear headphones look like they were designed exclusively for people who are about to run a marathon (no offense to marathon runners). But Nothing’s new Nothing Ear (Open) headphones are different, and they’re on sale.

As of Sept. 24, you can get the Nothing Ear (Open) headphones for $99 at Amazon, down from $159. That's a discount of 38%, or a savings of $60. It's also the lowest price we've seen on these headphones since their release.

SEE ALSO: Nothing Ear (a) reviews: Top 4 common critiques

True to the brand's reputation, the design is the first thing you'll notice. These have a unique, clean look that stands out from the typically bulky and sporty competition. The open-ear design hooks comfortably over your ear so you can listen to music but still hear the world around you.

They're not just aesthetic, either. Nothing included its Clear Voice Technology with two mics for call clarity and a fast-charging feature for when you inevitably forget to plug them in. It's the first pair of open-ear buds I've seen that I wouldn't be embarrassed to wear in public, and the fact that they're already on sale is just a bonus.