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SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) are one of the most popular types of vehicle in the USA. Actually, that's really underselling how popular these beefy cars have become. Alongside trucks, SUVs dominate the market in America, and they are certainly popular in the rest of the world.

Google TV remotes still mostly use good old AA or AAA batteries, which you need to replace. That's still standard on TV remotes, for the most part. But now, upcoming Google TVs might come with a solution that could mean you'll never run out of battery.

If you want to use Linux to breathe life back into an old PC, you're going to want one of the desktop environments (DEs) designed to be lean and fast. Based on my experience, this is how I'd rank each of the most popular options.

Back in August, Sling TV revealed its new day pass feature, allowing you to watch sports games or other traditional TV broadcasts without signing up for a monthly subscription. Now you can try it out for just $1, following Disney's failure in court to block its rollout.

Blender 5.0 has arrived, bringing with it a massive list of updates across the entire program. The developers didn't hold back this time, and it feels like most of the pipeline has new features, all of which are welcome because they make the application better.

Plug-in hybrids have long had a bit of a reputation for being finicky, thanks to their complicated powertrains. But that’s old news—today’s PHEVs are more reliable than ever, often matching traditional gas cars and EVs in dependability.

If you want to develop browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, and other browsers, you’ve probably seen the phrase ‘WebExtension’ in support documents. Even though WebExtensions and Chrome extensions are (somewhat) interchangeable terms for the same technology, you do need to be aware of the differences for cross-browser extension development.

Keeping track of your spending is the best way to ensure that you live within your means and can put money aside for a rainy day. Budgeting software such as YNAB can help you keep track of your financial transactions, but you have to pay to use the service. Now I'm self-hosting my budgeting software and saving money instead of handing it over to someone else.

You shelled out a grand for a new smartphone, and the last thing you want is to see it lying on the ground, cracked and damaged. The natural inclination is to slap on a case, right? While cases are pretty standard practice, you should know that not all are created equal.

For many, maintaining a perfect lawn is a constant battle. Thankfully, robotic mowers are turning this chore into a hands-off experience. Yardcare is no newcomer to the world of garden solutions. With popular models like the Yardcare E400, V100, and M800plus selling tens of thousands of units and finding their way into homes everywhere, the brand has earned a stellar reputation and user trust in the lawn and garden equipment space.

TL;DR: As of Nov. 19, the 65-inch TCL QM6K QLED TV is on sale for $497.99 at Amazon. That's over $100 off and the lowest-ever price for this model.

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We're keeping a close eye on all the deals that are dropping at this time of year, but we're keeping a particularly keen eye on TV deals. Why? Because shoppers care about low prices on top models. And that's exactly what you're getting with the 65-inch TCL QM6K QLED TV.

As of Nov. 19, the 65-inch TCL QM6K QLED TV is on sale for $497.99 at Amazon. That's over $100 off and the lowest-ever price for this model.

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Mashable's sister site PCMag reviewed this TV, saying "The TCL QM6K is a very good value and a strong performer for the price. While it isn’t the brightest TV available, its mini-LED backlight enables deep black levels for excellent contrast, its colors are wide and accurate, and it's packed with features for streaming and gaming." That's more than enough for us, especially at this record-breaking price.

TCL’s QD-Mini LED technology is designed to outperform traditional QLED and OLED TVs, making the QM6K a top choice for big moments like watching sport or movies with the whole family. If you want a centerpiece TV that could bring everyone together for special moments, this could be the deal for you.

Score the best-ever price on the TCL QM6K QLED TV before Black Friday.

Choosing your first Linux distro can be a daunting experience. Ask the community where you should start, and you’ll get ten different answers. If you know what to look for in a Linux distro, then you'll be able to choose on your own. The key is to do a little research and understand what actually matters when you’re starting. Your first Linux experience depends less on the distro's name and more on a handful of practical things I'm going to cover here.

Finding the right sedan in 2025 often means choosing between comfort, efficiency, or everyday usability, but one Japanese model manages to deliver all three without compromise. It offers upscale refinement, intuitive tech, and a cabin that feels far more premium than its price suggests, making it a standout for drivers who want luxury without luxury-car headaches.

Git is an enormous program, with nearly 200 sub-commands and countless options among them. You probably only use a handful, those reliable stalwarts like init, add, commit, and branch. But some commands go way further than the basics, and can radically improve your coding life if you get to know them.

Dating in 2025 isn't for the faint of heart, especially if you're a young adult. Between growing up online and coming of age during COVID lockdowns, Gen Z has a distinct experience finding love compared to any other generation.

The popular dating app Hinge has distilled some of this experience in the app's latest D.A.T.E. (Data, Advice, Trends, and Expertise) Report called Closing the Communication Gap, or the disconnect between the desire for deep conversations young daters have versus their hesitance to initiate them.

SEE ALSO: Hinge users complain it 'isn't the same' app Mamdani met his wife on

For this report, the app's research team, Hinge Labs, surveyed around 30,000 Hinge users globally this year.

Gen Z struggles to open up

Gen Z daters are 36 percent more hesitant than their millennial counterparts to initiate a deep conversation on the first date — meaning, going beyond small talk.

This aligns with previous research from Hinge. In 2024, Hinge found that Gen Z singles were 47 percent more likely to say the pandemic made them nervous to talk to new people, compared to millennials, and 25 percent more likely to say the pandemic made them less confident on a first date.

Now, at the near-end of 2025, 35 percent of all Hinge daters across genders and sexualities say they're holding back from having deeper conversations because they don't know how to start.

There's also a "communication gap" between women and men, specifically. Forty-two percent of heterosexual Gen Z women feel like the men they date don't want to have deep conversations on the first few dates, but 65 percent of heterosexual Gen Z men say they do.

Early dating often locks people into invisible scripts — like who is "passive" and who is "active," Hinge's love and connection expert, Moe Ari Brown, said in the report. "Falling into these kinds of roles can quietly sabotage the connection because, while habits create routines, they can also create monotony or imbalance."

Zooming out, 43 percent of Gen Z women in general wait for the other person to initiate deep conversations, partly because they assume men don't want to have them, and 48 percent of Gen Z men hold back from emotional intimacy because they don't want to seem "too much." Other worries are the fear of rejection and being judged.

SEE ALSO: The best dating apps and sites in August 2025

This also tracks with what Hinge found last year: 95 percent of Gen Z daters worry about rejection, and 56 percent said that worry held them back from pursuing a potential relationship.

Another reason Gen Z is holding back is social media. Half of Gen Z men, 45 percent of Gen Z women, and 39 percent of nonbinary Gen Z daters said that social media has made them more hesitant to be emotionally open, according to the 2025 report.

In a time where nearly every move one makes is posted online (if not every single move), the fear of being cringe is strong. But we have to embrace it to find love. As Hinge's lead relationship scientist, Logan Ury, said in the new report, "authentic connection requires vulnerability and imperfection."

...while also using AI tools to date

Yet, it could be easier than ever to outsource vulnerability with AI, which Gen Z daters are turning to. From flirting to wedding planning, young adults are using AI tools like ChatGPT to shape their relationship experiences.

Of the Gen Z men who turn to AI for dating, over half (58 percent) use it to initiate conversations, and exactly half use it to generate conversation responses. Forty percent of Gen Z women who use AI do so to start chatting, and 57 percent use it for responding to conversations as well.

Meanwhile, only 34 percent of Hinge daters overall are comfortable or neutral about using AI to write messages.

As difficult as it is, you might want to exit out of ChatGPT in order to find your partner in 2026. You're not alone if you're looking for greater emotional intimacy, though: 84 percent of Gen Z Hinge daters want to find new ways to build deeper connections with the people they're dating.

Google has a new contender for the smartest AI in the world.

On Tuesday, the company launched Gemini 3, calling it its "most intelligent model."

The new LLM (large language model) should have improved reasoning, helping it to understand the depth and nuance of the tasks it tackles. But according to Google, it should also be better at figuring out "the context and intent behind your request," which means you should be able to get things done with less prompts.

SEE ALSO: Google Maps introduces conversational navigation with Gemini

Gemini hasn't only been updated on its own. Google said it shipped the LLM at scale across its products, meaning that Gemini 3 is already live in AI mode in Google Search — the first time the company has shipped a new model in Search on launch day (note, however, that it's currently only live for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers). Gemini 3 is now also live in the Gemini app, in AI Studio and Vertex AI, as well as in Google's agentic development platform, Antigravity.

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As is customary, Google immediately showed off Gemini 3's score in various benchmarks. For example, Gemini 3 Pro is now the leader in LMArena with a score of 1501 Elo, ahead of xAI's Grok, and Gemini 3's predecessor, Gemini 2.5 Pro.

And if you want to push it a little further, you can run Gemini 3 Deep Think, which is even better in reasoning and more suited for the most complex tasks. That model is notably better in certain benchmarks, including the notoriously tough Humanity's Last Exam.

On top of all that, Google also redesigned its Gemini app. One key change is the My Stuff folder, where you can find the various chats and documents you've created with Gemini. The company also improved the shopping experience, and started experimenting with generative interfaces, which are created by the model as you prompt it.

Finally, the Gemini Agent is a feature which can complete multi-step tasks for you, including managing your appointments and reminders, organizing your inbox, or performing research online.

SAVE OVER $1,700: As of Nov. 19, the EF EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra portable power station is on sale for $1,598.99 for Prime members. This is 52% off its list price of $3,299.

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Amazon's Black Friday sale officially starts on Nov. 20, but the retailer already has some exciting deals to consider. Prime members, in particular, have exclusive offers available to check out right now. Among them is this massive discount on the EF EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra portable power station with 400W solar panel, 52% off for a limited time.

This Prime-exclusive discount has dropped the price of the EF EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra portable power station with 400W solar panel from $3,299 to $1,598.99, saving you $1,700.01. According to price tracker camelcamelcamel, it has never hit this low price before, so now is a great time to grab it. However, this deal only lasts through the rest of Nov. 19, so you'll want to be quick.

SEE ALSO: Target Black Friday ad: The best deals you can buy online early

The EF EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra boasts a 3,600W continuous output (7,200W surge) that's ready to power up devices around your home. It features multiple ports as well, including four 120V, 20A AC outputs, one 18W max USB-A port, three 140W max USB-C ports, one 120V, 30A TT-30 RV port, and a 12V, 10A cigarette lighter port.

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It also works quietly, which is a bonus if you're using it in a smaller space. Complete with the 400W solar panel, the EF EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra is ready for any outdoor adventures you have planned.

If you're a Prime member, now is your chance to scoop up the EF EcoFlow Delta 3 Ultra portable power station with 400W solar panel for 52% off at Amazon. And if you're looking for more great deals available right now ahead of Black Friday, check out our breakdown of 60+ early Black Friday deals.

Globbing is like regular expressions for your filenames. Unfortunately, it’s often misunderstood, despite being an essential command-line skill that everyone knows at least something about. Turn that superficial knowledge into a better understanding.

Most people don’t think about DNS at all. I know I didn’t, at least not until I started running into those little internet headaches that never quite go away. You know the ones I'm talking about, pages that hang for a second before loading, apps that stall when they try to reach the internet, or smart home gadgets acting like they're waking up from a long nap. A lot of that slow, messy behavior can be traced back to DNS, the quiet system your devices rely upon to look up every site and service. When your ISP’s DNS is slow, unreliable, or quietly gathering more data than you realize, you'll likely feel it even if you're not sure why.

SAVE $600: As of Nov. 19, the Samsung 75-Inch Neo QLED 4K QN80F TV is on sale for $1,497.99 at Amazon. This is $600 off its list price of $2,097.99 and its lowest-ever price.

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TV deals are regularly some of the best to drop over Black Friday, and we've been lucky enough to find plenty on offer ahead of the official start time. Amazon has quite a few worth checking out right now, including this stellar offer on the Samsung 75-Inch Neo QLED 4K QN80F TV, which has dropped below $1,500 for the first time.

This TV is usually listed for $2,097.99, but the Samsung 75-Inch Neo QLED 4K QN80F TV is down by $600 to $1,497.99. According to price tracker camelcamelcamel, this is its lowest-ever price. Now's a great time to grab it if you've been on the hunt for an upgrade ahead of the holidays.

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This large 75-inch Samsung TV is big enough to make movie nights or binge-watching TV shows over the holiday season feel exciting and immersive. Pair that with a high-quality picture thanks to 4K resolution and a QLED display, and you're in for visuals that pop with vibrant color and detail. On top of that, it even comes with Dolby Atmos spatial audio, which makes it seem as if you are surrounded by the sounds.

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Since this Samsung TV is a smart TV, you'll also have instant access to all of your favorite streaming apps. So no matter what you've deciding to watch over the holidays, flipping between your favorite streamers is nice and easy.

Don't miss out on this excellent deal on the Samsung 75-Inch Neo QLED 4K QN80F TV at Amazon. And if you're looking for more, check out our breakdown of the best early Black Friday TV deals to see other picks that have caught our eye lately.