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More than a third of U.S. states have introduced age verification laws for online adult content, including North Carolina. After the introduction of these new laws, millions of users in North Carolina are now unable to access popular sites like Pornhub. There are complicated reasons for the ban, but for those left in the dark, there is a simple workaround.

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Should umpires be updating their LinkedIn? By the looks of Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star game in Atlanta, maybe so.

A robot umpire, powered by automated tech and employed for the first time at an MLB All-Star Game, helped reverse four ball/strike calls, the CBC reports. Only one appeal, by Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers, did not result in a changed call after input from the Automated Ball-Strike System.

"The ABS system powered by T-Mobile's 5G network utilizes the Hawk-Eye system to track a pitch's trajectory and location to relay an immediate verdict on whether it was a ball or a strike," the MLB notes.

According to the league, fans have been receptive to the tech intervention, which was introduced in the Minor Leagues in 2021 and Triple AAA games the following year. ABS rules allow each team two challenges to ball/strike calls by human umpires, with the team allowed to maintain their challenges if successful. Pitchers, catchers, and batters are the only players allowed to challenge an umpire's decision, and appeals must be made immediately after the pitch.

SEE ALSO: It's officially baseball season: Here's how to watch every MLB game in 2025

The ABS abides by the MLB's somewhat convoluted description of what constitutes a ball as opposed to a strike, calculating the player's height and the strike zone width and depth.

Ahead of Tuesday's game, which saw the National League overtake the American League thanks to a swing-off, MLB players voiced support for their robot judges.

“I did a few rehabs starts with it. I’m OK with it. I think it works,” Dodger Clayton Kershaw told the Associated Press of the ABS.

Finding a good deal on a laptop can sometimes be hard. The cheap ones have awful specs, and the usable ones are often on the expensive side. This Dell laptop is very usable, if you ask me, and now, it's a whopping $400 off—and the new discounted price is pretty good as well.

While fans can argue about which superhero is the best, there’s no real argument as to which one is the most iconic. Superman is the ultimate symbol of everything a hero can be, so much so that he inspired countless other characters, ranging from Omni-Man to Goku. Unfortunately, the Man of Steel’s cinematic outings haven’t always managed to live up to this awesome alien’s storytelling potential.

If you've been on finance TikTok lately, you've probably seen Dean Indot answer his wife Alexis's finance questions to the tune of millions of views.

Dean, a commercial banking exec and Pepperdine MBA, and his wife Alexis went viral from one of their first-ever videos. It wasn't long before Dean's reading-chair rant on why you might not want to use your debit card very often got 14.5 million views. Now, their TikTok account, @alexisanddean, has 1.7 million followers.

We sat down with Alexis and Dean to discuss why their content struck such a chord, when they started making big money from it, and why educational content is so important.

Alexis and Dean Idot Credit: Mashable composite: Zooey Liao; Instagram/ Getty Images How did you guys come up with the specific concept for your videos?

Dean: Alexis is pretty active on social media. I'm not at all. I use LinkedIn for work, and my company manages that for me. And I use Twitter or X for my investment news feeds and data. That's about the extent of my usage of social media. 

She always asks me questions, just as a couple, about finance stuff. It's just how we talk. We sit down and we hang out, and it's always questions. Right after the mini financial crisis in '23, I'm immersed in that because I'm a banker. So all the bankers out there were heavily immersed in that for those two to three weeks of chaos. The long story short is: she asked me to explain it. She wanted to know what was going on because the average person didn't understand what it means when banks go out of business. Why? So she asked me a question, and then I explained, and that was the first video.

Were you uncomfortable at all with the idea of answering her questions on camera?

Dean: No. I didn't realize it was being recorded [at first]. I'm not uncomfortable at all. And fun fact: I don't watch any of my videos. I would only watch the videos in case there are editing requirements or some comment that says I said something untoward or wrong. But I never watch my videos.

Do you edit them? 

Dean: Alexis does everything. She comes from digital marketing and is an entrepreneur. She had her own business for many years, all of which was marketed and driven by social media. I have no idea what happens after she takes the video.

Alexis: I film everything in one take. If it's for a brand [and] if a brand requires edits, I will do it in CapCut, but all of our organic content is filmed in one take, and then I post it directly on TikTok. I just add a little title to it through the TikTok app, but I don't edit our content whatsoever.

Dean: If you see the setup here, you'd know there is no production here. I don't even have a mic. It's her iPhone.

Alexis: Everything's done on the iPhone camera.

Dean: Not even a stick or a stand. She just holds it. And that has not changed since day one.

Why do you think viewers gravitate toward that?

Dean: Authenticity. What you see is what you get,

Alexis: [We get] comments [about how people] feel like they're sitting at a table with us.

Where do you both come up with inspiration or ideas for your videos? 

Dean: I'm very active in paying attention to news, to the economy, to markets. I'm an active trader — not by trade, but for personal reasons. I'm literally sitting here every morning before the market opens, listening to news all day until it closes. I'm a news hound. That's just how I am. What I do is interpret the news for the masses on social media who don't want to read or don't have the time to read. So the content ideas just come organically. If it's not a brand deal, it's usually organic. It's something interesting out there that I want to talk about, or she thinks it's really interesting that people don't understand.

Alexis: There'll be a headline in the news, and Dean will be going off about it. And it makes perfect sense to Dean, but I have no idea what's going on. I might ask questions that seem elementary to him, but I kind of represent our audience in a way that not everyone understands what's going on. So sometimes it'll be me asking questions, just trying to get an explanation on current events. 

Can you sort of walk me through how you go from ideation to publishing a post?

Alexis: I ask Dean the question, [and] I'll get the content that I need. And then, as far as posting it, sometimes I will backlog content. We'll film a bunch of stuff in one day. Dean's really busy, so we'll have filming days where we do a bunch of content in one day. If it's a hot topic, we'll film it that morning and post it right away. 

When I'm ready to post that piece of content, I upload it to the TikTok app. It's very important to use hashtags on TikTok. Not so much Instagram, but cataloging your content on TikTok is really important. So I make sure that I use as many relevant hashtags as I can think of. Some of our favorites are #FinancialLiteracy and #FinancialEducation. Dean doesn't know anything about hashtag strategy.

Dean: No idea.

Alexis: I make sure that I always hashtag relevant hashtags. Then I tag the location, and then we upload it. I don't keep anything in the drafts; I just keep it like on my camera roll in my phone. And it's really straightforward and simple. There really isn't much of a process other than we film.

How many videos are you posting on average every day?

Alexis: On average, we post three times a week. One thing that we just started is Financial Literacy Fridays. I can film a bunch of content that's not time sensitive with Dean and then keep it as a backlog. That way, I'm posting every single Friday, no matter what. We just did the first one, and we got almost a million views. So it seems to be well-received. And that's hopefully a new cadence for us moving forward. 

When did you realize you could generate a significant income from this? 

Dean: The first video [we posted] went viral, but I didn't really pay attention to it at all. I would say six months into it.

Alexis: Dean thought it was kind of a joke in the beginning, but we got a million views on the first video, and then that same week, we got something with like three or four million views, and nothing was getting under 300,000 [views]. And I knew that was a really big deal. [It took us] two months to get into the TikTok Creator Fund.

Dean: They started paying out really well on engagement. Once it passed five figures in revenue, that's when I [said], "Wait a minute, this is bonafide. This is not a joke."

You were getting five figures from the Creator Fund?

Alexis: No, not [at first]. Only this year. 

Dean: In the beginning, we had small brand deals here and there, what I call "funny money." It's gas money.

Alexis: But we're really only two-and-a-half years in, and to see how much we've grown has been really kind of crazy.

Which monetization methods do you use? 

Alexis: The Creator Fund. There is something called Specialized Rewards on TikTok, where they reward creators who make what they call educational learning content. And we've been selected to be in that program as well. So that's been really great for brand deals. 

Dean: We have a couple of longer-term contracts, but again, we're very picky about that, too, about the brand deals. I view this business not just as about making as much money as I can as fast as I can; it's more about helping the community… I would never do a brand deal if it's a product that I wouldn't use or that I haven't used already. I'm very, very strict about that.

Alexis: Even if it's a product that I think is a good product. If Dean's like, "It's a good product, but it's not something that fits my lifestyle," we still won't. It has to be something that we personally use and enjoy. 

Is that mostly brands coming to you? 

Dean: No, they all come to us. 

Alexis: I have a manager, but I would say 98 percent of everything is inbound to us. 

How quickly you became successful on TikTok is quite an anomaly, right? It's not that common to have your first video go viral. Was this your first attempt at virality?

Dean: It wasn't even a try.

Alexis: I had other channels.

Dean: She thought it was funny.

Alexis: Well, no, I had a small business that I would advertise on Instagram that I've spent years building, and I never had the success that I had with this channel. 

[For this project],I filmed one video and I introduced myself and [said] what I was gonna be posting. And then that same night, I posted the very first question I asked Dean, and out of the gate, it did really well. It wasn't an idea that I had recycled and had to try multiple times. It just worked the first time. I think it was a combination of the content style and the topic that we picked. It was such a hot topic at that time. I've realized that the content that does the best on our channel sometimes is a hot topic. Being on it with what's relevant works really well with TikTok. The algorithm seems to like it. 

What advice would you give to someone who's starting out in content creation and is looking to build a career or grow their following similar to yours?

Dean: What you see is what you get. I'm not trying. I'm not doing anything that isn't normally me. 

Alexis: What Dean just said. When people ask me, "How can we replicate what you guys have done?" I just tell people to be themselves. When you're creating content, if you're not filming with a partner in the way that we are, I tell people to act like you're on FaceTime with your friends. TikTok feels like a little community, a small family, people that you talk with every day, and engage with your comments. Film as if you're talking to your friend on FaceTime. 

You would rightfully assume the apps and photos in the “Secure Folder”—emphasis on Secure—on your Galaxy phone were safe. Well, a sneaky little flaw allowed anyone with physical access to your device to peek at your hidden treasures. Samsung is finally addressing this with the One UI 8 update.

Eric Wei started the company Karat Financial to help creators with the financial side of their careers, but he didn't stop there.

After spending some time working with a client roster that includes Ludwig, Alex Botez, and Wendover Productions, Wei decided to make content of his own. On The Karat Podcast, he interviews creators (many of whom work with Karat) about their journeys to making it, with guests ranging from the chess streamer (and grandmaster) akaNemsko to Patreon CEO Jack Conte. That didn't keep him busy enough, so Wei started the podcast The Joy of Missing Out alongside friend and co-host Chloe Shih to talk about life in their 30s after spending so much time in their 20s working for other people — or in Wei's words, to "just yap."

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We caught up with him at VidCon 2025 to learn more about what he uses to create all this content, run Karat, and stay sane through it all.

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 As a podcast host, Wei cares about good audio. "You can get away with not great video — you can't get away without good audio, and you always want to have backups," he told us. The Rode Wireless Pro system comes with two Lavalier mics and a receiver, a timecode system for syncing up audio and video, and 32GB of memory for up to 40 hours of recording time.

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 There's nothing wrong with using an iPhone — it's what Wei himself did when he first started out.  "You don't necessarily need to have the best cameras," Wei told us. "For me, it's because I realized I wanted to feel more legitimate. The [Sony camera] has leveled the playing field to shoot a professional-looking podcast."

While it's certainly not the cheapest camera out there, Wei's footage speaks for itself. As he notes, it's also relatively versatile, being small enough to use as a vlogging camera but upgradeable enough that it could be used on a more professional rig.

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Wei started the Karat credit card because he saw how hard it was for creators to open business accounts with traditional banks. "As a creator, it's fun to make content, but eventually you have to care about things like, how do I pay my taxes? How do I track how much money I'm making? How do I know my tax write-offs? And I think it's important to set up a business bank account, a credit card, and my company obviously customizes and focuses on that specifically for creators," said Wei.

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" I always have a protein drink in my bag," Wei told us. "I'm a big believer that you can only have a healthy mind and be inspired when you have a healthy body." To prove his point, the co-founder pulled his empty Core Power protein shake bottle out from his bag.

Mashable was live at the Anaheim Convention Center last week, covering VidCon 2025. Check out our coverage of your favorite creators, the latest trends, and how creators are growing their followings, their influence, and making a living online at Mashable.com.

Grok 4 by xAI was released on July 9, and it's surged ahead of competitors like DeepSeek and Claude at LMArena, a leaderboard for ranking generative AI models. However, these types of AI rankings don't factor in potential safety risks.

New AI models are commonly judged on a variety of metrics, including their ability to solve math problems, answer text questions, and write code. The big AI companies use a variety of standardized assessments to measure the effectiveness of their models, such as Humanity's Last Exam, a 2,500-question test designed for AI benchmarking. Typically, when a company like Anthropic or OpenAI releases a new model, it shows improvements on these tests. Unsurprisingly, Grok 4 scores higher than Grok 3 on some key metrics, but it also has to battle in the court of public opinion.

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LMArena is a community-driven website that lets users test AI models side by side in blind tests. (LMArena has been accused of bias against open models, but it's still one of the most popular AI ranking platforms.) Per their testing, Grok 4 scored in the top three in every category in which it was tested except for one. Here are the overall placements in each category:

• Math: Tied for first

• Coding: Tied for second

• Creative Writing: Tied for second

• Instruction Following: Tied for second

• Hard Prompts: Tied for third

• Longer Query: Tied for second

• Multi-Turn: Tied for fourth

And in its latest overall rankings, Grok 4 is tied for third place, sharing the spot with OpenAI's gpt-4.5. The ChatGPT models o3 and 4o are tied for the second position, while Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro has the top spot.

LMArena says it used grok-4-0709, which is the API version of Grok 4 used by developers. Per Bleeping Computer, this performance may actually underrate Grok 4's true potential, as LMArena uses the regular version of Grok 4. The Grok 4 Heavy model uses multiple agents that can act in concert to come up with better responses. However, Grok 4 Heavy isn’t available in API form yet, so LMArena can’t test it. 

However, while this all sounds like good news for Elon Musk and xAI, some Grok 4 users are reporting major safety problems. And, no, we're not even talking about Mecha Hitler or NSFW anime avatars.

Does Grok 4 have sufficient safety guardrails?

While some users tested Grok 4's capabilities, others wanted to see if Grok 4 had acceptable safety guardrails. xAI advertises that Grok will give “unfiltered answers,” but some Grok users have reported receiving extremely distressing responses.

X user Eleventh Hour decided to put Grok through its paces from a safety perspective, concluding in an article that "xAI's Grok 4 has no meaningful safety guardrails."

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Eleventh Hour ran the bot through its paces, asking for help to create a nerve agent called Tabun. Grok 4 typed out a detailed answer on how to allegedly synthesize the agent. For the record, synthesizing Tabun is not only dangerous but completely illegal. Popular AI chatbots from OpenAI and Anthropic have specific safety guardrails to avoid discussing CBRN topics (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats).

In addition, Eleventh Hour was able to get Grok 4 to tell them how to make VX nerve agent, fentanyl, and even the basics on how to build a nuclear bomb. It was also willing to assist in cultivating a plague, but was unable to find enough information to do so. In addition, with some basic prompting, suicide methods and extremist views were also fairly easy to obtain. 

xAI is aware of these problems, and the company has since updated Grok to deal with “problematic responses.”

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

It's rare these days for a subscription service not to increase its price. It's sadly all too common—from streaming services to other useful subscriptions. Google's Nest Aware subscription, which is a boon for those in the Google smart home ecosystem, is the latest victim to this increasingly common phenomenon.

If you've read stuff I've written about Motorola, you know I'm not the biggest fan of its phones. That doesn't mean, however, that a Motorola phone can't be a good deal at the right price. The 2024 Moto Edge is currently at a great price, making it one of the rare cases where I'm willing to recommend one of these.

As young adults become more jaded by online dating, dating apps are trying to save themselves with AI features. Over the last few years, all the big players like Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble have added AI-powered tools. Users can now pick profile photos, break the ice, and get prompt help with AI. But has it paid off?

No, according to a new survey from Bloomberg Intelligence. Gen Z reported higher levels of discomfort than millennials when it came to using AI for tasks like modifying photos, messaging matches, and crafting profile prompts. Nearly half of the respondents said they didn't have trouble creating their profiles independently or messaging matches.

SEE ALSO: Comparing AI features for Bumble, Hinge, and Tinder

The survey of around 1,000 U.S. respondents was collected by Attest on behalf of Bloomberg Intelligence between May 15 and 29. The survey didn't mention apps by name, Bloomberg reported, only the types of features added.

Bloomberg Intelligence technology analyst Nicole D'Souza, who wrote the report on the findings, said they suggested that apps aren't providing features that address user needs. When Mashable spoke to 10 daters earlier this year about dating in 2025, they said that they're sick of dating apps and wanted to date in-person again.

Despite this, though, it seems that some younger people are using AI to find a partner. Match and the Kinsey Institute recently found that nearly half of Gen Z has already used AI in their dating lives. In some cases, young people want AI to be their partner.

Dating apps, however, are working to beat the online dating fatigue. New Tinder CEO Spencer Rascoff, for example, wants to shed Tinder's "hookup reputation." On LinkedIn, he introduced "product principles" that will guide the app in its new era. One of them? "Stronger Together, Smarter With AI."

Documentation isn't beginner-friendly, and tutorials often leave gaps. Learning Python can feel overwhelming, so you're not alone. To address this, I have prepared a concise, no-nonsense guide to rapidly boost your skills with Python lists—in less than 30 minutes too!

Smart lighting manufacturer Deako just announced its latest smart light switch, which features a built-in light bar, magic pairing, and a redesigned app. The new 2nd Gen Smart Switch promises to be easy to configure, use, and see.

Inexpensive robot vacuums are way smarter than they used to be. Even without all of the fancy features, they can absolutely shave some time off of your chore routine — if they work the way they're supposed to.

But many of the ultra-cheap robot vacuums floating around are so basic that they quickly go from helpers to agents of chaos. Let's say the low price stems from basic bumper car navigation instead of smart mapping, or from outdated sensors that get confused by table legs. Your chances of coming home to a vacuum stuck under the couch are probably higher than the chance of coming home to a fully-swept floor plan. Many low-budget robotic vacuum cleaners also cap suction power at 2,000 or 3,000 Pa, which simply can't compete with any remotely stubborn crumbs, hair, or dust. You'd be all but guaranteed to step on debris that the vacuum blew around and left behind.

SEE ALSO: Shark vs. Roomba: Comparing top-rated robot vacuum lineups

Long story short: Buying a certain robot vacuum just because it's cheap puts that glorious hands-off cleaning experience in jeopardy. But not all budget robot vacuums are disappointing. Compared to five years ago, the budget-friendly end of the robot vacuum spectrum has experienced just as much of a glow-up as the premium end has. Smart mapping and automatic emptying are incredibly common and affordable in 2025, especially when deals on robot vacuums happen year-round. All picks in this list go on sale for less than $500 multiple times per month.

At the end of the day, the best way to ensure a cheap robot vacuum doesn't suck is to take a recommendation from someone who's tested some out before. I'm regularly testing budget robot vacuums in my own apartment, actively keeping the "bang for your buck" mentality in mind. Here are the best inexpensive robot vacuums to buy in 2025.

Other robot vacuums I've tested recently

I have tested several other inexpensive robot vacuums in the past that didn't make the most recent cut for this list. These include older models like the Eufy L60, Roomba 694, the Roomba Combo Essential 2, and Shark Matrix RV2300, which have simply been overshadowed by other (often newer) vacuums that offer more suction power and smarter features in the same budget price range.

One comparison that sticks out is the Roomba 205 DustCompactor versus the 3i G10+, which both "self-empty" without a self-emptying dock. However, I wasn't psyched on my experience with the Roomba 205 — it got stuck on rug corners and got lost too often. Plus, the 3i G10+ offers more advanced features like small obstacle and pet waste avoidance and a livestream pet camera, whereas the Roomba 205 doesn't.

You can grab the incredible M2 MacBook Air for an astonishingly low price of just $699 at Best Buy, which is a fantastic $100 off its usual price of $800. This is a major discount that brings a powerful Apple laptop to a surprisingly low price point.

Apple's yearly releases mean that older OS updates get deprecated a lot more quickly. Now, Google Chrome is dropping support for what used to be a pretty popular macOS release—and it could mean trouble for some older Macs.

SAVE 36%: As of July 16, you can get the Roborock Q10 X5+ robot vacuum and mop for $319.98, down from $499.99, at Amazon. That's a 36% discount and a $180.01 savings.

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If you weren’t able to score a robot vacuum during Prime Day, there’s still a handful of robot vacuum deals happening right now.

As of July 16, you can get the roborock Q10 X5+ robot vacuum and mop for $319.98, down from $499.99, at Amazon. That's a 36% discount and a $180.01 savings. It's also the best price we've seen this model go for.

SEE ALSO: I've tested 25+ robot vacuums. Here are 6 I'd actually recommend buying in 2025.

The Roborock Q10 X5+ is a robot vacuum and mop combo, and it comes with a self-empty base (that can hold up to seven weeks’ worth of dust and debris). It’s designed specifically for homes with pets and kids — it has a dual anti-tangle system that keeps hair from getting caught up in the vacuum, and it can avoid carpets when mopping. With a 10,000 Pa suction power, the Roborock Q10 X5+ has more than enough power to take on messes on both hard and soft floors.

You’ll also get smart navigation and total control with the PreciSense LiDAR map feature (which is supposed to map your home six times faster), along with customizable routines and no-go zones. It can run for up to 150 minutes, and when it’s done, it will automatically head back to its dock to recharge and empty its dustbin.

Pixar's upcoming Hoppers is what you'd get if you cross James Cameron's Avatar with a nature documentary.

The film, directed by Daniel Chong (We Bare Bears) introduces audiences to 11-year-old animal lover Mabel (voiced by Piper Curda), who wants nothing more than to protect the idyllic glade near her house from Mayor Jerry's (voiced by Jon Hamm) environmentally destructive construction project.

SEE ALSO: 'Elio' review: Pixar's cosmic tale of friendship will cure your loneliness

To save her local wildlife, Mabel takes advantage of Beaverton University's newly invented "hopping" technology, which puts human consciousness into fake animal bodies. Hoppers will be able to blend seamlessly into the animal kingdom and understand the animals around them. It's an unprecedented look into the natural world!

It's also a tad familiar. In the film's first teaser, an excited Mabel tells the scientists who created hopping, "Guys, this is just like Avatar!"

"This is nothing like Avatar!" the irate scientists reply. They're right — it's Avatar, but cuter!

The teaser for Hoppers dives into Mabel's first forays into hopping, where she enthusiastically greets birds, listens to deer gossip, and overall, adjusts to the beaver lifestyle. In the teaser's funniest sequence, Mabel saves a beaver from being eaten by a vicious bear, something that confuses both the hunter and the hunted. Apparently, "Pond Rules" dictates that the bear has to eat someone, and this beaver was totally OK with being that someone. Looks like Mabel will have a lot of work to do in order to better understand the animal kingdom!

Hoppers hits theaters March 6.

Sometimes, trying to find a good anime to stream is a bit like fishing through those discount DVD piles at Walmart. Will you find some good stuff? Maybe. Will you have to sift through a bunch of unwatchable junk to get to it? Definitely!