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Stephen Colbert showed support for fellow late night host Jimmy Kimmel following his suspension last week, and he's shown just as much support on Kimmel's return to TV.

The host was back on the air on Tuesday night, giving a 28-minute monologue that quickly went viral on YouTube, in which he addressed his suspension, his comments on Charlie Kirk's shooter, and the issue of free speech. Millions of people tuned in, and Stephen Colbert was one of them.

"You're in a good mood, I'm in a good mood, because last night our friend Jimmy Kimmel returned to television," says Colbert in the clip above, at the start of his monologue. "Just so proud of him. So proud to know that man. Jimmy spoke beautifully about free speech and unity, he made great jokes, showed his deep emotions, got huge ratings. It did so well that Disney just announced that next summer they're releasing Guillermo & Stitch. Live action!"

Colbert went on to talk about the tens of millions of YouTube views Kimmel's return monologue received. "Congrats Jimmy! That's pretty rare. That puts you just five billion views behind El Chombo's song with the dancing alien that sings in Spanish."

If your ABC station isn't showing Kimmel, here's how to watch his show.

SAVE $500: As of Sept. 25, the ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 gaming laptop is on sale for $3,999 at Amazon. That's an 11% saving on the list price.

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Looking for an upgrade to your gaming setup? You don't need to wait until Prime Day for a great deal; you can save big on the ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 18 at Amazon right now. As of Sept. 25, this gaming laptop is reduced by a whopping $500, now priced at $3,999. According to camelcamelcamel, this is its lowest-ever price.

This is obviously a splurge, but serious gamers want the best. It runs on Windows 11 Pro with an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor and NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, so you’re getting really impressive performance out of the box. With 32GB of fast DDR5 memory and a massive 2TB SSD, multitasking is smooth and lag-free, and you’ll have plenty of space for storing games and files.

SEE ALSO: Upgrade your gaming PC and save on the Asus Dual Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 OC Edition GPU

Display-wise, it has an 18-inch ROG Nebula HDR display with Mini LED technology, over 2,000 dimming zones, dual ACR layers, a super-fast 240Hz refresh rate, and 100% DCI-P3 color, making visuals vibrant, clear, and lifelike. It has some really cool lighting features, too. On the lid, there’s the customizable AniMe Vision display, where you can showcase text, animations, or even your own designs. Around the base, a full-surround RGB light bar creates a 360° glow that makes the laptop stand out.

And to keep everything running cool and smoothly, this laptop benefits from an advanced thermal system that combines a vapor chamber, tri-fan design, and liquid metal for top performance without overheating.

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SAVE $24: As of Sept. 25, the Apple AirTag four-pack is on sale for $74.99 at Amazon. That's a 24% discount on the list price.

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Prime Day is almost back, with just over a week to go before Amazon treats us to some incredible deals and discounts. TVs, earbuds, e-readers, everything and anything can be heavily discounted over this period. It's also a great time to purchase Apple products, with AirTags already seeing great discounts ahead of the event.

As of Sept. 25, you can find the four-pack of AirTags on sale at Amazon for $74.99, a $24 saving on list price. This deal is perfect if you have lots of items or devices you want to keep tabs on, like your phone, keys, tablet, or even your passport.

SEE ALSO: iPhones could soon offer more support for non-Apple smartwatches

AirTags work as a tracking device. You attach them to whatever you don't want to lose and follow it in the Find My app. If you do lose it, you can use the map to track it down. And if that doesn't work, the AirTag has a small speaker built in and can play a noise to alert you to its location.

AirTags are IP67 water and dust-resistant, so if your items end up somewhere they really shouldn't be, the AirTag can still remain trackable. It also has a year-long battery life, and when it does run out, just replace it with a CR2032 coin cell battery — nice and easy.

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Samsung usually launches its next wave of flagship devices over the winter. The Galaxy S25 was released in early February, and the Galaxy S24 before it came in late January. Thus, it stands to reason that the Galaxy S26 will come around the same time in 2026. Despite being several months out for release, there are already a ton of rumors about Samsung’s upcoming flagship. Let’s take a look at them. 

To start, rumors say that Samsung is likely shaking up its lineup a little bit. According to a GSMA database listing (spotted by SammyPolice), it appears as though Samsung will end the Plus part of its lineup with the Galaxy S26 series of phones. That would leave the base Galaxy S26, the iPhone 17 Air competitor in the Galaxy S26 Edge, and the Galaxy S26 Ultra. 

SEE ALSO: Samsung’s Project Moohan VR headset could launch in October — here’s everything we know

It’s unclear if Samsung will keep its naming conventions the same with one phone going down, but there is a rumor that the base Galaxy S26 will be rebranded to a more iPhone-like S26 Pro, so we’ll refer to it as the S26 Pro in this article. As for the rest of the specs, here is every rumor that we could find. 

Display, design, and size

In terms of overall size, it appears Samsung isn’t looking to reinvent the wheel. A leak from Digital Chat Station on Weibo suggests that the overall dimensions of the Galaxy S26 Pro, S26 Ultra, and S26 Edge will be similar to their 2025 counterparts. The S26 Pro is rumored to sport a 6.27-inch screen, which is larger than the S25’s 6.2-inch display. There is no word yet on the screen size of the S26 Ultra or S26 Edge, but there have been some rumors that the design will be at least slightly different from prior years. 

In comparison, here's the S25 Ultra. Credit: James Martin / Mashable

There haven’t been any rumors yet about specs, but Samsung has used the same AMOLED 2X screen in its last two flagships, so we’ll see if any changes happen next year. The screen may have some neat tricks, though. A recent rumor from IceUniverse states that the S26 series will have a smart privacy mode that blocks people from seeing your screen at an angle. This may be powered by Samsung’s Flex Magic Pixel, which the brand showed off in early 2024. 

Specs

For specs, the rumors don’t say anything that isn’t already expected. The Galaxy S26 series is currently rumored to have the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 chip, which Qualcomm rebranded to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 a couple of weeks ago. There is also a rumor that Samsung will equip some S26 models with an Exynos chip, which Samsung fans hope is the Exynos 2600, which has also been making some noise in the rumor mill over the last week.

In terms of the small stuff, like storage and RAM, there have been some small rumblings. One rumor says that the Galaxy S26 (all models) will feature 16GB of RAM, a 4GB increase from the last few years, and the most a Galaxy phone has had since the Galaxy S21 Ultra. In terms of storage capacity, there are no rumors that anything will change, so the 128GB base (256GB on the Ultra) is likely to remain in place for now, with upgraded storage available as an option. 

Battery and charging

Based on early rumors, this may be one of the most interesting changes coming to the S26 lineup. Samsung has been working on a stacked battery design that would allow for more dense batteries in the same physical space. This could bring a long-awaited bump to battery size. According to current rumors, the S26 Ultra is slated to come with a 5,500 mAh stacked battery, a 10 percent increase from the S25 Ultra. Samsung may be removing a camera to add even more battery capacity. The S26 Pro is rumored to come with a 4,200mAh cell, up from the 4,000mAh in the Galaxy S25. 

For charging, it’s unlikely that the Galaxy S26 series will get one. Samsung is definitely working on 60W wired charging, but so far, it seems that Samsung will wait for the Galaxy S27 series (or later) to implement it. This could change as we get closer to launch for the S26 series, but for now, it seems that 45W will be around for at least one more year. There are also rumors that wireless charging may see a bump to the Qi2 standard

Camera

The camera system in the Galaxy S26 series may change quite a bit, and there are a few different rumors that say different things. Jumping right in, one rumor says that the S26 series will have the same megapixel count but will feature a new, as-of-yet unannounced sensor from the same ISOCELL GN series as prior Samsung models. On the Galaxy S26 Ultra, a 200MP camera is rumored, as is a 324MP lens with a 50MP, 3x telephoto lens. It’s more likely that Samsung will do the 200MP with a new sensor, but all leaks are being considered right now. 

S25 Ultra with its five cameras. Credit: James Martin / Mashable

In addition, there are rumors that Samsung will bring back its variable aperture on the main shooter, which Samsung hasn’t included on its camera system since the Galaxy S10 series back in 2019. As previously mentioned, Samsung may be considering dropping the number of cameras to three instead of four, like on prior models, to make space for a larger battery. Other rumors about the camera include a dual periscope design that’ll magnify to 8x, but that is just speculation at this time.

Other features and hardware

Much of the rest of the Galaxy S26 lineup is predictable. It’ll come with the latest One UI out of the gate with the latest version of Android. That is no surprise, and we don’t need rumors to predict that one. The S26 series will likely get One UI 8.5, which is slated for a rather large redesign along with a host of new features, including the aforementioned privacy screen feature. According to rumor, the redesign emulates Apple’s Liquid Glass in some ways with transparent UI elements. 

The only other piece of hardware we haven’t talked about is the S-Pen. Samsung appears to be set to do something big with the S-Pen. The rumors speculate that the S-Pen is sticking around and will come with some upgrades. The new functionality may have something to do with how magnetic accessories work, and this seems to be linked to the aforementioned Qi2 wireless charging upgrade. 

Lots of potential for change

Samsung has caught a lot of flak over the last few years for using a lot of the same components year after year, like the camera sensor, display technology, battery size, and even design. Should the Galaxy S26 series rumors pan out, it seems Samsung is aiming for a sizable departure from its earlier flagship lineup with a new camera sensor, more battery, a slightly different design, and more. We’ll have to wait until early next year to see it for sure, but there’s enough here to get a little excited.

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Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that's before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each streamer!

SEE ALSO: The 10 best TV shows of 2025 (so far), and where to stream them

Don't be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch. We've got your back, whatever your mood. Mashable offers watch guides for all of the above, broken down by genre: comedy, thriller, horror, documentary, and animation, among others. But if you're seeking something brand-new (or just new to streaming), we've got you covered there, too.

Mashable's entertainment team has scoured the streaming services to highlight the most buzzed-about releases of the week and ranked them from worst to best — or least worth your time to most watchable. Whether you're hankering for some juicy TV dramas, a classic musical with a fresh remaster, dark comedy mayhem, or the MCU's freshest and possibly most infuriating releases, we've got something just for you.

11. Marvel Zombies

If you liked the zombie-focused episode of Marvel's What If...?, we've got great news for you. The alt-timeline animated saga that asks, "What if the Avengers got zombie bit?" is now its own mini-series, called Marvel Zombies — not to be confused with the comic series of the same name.

In this four-episode arc, plenty of fan favorites from across the MCU's movies and TV shows will appear, including Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Ironheart, Kate Bishop, Okoye, Black Panther, Yelena Belova, Blade, Xu Shang-Chi, the Scarlet Witch, and many, many more. But the bad news is a lot of your faves are flesh-craving zombies who've maintained their superpowers and fighting skills. This means you'll get some face-offs you might never have dared imagine. But fair warning, this series is deeply, deeply bleak.

It's as if the MCU has been holding a grudge about all those critiques that they don't kill off enough characters and saved them all up for this. So be warned, while this is for fans who love an MCU shake-up and deep-cut callbacks, it's also the darkest, most depressing MCU release to date. — Kristy Puchko, Entertainment Editor

Starring: Awkwafina, David Harbour, Simu Liu, Elizabeth Olsen, Randall Park, Florence Pugh, Paul Rudd, Wyatt Russell, Hailee Steinfeld, Tessa Thompson, Dominique Thorne, Iman Vellani, and Todd Williams

How to watch: Marvel Zombies is now streaming on Disney+.

9. Slow Horses, Season 5

The Emmy–winning espionage drama Slow Horses returns for its highly anticipated fifth season, based on Mick Herron's fifth Slough House book, London Rules. (Shout out to the show for putting out five seasons since its 2022 premiere — I admire the efficiency.)

This time around, the Slow Horses, led by Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), are investigating a series of increasingly bizarre events befalling London. Expect tech specialist Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung) to take on a bigger role this season, especially since his glamorous new girlfriend makes the whole team suspicious.* — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter

Starring: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Ruth Bradley, James Callis, Tom Brooke, Jonathan Pryce, and Nick Mohammed

How to watch: Slow Horses premieres Sept. 24 on Apple TV+.

8. The Man in My Basement

What would you be willing to sell of yourself? Your house? Your heirlooms? Your soul?

These are the questions posed in The Man in My Basement, the genre-bending directorial debut feature from filmmaker Nadia Latif. She adapts Walter Mosley's novel of the same name, with the author himself as her co-writer. Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton) stars as a man on the verge of losing the home his family has had for generations. But the answer to his financial woes could be a stranger with a strange offer: a fortune to allow him to live in the basement for several weeks. As this stranger is played by Willem Dafoe, you know this one's going to get weird. But unless you've read Mosley's book, you couldn't guess where this will go. — K.P.

SEE ALSO: 'The Man in My Basement' review: Willem Dafoe and Corey Hawkins face off in spooky thriller

Starring: Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Jonathan Ajayi, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr., Pamela Nomvete, Tamara Lawrance

How to watch: The Man in My Basement debuts on Hulu and Disney+ on Sept. 26.

7. House of Guinness

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight returns to Netflix with House of Guinness, which crosses Irish history with Succession-style family drama.

House of Guinness kicks off with the death of beer tycoon Sir Benjamin Guinness, who wills his business to two of his four children: hard-partying Arthur (Anthony Boyle) and diligent businessman Edward (Louis Partridge). Guinness' other children, Anne (Emily Fairn) and Ben (Fionn O'Shea), get nothing. So begins a sprawling conflict among siblings, and among the citizens of Dublin who cross paths with the family. Who will come out on top in this gritty period piece? — B.E.

Starring: Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Emily Fairn, Fionn O'Shea, David Wilmot, James Norton, Jack Gleeson, Niamh McCormack, Seamus O'Hara, Dervla Kirwan, Michael McElhatton, Danielle Galligan, Hilda Fay, and Cassian Bilton

How to watch: House of Guinness is now streaming on Netflix.

6. M3GAN 2.0

In 2023, M3GAN took the world of horror by storm with her American Girl doll aesthetic and killer dance moves. A sequel seemed inevitable. But much to our shock and horror, M3GAN 2.0 abandoned its horror movie roots for a flood of espionage thriller action and sci-fi shenanigans.

In my review for Mashable, I jeered, "The result is a sequel that is a horrendous mishmash of ideas and influences. M3GAN 2.0 is occasionally outrageous, but mostly it's derivative, bewildering, and bland." Fleeing from what the fans loved about the first film, this follow-up tanked hard at the box office. And now you can easily see why. — K.P.

Starring: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ivanna Sakhno, and Jemaine Clement

How to watch: M3GAN 2.0 debuts on Peacock on Sept. 26.

5. Adulthood

Alex Winter helms this dark comedy that takes the battle of caring for elder parents to some truly gnarly places. Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario co-star as siblings who are shocked to discover a corpse in the walls of their childhood home. Desperate to cover it up to protect their ailing mother, they go down a twisted spiral of big, bad decisions that leads to all kinds of comical mayhem.

While the screenplay by Michael M.B. Galvin has some gnawing plot holes, in my review out of the film's TIFF premiere, I cheered, "Still, if you're seeking something funky, funny, and charmingly chaotic, Adulthood delivers." — K.P.

Starring: Josh Gad, Kaya Scodelario, Billie Lourd, Alex Winter, and Anthony Carrigan

How to watch: Adulthood is now available to purchase on Prime Video.

4. The Fantastic Four: First Steps

The MCU got a fresh look with the throwback '60s fun of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn star as the eponymous superhero team, made up of Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing. In this rousing adventure, they must not only save the world from the planet-wrecker Galactus (Ralph Ineson), but also save the youngest of their family, baby Franklin.

In his review for Mashable, Siddhant Adlakha wrote, "The film strikes this balance without ever sacrificing the flawed humanity and the uncompromising heart that have long made Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben some of the most lovable fixtures in all-ages American fiction. First Steps is, in a word, fantastic." — K.P.

Starring: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ralph Ineson

How to watch: The Fantastic Four: First Steps is now available for rental or purchase on Prime Video.

3. Wayward

Canadian comedian Mae Martin makes the leap to drama and showrunner with Wayward, as the creator and star of this new Netflix mini-series. Set in the curious small town of Tall Pines, Vermont, Wayward offers a dazzling ensemble cast led by the one and only Toni Collette, who plays an enigmatic cult leader.

Serene and intimidating, Evelyn Wade (Collette) runs Tall Pines Academy, a reform school for teenagers with some peculiar practices. Some rebellious teens are desperate to get out, and a new-to-town cop (Martin) may be their best chance for rescue.

In my review for Mashable, I cautioned: "All this makes for a show that's very easy to binge-watch. So now a warning: Don't hit play on Wayward unless you're ready to surrender yourself to eight hours of this sensational series. Like the town at its center, it's hard to walk away from." — K.P.

Starring: Mae Martin, Brandon Jay McLaren, Sarah Gadon, Patrick J. Adams, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Patrick Gallagher, Sydney Topliffe, Joshua Close, and Toni Collette

How to watch: Wayward is now streaming on Netflix.

2. The Sound of Music

2025 marks the 60th anniversary of The Sound of Music, so what better way to celebrate than checking out the remastered version of the film, coming to digital this week? If you're a big Sound of Music fan, get ready to relive headstrong Maria's (Julie Andrews) journey from nun to governess to surprise music teacher, and revisit classic tunes like "My Favorite Things" and "Do-Re-Mi." And if you've never seen the movie in the first place, consider this a sign from the movie gods to do so! — B.E.

Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker

How to watch: The Sound of Music remastered is now available on digital.

1. The Lowdown

Reservation Dogs co-creator Sterlin Harjo returns to FX with The Lowdown, a "Tulsa noir" led by Ethan Hawke. Hawke stars as Lee Raybon, a so-called "truthstorian" dedicated to exposing the darkest secrets of Tulsa's most powerful and corrupt figures. Among them is the Washberg family, a dynasty with its fair share of dirty laundry. When the Washberg family's black sheep Dale (Tim Blake Nelson) dies under mysterious circumstances, Lee knows he's got something major on his hands, so he sets off into an investigation of Tulsa's criminal underbelly. His digging around could lead to game-changing revelations — or to him winding up dead in a car trunk.

Harjo and Hawke previously collaborated on the penultimate entry of Reservation Dogs, one of the best episodes of one of the best shows of recent years. Naturally, their reunion is nothing short of electric, with The Lowdown balancing Reservation Dogs' hangout comedy stylings with a gripping noir mystery. As I wrote in my review, "The Lowdown turned out to be some of the most fun I've had watching TV this year." Get into it. — B.E.

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Keith David, Kaniehtiio Horn, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kyle MacLachlan, Scott Shepherd, Siena East, Michael Hitchcock, Michael “Killer Mike” Render, Cody Lightning, Tim Blake Nelson, and Tracy Letts

How to watch: The Lowdown's first two episodes are now streaming on Hulu. New episodes debut each Tuesday.

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I see you, annotators — the readers with color-coded highlighting systems and tabs sticking out of every book. Going digital with an e-reader might not seem like it's for you, but with all the advancements in the market, things are changing. I've seen it all in the Kindle line-up, from the most basic Kindle to a color e-reader and now the Kindle Scribe.

Launched in late 2024, Amazon debuted the next generation of the Kindle Scribe. It's the largest in the brand's lineup and the only model that comes with a pen and the ability to write. I'd spent time with the previous generation of Scribe, so I wanted to see how Amazon improved the device. Unfortunately... it wasn't much.

Here's what I think about the Kindle Scribe and if it's worth it.

Kindle Scribe price and specs Putting the original Kindle Scribe (left) head to head with the 2024 Kindle Scribe (right). Credit: Samantha Mangino / Mashable

The 2024 Kindle Scribe is the same size as the previous generation but features a redesigned screen with even borders surrounding the screen.

These are the full specs for the 2024 Kindle Scribe:

• 10.2-inch display, up to 94 nits brightness, and 300 ppi resolution

• USB-C charging port with up to 12 weeks of battery life

• Starts at 16GB of storage, with 32GB and 64GB options available

• Premium pen included

• Comes in tungsten (dark gray) and metallic jade

• Not waterproof

All the perks of a Kindle e-reader, plus annotation Jotting down my thoughts on the Kindle Scribe... on the Kindle Scribe. Credit: Samantha Mangino / Mashable

Kindles are great e-readers — our favorite, in fact. So, it's no surprise that the Kindle Scribe has the same possibilities. You can access books through the Kindle Store or Libby. Like all Kindles, there's seamless Libby integration to make it easy to read your library books.

But it has something other Kindles don't, the ability to annotate. With an included stylus (called the "premium pen"), you can write using the notebook feature as a digital notebook. Plus, this latest generation of Kindle Scribe allows you to annotate within the margins of books. I used it to annotate long PDFs, write notes in the margins, and handwrite line edits. Once I was done, I could send the annotated document from the Kindle to my email so I could easily send it back to my colleague.

When not in use, the premium pen magnetically attaches to the Kindle Scribe, keeping it within reach. However, it's not the only e-reader with this ability. The Kobo Libra Colour also allows for annotations, but does it all with color. Other e-ink tablets with color include the ReMarkable Paper Pro and Paper Pro Move, which are great for jotting down notes and reading PDFs but less so for reading books.

It's the slowest e-reader in the line-up

While it offers the same ability as other Kindles to read through a vast array of books, it is noticeably slower than other models in Amazon's line-up. When Amazon announced the new generation of Kindles in late 2024, the Kindle, Paperwhite, and Paperwhite Signature Edition were all touted as the brand's fastest devices, which they certainly are.

While the Kindle Scribe's displays have been redesigned, its processor has not been updated. The Scribe often lags when starting to wake up or switching between journals and books. I also noticed some pauses when turning pages, something I never experience on other Kindles. This is especially disappointing considering the price, which is more than double that of the Paperwhite.

It's nice to write on, but the displays will ghost you After switching to the notebook section of the Kindle, you can still see book covers from my library bleeding through the screen. Credit: Samantha Mangino / Mashable

When it comes to annotating and writing on a Kindle Scribe, I love the tactile feel. The anti-glare screen and premium pen of the Kindle Scribe have a texture that emulates the feeling of writing with a pen and paper. It's much different and preferential to the slippery texture of writing on an iPad with an Apple Pencil.

However, while the display has a nice feel, it suffers from a ghosting issue. The back end of the premium pen works as an eraser, so you can flip it over when you want to erase some notes. However, a shadow of your erased writing really lingers. When I exited the notebook I had erased, the shadow lingered even as I opened a new book and tried to read.

It's more expensive than an iPad

The Kindle Scribe is not a tablet. It's an e-reader with the ability to write. Why am I noting this? Because it's certainly priced like a tablet. The Kindle Scribe starts at $399.99 for the 16GB model and tops out at $449.99 for the 64GB model. Considering the recently launched 11th-generation iPad with 128GB of storage starts at $349.99, the Kindle Scribe is a terrible value.

A tablet, like an iPad, has so many capabilities, like browsing social media and the web, streaming video, gaming, drawing, and even reading, with access to the Kindle app, Apple Books, and even Libby on there. Meanwhile, you're limited to just reading or writing on a Scribe — no streaming, gaming, or more. If you're looking for a distraction-free reader, maybe that's a draw. But otherwise, it's just too expensive.

Is the Kindle Scribe worth it? Kindles are usually great e-readers, but the Scribe doesn't live up to the rest of the line-up. Credit: Samantha Mangino

There's only one specific circumstance I imagine the Kindle Scribe is worth. If you're an avid annotator and want a distraction-free e-reader, the Kindle Scribe is great. It allows you to write notes in the margins of e-books or annotate PDFs, which you can then view on your computer.

But otherwise, if you're excited by the idea of an e-reader you can annotate on, look elsewhere. For $399.99, the Kindle Scribe isn't worth it with its meager performance and screen ghosting issues.

If you want an e-reader that you can annotate with, check out the Kobo Libra Colour, which costs $229.99. The Libra Colour is $170 less than the base model Kindle Scribe and comes with twice the storage. Or, if you want to spend your money on something that can do more than just read and write, swing for the iPad 11th generation, which is $349.99 — still $50 cheaper than the Scribe.

6-month update: Do I still use the Kindle Scribe?

Since initially testing the Kindle Scribe six months ago, how do I feel about the device now? Well, I haven't reached for it since. In terms of e-readers, I opt for the Kobo Clara Colour or Kindle Paperwhite as my daily device.

My Mashable colleague Chris Taylor has tested two devices from ReMarkable, and based on his reviews, I think they're better alternatives to the Kindle Scribe. The ReMarkable Paper Pro and Paper Pro Move are e-ink tablets that are like futuristic legal pads. So if you're looking into the Scribe to take notes, consider a ReMarkable tablet instead.

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Jimmy Kimmel has responded to President Donald Trump's comments about the late night host's return to air, ABC having lifted his highly controversial suspension on Tuesday. Trump was predictably unhappy with Kimmel's return, posting to Truth Social, "I can't believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back."

"You can't believe they gave me my job back? I can't believe we gave you your job back!" quipped Kimmel.

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

Stating that Kimmel "puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE," the president further stated that he was considering "test[ing] ABC out on this," implying he would file a lawsuit.

"Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars," wrote Trump. "This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers!"

"Only Donald Trump would try to prove he wasn't threatening ABC by threatening ABC," quipped Kimmel.

Trump appears to have conflated separate networks which air talk shows, as this is an apparent reference to the $16 million settlement Paramount agreed to pay him in July. The settlement was lambasted by First Amendment and press freedom advocates, and labelled a "big fat bribe" by Late Show host Stephen Colbert. Paramount subsidiary CBS cancelled the Late Show a week later, with the Trump administration approving Paramount's $8 billion merger with Skydance less than a week after that.

Free speech concerns also arose regarding Kimmel's suspension, which came just hours after Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr threatened ABC's broadcasting licence if it didn't "take action" against Kimmel.

"[Trump's staffers have] been bending over backwards to say, 'Oh, he never threatened.' JD Vance today made the claim that what the FCC chairman said was a joke. Which, I don't — maybe that was a joke?" said Kimmel.

"And then the second Trump is alone, he sits on the toilet, he gets his grubby little thumbs on his phone, and he immediately blows their excuses to smithereens and says it was ratings that got me fired. Has anyone ever been fired for bad ratings on a Wednesday?"

Kimmel drew 1.77 million viewers in Q2 this year, coming second only to Colbert amongst late night shows in their time slot. Though to be fair, Kimmel also pointed out that Trump would know about bad ratings, with multiple polls putting the president's approval rating at 55 to 56 percent unfavourable.

"He has some of the worst ratings any president has ever had," said Kimmel. "So on behalf of all of us, welcome to the crappy ratings club, Mr. President."

Kimmel then addressed critics who believe he is too hard on Trump.

"There are still a lot of people who think I should be pulled off the air for making fun of Donald Trump," said Kimmel. "So I want to explain. I talk about Trump more than anything because he's a bully. I don't like bullies. I played the clarinet in high school, okay? So I just don't like him. 

"Donald Trump is an old-fashioned '80s movie style bully taking your lunch money, and if you give it to him once, he'll take it again. Two things he loves, lunch and money…. Rooting for this bully, I don't care what side you're on, it's like rooting for Biff from Back to the Future. Literally, Donald Trump was the model for Biff in Back to the Future. And this is who people are cheering for? I don't know about you, [but] I'm with Marty McFly."

Kimmel didn't spend all of his time on his own fraught relationship with the U.S. president, though. He also touched on the outsized right-wing fury toward a stopped escalator that Trump stood on at the United Nations on Tuesday, with the president having demanded an investigation and the arrest of whoever had turned it off.

"Trump will not release the Epstein files, but we will be doing a thorough and complete investigation into who stopped his escalator," Kimmel joked.

According to NASA, the lunar cycle lasts 29.5 days in total. Last weekend, we reached the beginning of a new cycle, marked with the New Moon (and a partial lunar eclipse). The lunar cycle is the process of the moon moving through its eight unique phases of visibility. These different phases happen as the Sun lights up different parts of the moon whilst it orbits Earth.

After nights of nothing to see, there's finally enough moon in the sky to pull out the binoculars. Let's take a look at what is happening tonight, Sept. 25.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Thursday, Sept. 25, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, there is 13% visible.

After nights of nothing, we finally have something to look up to tonight, so let's take a look. With just your naked eye, look to the top right of the moon to see the Mare Crisium. More towards the middle, you'll see the Mare Fecunditatis. If you're in the Southern Hemisphere, these will be positioned towards the bottom left.

If you have binoculars, you'll also catch a glimpse of the Endymion Crater. Top tip from NASA: if you have a telescope, you might just spot three smaller craters lined up within its border.

When is the next full moon?

The next full moon will be on Oct. 6. The last full moon was on Sept. 7.

What are moon phases?

NASA tells us that moon phases are part of a 29.5-day cycle of the moon’s orbit. This changes the angles between the Sun, Moon, and Earth. Moon phases are how the moon looks from Earth as it goes around us; sometimes it looks full, sometimes it looks like it's disappeared entirely, but we always see the same side of the moon, it's just how much of it is lit up by the Sun that changes depending on where it is in its orbit.

This is how we get full moons, half moons, and moons that appear completely invisible. There are eight main moon phases, and they follow a repeating cycle:

New Moon - The moon is between Earth and the sun, so the side we see is dark (in other words, it's invisible to the eye).

Waxing Crescent - A small sliver of light appears on the right side (Northern Hemisphere).

First Quarter - Half of the moon is lit on the right side. It looks like a half-moon.

Waxing Gibbous - More than half is lit up, but it’s not quite full yet.

Full Moon - The whole face of the moon is illuminated and fully visible.

Waning Gibbous - The moon starts losing light on the right side.

Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) - Another half-moon, but now the left side is lit.

Waning Crescent - A thin sliver of light remains on the left side before going dark again.