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You might not have to go with SpaceX's Starlink to get full satellite service on your phone. Amazon has requested approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch satellites for a Leo Direct-to-Device service with deployment starting in 2028.

SAVE 26%: As of July 27, you can get the Ecovacs Goat A3000 LiDAR Pro robotic lawn mower for $1,849 at Amazon, down from $2,499.99. That's a 26% discount or $650.99 in savings.

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Pushing a heavy lawn mower through thick grass in the peak of summer heat is nobody's idea of a good weekend. If you've been waiting for a reason to hand off your yard chores to a robot, now's the time to pull out your wallet.

SEE ALSO: If you're heading off-grid this summer, grab DJI's portable power station while it's half price

Amazon's running a limited-time deal (you have about 14 hours left) on the Ecovacs Goat A3000 LiDAR Pro robotic lawn mower. Right now, you can get it for $1,849 at Amazon, down from $2,499.99. That's a 26% discount or $650.99 in savings.

Unlike older robotic mowers that require you to bury perimeter wires around your property, the Goat A3000 uses wire-free HoloScope 360 Dual-LiDAR navigation and an AI camera. It automatically maps yards up to 3/4 acre and maintains positioning accuracy within less than an inch, even under dense tree cover or along shaded fences.

It also features a built-in TruEdge trimmer to clean up borders along driveways and garden beds, a 32V power system designed for thick grass types like Bermuda or St. Augustine, and a 7,500 mAh battery that recharges in 70 minutes.

SAVE $400: The 27-inch LG Ultragear OLED monitor is on sale at Amazon for $499.99, down from the list price of $899.99. That's a 44% discount that matches the lowest price we've seen at Amazon.

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It's gaming season at my house. Actually, gaming season never ends, but it does get more action during hot summer months when no one wants to go outside. If you're in the same situation and you've noticed the gaming setup could use some help, check out this deal.

As of July July 27, the 27-inch LG Ultragear OLED monitor is on sale at Amazon for $499.99, down from the list price of $899.99. That's a 44% discount that matches the lowest price we've seen at Amazon.

SEE ALSO: The DJI Power 1000 portable power station is half off right now — buy for under $350

When it comes to a gaming monitor, the quality and specs can make a world of difference. That's quite literal since a lagging monitor can cause the in-game world to end. Instead of dealing with meh specs, go with the assurance of the LG Ultragear OLED. Today's deal applies to the 27 inch with a 240Hz refresh rate and 0.03 millisecond response time.

LG also added anti-glare that helps reduce light reflections that can cause distractions. If you have plans to game until the temperature calms down, consider upgrading to the 27-inch LG Ultragear OLED monitor.

Subcompact SUVs have become one of the hottest segments in the market as buyers look for affordable, practical vehicles that keep ownership costs in check. The Toyota Corolla Cross has long been a default choice thanks to its reputation for reliability, but the competition has caught up quickly, with newer rivals offering more space, technology, and refinement for similar money.

SAVE UP TO 28%: Get the Dyson Purifier Cool Formaldehyde TP09 for $499.99 (down from $691.46) and the Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool HP07 for $549.99 (down from $749.99) at Amazon.

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Summer heat already means spending more time indoors with everyday allergens like dust and pet dander. But with the severe wildfires currently burning up north and affecting air quality across the country, keeping your indoor air safe and breathable is more of a necessity than a luxury right now.

SEE ALSO: The ultimate air purifier buying guide: Match your space, budget, and needs

As of July 27, you can get the Dyson Purifier Cool Formaldehyde TP09 for $499.99 (down from $691.46) and the Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool HP07 for $549.99 (down from $749.99) at Amazon.

As the name suggests, the Dyson Purifier Cool Formaldehyde TP09 continuously detects and destroys formaldehyde released from common household items while using a 360-degree HEPA filter to trap 99.97 percent of pollutants down to 0.3 microns.

If you want a versatile unit to use year-round, the Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool HP07 purifies, heats, and cools your space. Like the TP09, it uses Air Multiplier technology, offers up to 350-degree oscillation, features a Backward airflow mode, and links to the MyDyson app.

It's the last week of the month, and theaters are packed thanks to The Odyssey and soon-to-be-released Spider-Man: Brand New Day. At home, the major streamers are releasing a slew of movies before the calendar turns to August. The best new movie to hit streaming this week—and my top selection—happens to be one of the most shocking movies of the year. It stars two A-list actors and hails from A24. Need I say more?

Players of indie hit Meccha Chameleon have been warned to update the game and steer clear of its original Discord server after malicious Steam Workshop maps infected PCs.

In a report from Dexterto, the issue was first uncovered by independent researcher Feint, who looked into player reports of strange black windows briefly flashing on screen while loading custom maps. Feint traced the problem to a downloadable map called "Laser Tag Neon," which secretly installed a hidden file on players' computers the moment it loaded.

SEE ALSO: Meccha Chameleon: Xbox and phone release plans, where you can try it now

That file is believe to have then quietly reached out to the internet to download a second, more dangerous piece of malware behind the scenes. The map was removed, though another infected one, "Chroma Grid Arena," reportedly popped up in its place. Feint later found that the follow-up malware gave attackers ongoing remote access to infected computers. Feint noted that simply downloading a malicious map wasn't enough to get infected; players had to actually load and play the map.

Meccha Chameleon co-developer Haganeiro said the underlying flaw was fixed in update 3.1.0, and disabled the malicious code on affected maps even for players who hadn't updated yet.

Despite the update, according to Dexerto, a systems engineer investigating the malware for the developers had their backup computer infected, and the hackers used the compromised machine to access the engineer's Discord account. Per Developer LEMORION, the hackers altered server permissions and banned staff members from the game's roughly 100,000-member official server.

It was also reported that the compromised device had no access to Meccha Chameleon's source code, game files, or Steam developer accounts, and that claims that the hijacked server had infected the official game build itself were disputed.

A replacement community server has since been stood up while the studio awaits a response from Discord's support team.

Everyone is getting in on the smart glasses arms race, including Apple, apparently.

Mark Gurman at Bloomberg has a new report on Apple's planned entry into the smart glasses market, a move that has been rumored for some time. According to Gurman, Apple will unveil the device at next year's Worldwide Developers Conference, a nominally software-focused event Apple holds every June. Presumably, the glasses would then be available for purchase sometime before the end of 2027.

SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy Glasses shown at Unpacked. See the smart glasses now.

It's still unclear exactly what form Apple's glasses would take. Meta and Samsung, among others, have created a template in recent years for glasses that include cameras for photography and video, and for showing the world to an onboard AI assistant, but that obviously comes with plenty of privacy concerns. Gurman said Apple is mulling over removing cameras entirely or removing the ability to take photos and videos, with the cameras serving solely to provide context for an AI assistant.

The glasses will also reportedly not include any displays, which has been true of most existing smart glasses to date.

After the fairly resounding failure of Apple Vision Pro, it would have been reasonable to think that Apple would hold off on releasing any more face-worn devices for a while, but evidently not.

Furious has hit Hulu with three jaw-dropping episodes. The new series from creator Elizabeth Meriwether (New Girl, Dying for Sex) centers on FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum, who also produces) as she hunts a female serial killer (Lola Petticrew) who's slaying a curious series of men. 

In this trio of premiere episodes, Furious unfurls that this mysterious murderess seems to be targeting a child trafficking ring. However, while this crime drama deals in child exploitation and sexual assault, Meriwether and her team of directors won't use imagery of either horror to tell their story. Instead, she entrusts Rossum, Petticrew, and the rest of the top-notch ensemble to sell the stakes without turning rape into a problematic spectacle. 

Over three in-person interviews, Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko sat down with Meriwether, Rossum, and Petticrew to dig into Furious's curious origins, its shrewd exploration of tough topics and complicated characters, as well as the "superpower" of its central killer. 

Look for more all season long, as Mashable has got plenty more from all three Furious collaborators. 

Furious began as an adaptation of Black Widow.  Chloe Troast and Lola Petticrew in "Furious." Credit: Disney / Sarah Shatz

Nope, not the MCU one. In 1987, director Bob Rafelson debuted a bizarre neo-noir, in which Debra Winger stars as a U.S. Justice Department analyst who's on the tail of a suspected black widow — meaning a hot female serial killer who's offing her husbands, seemingly to collect their fortunes. But despite their cat-and-mouse dynamic, the two women find they have something in common. 

Out of the gate, Furious changes up the details, including the killer's M.O. Meriwether said of her point of inspiration, "A friend of mine told me to watch Black Widow. I did. It's such an interesting movie. You know, it feels like it's really in that world of 1970s and 1980s movies, where there isn't that push to kind of explain everything that the character is doing — in a great way. In fact, there's a Debra Winger scene where she almost makes fun of giving a monologue explaining who she is. And then there's this incredibly weird section of the movie where, after watching this cat-and-mouse female serial killer and female FBI agent dance around each other the whole movie, they just start hanging out at the beach together. 

"It's really strange," she mused, "but also, I found it really moving. Because I see these two women as just so desperate for connection with each other. And in some ways, they are the only ones that can really see the real person underneath [their façades]. And I wanted to take that and put it into this show."

She continued, "I think if you're adapting a movie into a TV show, there needs to be a why. Why do that? Like, you have to bring something to the project. So, I knew I needed to dive into the psychological parts and try to figure out why these two women became the women that they are. That led me, sort of inevitably, to an idea of being a victim of violence. I did a lot of research on female serial killers, which was, like, really terrifying and interesting. A common theme — not surprisingly — is that they are victims of violence, and then they become perpetrators of violence.

"I got excited about the possibility of just complicating all of that and showing how the experience of violence can get in your bones and come out in very strange, self-sabotaging ways," she explained. "And it can also come out in violent ways to other people."

Why does Furious not have flashbacks?  Emmy Rossum in "Furious." Credit: Disney / Sarah Shatz

In dialogue, audiences learn that both Alice and the mysterious killer have been victims of violence. The former was battered by her ex-boyfriend, a Brooklyn detective (Jake Lacy); the latter was trafficked as a teenager. 

Meriwether said of the show's lack of flashbacks, "I think that it was important to me to keep the focus on these two women now, in the present moment, and not go back and show everything, you know, that happened to them."

Rossum expanded on this, saying, "Liz was emphatic from the drop that she wasn't interested in flashbacks. She was much more interested in the effects of the violence on both of our female characters and how it influences how they behave now."

Emmy Rossum speaks on Alice's trauma in Furious.  Scoot McNairy and Emmy Rossum in "Furious." Credit: Disney / Sarah Shatz

"For Alice," Rossum continued, "she's become very disconnected from herself. She doesn't believe she can get justice for herself. And so she's really obsessed with getting justice for others — even at the expense of taking care of herself." 

The actor went on to address an outward element of Alice's trauma, saying, "[She's] unable to shower. We know that she smells, which I think is so brave for anybody to put in anything, because people smelling bad in our culture is really [representative of] a sense of shame. And it's something that we see exists for Alice."

As to how her trauma impacts Alice's work and sex life, Rossum said, "She has become such a machine in this job that she invites these strangers into her house to fight. Which is something that, when you read it the first time, knowing that we like victims of violence to fit in a certain box? I was scared of doing that scene.

"I didn't understand it," she continued. "I really had to work with a psychologist to understand the parts of myself that were resistant to it, the parts of myself that overlapped with the character... how to understand the separation between myself and the character, the ways in which we were different, to remember those, and also to understand that for this character, love and sexuality, violence and control have existed within the same relationship [for her]. And so I think we were really interested in an unflinching look and a fresh look at what a victim of violence would look like, both for my character, the agent, 'the good guy,' and 'the bad guy,' the serial killer. Who are, I think, on this collision course — we'll realize [they] are more similar, and there's, like, an invisible thread of sisterhood that kind of ties them together."

Lola Petticrew on understanding Furious' mysterious killer.  Lola Petticrew in "Furious." Credit: Disney / Sarah Shatz

One of the most enticing elements of Furious is Meriwether's approach to her killer. Rather than the gold-digging black widow that was an inspiration point, Petticrew's character is a shapeshifter who has a girly streak even as she's drugging the men on her kill list. Even her name is a mystery as she shifts from Jinny to Vanessa and eventually Catherine.  

Asked about understanding their role on Furious, Petticrew said, "Even when I read the first two scripts, very early on, you get an idea of who she is. And then, as I signed on, Liz obviously revealed more. So, we definitely knew the heart and the crux of Catherine before we started shooting, and her motivation."

Over the course of the first three episodes, viewers see Catherine switch personas several times. One moment, she's skipping down the streets of New York City with girlish abandon. The next, she's acting scared to get access to a domestic violence shelter, or seducing an expensive lawyer with a vixen act, or rushing to a cozy house for her shift as a nurse's aid.  

"That is sort of Catherine's superpower," Petticrew said. "For anyone who is a woman — or socialized as a woman — as a kid, you learn very early on to read emotional temperatures of rooms. It's a socialized thing, because you have to, whether that's for safety or so that you're not underestimated. And I think for Catherine and Alice, particularly, it's a trauma response. And so I think everything that she does is led by that. And it's what she's really good at. Unfortunately, it comes from something quite dark and horrible. But she's able to harness it and use it to achieve her means."

The first three episodes of Furious are now streaming on Hulu, with new episodes every Monday through Aug. 31. 

The memory shortage persists, and the experts say it's not gonna get better anytime soon. That means buying now, before prices jump even more, might be the best option. Since current prices are painful, shopping deals has become even more pertinent. Fortunately, there are some decent deals out this week, including a World Cup model.

Check out our top picks if you're in the market for an SSD upgrade.

Best overall SSD deal Opens in a new window Credit: Sandisk Sandisk Portable SSD 1TB World Cup Edition $159.99 at Walmart
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Sure, the World Cup is over, but since there's still a deal on a World-Cup branded SSD, we're all for it. The Sandisk Portable 1TB SSD is on sale for $159.99 at Walmart, down from the list price at Sandisk of $215.99. That makes for a nice $92 discount.

Sandisk says this model comes with transfer rates that reach up to 800MB per second. The lightweight 0.09 pound SSD is also highly portable. Since this is a World Cup edition, we suspect stock is dwindling, so hop on this deal quickly if it suits your needs.

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One of the hardest elements of storage management is where to put all of the photos that currently live on your phone or an always-full Google account. If you need some help with easy photo storage, the Sandisk Creator Phone Drive with 256GB is on sale for $94.99. You can easily transfer content from your phone to a laptop or tablet thanks to the USB-C. Plus, the size makes it travel-friendly.

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If 1TB won't cut it, check out the Lexar 2TB ES5 Magnetic External SSD. It's on sale at Amazon for $329.99 for an 18% discount off the list price of $399.99. Compatable with MagSafe, the Lexar SSD has an impressive read and write speed of up to 2,000 MB per second. With speeds like that, it's great to see Lexar added a thermal control to make sure everything stays cool.

More SSD deals to shop this week

• Lexar 512GB SL260 Air Portable SSD — $129.99 $149.99 (save $20)

• Sandisk 1TB Extreme Fit USB-C Flash Drive — $219 $312.99 (save $93.99)

• Samsung T7 Portable SSD 2TB — $429.99 $549.99 (save $120)

FREE GIFT CARD: Through Aug. 1, Target is giving out free $15 gift cards to anyone who spends $50 on select household essentials (in stores or online). That includes things like toilet paper, laundry soap, cleaning supplies, and more.

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Running low on household essentials like toilet paper, laundry soap, and trash bags? Before you run to just any store to grab them, you might want to check out this deal at Target.

Through Aug. 1, you can get a free $15 Target gift card when you spend $50 on select household essentials — from paper towels and paper plates to laundry soap and dishwasher pods. Just load up your Target cart with items from the promotion until you reach the $50 threshold and the gift card deal will automatically be applied at checkout. Once your items ship, the gift card will appear in your Target account to spend however you please. The offer is also valid in stores, if you prefer to do your shopping in person.

The list of products included in the promotion is incredibly long, so there's a pretty good chance it includes items you use regularly and need to stock up on anyway. There are plenty of well-known brands like Arm & Hammer, Mrs. Meyer's, Bounty, Glad, Clorox, Angel Soft, and Dawn. But Target's own brands, like up&up, Dealworthy, and Everspring are also included. There are over 50 pages worth of household essentials, but you can filter by brand or product type to save you time.

Despite household essentials (and everything else in 2026) eating away at your wallet, you still need them. So why not get rewarded for stocking up with free money? Be sure to shop by the end of the day on Aug. 1 to get your gift card.

Save $80: Pick up a refurbished Nintendo Switch 2 and 'Mario Kart World' bundle for $419 before the deal sells out or expires in five days at Woot. A new game bundle goes for $499, netting you a 16% deal as of July 27 — a value that will only go up come the Sept. 1 price hike.

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After more than a year, we can say the Nintendo Switch 2 is great gaming console. It's also a fairly hefty investment, at $450 (or $500 for a game bundle).

With that price point going up $50 come Sept. 1, the time to get the absolute best value on a Switch is now. Especially with this Woot deal, which offers a refurbished Nintendo Switch 2 and 'Mario Kart World' bundle for $419. All told, that's $80 off the current list price of $499 and $130 off what the bundle price will be in the very near future.

As of July 27, the deal is only live for five more days or until supplies last — whichever comes first.

SEE ALSO: Review: I can't stop playing my Switch 2, a fabulous follow-up to an all-time legend

Outside of large savings events like Black Friday and Prime Day, Nintendo Switch 2 deals aren't all that common, and even then, they're not a given. All this is to say, we're probably seeing one of the last — if not the last — great deals on the console.

Just be aware that this is a Grade A Refurbished console (based on Woot's refurbished system), not a brand new one. That means that the console is close to a like-new condition, but there may be some visible cosmetic wear, like scratches, when viewed up close. A third party company, and not the manufacturer, completed the renewal process, and Woot offers a 90-day limited warranty with the bundle.

According to actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming, and Benedict Wong, the impending Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is a "TV and cinema calamity."

SEE ALSO: Paramount agrees to delay merger with Warner Bros. after legal challenge

The trio penned an op-ed in The Guardian that lays out the dangers of the planned merger, starting with the consolidation of storytelling and acquisitions for independent projects. "Every merger of this kind narrows the funnel through which stories can reach audiences," the piece reads.

Cumberbatch, Cumming, and Wong raised the alarm on the job loss the merger could cause, citing prior mergers like Warner Bros.-Discovery and Paramount-Skydance. Both cases resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs. The actors also stressed that the merger would lead to one company controlling the UK's Channel 5 and CNN International.

"One owner controlling this much of the news, and the truth, endangers the public in a way no ordinary consolidation does," they write, noting Paramount CEO David Ellison's reported promise to President Donald Trump to make "sweeping changes" to CNN should the deal go through.

The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger has already faced opposition in the US, with 12 states, led by California, suing to block it. On July 24, Paramount agreed to delay the merger until after the antitrust trial.

Cumberbatch, Cumming, and Wong's focus lies with the UK, and encouraging its government to oppose the merger in similar fashion. They applaud the efforts of Lisa Nandy, the secretary of state for digital, culture, media, and sport. Through a statement to parliament and letters to Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros., Nandy has made clear that she is "minded to intervene" in the merger.

"Nandy has opened the door to intervention. She must walk through it, for the sake of everyone who makes UK television and film – and everyone who watches it," write Cumberbatch, Cumming, and Wong. "If she does not, we will be left without the ability to protect our industry and our culture from this consolidation. We must not push the public’s interest aside; we must stand up for it and block this merger."

QR codes are one of those things that became so normal so fast that most people stopped thinking about them entirely. You see a square, you point your phone at it, and you go wherever it sends you. That's normally how it works. That automatic trust is exactly what makes them worth understanding better. That blind trust is a big issue, and you need to break the habit.

It's only been a few months since Logan Paul's $16 million Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card sale set a record, but he's already on the hunt for something more valuable.

The controversial YouTuber-turned-WWE star released a one-hour mini-documentary on YouTube on Friday, chronicling his quest to acquire a card that doesn't exist yet.

So what exactly is he trying to do, and why is the Pokémon card he's trying to acquire potentially so valuable? Let's break it down.

SEE ALSO: I tried to buy my son some Pokémon cards at retail price. It was almost impossible. Which Pokémon card is Logan Paul trying to acquire?

In a nutshell, the origin of Pokémon cards can be dated back to 1996. Rather than being sold in packs, the first trading cards were available to peel from sheets found in a Japanese comic called CoroCoro. Pairs of cards were released over a number of issues, with the first – issue 223 – containing Pikachu and Jigglypuff cards.

The catch? Although there are many of these cards in circulation, there is apparently still no Pikachu that's been graded a perfect 10 by the Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) body.

The video above chronicles Paul's attempt to secure one, following him as he buys copies of CoroCoro 223 along with pre-production sheets of the cards that came with the issue, hoping to peel a Pikachu card that's high enough quality to make the grade of Gem Mint 10 (categorised on PSA's website as a "virtually perfect card").

This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. When will we know if Logan Paul has acquired the PSA 10 Pikachu?

This is the big question. Normally getting cards graded with PSA takes time (from five to 25 business days), but in the documentary we see Paul getting two cards graded far more quickly after dropping them off at one of the PSA offices himself.

At the end of the video, he announces a live streaming event where he will peel the Pikachu card that he hopes to get graded a 10. What we don't know is what will happen next. Will the event end with Paul showing the card off and getting ready to take it to PSA? Or does he have the kind of relationship with the authenticator where he'll be able to organise for one of its graders to attend the event, and do the grading in person?

We'll have to wait for the stream, which is happening July 30 at 9:30 p.m. EST on Paul's YouTube channel, to find out.

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I can’t believe we’re already knee-deep in summer listings with another month of premieres and library additions. Paramount+ has released its August lineup, and while it features a massive lineup of live sports, there is also a stacked lineup of TV and movies hitting the service.

SAVE 15%: As of July 27, you can get the Soundcore Anker Space 2 headphones for $109.99 at Amazon, down from $129.99. That's a 15% discount.

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Headphone prices have gotten entirely out of hand lately. (Well, it's not just headphones; it's gas, groceries, and just living in general, but I digress.) If you don't have the cash for a high-end pair of headphones but can't go without active noise cancellation (ANC), you should look into Soundcore.

Our Lead Shopping Reporter, Bethany Allard, reviewed the brand's Space 2 headphones in April 2026 and called them "proof that you don't need to spend upwards of $400 for a truly great pair of headphones." They easily took home a Mashable Selects award.

SEE ALSO: The 12 best headphones of 2026 — we tested the top contenders from Sony, Apple, Bose, and Beats

And right now, you can get the Soundcore Anker Space 2 headphones for $109.99 at Amazon, down from $129.99. That's a 15% discount.

You'll get 50 hours of playtime with ANC turned on and 70 hours with it off. If they do die on you, a quick five-minute charge buys you another four hours of listening. Bonus: The companion app includes a "Nap Mode" with built-in white noise, plus a live translation feature that we found to be about 80 to 90 percent accurate during testing.

SAVE $33: As of July 27, the Renpho Smart Scale for Body Weight is down to $186.99 at Amazon, its best price ever and a 15% discount off its $219.99 list price.

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Renpho's smart body scale just dropped back to its best price yet. Right now it's $186.99 at Amazon, down from $219.99 — a 15% discount. More people are leaning into detailed health tracking these days, and full-body composition scales like this one have gotten popular as a way to track progress instead of just weight.

The Renpho scale handle has a 4.3-inch screen that walks you through 9 pages of data after each weigh-in, covering muscle mass, fat percentage, and how your numbers are trending over time. It uses an 8-electrode setup to measure different parts of your body separately, rather than just giving you one overall number, which is why it can track over 50 different metrics in total.

If you're not into staring at a screen, it also does voice assist, walking you through each step. Everything syncs to the Renpho app, which also connects with Apple Health, Google Fit, and MyFitnessPal, so you're not manually logging anything. It also supports unlimited user profiles, so the whole household can use the same scale without mixing up their data.

The smart scale holds up to 400 pounds, charges over USB-C, and Renpho says a single charge lasts up to 150 days. It's also FSA/HSA eligible, which is worth knowing if you're trying to make the most of pre-tax health dollars.

Your body's data deck awaits — grab the Renpho scale at Amazon.

Even old and tiny SSDs can find a new job if you give them the chance to, and in this economy, it's much better to get creative than to open up your wallet.

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Festival season is in full swing. Next up on the docket? Lollapalooza, the annual four-day music festival held in Grant Park, Chicago. This year, it takes place from July 30 to Aug. 2 and features over 170 bands across eight stages. And you can get a front row seat without even leaving your living room.

For the first time, both Hulu and Disney+ will live stream select sets from Lollapalooza for subscribers, giving you access to some sure to be legendary music moments in real time. The livestream lineup includes Charli XCX, Lorde, Olivia Dean, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tate McRae, Jennie, Ethel Cain, Wet Leg, Turnstile, and more.

Hulu has offered exclusive front-row access in the past, but this is the first year Disney+ is throwing its hat in the ring. You don't even need the most expensive tier; Hulu, Hulu Premium, Disney+, or Disney+ Premium subscriptions will unlock access.

Not yet a subscriber to either platform? Both Disney+ and Hulu basic subscriptions with ads start at $11.99 per month, thanks to a late 2025 price hike, but there are some ways you can save. We've rounded up the best ongoing Hulu and Disney+ streaming deals below.

The best Hulu streaming dealsBest Hulu deal for most people: Hulu annual subscription Opens in a new window Credit: Hulu Hulu (with ads) annual subscription $119.99 per year (save $23.89) Get Deal

I've said it a million times at this point, but it bears repeating. If you can swing it, an annual streaming subscription is always the way to go if you want to cut back on costs. For Hulu, you'll pay $119.99 up front for a year (which breaks down to just $9.99 per month) instead of the $143.88 a monthly subscription would cost you. That's about 16% or just shy of $24 in savings. It's not the biggest discount ever, but every dollar counts.

Best for students: Hulu Student Opens in a new window Credit: Hulu Hulu Student (with ads) $1.99 per month (save $10 per month) Get Deal

College students can tune in to their favorite artists' sets live for only $1.99 with Hulu's student discount. Sign up through the Hulu Student promotional page and verify your college email address via SheerID, and the price will drop from $11.99 to just $1.99 per month. The deal is valid as long as your student status can be verified.

Best Hulu deal for T-Mobile users: Hulu (with ads) free for select customers Opens in a new window Credit: T-Mobile / Hulu Hulu (with ads) free for select T-Mobile customers Get Deal

The only way to get a Hulu subscription for free in 2026 is through T-Mobile's Go5G Next and Experience Beyond plans (you'll also get Netflix for free and Apple TV+ for $3). If you're already on one of these plans, just head over to the T-Mobile promo page and choose "redeem now" to claim the offer. Just enter your T-Mobile number and account details to sign up for Hulu.

The best Disney+ streaming dealsBest Disney+ deal: save 17% on an annual subscription Opens in a new window Credit: Disney+ Disney+ Premium annual subscription $189.99/year (save $37.89) Get Deal

Rinse and repeat what I said above about annual plans. For Disney+, you can only get an annual subscription to the Premium plan without ads and it'll cost you $189.99 per year. That breaks down to $15.83 per month instead of the usual $18.99 per month — 17% or $37.89 in total savings.

When you check out, be sure to select Disney+ Premium, then "annual" to secure the discount for the year. Unfortunately, there is no annual plan available for the cheaper ad-supported tier.

Best way to get Disney+ for free: get the Total Wireless $60 plan Opens in a new window Credit: Total Wireless Total Wireless $60 Unlimited+ plan + free Disney+ Premium (save $18.99/month) Get Deal

You can get Disney+ Premium for free if you switch your mobile plan to the Total Wireless $60 Unlimited+ prepaid plan. No terms or trial periods required — just an $18.99 per month value tacked onto your phone plan for $0. Just keep your account in good standing, and your Disney+ account will remain active.

Bundle dealsBest bundle deal for Verizon Wireless customers: save $9.99/month on the Disney Bundle Opens in a new window Credit: Disney / Hulu / ESPN Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Select (with ads) $10/month for Verizon customers on Simplicity or myPlan (save $9.99/month) Get Deal

Verizon Wireless customers can save $9.99 per month on the Disney Bundle through Verizon myPlan or Simplicity plan. Just choose the Disney Bundle as a mobile perk on your account, which includes Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN Select (all with ads). The trio bundle would regularly cost you $19.99 per month, but by signing up through this deal, you'll only pay $10 per month. That's practically unheard of in the streaming world.

Best bundle deal for everyone else: Get Hulu and Disney+ for 50% off Opens in a new window Credit: Hulu / Disney+ Hulu and Disney+ (with ads) $11.99 per month (save $11.99 per month) for six months Get Deal

The Disney bundle plans are some of the best deals in the streaming world on any given day. For a limited time, you can sign up for a six-month subscription to both Disney+ and Hulu for only $11.99 per month (reg. $12.99 per month). That means you'll get one streaming service completely for free for six months. After the six-month promotional period, you'll pay just a dollar more per month — still a crazy good deal if you ask me.