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GitHub has grown from a simple place to store code into the center of the modern development world. It's still the largest platform of its kind, and if you want other developers to discover, use, or contribute to your project, it remains one of the easiest places to reach them. That network effect is hard to ignore, and I don't think most developers need to abandon GitHub completely.

Google DeepMind released a series of videos demonstrating Gemini Robotics 2 utilizing the Apptronik Apollo 2 Humanoid Robot working alongside the Franka F3 Duo Dual-Arm System robot, and it looks like I won't be doing too many household chores in the near future.

Splitting your home network into VLANs is sensible, so kudos to you if that's what you're doing. Your computers go on one network, smart home devices on another (as they can be pretty dodgy security-wise), and guests get a separate corner where they don't bother or endanger any other part of your network.

Our experts have now spent weeks with Valve's gaming PC and have complicated thoughts. Is this the hybrid gaming device you're looking for?

SAVE $10: As of July 31, the Lego Marvel Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock Subway Train Scene is on sale for $44.99 at Amazon. That's $10 off its full price of $54.99.

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If Spider-Man: Brand New Day has you in the mood for even more from the beloved web-slinger, Amazon's offering a great discount right now on the awesome Lego Marvel Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock Subway Train Scene. As of July 31, you can score it for $10 less than usual.

This discount has dropped its price from $54.99 to $44.99, which is also just $1.04 away from its lowest-ever price point of $43.95 at the retailer, according to price tracker camelcamelcamel. If you've had your eyes on this build, or maybe know a Spider-Man fan who would adore it, now is a great time to pick it up.

SEE ALSO: Lego is livestreaming a Pokémon Smart Play demo on July 31 — how to watch

This 393-piece set, recommended for ages 9 and up, recreates the subway train scene from Spider-Man 2, with a brick-built subway that includes removable roof sections revealing passenger seating inside. Of course, it also comes with minifigures to bring this memorable moment to life: Spider-Man (who has attachable webs and interchangeable heads for wearing the mask or not), Doc Ock with four jointed tentacles, J. Jonah Jameson, and Aunt May.

It looks like quite a fun build for a Marvel fan to assemble, so if it's caught your eye, don't miss out on this great deal on it at Amazon.

And Spidey's Lego adventures don't end there, either. You can even get a free Lego Spider-Man vs. Anti-Venom set on your next order at Lego today, which you can learn more about here.

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SAVE $10: As of July 31, the Soundcore V40i by Anker open earbuds are at their lowest-ever price of $29.99 at Amazon. That's $10 off their full price of $39.99.

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If open earbuds have caught your attention, Amazon is a great place to look for discounts right now. The retailer has had several great offers pop up recently, and among them is the Soundcore V40i by Anker open earbuds. As of July 31, you can snag these buds at a new low price of $29.99.

Compared to their usual full price of $39.99, that's a $10 discount. Considering this is their lowest-ever price at Amazon according to price tracker camelcamelcamel, this is a great time to grab them. You can even choose between the black and white models at this price.

SEE ALSO: Pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 from Amazon and get a free $100 gift card

Rather than having buds that go in your ear, the Soundcore V40i features four-level adjustable ear hooks that wrap around your ears and an open design that sits over the front for listening. According to the store page, these buds also offer a maximum boost of 7.5dB over non-adjustable hooks, so you can enjoy fuller sound from your favorite music.

On top of that, their battery life can get you through a workout or commute with ease, lasting up to six hours on a single charge or up to 21 hours with the help of the charging case.

This deal on the Soundcore V40i open earbuds by Anker may not last long, so act fast to save on them at Amazon.

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Every time I plan a trip, I go through roughly the same steps: I download a specialized trip planner, spend a day carefully planning my days to optimize time, and then I spend the entire time reading out of my Google Keep notes and using Google Maps instead.

TL;DR: The Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Pitch Black Elite Trainer Box is on sale for $81.98 at Amazon, down from its $119.99 list price.

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Pitch Black’s Elite Trainer Box has kept dropping in price over time since launch, and Amazon’s latest trading card marketplace offer has now taken the nine-pack Pokémon TCG set below $85 for the first time we’ve seen.

As of July 31, the Pokémon TCG’s Pitch Black Elite Trainer Box is available at Amazon for $81.98. Removing $38.01 from the current list price of $119.99 yields a large 32% discount, the lowest price this ETB has seen on Amazon (confirmed by the price tracker camelcamelcamel). The listing is sold and shipped by the third-party seller Collector’s Cache, though Amazon is handling customer service directly if there are any issues. As a bonus, free delivery is currently estimated for Aug. 7-13. 

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Away from Amazon, TCGplayer remains slightly cheaper if you’re open to shopping elsewhere. A single unopened English box is available for $75.98 plus $2 shipping, making the total $77.98 and undercutting Amazon by exactly $4. That even undercuts the Pitch Black ETB’s current market price of $77.79 by a cent.

Inside the box are nine Pitch Black booster packs, one full-art foil Zarude promo card, 65 card sleeves, 40 Energy cards, and a player’s guide. The remaining extras include six damage-counter dice, a competition-legal coin-flip die, a plastic coin, six dividers, a collector’s box, and a Pokémon TCG Live code card.

Pitch Black is led by some valuable chase cards (which you can also buy individually on TCGplayer) — including Mega Darkrai ex and Mega Zeraora ex, with Mega Chandelure ex, and Morpeko ex also appearing across the expansion. At $81.98, the ETB comes to roughly $9.11 per booster before accounting for the promo card and accessories.

Whether you're rotating your tires to extend their life, swapping between summer and winter wheel sets, or simply installing a different set of wheels to give your car a fresh look, no rule says you must pay a tire shop to do it. With a handful of basic tools and about an hour of free time, you can handle the job yourself and save the money of having it done at the dealer. You also don't need a dedicated garage.

This week saw the launch of Furious, a new crime drama from Elizabeth Meriwether (New Girl and Dying for Sex) that focuses on the cat-and-mouse tale of traumatized FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum), who's tracking a female serial killer (Lola Petticrew) on a deadly quest for vengeance.

In my review of the series, I cheered Meriwether's masterful blend of dark subject matter with resilient humor. In particular, I praised the way she managed to make a show that addresses child trafficking and sexual assault without making a spectacle of either.

SEE ALSO: How 'Furious' delves into a world of sex and violence without being exploitative

In interviews with Meriwether, Rossum, and Petticrew, we dug in on how the show's creator approached these issues, how her stars tackled their trickiest scenes, and more.

For more on Furious, check back with Mashable each week. We'll have posts and interview snippets dropping all season long.

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

As Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, Donald Trump threw his "Make America Affordable Again" promise in the trash at a recent campaign rally, with the president mocking "affordability" during his speech — even saying aloud, "What's affordability?"

On Late Night, Seth Meyers reacted to Trump's comments with a new segment he likes to call "I Feel F***ing Crazy." And, yeah.

"Can I tell you guys a secret? I feel f***ing crazy," said Meyers. "What do you mean, 'what's affordability?' You're the one who said it! You said we were going to 'make America affordable again.' Affordability is the noun form of the adjective affordable, you f***ing dropout. This is like if, after chanting 'build that wall' for four years, he admitted he didn't know what a wall was. Build that wall so I can finally lay eyes on one. You hear a lot about them. You never see walls. Someone told me I see walls every day, but then they pointed to one. I said, 'That's not a wall. That's a side roof.'"

SEE ALSO: Seth Meyers reacts to Trump being called a 'pedophile protector'

Meyers pointed out that during the rally, Trump also mocked reporters for asking him why prices were so high in a press conference.

"You're the president, of course they're asking you why prices are so high," said Meyers. "Who do you want them to ask, Jimothy? By the way, let's be clear: Do not let Jimothy anywhere near the White House. RFK will just assume his Uber Eats showed up early."

Meyers noted that while Americans are "struggling to afford food while Trump and his family line their pockets," Trump's job approval has again hit a record low — it's currently at -25, with 60 percent of Americans disapproving of the president, according to The Economist.

"The president's job approval rating is at a new all-time low, and the reason is simple," concluded Meyers. "He promised to bring down prices and keep us out of wars. And in both cases, he's done the opposite. He's good at enriching himself."

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I'm a Windows user, and I'm no stranger to dual-booting. It was actually my first real introduction to Linux. Like a lot of people, I carved out a partition, installed a second OS, and got that satisfying moment of choosing which OS to boot into at startup. At the time, it felt like the right way to do it if you wanted the full experience.

Imagine waking up one day to discover that decades of your digital history have been erased. For one Twitch streamer, Joshua Khane, that nightmare scenario became a reality. His long-standing Microsoft account, which held thousands of dollars in Xbox games, along with Outlook emails and his son's baby photos, was unceremoniously deleted by Microsoft after a hacker gained access and changed the recovery email and phone number.

LEGO is about to retire a large number of sets, which means you have limited time to grab them before they’re gone for good. This includes some of the company’s biggest tie-ins, long-running fan favorites, and some of the more obscure sets.

New parenthood becomes a nightmare right out of Finnish folklore in Hanna Bergholm's Nightborn.

The Hatching director once again pulls us into a disturbing, visceral tale of maternity, leaning on lore to explore, as Bergholm says in the film's press notes, "the messy, difficult, and sometimes 'ugly' side of parental love." Compartment No. 6's Seidi Haarla and Harry Potter star Rupert Grint are pushed to the limit in this body horror, with a word of caution, perhaps, for viewers who've recently become parents.

But what about that wild ending? What does it all mean? If you haven't watched the Shudder film, beware the spoilers ahead — and really, go and watch it. It'll mess you up.

SEE ALSO: Horrific 'Nightborn' trailer looks like one for new parents to avoid What is Nightborn about? Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint in "Nightborn." Credit: Pietari Peltola

Saga (Haarla) and Jon (Grint) are deliriously happy newlyweds, who have moved from London to start a family in Saga's childhood home. Set deep in the Finnish woods, the house is more than a fixer-upper, with the floorboards rotting, wallpaper peeling, and actual trees growing through its crumbling structure.

Not wasting any time, Saga and Jon get right to conceiving a child, deciding the best place for it is in a grove of twisted trees that appear rather... person-like. Twiggy hands reach out for them, deep moans echo through the trunks, and it's clear the woods have a vested interest in making sure life, uh, finds a way.

When their child Kuura (a Finnish name meaning "frost" Saga hears from the forest) is born, strange things begin. Saga knows there's something inhuman about her gremlin-like baby (and it's not just the full body of hair and tiny tail sprout). Kuura burns in sunlight, hates clothes, and only wants to drink blood, and more than a few relatives suffer violent attacks from the increasingly creepy youngster. Saga refuses to call Kuura "him," instead leaning into "it," "that thing," or "little monster," and finding herself driven to primal outbursts.

Saga and Jon's opinions about what's "best" for their child begin to wildly differ — and things get out of hand.

What happens at the end of Nightborn? Seidi Haarla as Saga. Credit: Pietari Peltola

After a stream of disturbing events, Nightborn reaches a moment of pure chaos as Saga and Jon wrestle viciously with each other over Kuura. Jon intends to take the child from Saga, brutally declaring her "unfit" to be his mother, as they try to tear each other apart. If we didn't think Kuura possessed otherworldly powers before, we get to see them in furious action here, as the child calls to the forest to stop this madness. Unfortunately for Jon, he's impaled by one of the assisting trees.

Did Kuura mean to skewer his father, to avoid his insistence on table manners? Probably, as Kuura then feasts on his father, joined by Saga, who wrenches out Jon's heart and shares it with her son in a quiet little banquet.

As the sun rises, Saga stumbles out of her now Evil Dead-looking house, to see Kuura waddling unclothed toward the woods. Then, we see the trees come to life, confirming those face-like forms as magical beings, and they beckon to the child in a welcoming gesture. Saga and Kuura share a moment of acknowledgment before she sends him off into the woods with a weary smile.

What does it all mean? Trolls run these woods. Credit: Pietari Peltola

Essentially, trolls are afoot — mythological beings of Nordic folklore. The beings that welcome Kuura at the end of the film are trolls, confirmed through their listing in the credits as such. And it's clear Saga's family has been connected to the trolls surrounding their home for generations.

"In the Nordic countries, there’s a longstanding mythology of trolls living in the forests. In ancient times, people truly believed that trolls inhabited the woods and had a kind of control over nature. And in Nightborn, the forest reflects Saga's emotions and the animalistic, primitive physical side of humankind," says Bergholm in the film's press notes.

"But I also wanted to create my own interpretation of this mythology. In this film’s logic some humans and trolls have interacted for generations, so perhaps all of us carry a bit of troll's blood. That troll's blood might make some of us feel different, awkward in social situations, or out of step with social norms."

Jon's mother (Rebecca Lacey), earlier in the film, tells Saga she "read local tales here say that if you don't bless a child the trolls will take them," and speaks of "some families [that] still have troll blood running through their veins." It's clear Saga does, as she physically takes on the same hairy attributes as Kuura, finds her pregnant belly replicating a troll-like tree trunk, and joins Kuura in a diet of raw meat. By conceiving Kuura among them in the trolls' woods, Saga reconnects with their magic and gives birth to a little baby troll that can't be "raised."

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It's also clear Saga's grandmother had experiences with the trolls. Saga tells Jon she was forbidden by to visit the forest as a child, though she used to sneak out there. Saga's mother (Pirkko Saisio) says her grandmother "believed there were some... whatever," during a phone call, and her sister Taru (Pamela Tola) says their she'd filled the yard with cold iron junk to "keep them away." When Kuura is burned by the cold iron of a gift from Jon's father (John Thomson), Saga bursts into laughter, later saying aloud to her son, "I know what you are."

Saga's own history, whether physically or metaphorically, as a "troll" is also recalled by her mother and Taru. Saga's mother not-so-subtly tells her she was a "terrible child" and that "Saga always liked more trees than people." Taru lambasts her sister for being "shitty" to grow up with, and the actual "monster" in the room.

Ultimately, Bergholm uses these mythological creatures as a means to explore the animalistic, brutal side of motherhood, with Saga struggling with her little troll before she embraces her inner ferality.

"The story really grew out of my own feelings and experiences as a mother: those complex, sometimes difficult emotions, and how challenging love for your child can be," the director said in the film's press notes. "Parenting is not always easy, and when a child isn’t quite what you expected — a happy, easy-going baby — you begin to question how to be a parent to them."

We also don't see Kuura's face until the final frame, a decision that keeps us wondering whether the child has fangs or the like. Bergholm deliberately kept the child's face offscreen, saying in press notes, "I really wanted to keep the mystery regarding the baby's face. This way, the viewer shares the feeling the protagonist has all the way through: There is something very wrong with the child, but it is impossible to say what."

Essentially, trolls!

Nightborn is now streaming on Shudder.

Former chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci's diary from the time of Covid has been made available to the press, and Daily Show host Desi Lydic is just as outraged by his entries as the people on Fox News.

"This guy is completely obsessed with himself," Lydic says. "I bet he'd put his name on random buildings if you let him. I mean, who writes a diary about themselves? What a lunatic."

Lydic goes on to play clips of various Fox News hosts contradicting each other over why exactly they're so angry with Fauci.

"It couldn't be clearer," says Lydic. "Covid killed a million Americans and also wasn't really that deadly, so we shouldn't have shut down. Remember, Fauci made this fatal virus in a lab, but he did a bad job because the virus wasn't even that fatal. Fauci's real crime is being a shitty deadly virus maker."

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When it comes to Bluetooth audio, your headphones are only half of the equation. Even if your phones support the latest and greatest technology, if your Windows computer's Bluetooth doesn't match those specifications, you're only going to get the lowest common denominator between the two.

All four BLACKPINK members have now taken on the Hot Ones challenge, with Lisa, Rosé, Jennie, and now Jisoo appearing on First We Feast's iconic web series. (Jennie made a direct plea for Jisoo to tackle the wings when she appeared on the show.)

The pop icon and actor joined host Sean Evans to eat increasingly spicy hot wings, and she's outstandingly tough. As the hot sauce levels increase, Jisoo handles that heat with ease, discussing how spiciness in Korean dishes is both stress relief and good for singing, the horror movie that actually scared her (Orphan), and playing Resident Evil Requiem.

And yes, she keeps the BLACKPINK/Hot Ones tradition alive with a final sketch. Honestly, she barely breaks a sweat. Go Jisoo.

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SAVE OVER $10: As of July 31, the Life360 Tile Starter Pack is on sale for $32.99 at Amazon. That's $17 off its list price of $49.99.

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When it comes to keeping a close eye on important items in your life, like your keys, wallet, or bags, Bluetooth trackers are mighty helpful investments. Tile trackers are some of our favorites, and if you're looking to buy, Amazon is offering the Life360 Tile Starter Pack at a discount right now.

As of July 31, this two-pack of a Tile Mate and Slim has dropped to $32.99 at Amazon. Compared to its full price of $49.99, you save $17, but it's a deal that won't last long. The "limited time deal" tag on its store page means the countdown timer has started, so be quick to scoop it up while it's still on sale.

SEE ALSO: Pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 from Amazon and get a free $100 gift card

The Tile Mate and Slim can help track a wide variety of items around your home, with the Mate able to hook onto a keychain and the Slim able to slide into a bag or wallet. If you've misplaced one, you can easily find it in the free app, which also includes helpful features like an SOS alert. This helps notify your friends or family if you need help.

If Bluetooth trackers have been on your radar, don't miss out on this great deal on the Life360 Tile Starter Pack at Amazon.

Looking for more great tracker deals? You can also score a deal on AirTags right now if you're an Apple user.

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SAVE $80: As of July 31, the Skyrover S1 Mini Drone Combo is on sale for $319 at Amazon. That's an 20% discount on the list price.

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If you’ve been tempted to add a drone to your tech setup, there's a new deal on the Skyrover S1 Mini Drone Combo worth checking out. As of July 31, this model is down from $399 to $319, marking its best-ever price at Amazon.

This mini drone features a 1/2-inch CMOS sensor for capturing 4K/60 fps video and 8K/48 MP photos, making it ideal for recording travel footage, vlogs, and other kinds of content. And if you're a beginner to drone flying, this one includes beginner-friendly flight features such as forward obstacle avoidance, one-tap takeoff and landing, and Smart Return-to-Home functionality. Plus, it weighs under 249 grams, so it's compact enough to travel with and it's FAA-friendly for recreational flying.

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The Skyrover S1 Mini Drone Combo bundle includes the Skyrover S1 Gimbal Lock, Basic Remote Controller, three Smart Flight Batteries (each providing up to 40 minutes of flight time), a Battery Hub Charger, three pairs of propellers, a shoulder carrying bag, and a quick guide with USB-C, Lightning and Type-C cable adapters.

The bundle provides up to 120 minutes of total flight time and gives you all the accessories you need to start flying straight away.

Get this drone deal from Amazon now.