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SAVE $210: As of May 21, you can score a 70-inch 4K Roku TV from Pioneer for $299.99. That's more than 40 percent off its usual $509.99.

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Best Buy's Memorial Day sale is home to a ton of good TV deals, including a Prime Day-level doorbuster the month before Prime Day 2026. I'm talking about a Pioneer 70-inch 4K Roku TV on sale for $299.99, down $210 from its usual $509.99. And if this were Prime Day, this feels like a deal that would've sold out within hours.

This quieter deal should last longer, but it's set to expire in the wee hours of May 22.

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You're unlikely to find a 70-inch TV for less than $300 elsewhere. $299.99 would even be a decent price for a smaller 65-inch model. That's exactly how much the 65-inch Insignia 4K Fire TV is currently going for at Amazon, if you want to take the classic Fire TV vs. Roku TV route — so opting for this Roku deal at Best Buy is kind of like getting five extra diagonal inches for free. For reference, the 70-inch Insignia 4K Fire TV is $20 more at $319.99.

This Pioneer Roku TV has three HDMI ports, a 60Hz refresh rate, and supports HDR 10. While it's unrealistic to expect groundbreaking brightness or contrast from a TV this budget-friendly, take comfort in the fact that this model has 4.8 out of five stars at Best Buy (from more than 300 reviews, too). It gets good marks for easy set up, a lightweight and thin build, and clear picture quality for the price.

As someone who has grown up watching Pixar and witnessed the evolution of animation, there have been many times where I think I’m watching the company's peak, as in "This is the best movie I’ve ever seen." Often, when it comes to Pixar, I’ve noticed many people believe the earliest portion of its life, in the 2000s, was when it peaked, but I’m here to say that’s false.

The best Sonos Memorial Day deals at a glance: Best portable speaker deal Sonos Roam 2 $134 (save $45) Get Deal Best home speaker deal Sonos Era 300 $379 (save $100) Get Deal Best soundbar deal Sonos Arc Ultra $899 (save $200) Get Deal

We're massive fans of the Sonos audio ecosystem. The brand's speakers and soundbars are some of the best in the business, but their expensive prices make them hard to recommend in this economy. When a major sale takes place, on the other hand, we want to scream about it.

Sonos doesn't offer a ton of discounts on its products throughout the year, so it's kind of a big deal that nearly every product in its lineup is on sale for Memorial Day. While the brand new Sonos Play speaker isn't on sale, the beloved Roam 2, Arc Ultra, Move 2, Era 300, and plenty more are up to $200 off.

Check out our top picks from the Amazon Memorial Day sale below.

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The portable Bluetooth speaker market is crowded, but the Sonos Roam 2 stands out thanks to its impressive audio performance and dependable voice assistance.

We also love the Sonos Move 2, but it's not nearly portable enough and is far too expensive. "The market for waterproof speakers with voice activation is incredibly small," writes Mashable's reviewer. "If you’re looking for one, the Roam 2 answers the call with striking sound and unique features that appeal to Sonos users." You can expect sound that feels similar to a home speaker, but in a package small enough to fit in your hand. It's down to just $134 from $179, which is its best price ever. The speaker has only reached this all-time low once before.

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While it's a few years old at this point, the Sonos Era 300 is still an impressive home speaker. And at $100 off its list price, adding it to your home is a bit more accessible. When Mashable's Stan Schroeder reviewed the Era 300 in 2023, he deemed it the "king of sub-$500 smart speakers." It's Sonos' first speaker to support spatial audio and it can connect seamlessly with other audio products from Sonos — not that it needs help from anything else. Its sound is absolutely booming on its own. We're not particularly captivated by its design, but its incredibly loud and precise sound makes up for it.

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If you want the best and don't mind a little splurge, the Sonos Arc Ultra got a near-perfect rating from Mashable's tech editor Tim Beck Werth. Even at full price, he says the soundbar justifies its price of admission. "While a single soundbar can't compete with the booming speakers you'll hear in a movie theater," Werth writes, "This speaker gave me the closest match to that experience I've ever had in my living room." Typically $1,099, you can slash $200 off at Amazon, Sonos, and Best Buy for Memorial Day. That's just $20 away from its best-ever price.

More Sonos deals

• Sonos Era 100 SL — $169 $189 (save $20)

• Sonos Era 100 — $189 $219 (save $30)

• Sonos Ace headphones — $299 $399 (save $100)

• Sonos Move 2 — $399 $499 (save $100)

• Sonos Beam 2 soundbar — $369 $499 (save $130)

• Sonos Five — $479 $599 (save $120)

Do you still have a drawer full of Raspberry Pis? Well, get them out, because here are three fun and simple Pi projects for you to do this weekend.

The "Android Market" from 2008 became the Google Play Store in 2012 and now offers over 1.8 million apps for download. A lot has changed in the world of Android since then, but some things (and apps) have stayed the same. Did you know many of your favorite and long-forgotten apps are still available? More importantly, some are still worth downloading.

At a glance

• Vega lets users prove facts from government-issued credentials — age, personhood, professional status — without revealing the credential itself. The credential never leaves the device. 
• Zero-knowledge proofs are generated in under 100 ms on a commodity client device with no trusted setup, making private identity verification practical at scale. 
• Fold-and-reuse proving means repeated presentations — to different services or through AI agents — skip most of the expensive work after the first proof. 
• Vega targets real-world formats like mobile driver’s licenses and the EU Digital Identity Wallet, is built in Rust, and will be open sourced soon.

AI is transforming how people interact with digital, from AI-powered assistants to autonomous agents that act on a user’s behalf. As these capabilities grow, so does the value of strong digital identity: users need reliable ways to establish trust, whether proving they are human or sharing a credential with an AI-mediated service. Government-issued credentials are still the strongest foundation for trust, but today’s verification methods often require people to hand them over. As AI agents begin acting on behalf of humans and interacting with decentralized systems, the need for fast, privacy-preserving ways to prove credentials will only grow.

These needs are already materializing in policy. Governments are moving quickly to formalize digital identity. The EU Digital Identity (EUDI) framework aims to make digital wallets available to all EU citizens, and efforts like the EU’s age-verification blueprint and the UK’s Online Safety Act mandate government ID-based methods for age checks. Application providers face a double bind: they must either use less accurate approaches like AI-based age estimation, or compromise user privacy by requiring ID uploads.

The credential gets uploaded, processed, sometimes stored, and eventually (hopefully) deleted. But high-profile breaches have repeatedly exposed government IDs that users shared for routine verification. These are not edge cases. They are the predictable consequence of a system that asks users to share their most sensitive documents to prove a single bit of information.

This is the question we set out to answer with Vega: Can we make it practical to prove something about a credential without ever revealing the credential itself?

The path to Vega: From idea to practice

Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) are the cryptographic tool that makes this possible. The idea is simple: they allow a user to prove a claim, such as “I am over 21”, without revealing anything else.. In practice, this means a user could prove their age from their driver’s license without the verifier ever seeing the license, whether to a website, an app, or a service mediated by an AI agent.  The proof works directly on the credential as issued, so the issuer does not need to change anything.

so the issuer does not need to change anything. 

This is not a new idea. The challenge has always been practicality. Prior systems either require a trusted setup that had to be repeated whenever the logic changed, or they sacrificed performance to avoid the trusted setup, often producing large proofs in the process. For real-world use, the proof needs to be fast to generate, small enough to transmit quickly, and efficient enough to run on a mobile device.

We have spent several years working toward a practical solution. Privacy-preserving identity has been a motivating application (opens in new tab) throughout, and Vega’s proof system draws on several building blocks from that line of work:

• Spartan (opens in new tab) showed how to efficiently prove R1CS, a standard way to express statements for a general-purpose proof system, with succinct proofs and without a trusted setup.
• Nova (opens in new tab) introduced folding schemes, which let a prover compress many instances of a computation into one. 
• HyperNova (opens in new tab) showed that Nova’s folding also provides a key building block for zero-knowledge: folding a real instance with a random instance hides the underlying secret data, a technique dubbed “NovaBlindFold.”
• NeutronNova (opens in new tab) provided the most efficient folding scheme for handling a batch of instances at once.

Vega puts these building blocks together into a single proof system. A key design goal is simplicity. Spartan, Nova, and NeutronNova are composed in a direct way, and the circuit is built from a small number of standard components, with no exotic multi-field constructions and no trusted setup. On top of this simple foundation, Vega adds the ability to reuse work across multiple proofs of the same credential and a new way to achieve zero-knowledge with minimal overhead. The result is a system that is easy to audit, extend to new credential formats, and deploy.

Performance

Vega generates a zero-knowledge proof of age from a typical mobile driver’s license, about 2 kilobytes (KB), in 92 miliseconds (ms) on a commodity client device. The resulting proof is 108 KB and can be verified in 23 ms. No trusted setup is required. The prover key is 464 KB; it fits comfortably on any phone. For smaller credentials, proving drops to 62 ms, with 83 KB proofs, and 17 ms verification. In practice, a user taps a button to present a credential, and 92 ms later the proof is done. The service learns only the requested fact; the credential never leaves the phone.

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Vega’s speed comes from two ideas: fold-and-reuse proving and lookup-centric circuit design. The figure below shows the proving pipeline end to end.

Vega’s proving pipeline. Work is split into two phases. The once-per-credential phase splits the credential into step and core circuits and commits reusable data. The once-per-presentation phase re-randomizes cached commitments for unlinkability, folds all SHA-256 step instances into one via NeutronNova, proves the folded step and core circuits with Spartan, and applies zero-knowledge via NovaBlindFold. The final output is a 108 kB proof generated in 92 ms and can be verified in 23 ms.  The hashing problem, and how folding solves it

A credential proof must do two expensive things: hash the credential bytes with SHA-256 and verify the issuer’s digital signature. Signature verification would normally be the bottleneck, but  Vega avoids that cost by working in a field where the signature arithmetic is native. As a result, hashing becomes the dominant cost. SHA-256 works by applying the same compression function to one 64-byte block at a time. A straightforward circuit simply unrolls all of these iterations,so its size grows with the length of the credential. For a typical mobile driver’s license, that is 30 blocks of compression, all captured in a single circuit.

We take a different approach. Instead of unrolling the entire hash, we define one small “step” circuit that proves a single SHA-256 compression step, and we instantiate it once per block. Because these step instances are structurally identical, we can use NeutronNova’s folding scheme to collapse them into a single instance. The prover does work to fold the 30 step instances into one, but this folding cost is modest. Spartan then only needs to prove a single step-sized circuit alongside a separate “core” circuit that handles the rest of the checks, including signature verification and age predicates, rather than a monolithic circuit with 30 unrolled blocks. The proving key only needs to describe one step and one core, so it stays small regardless of credential length.

There is a subtle privacy issue here to arddress. Credentials vary in length, and if the circuit size varied with the credential, that would leak information. To prevent this, all step circuits share a committed table of intermediate digests. The core circuit picks the selects the appropriate digest using a private index. If the prover selects the wrong entry, the issuer’s signature check fails.

Making it zero-knowledge, cheaply

A proof system needs to be zero-knowledge: the verifier should learn nothing beyond the claim being proved. Existing approaches to achieve this are often complex to engineer and can add significant overhead to the prover. We found a simpler way.

A standard first step is to commit to every message the prover sends using hiding cryptographic commitments, so the verifier sees commitments rather than values. The harder question is to prove that those hidden values would have passed the verifier’s checks. We express those checks as a small constraint system, just a few hundred constraints, since the verifier only performs a logarithmic number of operations. We then fold this constraint system iwith a random instance via Nova’s folding scheme. This step hides the underlying data, so the zero-knowledge overhead scales with this small constraint system, not the full secret data.

Proving once, presenting many times

A user who presents their credential to one website will likely present it again to another, and another. In a world where AI agents handle many of these interactions on a user’s behalf, the same credential may need to be presented dozens of times a day. The credential itself does not change between these presentations. What changes is the session nonce, a fresh random value from the verifier, and possibly the date or the predicate threshold.

Vega takes advantage of this structure by by splitting the prover’s secret data into three parts. The shared data (SHA-256 tables) and the precommitted part, such as the issuer signature and field locationsm are computed and committed once when the credential is first loaded. The online part, such as the device signature and  today’s date, is committed fresh each time. Before each proof, the precomputed commitments are refreshed with new randomness, which is cheaper than recomputing them and ensures that two proofs about the same credential cannot be linked.

Avoiding the parser

Another important part of Vega’s efficiency comes from how it handles the credential format. A mobile driver’s license is encoded in Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR), and building a full CBOR parser as a circuit would be both complex and expensive. But we realized we do not actually need a parser. The credential bytes are signed by a trusted issuer, so we know they are well-formed. We only need to reach in and grab specific fields.

We treat the credential as a byte-addressable lookup table. The prover says, “the device public key starts at byte 847” and supplies the bytes. The circuit checks three things: that the bytes actually match the authenticated credential, that the right CBOR prefix appears at the start of the field so the prover cannot claim the wrong field, and that the addresses are contiguous so the prover cannot splice bytes from unrelated locations. This replaces an entire parser with a handful of lookups.

The same lookup idea powers length-hiding hashing, as described above: the circuit builds a table of all intermediate SHA-256 digests and picks the correct one at the point where the real message ends.

Device binding

A zero-knowledge credential proof is only useful if it is tied to the person holding the credential. Without device binding, someone who obtains a leaked credential could generate valid proofs for any session. This matters even more in a world of AI agents: if an agent can present a proof on behalf of a user, we need cryptographic assurance that the proof originated from the user’s device, not from an attacker or an unauthorized agent.

Vega addresses this by requiring the holder’s device to sign a fresh session nonce with the device private key, which is bound to the phone’s secure element. The circuit extracts the device public key from the credential via lookup and verifies the device signature over the session nonce hash. Because the device private key never leaves the secure hardware, possession of the signed credential alone is not sufficient to produce a valid proof.

Where this leads

Vega is implemented in Rust and will be open sourced soon. The proof system powering Vega is already available as the open-source spartan2 (opens in new tab) project on GitHub. The paper, joint work with Darya Kaviani, will be presented at the upcoming IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy in San Francisco. 

While we focused on mobile driver’s licenses as a concrete and timely application, especially given emerging frameworks like the EU Digital Identity wallet, the proof system and circuit techniques are general. They apply to any credential format with a stable byte encoding and a digital signature.

We see several directions where the same primitive becomes increasingly important.

Agents carrying identity on behalf of humans. As autonomous AI agents begin acting on behalf of people, whether booking travel, interacting with services, or entering agreements, those agents will need to prove facts about the human they represent. For example, “my principal is over 18” or “my principal is a licensed physician.” The agent should be able to carry these proofs without ever holding the underlying credential. A zero-knowledge proof generated on the human’s device, bound to the agent’s session via device binding, lets the agent present identity signals without holding secrets.

Bridging off-chain identity to on-chain systems. Decentralized systems increasingly need real-world identity signals, such as KYC compliance, accredited investor status, and jurisdiction checks. Today, this is handled by uploading documents to a centralized intermediary, who then issues an on-chain attestation. The user loses privacy twice: once to the intermediary, and again on chain, where the attestation may be linkable across interactions. A ZKP over an off-chain credential could bridge this directly: the user proves a fact from their government-issued credential, and the on-chain verifier receives only the proof. No intermediary sees the credential, and rerandomization ensures repeated proofs are unlinkable.

As digital identity mandates expand and AI reshapes how humans and agents establish trust, the need for privacy-preserving credential verification will only grow. We see Vega as one step in a broader shift: from a world where proving a fact about yourself requires giving up your identity, to one where cryptography lets you keep it.

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A recent Hertz survey found that 64 percent of Americans are planning a road trip this summer, with nearly three-quarters planning to take at least one trip between June and September. That's tens of millions of people about to spend hours behind the wheel, many on highways they don't usually drive, in weather they aren't always prepared for, and pushing through fatigue to make the most of their vacation time.

Tesla has brought its Full Self-Driving (FSD) suite of driver assistance features to China – or it's at least close to doing so.

The company announced the news in a tweet on Thursday, listing all of the countries where FSD is currently available. Besides China, also new on that list is Lithuania, the second European country to get FSD after the Netherlands.

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The total list of countries where Tesla FSD is available is now as follows: Australia, Canada, China, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and the United States.

Tesla did not share any other details about FSD availability in China. Launching FSD in the vast, busy automotive market that is China would surely be a win for Tesla, especially given that many other local automakers, such as Xpeng and Xiaomi, have a similar suite of semi-autonomous driving features in the country already.

As CNBC pointed out, Tesla previously offered its Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot suites of driver assistance features in China, while the FSD was only available to select users, and in limited fashion. China Daily, however, claims that the complete version of FSD isn't available in China yet, though "progress is under way," citing insider sources.

SEE ALSO: Someone drove a Tesla Cybertruck into a lake to test 'Wade Mode.' It didn't end well.

The news comes shortly after Musk, alongside several other American businessmen and President Donald Trump, visited Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Tesla customers in China currently have to pay a high price to access the most advanced autonomous driving package the company has to offer. As it stands on Tesla's Chinese website, the "Intelligent assisted driving" package costs a one-time fee of 64,000 yuan or $9,409. In the U.S., FSD is only available as a monthly subscription, at a price of $99 per month.

I've gone back and forth between Obsidian and Notion for as long as I can remember. Spending a few months in one, then a few months in another is just how I do things—but the switch was never easy. That is, until I found out Codex could handle it for me.

A new trailer for Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation is here to set the record straight: There is no war in Ba Sing Se. Copy?

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The iconic line from the animated show's Book Two: Earth gets its live-action debut in the new trailer, promising that the series will tackle the Dai Lee and their insidious propaganda dead-on. Brace yourself for some political intrigue, including the perils of Lake Laogai.

That's not all. The trailer also highlight Aang's (Gordon Cormier) earthbending training under the tutelage of Blind Bandit Toph Beifong (Miya Cech). Boulders are flying throughout — and I'm not just talking about the Earth Rumble VI fighter.

Elsewhere, the trailer recreates several instantly recognizable Book Two fight scenes. There's Aang, Zuko (Dallas Liu), and Azula's (Elizabeth Yu) fiery showdown from "The Chase," as well as the season finale battle in Ba Sing Se's Crystal Catacombs.

Strangely, the trailer also features a shot of Katara (Kiawentiio) in her full Painted Lady get-up from Season 3 of the original series. Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender is no stranger to smashing episodes together, with its first season incorporating elements from Book Two. However, in the animated series, Katara doesn't adopt the Painted Lady persona until she and the Gaang are fully in the Fire Nation. Does this mean we'll be getting a Fire Nation detour early? Or has the live-action show shifted that episode's entire events to the Earth Kingdom to free up room in their third and final season?

Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 premieres June 25 on Netflix.

If 2025 was the year of the ultra-thin phone, then 2026 is the year of the foldable phone. And the new Motorola Razr line arrives with a big head start. Motorola has been making flip-style foldables since 2020, and it also has the first foldables on the scene this year.

Of course, being first isn't always the wisest strategy. Just look at Apple, which has been building monumental hype around the first folding iPhone.

But we're not here to talk about Apple. This one's for Android users (and the Android-curious).

I put the new Motorola Razr Ultra and Motorola Razr+ to the test, and while the Razr+ has some problems, I'm loving the Razr Ultra so far.

The verdict: The Motorola Razr Ultra is a pricey but impressive flip phone Motorola Razr+ (left) and Motorola Razr Ultra (right). Credit: René Ramos / Mashable

What I loved: The flagship Razr Ultra has a gorgeous display, a killer battery life, and a true smorgasburg of AI features. I love that it fits in my pocket, and I love the phone's design.

What I hated: This phone costs an obscene $1,499.99. The less-capable Razr+ had some sluggishness.

By the numbers:

• Processor: Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform

• Battery: 5000mAh battery / 36 hours

• Display: 4-inch pOLED cover display / 7-inch AMOLED inner display

• Cameras: 50MP wide, 50MP ultrawide, 50MP inner camera

• Charging: 68W charging, reverse charging, 24 hours battery in 8 minutes

• Special features: Pantone Validated display, HDR peak brightness of 5,000 nits, 10-bit color, Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3

SEE ALSO: Motorola Razr Fold hands-on: I liked the Fold, but it doesn't stand out against tough competition The Motorola Razr Ultra is a true flagship device Credit: René Ramos / Mashable

Now, I still need to spend more time with the Razr Ultra before we lock in its review score. I plan to update this review twice. First, a couple of weeks after spending more time with the device, and again in July or August, after the Samsung Galaxy Flip 8 arrives.

But if you need a new phone now, I think you can purchase this phone with confidence. I've said repeatedly that the Motorola Razr Ultra (2025) was the most underrated phone of the year, and the new model is even better.

When I first picked it up, I thought it was thinner than last year's version, but my eyes told me otherwise. The dimensions proved me right, however. Motorola shaved off a few millimeters from the design, and the phone is just a smidge thinner than last year. The phone also has a new textured back panel, which I think was a smart upgrade for both visual appeal and security in your hand.

The screens are also a little bigger and have a slightly higher resolution. The HDR10+ AMOLED displays offer 10-bit color and look incredible. Both the main and external displays now offer 165Hz refresh rates and deliver significant brightness upgrades. The main display has 5,000 nits, and the rear display has 3,000 (a 2,000 increase and a 1,300 increase, respectively).

Credit: René Ramos / Mashable

Finally, the battery has been upgraded from 4,500 mAh to 5,000 mAh. The battery was a standout feature last year, easily offering more than 24 hours on our video playback test. This year's battery is rated for a mighty 36 hours.

But here's the big question: Are all those improvements worth a $200 price increase? Last year's excellent Razr Ultra was already pricey at $1,299, but this year's arrives with a RAM-ageddon price hike to $1,499.99.

Let's talk about that price

Most U.S. phone shoppers don't pay full retail price. Typically, we get a trade-in offer, or you take advantage of carrier deals that can drop the price to $0 (with conditions, of course).

Motorola has raised prices across the board because of the AI-fueled memory shortage. I strongly recommend taking advantage of every deal and launch offer you can.

It's not that the phone isn't worth it. The $1,500 price tag is likely going to be the new standard in this category. But it still hurts.

The Motorola Razr Ultra is a joy to use Credit: René Ramos / Mashable

Here's what I really like about this phone: It's fun to use.

There's just something satisfying about a flip phone, especially one that can pull off so many neat tricks. I love lining up the perfect selfie on the external display, shooting a camcorder-style video, or bringing up an app without opening the phone. And as someone who hates big phones, I love how it fits in my pocket and hand. It still feels like a two-hand phone when opened, but the size is a huge attraction for me.

The everyday experience will be familiar to Android users, though Motorola offers additional AI tools such as Perplexity, Copilot, and Moto AI (more on this in a moment).

Foldable phones are also novel enough that they still feel cool. And the phone looks cool, too. The colors and design of the phones are very impressive this year.

SEE ALSO: Every foldable phone planned or rumored for 2026 Motorola's AI strategy: All of the above

Here are the AI tools you get with the new Razr lineup:

• Gemini

• Perplexity

• Microsoft Copilot

• Moto AI

Frankly, it's a bit much. I found myself sticking entirely to Gemini. At CES 2026, Lenovo and Motorola laid out their vision for Moto AI — a personal AI that acts as your personal assistant. And, in theory, it has some cool features. But am I ready to hand over my email, photo library, browsing history, and Google Drive to yet another tech company? Not quite. I'm already nervous about how much Google knows about me, and how it's using my data.

This is also a phone built for AI superusers. Here's an example: Long-press what should be the power button, and it brings up Gemini Live. Long-press the side button (the Razr+ has no extra side button), and it fires up Moto AI. When I needed to power off the Razr+, it took me a ridiculous amount of time to find the power off option.

You can change these settings, of course, but this is a phone that wants to put AI constantly at your fingertips. That's either a pro or a con, depending on how much you use tools like Gemini.

That said, being able to quickly fire up Gemini to answer questions is helpful at times. I also made good use of Android's Circle To Search feature. After bringing home the flowers, I used Circle To Search to identify them. Another time, I asked whether it was safe to use two household cleaners together. (Spoiler alert: It was not!)

Credit: Timothy Beck Werth Credit: Timothy Beck Werth Motorola Razr+ is too big a step down

With a new starting price of $1,099, the Razr+ better be a damn fine phone, but my early testing has been frustrating. Once, the camera app simply refused to open. At other times, the phone was noticeably sluggish. I sometimes found that apps or features were slow to appear.

Instead of the Ultra's Snapdragon 8 Elite, the Razr+ has a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Mobile Platform, and I could feel the difference, unfortunately. As you'll see in the camera test, image processing also takes a hit. Photos were oversaturated, and the phone struggled a bit in very bright sunlight.

Credit: René Ramos / Mashable

So, is the Motorola Razr+ worth it? While I can happily endorse the Razr Ultra, I'm not sold on the Razr+.

One word of warning: Treat your foldable with care

Lastly, I should note there have been user complaints on Reddit and the Motorola website about the durability of the Razr Ultra (2025). Users report that hinges and displays begin to fall apart after about 12 months of use. However, the phone should hold up just fine, as mine has.

I suspect there's some user error involved here, as flip phones are inherently more delicate. Be careful not to get your foldable wet, and avoid overstressing the hinge.

For its part, Motorola has outfitted the Razr+ with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus; the Razr Ultra has the brand-new Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3, which debuts with this foldable phone.

Motorola Razr+ and Razr Ultra: The camera test Credit: René Ramos / Mashable

As a reminder, here are the camera arrays with each phone:

• Razr Ultra: 50MP wide, 50MP ultrawide, 50MP inner camera

• Razr+: 50MP wide, 50MP ultrawide, 32MP inner

Foldables aren't known for having the best cameras, but the Razr Ultra's are better than fine. For the camera test, I took macro, portrait, digital zoom, and selfie photos. All of the photos you see here are unedited.

Overall, I found that the Razr Plus sometimes oversaturated my photos, which is a pet peeve of mine. In some cases, the Razr Ultra clearly took the better photo. In the photos with sliders, you'll find the Razr Ultra version on the left. Thanks to the Elite processor, the Razr Ultra handled color much better, and photos taken in bright sunlight weren't super washed out.

The ultimate selfie mode

Foldables may not have the best cameras, but it's incredibly satisfying to line up the perfect selfie using the external display.

Credit: Timothy Beck Werth / Mashable

The finished result:

Credit: Timothy Beck Werth / Mashable

Overall, the Razr Ultra took surprisingly good photos for a foldable. The Razr+ didn't have bad cameras by any means, and I took a lot of photos I liked, even if the Ultra clearly has the edge.

Left: Razr Ultra (left) Credit: Timothy Beck Werth / Mashable Right: Razr+ (right) Credit: Timothy Beck Werth / Mashable

I also went to my local flower-and-skateboarding store — the most Brooklyn store ever — to test the color fidelity. (Shoutout to Park Deli flower shop, which isn't affiliated with Mashable or Motorola in any way.)

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Finally, I have to show off my latest origami creations.

A dinsoaur, rat, Scottish terrier, and snails. Credit: Timothy Beck Werth / Mashable The Motorola Razr Ultra: Would I buy it?

So, would I spend my money on the Razr Ultra? I have to admit, I'm still an iPhone user, possibly due to peer pressure. But the Motorola Razr Ultra is the phone that really tempts me to make the switch, and I enjoy every minute I spend with this phone.

While the new $1,499.99 price tag is a major blow, the phone's feature set, display, and design are all elite for the category. If you can take advantage of some launch offers or trade-ins, I think you'll also be very happy with this trendy little flip phone.

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Airbnb has announced a swathe of additions coming to its app, including the ability to book luggage storage and car hire, as well as a voice mode for its AI assistant.

Announced Wednesday in a blog post, the accommodation company is furthering its reach into the broader travel booking market with additions rolling out over the summer.

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Airbnb said it was "extending the AI assistant to voice" later this year, meaning users could be able to use the existing chatbot like a customer service phone call (Airbnb rolled out its AI assistant in 2025). The company has been testing AI-powered search since February, which lets users describe the type of stay they're after, or ask questions about listings using conversational language.

The app will also add an AI-powered comparison tool later this year, which will let users compare accommodation options in their wish list for location and amenities.

SEE ALSO: The 'Heated Rivalry' cottage is available to rent on Airbnb

Over the last year, the company has also been expanding the app's Services component, adding options like airport pickups, grocery deliveries, makeup artists, photographers, catered meals for travellers to book. Soon, there'll be options to book Bounce luggage storage and hire cars through the Airbnb app in "select cities", both to be suggested by proximity to your accommodation.

Launching late summer, a new travel map will let users show Connections (people you've added as friends) where they've stayed or are staying in the future. Word of warning here: if you've left any nasty reviews on stays, your friends will be able to read them.

And finally, in a move unlike its signature home stays, Airbnb will now allow independent and boutique hotels to list on the app alongside hosted homes, with the company saying, "Each property is selected by Airbnb, with no big chains."

It's a crowded space, the travel booking market, with even TikTok getting in on the action these days.

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Stephen Colbert has spent many years challenging guests to his "Colbert Questionert", a series of rapid-fire questions that he claims allows the guest to be "truly known".

And now, with The Late Show coming to a close this week, it's finally time for the man himself to enter the hot seat.

SEE ALSO: When is Stephen Colbert's last show? How to watch the end of 'The Late Show'.

"I've always said that I wouldn't give my answers to any of those questions until this show is over, but I guess this is close enough," says Colbert in the video below, before a series of guest celebrity guest hosts take turns asking him a question each.

Here's part one, featuring questions submitted by Billy Crystal, Weird Al Yankovic, Josh Brolin, and Martha Stewart:

Part two, featuring questions from Mark Hamill, Jim Gaffigan, Jeff Daniels, and Tiffany Haddish:

Part three, featuring questions from Evie McGee Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Ben Stiller:

And the final part, featuring questions from Aubrey Plaza, James Taylor, Robert De Niro, and John Dickerson:

It's a fun series of answers that ends on a sweet note, when Colbert describes the rest of his life in five words.

"My family. My friends. Fun."

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SAVE $300: As of May 21, the Samsung 85-Inch Neo QLED QN70H smart TV has hit its lowest-ever price of $1,997.99 at Amazon. This is $300 off its list price of $2,297.99.

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With Memorial Day sales kicking off, this is a great time to buy a TV. If you're hoping to go big with a brand new, huge screen for your home this summer, the Samsung 85-Inch Neo QLED QN70H TV has received its first big price drop at Amazon.

As of May 21, this 85-Inch Samsung TV has been marked down to $1,997.99 at Amazon. Usually it's listed for $2,297.99, so this deal gives you a chance to save $300. According to Amazon price tracker camelcamelcamel, this marks its first discount at the retailer.

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If you're hoping to upgrade from a mid-size TV to something larger for your binge-watches and movie nights, this Samsung TV's 85-inch screen size is sure to impress. It even features crisp 4K resolution on its QLED display that helps bring out every little detail in what you're watching alongside stunning colors and deep contrast.

This Samsung TV's Motion Xcelerator technology is a huge plus for gamers as well, as it can support a refresh rate of up to 144Hz so you can enjoy smooth performance while you play. And on top of all that, it's also a smart TV. So those looking forward to some of the exciting shows dropping on their favorite streaming services this summer can access them quickly and easily from the home screen.

If a TV upgrade has been on your mind, don't miss out on this deal on the Samsung 85-Inch Neo QLED QN70H smart TV at Amazon.

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So, you missed out on tickets to see BTS's long-awaited return. It sucks.

The ARIRANG world tour, the Bangtan Boys' first tour together in four years, is well underway. Set to hit 34 cities across the world, the tour kicked off in Goyang, South Korea on April 9 — and at this point, almost every one of the 82 shows is either sold out or on last seats. But there's good news, ARMY!

BTS is livestreaming three of their concerts in cinemas. Here's everything you need to know about the BTS World Tour Arirang Live Viewing.

SEE ALSO: Milk, tears, and Digimon: BTS' 'Hot Ones' episode was pure chaos When is the BTS World Tour Arirang Live Viewing?

BTS has already brought their ARIRANG world tour concerts to movie theaters, and as someone who watched it in a London cinema, I can say it's an absolute treat. Fans already attended the April 11 screening, streamed live from Goyang Stadium and the April 18 concert from the Tokyo Dome in Japan.

Another date has been added to the live viewing sessions: June 13, the second concert at Busan Asiad Main Stadium in South Korea.

The filmed concert series is a collab between HYBE, BigHit Music, and Trafalgar Releasing, who did the same thing with Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. All seven members of BTS — RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook — will perform songs from BTS's fifth studio album, ARIRANG, as well as that colossal BTS catalogue.

Times will vary across time zones, so check the website for your session times.

How to watch the BTS World Tour Arirang Live Viewing

Tickets for the BTS World Tour Arirang Live Viewing are available from the official website and ticket sellers such as Fandango.

Just find your nearest cinemas by filtering locations and pick your time slot. Prices will vary across countries.

If you want to buy tickets for the June 13 livestreamed Busan show, these go on sale May 28 at 9 a.m. ET.

Wait, didn't BTS already do a livestreamed concert?

They sure did, but that was a special event for Netflix marking the band's first performance together in four years. That was also when poor RM injured his ankle during rehearsal and performed seated or behind the slickest mic I've ever seen.

BTS The Comeback Live: Arirang is now streaming on Netflix, so if you've got a Netflix account, you can watch the set from Gwanghwamun, outside Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace, which includes BTS's first-ever live performances of songs from Arirang. While you're there, check out the Netflix documentary BTS: The Return — you won't regret it.

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TL;DR: Amazon has the Magic: The Gathering Avatar The Last Airbender Beginner Box on sale for $24.41, down from its $34.99 list price. Click the extra 20% coupon, and the price drops to $19.52 at checkout.

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The Avatar: The Last Airbender Beginner Box is one of the most affordable ways to get into the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, and now Amazon has dropped a coupon that takes it to its lowest-ever price.

As of May 21, Amazon has the Magic: The Gathering Avatar The Last Airbender Beginner Box listed for $24.41, which is already 30% off its $34.99 list price. However, there is also a 20% off coupon on the product page that brings the final checkout price down to $19.52. Amazon lists the coupon's expiration as May 25, though coupon quantities are limited and collected offers can expire before then. 

Confirmed with price tracker camelcamelcamel, this is the lowest price the Avatar Beginner Box has ever been on Amazon. If you’ve been set on getting into Magic or trying out the Avatar expansion, pull the trigger now in case the opportunity to use the coupon goes faster than expected. 

Not only does Amazon’s $19.52 offer make it lower than TCGplayer’s $21.05 market price, but it also undercuts the dedicated trading card selling platform’s lowest $25.26 listing by over $5. 

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The Beginner Box is made for two players, so this isn’t just a pile of loose Avatar cards with a rules insert thrown in. 

You start with a guided Aang versus Zuko match using two 20-card tutorial decks, with step-by-step guides walking you through your first game. Once you have the basics down, the box opens up into eight more 20-card Avatar-themed half-decks, including Firebending, Earthbending, Waterbending, Allies, Big Creatures, Counters, Spells, and Attacking. Combine any two, and you have a 40-card deck ready for a casual match.

Alongside the cards, you’ll also get two playboards, two Spindown life counters, five double-sided tokens, two learn-to-play guides, and a rules reference booklet.

You can also buy the Magic: The Gathering Marvel Spider-Man Scene Box for a new low price of $27.99. If you’re a Pokémon fan, the newly-announced Pitch Black expansion is available to pre-order at TCGplayer.

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TL;DR: Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Mega Feraligatr ex Box available for $69.79, down from its $80.69 list price.

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Pokémon TCG Ascended Heroes Booster Packs are more expensive than ever, so now’s the perfect time to make the most of the money-saving collection boxes.

As of May 21, Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Ascended Heroes Mega Feraligatr ex Box listed for $69.79, down from its typical $80.69 price. That works out to a 14% discount altogether, saving you $10.90 on the sealed collection — while the two third-party sellers at that price point (Collectors Expedition and Strawberri Entertainment) have stock left. 

At $69.79, you’re paying about $17.45 per Ascended Heroes booster pack (four in total) before factoring in the playable foil Mega Feraligatr ex promo or the oversize lenticular display card. That’s an extra saving of $1.64 per Ascended Heroes Booster Pack compared to buying them individually, with Amazon prices at $19.09 at the lowest.

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As a backup trading card retailer, Walmart is currently matching Amazon’s $69.79 price with free shipping, also sold and shipped by Collectors Expedition. Its delivery window is listed for May 26, but the listing is marked as not returnable. Amazon offers a 30-day refund or replacement window.

TCGplayer is still cheaper if you’re fine buying through marketplace sellers, with unopened listings starting at $53.88 with shipping included — only going slightly above its current market price of $52.60. 

To save even more on Ascended Heroes Booster Packs, you can also grab the Pokémon TCG Ascended Heroes Mega Meganium ex Box for just under $70. Although not available on Amazon, the Pokémon TCG’s newly-announced Pitch Black expansion is available to pre-order at TCGplayer.

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In a total 2026 plot twist, the Trump Mobile T1 smartphone is set to ship to customers (probably?), following a legion of delays. Originally announced in June 2025 by the U.S. president's sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the $499 golden phone was supposed to launch in September last year, but has been pushed back multiple times.

On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert ripped into the Trump Mobile flagship phone, which has finally arrived after nine months.

"The only Trump item more disappointing after a nine-month wait was Eric," said Colbert.

"You know, I've said a lot of mean things about Eric over the years. As for the phone, let's be clear, this thing sucks. When they announced the phone last year, the Trumps promised it would be 'made in the USA' but now that it's here, brace yourself, it is no longer 'made in the USA.' The website now just says 'designed with American values in mind'. That's close enough, OK? It's just like Arby's' slogan, 'We have the meats...in mind.'"

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With The Late Show's last episode on the horizon, Jimmy Kimmel took a moment at the top of his show to offer a moving farewell to Stephen Colbert.

"We will be off tomorrow night out of respect for our colleague and friend Stephen Colbert and the writers, producers, staff and crew at The Late Show, whose final show on CBS airs opposite ours," says Kimmel in the clip above. "I think you know how I feel about the fact that they are being pushed out. I hope the people who did the pushing feel ashamed of themselves tonight, although I know they probably won't. But that being said, I think it is most important to congratulate Stephen and the team at The Late Show for all the great work over the last 11 years, and all the great work you will continue to do in other venues, I have no doubt."

SEE ALSO: Jon Stewart tells Stephen Colbert what he really thinks about 'The Late Show' ending

Kimmel goes on to say that everyone at the show has always been very gracious to them, and they never felt like they were in competition.

"On behalf of everyone at our show we want to say to everyone at your show, it has been a pleasure to work alongside you," the host says. "I will be watching tomorrow night, I hope those of you who watch our show will also tune in to CBS...for the last time. Don't ever watch it again, but watch tomorrow night to wish Stephen and our friends at The Late Show a fond farewell."

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Today's Connections: Sports Edition will require winter sports knowledge.

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier — so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable What is Connections: Sports Edition?

The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. The sports Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words, and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake — players get up to four mistakes before the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. Here's a hint for today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Collegiate sports staples

• Green: Where the baseball pitches happen

• Blue: Downhill variations

• Purple: Same first word

Here are today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: Seen at a college sporting event

• Green: Pitching mound

• Blue: Alpine skiing disciplines

• Purple: Charlotte ___

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections: Sports Edition #605 is...

What is the answer to Connections: Sports Edition today?

• Seen at a college sporting event: BAND, CHEERLEADERS, DANCE TEAM, STUDENT SECTION

• Pitching mound: BUMP, HILL, MOUND, RUBBER

• Alpine skiing disciplines: COMBINED, DOWNHILL, SLALOM, SUPER-G

• Charlotte ____: 49ERS, FC, HORNETS, NORTH

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new sports Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

If you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

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