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Homelabbing is a true marvel of home computing. You're the master of your own services, you get to run a NAS, experiment with servers, and take full control of your network. That's fantastic, but sadly, homelabs are not without their downsides.

SAVE $81.99: The Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones are on sale at Amazon for a record-low price of $378, down from the normal price of $459.99. That's an 18% discount.

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Black Friday is still a few weeks away, but the deals aren't waiting for cranberry sauce. If you've been thinking about upgrading your headphones or someone on your Christmas gift list is always wearing headphones, there's a great deal in store at Amazon today.

As of Nov. 13, the Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones are on sale at Amazon for $378, down from the list price of $459.99. That's an 18% discount, matching the best price we've seen on Amazon.

If we all take a second to think about how often we use headphones, paying $378 for a flagship model doesn't seem out of the question. Use them for a smidge over an hour each day for a year, and the price of ownership drops to about $1 per day.

SEE ALSO: Nintendo reveals Black Friday 2026 deals: Save $50 on the Switch 2 and select games start at $39.99

In Mashable's review of the best headphones, the Sony XM-6 earn the top spot as the best for premium sound. They have exceptional active noise cancellation, and more microphones mean better call quality.

Sony also made the XM6 headphones with foldable earcups, and they come with a travel-friendly storage case. The folding design of this model is one of the major benefits of the XM6 compared to the previous XM5.

Instead of waiting for Black Friday, make the move and get the Sony XM6 headphones while they're on sale for a record-low price.

Save $30: The Nintendo Switch 2 is available for $469 at Woot. This deal is live through Nov. 30 or until sold out. The console rarely goes on sale and is usually listed for $499, making this a 6% discount.

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Struggling to get your hands on the Zelda edition of the Switch 2? How about grabbing a discounted Switch 2 instead, weeks ahead of Black Friday?

Yes, you read that right. Nintendo's console rarely goes on sale — and even less so since its $50 price hike in September — yet Woot is offering a brand-new Nintendo Switch 2 for $469. That's a $30 price drop from the usual $499, bringing it closer to its former $449 list price. Admittedly, it's not a huge discount, but again, it's rare. The console has dropped in price a grand total of zero times since its price hike.

For comparison, the Switch 2 is holding firm at $499 on Amazon and Best Buy.

Going into my fifth year covering Black Friday at Mashable, I can confidently say that gaming console deals can be a tricky one during the shopping holiday. A lot of folks wait until sales kick off to grab deals, meaning if there is an impressive price drop, it sells out fast. I would expect this situation to be even more competitive during the year of RAMaggedon.

In other words, sneaking in and grabbing some savings ahead of time on a truly excellent console is a great way to go this holiday season. Just make sure to grab it while supplies last, or before Nov. 30 when the deal expires, if stock is still available.

SAVE $100: As of Nov. 13, the Garmin Venu 4 is on sale for just $449.99 (normally $549.99) at Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. That's a new all-time low price.

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Mashable's shopping team has already spotted some great early Black Friday deals on Apple Watches — but if you're not rocking an iPhone these days, consider the Garmin Venu 4 instead. Our sister site CNET named it the best Android smartwatch for athletes.

"The Garmin Venu 4 stands out for its long battery life, deep health tracking, and training insights that make it a strong fitness-first smartwatch," CNET's experts wrote.

Ahead of Black Friday, the Venu 4 has fallen to a new record-low price at Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. All four retailers have it on sale for just $444.99, or 18% off its usual price of $549.99 — a $100 savings. (Per our research, this beats its 2025 Black Friday price by almost $50, FYI.) Take your pick from five different styles:

• 41mm lunar gold case with bone silicone band

• 41mm silver with periwinkle silicone band

• 41mm or 45mm slate case with black silicone band

• 45mm silver case with citron silicone band

• 45mm silver case with silver gray silicone band

For $50 extra, you can upgrade to a Venu 4 with a silicone/leather band in brown or light sand.

The Venu 4 supports advanced features like LifeStyle Logging, jet lag guidance, and Body Battery, Garmin's version of a Readiness score. And it lasts for up to 10 days on a single charge — way longer than the latest Apple Watches, mind you. CNET reviewer Vanessa Hand Orellana was especially enamored with its design, calling it "polished enough to pass for date-night-ready." Unlike a lot of sports watches out there, it's not super chunky.

Will the Garmin Venu 4 get cheaper on Black Friday?

All signs point to this being the Venu 4's best deal of the holiday season. Not only is it sitting at a new record-low price, but Amazon and Best Buy both have it labeled as an official early Black Friday deal.

Updated on Friday, Nov 13 at 10:55 am ET: Microsoft's latest update states that they are "continuing to see improvements in service availability, with email queues significantly reduced and approaching normal levels." However, according to the company, "some users may still experience intermittent access issues or delayed email delivery as recovery continues."

This article has also been updated with an official statement from Microsoft.

Updated on Friday, Nov 13 at 07:35am ET: The global Microsoft Outlook outage continued into Friday morning, but the company's most recent update stated that they've made "additional progress toward recovery" and that traffic is "being gradually restored," though not for all users.

Updated on Friday, Nov. 13 at 4:59 a.m. ET — Microsoft said it's "seeing early stabilization and capacity improvements as recovery actions continue." The company also said it has extended email timeout to 48 hours to help preserve delayed mail during this event.

Updated on Friday, Nov. 13 at 1:08 a.m. ET — Microsoft is still looking into the cause of the outage, but states that at present it is "not aware of any malicious activity that is causing this incident."

Updated on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 10:58 p.m. ET — Unfortunately, Microsoft's efforts to bring servers back online aren't going as planned. "We've monitored the status of the changes applied to improve serviceability and confirmed they're not taking as expected," Microsoft wrote in an update on X.

Updated on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 8:07 p.m. ET — Microsoft has revised its list of features and services impacted by this outage, stating that it is affecting those that interact with Exchange Online and email services. Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint Online, Teams, Copilot AI, and 365 continue to have various issues, though Azure appears operational.

Updated on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7:53 p.m. ET — Microsoft has issued a new update stating that the servers they've brought back online may become unresponsive again when they receive traffic. The company is currently investigating the issue.

Updated on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6:23 p.m ET — Microsoft stated that it is bringing some servers back online, and "they remain stable so far." Users should expect a "gradual recovery."

"We're also shifting traffic to alternate routes wherever possible and observing limited recovery," Microsoft wrote in an update on X. "In parallel, we've streamlined the process of returning the remaining affected servers to service."

Microsoft experienced a significant global outage on Thursday, which continued into Friday morning, resulting in Outlook, Teams, Copilot, Microsoft 365, and other popular services going down for an extended period of time.

While Microsoft deals with the outage, many users have been left wondering, "Just when will I be able to access my emails, messages, and calendars again?"

SEE ALSO: Microsoft 365 outage: Outlook is down, and the internet is touching grass

Unfortunately, Microsoft has yet to share an estimated timeframe in which users can expect Microsoft 365 products to be fully up and running again.

In an update posted to X at 4:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, Microsoft struck an optimistic tone, saying that some affected servers were already back online. But by 5:09 p.m. ET, the company acknowledged its services were still down.

"We’re opening all available pathways to restore service, as our actions taken thus far have not provided the anticipated relief," the company wrote on X and a status page. In the early hours of Friday, the company finally reported some success returning service to normal.

At 7:09 a.m. ET, the company wrote on X, "We’re seeing encouraging recovery progress, with service availability and email delivery performance improving across a growing portion of affected Microsoft 365 infrastructure. Some users may still experience intermittent issues as recovery actions continue."

As of 10:39 a.m. ET on Friday, some Microsoft services were still experiencing outage issues, though the recovery was underway. The company also expressed its "regret" for the disruption.

"We know our customers rely on our services to get important work done every day, and regret the impact these outages had on those who depend on us," read an update posted to X.

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This isn't the first time Microsoft services have experienced outages. Most recently, Microsoft Outlook went down on Aug. 31 of this year.

That Aug. 31 Outlook outage began around noon, and according to our reporting at the time, service had been fully restored by 11 p.m. ET that night. Unfortunately for Microsoft users, it appears the timeframe for fixing this particular outage is very different from the one earlier this year, with downtime extending into a second day.

In response to Mashable's questions, Charles Lamanna, EVP, Copilot, Agents and Platform at Microsoft, provided the following statement:

"We’re seeing encouraging recovery progress, with service availability and email delivery performance improving across a growing portion of affected infrastructure. We know our customers rely on our services to get important work done every day, and regret the impact these outages had on those who depend on us. Our teams are reviewing what happened and how we can prevent similar issues going forward."

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There is a lot of bad new tech coming out right now, but now and then, someone nails it—such is the case with the Bluetooth headphones I've spent the last month living with. Just about everyone who has seen me with them thinks they’re dope.

Once two distinct deal-shopping days, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have basically merged into one massive shopping extravaganza. The lines really began to blur when the world shut down in 2020, and brick-and-mortar stores hosted online sales in lieu of in-person Black Friday events. In 2026, lines outside stores are practically nonexistent. We certainly can't see them.

While major retailers will be running holiday sales throughout all of November, savvy shoppers know that Black Friday and Cyber Monday (and the few days surrounding them) still remain the absolute biggest shopping days of the year for their ability to reliably trigger record-low prices on big-ticket items (like TVs, Apple devices, smartwatches, headphones, and of course, Amazon's own devices). That includes discounts that beat Amazon's massively hyped October Prime Day deals.

SEE ALSO: Everything to know about Black Friday 2026: Best deals, sale dates, how to shop smart, and more

If you're debating when you should start adding big-ticket items to your cart and whether it's better to shop on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, you've come to the right place. After years of covering both sales extensively, here's our expert analysis.

Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday — what's the difference?

Way back in the age of MySpace and AIM — aka 2005 — the National Retail Federation debuted the term "Cyber Monday" after realizing that the Monday after Thanksgiving saw a flood of online sales. This was likely due to shoppers using their faster internet connections at work on Monday morning to snag deals, or at least that's what they credited it to. That, of course, and the fact that online retailers wanted some of that holiday shopping bread, too. Thus, two distinct deal-shopping days were born: Black Friday, for those who wanted to shop in stores the day after Thanksgiving, and Cyber Monday, for those who preferred shopping from the comfort of their desks.

Over 20 years later, there's little — if any — real difference between the two due to the alleged "death of retail." Everyone and everything is online, so why wouldn't Black Friday be? Based on our years of experience covering both, we can truly say neither is a "better" day to shop. It really comes down to what you're looking for and how much demand there is for it.

Are there better deals on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?

If you see a solid deal, grab it, no matter which sale title it falls under. There's not a tremendous amount of distinction anymore in terms of discounts on particular products, as there was in previous years. However, there are still rules to follow in some product categories: TV deals tend to be more dramatic and widespread for Black Friday, with a higher likelihood of selling out before the clock even turns to Cyber Monday, while waiting for Cyber Monday to double-check that there's not a new, better laptop deal is often wise.

But with the blurred lines of Cyber Week, many of these deals will cross over. As noted at BlackFriday.com, "Some TV deals will feature flashy discounts during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but they might not have the specs you're after."

TL;DR: The deals will be great for both shopping days, but it all depends on what you're looking for. If you see specs you like listed under a product at a price you like, grab it to be safe.

How long is Black Friday?

Black Friday proper falls on Nov. 27 in 2026, but it's honestly silly to even call it Black Friday at this point. It's no longer just on Friday — it's a month-long affair. You can shop deals at practically every retailer starting right after Halloween (before, even), with most labeling something an "early Black Friday deal" as early as November. Best Buy's official early Black Friday sale kicked off Nov. 6, while Target's began on Nov. 5. Amazon's actual Black Friday sale starts Nov. 19, but you can already find the "early Black Friday deal" tag on plenty of listings. In other words, if you want to get some early shopping done, have at it.

Once the clock strikes midnight on Friday, it's basically Cyber Monday (yes, even though it's actually Saturday). We don't make the rules. The deals won't change too much, but the search terms and official site banners will.

When do Cyber Monday deals start?

Officially, Cyber Monday is on Monday, Nov. 30 in 2026. Unofficially, it basically starts the second Black Friday ends, with retailers calling sales "Cyber Monday" deals as early as Saturday, Nov. 28. So basically, semantics — and it's easier to just think of the Cyber Week language as interchangeable.

If you've ever wanted to catch KPop Demon Hunters' HUNTR/X live (and let's be honest, after hearing "Golden," who hasn't?), next summer is your chance.

Starting in June 2027, HUNTR/X's Rumi, Mira, and Zoey will step out on the Golden World Tour, a global celebration of KPop Demon Hunters that will bring fans up close and personal to the beloved animated characters. It's not clear whether artists EJAE, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami, the singing voices behind HUNTR/X, will be performing.

According to a Netflix press release, HUNTR/X will "interact with the audience through cutting-edge performance innovations that bring this fan-favorite K-pop girl group to life like never before."

SEE ALSO: 'KPop Demon Hunters' stars Arden Cho and May Hong react to fans' TikTok videos

HUNTR/X won't be alone on tour. Their rival boy band, the Saja Boys, will also take the stage, so you can get your "Soda Pop" on — again Netflix hasn't announced whether or not Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo and samUIL Lee, the Saja Boys' real life singers, will appear. Plus, expect appearances from fan-favorite Derpy Tiger, as well as serious stunts, choreography, and more.

According to Netflix, the tour will last from 2027 to 2028, with over 150 performances across almost 50 cities. Here's how you can get in on the Golden World Tour.

How can you get tickets to the KPop Demon Hunters world tour?

Tickets for the Golden World Tour will be sold in three waves.

First up is the Mastercard presale, which begins Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 10 a.m. local time.

Next up is the "For the Fans" presale, which starts Thursday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m. local time. You can register for that presale at the Golden World Tour website.

General tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. local time. Eligible Mastercard World Elite and World Legend holders will get access to preferred tickets during this sale.

What are the tour dates for the Golden World Tour?

So far, the Golden World Tour has only announced tickets for tour stops in North America, the U.K., and Europe. However, further dates for the Asia Pacific and Latin American regions will be dropping soon.

Check out the current list of tour dates and cities below. ** means a matinee performance is included.

June 5 – Baltimore, MD – CFG Bank Arena – 2 Shows**

June 12 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center – 2 Shows**

June 16 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center – 1 Show

June 19 – Chicago, IL – United Center – 2 Shows**

June 23 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse – 1 Show

June 26 – Hamilton, ON – TD Coliseum – 2 Shows**

June 29-30 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena – 2 Shows

July 3 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena – 2 Shows**

July 7 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center – 1 Show

July 10 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena – 2 Shows**

July 14 – Sunrise, FL – Amerant Bank Arena – 1 Show

July 17 – Orlando, FL – Kia Center – 2 Shows**

July 20-21 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center – 2 Shows

July 24 – Phoenix, AZ – Mortgage Matchup Center – 2 Shows**

July 30-31 – Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena – 3 Shows**

August 4 – Ontario, CA – Toyota Arena – 1 Show

August 7 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena – 2 Shows**

August 10-11 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena – 2 Shows

August 14 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome – 2 Shows**

September 1 – Zurich, CH – Hallenstadion – 1 Show

September 4 – Milan, IT – Unipol Dome – 2 Shows**

September 8-9 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome – 2 Shows

September 11-12 – Vienna, AT – Wiener Stadthalle – 2 Shows**

September 15-16 – Berlin, DE – Uber Arena – 2 Shows

September 18 – Hamburg, DE – Barclays Arena – 2 Shows**

September 22 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena – 1 Show

September 25 – Oslo, NO – Unity Arena – 2 Shows**

September 29 – Cologne, DE – LANXESS Arena – 1 Show

October 2 – Brussels, BE – ING Arena – 2 Shows**

October 5 – Paris, FR – Plenitude Arena – 1 Show

October 9 – Dublin, IE – 3Arena – 2 Shows**

October 12 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro – 1 Show

October 16 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena Birmingham – 2 Shows**

October 19 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena – 1 Show

October 22-23 – London, UK – The O2 – 3 Shows**

KPop Demon Hunters is now streaming on Netflix.

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I've used Excel for years, and it does almost everything I need it to do. But there's a difference between organizing information in a spreadsheet and building an interface that makes it easy to manage. Creating dashboards, linking related information, and automating workflows can take considerable effort, even with Copilot. Excel is excellent at handling data, but sometimes I want something designed specifically for managing it.

For a long time, I mainly used my desktop PC at home for work. I have always had an old laptop, but haven't had much use for it. Recently, however, I started to travel around a bit more and needed to work more while I was on the move. I quickly found out just how slow and outdated my laptop was, and it didn't take long before I gave up on it. Looking for a quick solution, I decided to break out my Galaxy tablet and revisit an old Samsung feature that I hadn't thought about in a long time.

Updated on Friday, Nov 13 at 09:35am ET: Microsoft continues to work on the global outage that brought down Outlook and other Microsoft 365 services on Thursday (and into Friday morning).

The company's latest update says that they're "continuing to see improvements in service availability, with email queues significantly reduced and approaching normal levels." However, the problem is still not entirely fixed, as Microsoft says "some users may still experience intermittent access issues or delayed email delivery as recovery continues."

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Updated on Friday, Nov 13 at 07:35am ET: Microsoft's latest update confirms they've made "additional progress toward recovery" and that traffic is "being gradually restored" — although "some users may still experience intermittent issues."

Yep, the Microsoft Outage is still ongoing as of Friday morning — but there may be light at the end of the tunnel.

The global issues affecting Outlook, Teams, Copilot, Microsoft 365, and other major services began on Thursday and brought many people's workdays to a swift halt.

SEE ALSO: When will the global Microsoft Outlook outage be fixed? What we know.

At 4:24 a.m. ET, a Microsoft post on X indicated that the company was finally seeing signs of "early stabilization" and taking steps to preserve people's email. The company extended email timeout to 48 hours to ensure that messages that failed to deliver on Thursday aren't totally lost.

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At the start of the workday, major services including Outlook remained unavailable for many users. At 9:17 a.m. ET, the company reported that it was "continuing to see improvements in service availability, with email queues significantly reduced and approaching normal levels."

By 10:00 a.m., user error reports on the platform DownDetector had plateaued, though they were still elevated from baseline levels. As of this writing, Microsoft's Service Health Status page still lists both Microsoft 365 (business and enterprise) and Microsoft Consumer Products as experiencing "service degradation."

Microsoft is still investigating the cause of the outage, but Microsoft has previously said it is "not aware of any malicious activity that is causing this incident."

How the Microsoft outage began

The outage began in the early afternoon on Thursday, impacting Microsoft 365 Enterprise products and causing a massive spike in reported user issues for services like Outlook, per Downdetector.

Microsoft shared updates on X and on its status page, providing hourly reports suggesting they were working towards a resolution. Clearly, though, the fix has been more complicated than they'd hoped. As the issues continued into the night, the company confirmed on X that changes it had made to try and "improve serviceability" were not "taking as expected".

The internet reacted by touching grass, and – given that the outage is ongoing as of Friday morning – the UK is currently doing the same.

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Microsoft Outlook’s widespread service outage that began yesterday has entered its second day. The disruption affects individuals and businesses who rely on Microsoft’s tools, with Teams, OneDrive, and other Microsoft365 services caught up in it too. There are early signs of improvement, but still no concrete timeline for full recovery. The extended Microsoft outage shows what happens when several connected services relying on the same infrastructure become unreliable at the same time. Here’s what this means for you and what you should do.

Back in 2025, Dell had decided to retire the XPS branding for its laptops, instead calling the former line simply ‘Dell’ or ‘Dell Premium’ laptops. However, earlier this year, the company decided to bring the popular brand back, and the new Dell XPS 13, XPS 14, and XPS 16 have the hardware and software we’ve come to enjoy under the familiar name.

We live in an attention economy, where everything is pleading for your attention all of the time. This usually means that you spend way too much time on your phone and get distracted by social media feeds.

Linux users love to talk about how much faster their systems are compared to Windows, and you might wonder what kind of performance boosts they're actually talking about. I decided to do a few of my own tests to get some answers.

TL;DR: Watch France vs. South Africa in the 2026 Nations Championship for free on ITVX. Access this free livestream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The 2026 Nations Championship consistently features high-profile matchups between elite international sides. That's the aim of the competition.

We've been blessed by weeks of fascinating contests, but there's still something special about France vs. South Africa. This feels like a real battle between two sides that are likely to be competing for the World Cup trophy next year. We can't pick a winner, but South Africa are probably slight favorites. They are pretty much always favorites, and France will need to deliver an incredible performance to take the win at the Stade de France. It's going to be a lively evening.

If you're interested in watching France vs. South Africa in the 2026 Nations Championship from anywhere in the world, we've got all the information you need.

When is France vs. South Africa?

France vs. South Africa in the 2026 Nations Championship kicks off at 3:10 p.m. ET on Nov. 13. This fixture takes place at the Stade de France.

How to watch France vs. South Africa for free

France vs. South Africa in the 2026 Nations Championship is available to live stream for free on ITVX.

ITVX is geo-restricted to the UK, but anyone can secure access with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in the UK, meaning you can livestream the 2026 Nations Championship for free from anywhere in the world.

Livestream France vs. South Africa in the 2026 Nations Championship for free by following these simple steps:

1. Sign up for a streaming-friendly VPN (we recommend ExpressVPN)

2. Download the app to your device of choice

3. Open up the app and connect to a server in the UK

4. Visit ITVX

5. Watch France vs. South Africa for free from anywhere in the world

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The best VPNs for streaming are not free, but they do tend to offer generous money-back guarantees. By leveraging these offers, you can watch France vs. South Africa in the 2026 Nations Championship without committing your cash. This is obviously not a long-term strategy, but it gives you enough time to stream multiple weekends before recovering your investment.

What is the best VPN for ITVX?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream live sport on ITVX, for a number of reasons:

• Servers in 105 countries, including the UK

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A two-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for $68.40 and includes an extra four months for free — 81% off for a limited time. This plan includes a year of free unlimited cloud backup and usually offers a generous 30-day money-back guarantee. Alternatively, you can get a one-month plan for just $12.99.

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I was a late adopter, but I've come to acknowledge the benefits of a smartphone that doubles as a digital wallet. Most Android phones come with Google Wallet, and while it's by far the best option for most people, it isn't the only one.

TL;DR: Hasbro's $39.99 Blooms by Play-Doh Rose Bouquet Kit lets adults craft 20 display-ready faux roses with baby's breath. It launches exclusively at Walmart on Nov. 13, before expanding to other retailers in early 2027.

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Play-Doh is officially getting into home decor. With the launch of the Blooms by Play-Doh Rose Bouquet Kit, the brand has expanded its adult crafting lineup to offer a hands-on project with a display-worthy payoff: a complete, permanent vase of red roses and baby's breath made entirely by hand.

Designed for crafters of all skill levels, the all-in-one box packs everything you need to build an arrangement of 20 bold red roses accented with sprigs of baby's breath. Instead of fiddling with florist wire or messy hot glue, the set comes loaded with Play-Doh compound, flower-making extruder tools, faux greenery, a vase, and step-by-step instructions.

You simply use the blooming tool to press and shape the petals into full blossoms, let the compound dry, mist them with finishing spray to lock everything in place, and arrange the bouquet in the included vase.

SEE ALSO: The 93 best Christmas gifts for 2026: Our favorite gift ideas from Apple, Lego, Kindle, and brands you've never heard of

Once everything dries, you have a solid, display-ready centerpiece that will not droop after three days on your table. It is an easy, low-maintenance craft whether you are putting it together for a party or just want a relaxing creative project that does not involve a screen.

You can pick up the Blooms by Play-Doh Rose Bouquet Kit now for $39.99 exclusively at Walmart. If you are eyeing one for holiday gifting, Walmart holds the exclusive run through the season before it arrives at other retailers in early 2027.

Documentaries are back in a big way, with there being some incredibly impactful releases over the last couple of years. While the ones on Netflix are often thrust into the limelight, there is another platform that has some pretty interesting and engaging picks. Paramount+ delivers a wide array of films covering everything from the dark world of true crime to stories of survival and overcoming adversity.

TL;DR: The Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box is on sale for $141.97 at Amazon, down from its $179.95 list price.

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After spending much of the year at eye-watering prices due to the massive market values for particular chase cards, the Pokémon TCG Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box is finally becoming easier on your trading card budget — now back under $145 in an early Black Friday deal.

As of Nov. 13, the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box costs just $141.97 at Amazon, a $37.98 drop from the latest $179.95 list price. At 21% off, you’ll also get free delivery set for Nov. 24 at the time of writing, and it is only $16.52 off its $125.45 TCGplayer market price. 

SEE ALSO: Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collections: Live restock updates at Amazon, Walmart, and Target (Nov. 13)

This new deal from third-party seller Thumbs Up Distribution undercuts the $150.81 Amazon deal we covered just over a week ago and is the lowest price this ETB has seen on Amazon since April — right before its market price skyrocketed. 

Each Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box includes nine titular booster packs, a full-art foil N's Zekrom promo card, 65 sleeves, Energy cards, and extra accessories.