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Does your PC run smoothly one moment and suddenly become unresponsive the next? It’s incredibly frustrating—and even worse, there's rarely a single clear cause. The slowdown could stem from software glitches, faulty drivers, overheating, or a mix of several factors. Here are the fixes you can try.

SAVE UP TO $140: As of Dec. 12, Kindles are back on sale. Find the basic Kindle for as low as $89.99, or score major savings on the Kindle Scribe, which is down to $309.99, saving $140. But don't worry, the fan favorite Kindle Paperwhite is also on sale.

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Amazon went all out during Black Friday with its Kindle deals. Every e-reader hit its lowest price ever, including the basic Kindle down to $79.99 and the Kindle Paperwhite down to $124.99. The savings were so good, we expected them to be the last sale of the year on the devices, but Amazon always has some tricks up their sleeves.

As of Dec. 12, we've spotted the entire Kindle collection back on sale. Temper your expectations though. The prices aren't as good as we saw during Black Friday: to be exact, prices are about $10 higher. So while these aren't the lowest price ever, they're still pretty good deals that we recommend shopping, especially if you're looking to gift a Kindle this holiday season.

The Kindle Paperwhite, our favorite Kindle here at Mashable, is discounted down to $134.99. That brings the device down to $25, saving you 16% off its $159.99 list price. For a budget pick, the equally great budget Kindle is down to $89.99. That's not quite as sweet as its $79.99 Black Friday price but still makes it the only Amazon e-reader under $100.

The biggest savings are on the Kindle Scribe (64GB) which is all the way down to $309.99, saving you $140 off its $449.99 price. But there are plenty of deals to shop across the Kindle line-up. And don't wait to buy, Black Friday prices came and went fast and this surprise sale is sure to follow suit.

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SAVE 50%: As of Dec. 12, the DJI Power 1000 Portable Power Station is on sale for $349 at Amazon. That's a 50% discount off the $699 list price, making this the best price we’ve ever seen for a power station with these specs.

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I’m not a doomsday prepper or anything, but living on the water in a hurricane-prone area has taught me to be prepared. My internet goes out if the wind blows the wrong way, and dealing with a dead laptop and a dark apartment while waiting for power to return is not my idea of a fun weekend. So, I've been shopping around for a portable generator to keep those unpredictable weather patterns at bay, and I just found a killer deal on the DJI Power 1000.

SEE ALSO: The DJI Power 2000 portable power station is down to its lowest-ever price — almost half off

Right now, the DJI Power 1000 Portable Power Station is on sale for $349 at Amazon. That's a 50% discount off the $699 list price, making this the best price we’ve ever seen for a power station with these specs. (It's also a DJI Direct product, so you won't have to worry about sketchy, third-party sellers.)

It offers 1024Wh of capacity, an unbeatable 2200W continuous output (with a 2600W Peak), and features the superior, long-lasting LiFePO4 battery technology rated for 4,000 cycles. But the best feature is the speed: using grid power, the Power 1000 gets back to 100 percent charge in just 70 minutes (or 0-80 percent in 50 minutes). Plus, it is ultra-silent at just 23 dB during operation.

Anime can feel a little intimidating if you're not a diehard fan or if you don't immerse yourself in it every day. Netflix makes it pretty easy to get your feet wet (or dive right in) with the stunning genre, though, and buried among its seemingly endless rows of titles are some incredible stories.

SAVE $400: As of Dec. 12, get the Roborock Qrevo S5V robot vacuum and mop for $499.99, down from its usual price of $899.99 at Amazon. That's a discount of 44% and the lowest price we've seen.

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It's high time you invested in a robot vacuum. Take it from us: they can make all of those household chores you dread doing a much less annoying task. They can not only vacuum but mop as well, and some of the best ones even clean up after themselves and empty their own debris. It's a win win, really, and you can get a great Roborock model on sale at Amazon right now.

As of Dec. 12, get the Roborock Qrevo S5V robot vacuum and mop for $499.99, down from its usual price of $899.99 at Amazon. That's a discount of 44% and the lowest price we've seen.

SEE ALSO: 7 gadgets to help keep your home clean, from robot vacuums to electric scrubbers

This combo robot vacuum and mop is an all-in-one option that not only sucks up dirt and debris and washes hardwood flooring, but dries the floor after it's done. It can also empty debris into its own base, so you don't have but minimal interaction with the unit itself. The result? A cleaner home and less overall work for you.

The mess is transferred to a special tank in the vacuum and it can hold it there for up to 7 weeks, which is long enough for you to forget it's there, then drop it into a trash can and start the cycle all over again. Of course, it also includes your typical robot vacuum amenities as well, with custom path creation, cleaning schedules, compatibility with all your smart home apps and setups, and more, which means you're getting a fully-featured setup here that can do it all.

Stop spending all your time cleaning and let a robot handle it. You've spent enough years of your life flying solo with the tidying tasks.

AI has loomed large in the realm of love in 2025. And it's set to loom even larger in 2026, according to a major sex toy retailer's predictions for the year ahead.

Twenty-five percent of Gen Z and 26 percent of millennials have already spoken to AI about sex, per the TwentyTwentySex report by Lovehoney, the UK's leading sexual wellness retailer.

In fact, more people are turning to AI for advice (52 percent) over speaking to their friends (32 percent) or their partners (22 percent), according to the brand, which surveyed 2,022 nationally representative respondents.

SEE ALSO: 4 reasons not to turn ChatGPT into your therapist

People are treating AI as their sex therapists, per the report. Interestingly, the data shows that young men are more likely to have spoken to AI about sex (30 percent of Gen Z men and 34 percent of millennial men). While getting a bit of sex advice from ChatGPT might sound harmless, experts warn against using AI as a therapist, stating that the risks of doing so (like it becoming a harmful feedback loop) are not worth it.

Lovehoney's report states that "2026 is expected to mark a major shift in how we seek guidance, validation, and connection." The sex toy brand is calling this trend "digital threesomes," although I don't think that means anyone will be jumping into bed with an LLM anytime soon.

At the same time, daters are also shifting their love lives away from the digital realm, turning instead to real-life connections. We've seen the rise of offline dating events, with singles flocking to singles' nights, including speed dating, coffee shop dates, run clubs, and many more activity-based socials.

Lovehoney states that "with dating app fatigue at an all-time high, more singles will turn to real-world connections." Thirty percent of Gen Z have met a sexual or romantic partner through dating apps, compared with 35 percent of millennials.

Sexologist Elisabeth Neumann, head of user research at Lovehoney, said: “With dating apps in decline, we're seeing the return of analogue intimacy, from office romances to speed-dating nights."

"This trend could unfold in stark contrast to technological advancements, with technology itself seducing us through AI dating coaches, digital threesomes, and fantasy-fuelled escapism."

When real life goes off the rails, the stories beat any scripted show or movie on Netflix. And a good documentary or series doesn't just talk at you, it drags you into the room (interrogation or otherwise) with the people at the center of the story, whether it's a true crime caper or behind the scenes with the stars and creators of our favorite movies.

Motorola already has a foldable on the market with the revived Razr, a flip phone-style foldable, but rumor has it the mobile company has more coming soon.

Motorola sent a physical invite to Android Central in the mail that heavily suggests a book-style foldable, perhaps similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold series (and eventually the long-rumored iPhone Fold), will debut at CES 2026 in January.

The big tells in the package are a small folding book with a wooden finish (the Motorola Razr Ultra was available with a wood finish as well), and a card that rather unsubtly says "We're getting ready to unfold new perspectives at Lenovo Tech World," which is a CES-adjacent showcase on Jan. 6 in Las Vegas.

SEE ALSO: All the foldable phones you can buy in 2025: Are these smartphones finally worth buying?

There isn't much more to the invite than that, but it's still enough to make the mind wander a bit.

Motorola has been steadily releasing clamshell-style Razr foldables for a few years now, but it has yet to dip into the Z Fold-esque world of book-style foldables. Both kinds of devices fill different market niches, so it makes sense that Motorola would want to expand its customer base.

We're only a few weeks away from finding out, at any rate.

SAVE $10: As of Dec. 12, Game of the Year winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is down to $39.99. That's 20% off its $49.99 list price, saving you $10. That brings it back down to its lowest price ever, previously seen during Black Friday.

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At the 2025 The Game Awards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 set records winning nine awards, beating the record previously held by The Last of Us: Part Two. You'd think that such an acclaimed game wouldn't see a discount, but you'd be wrong. To celebrate its big wins last night, you can find the fantasy RPG back down to its Black Friday price.

As of Dec. 12, get Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for just $39.99 at Amazon. That saves you $10 off its list price of $49.99 for 20% off. This deal is only available on the PC online game code. But other versions are available, in the PlayStation store you can find the PS5 version on sale for the same price.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes place in the Belle Époque France-inspired fantasy world where players must set out to defeat the Paintress. The looming antagonist Paintress wakes every year to paint a cursed number, and anyone that age vanishes from the earth. This year, the number is 33, and players must defeat her so she can never paint death again.

At The Game Awards, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took home nine awards, winning Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score & Music, Best Performance, Best Role Playing Game, Best Independent Game, and Best Debut Indie Game.

Get Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for just $39.99 at Amazon now — shop before the deal ends.

Amazon is finally making a huge, consumer-friendly shift for e-book owners, announcing that you will be able to download your DRM-free Kindle books directly in EPUB and PDF formats. This comes after Amazon has tried for so long to prevent everyone from downloading its books.

Reddit is suing the Australian government over its newly enacted social media ban, which prevents children aged 16 and younger from accessing most social media platforms.

Reddit argued that the ban impinges on the right to free political discourse implied by the country's constitution, according to a Reuters report. In essence, blocking the youths from Reddit would block their freedom of speech, the company said. Reddit also argued that it was not, primarily speaking, a social media site, but rather a place for exchanging information and ideas.

"Reddit enables online interactions about the content that users post on the site. It facilitates knowledge sharing from one user to other users," the filing reads, via the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

The filing added:

"It is not a significant purpose of the site to enable interactions engaged in because of a particular user's relationship with or interest in another user as a person; indeed, in most cases, the identity of a user on Reddit is not even known to other users."

The social media ban went into effect on Wednesday, pulling children's access to sites like TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Reddit, and more. Most platforms complied with the ban by blocking access to any account with a user 16 and under — though, of course, that's a relatively easy barrier to dodge for tech-savvy young people. But it would, perhaps, keep kids from unfettered access to algorithmic suggestions.

SEE ALSO: Australia's banning social media for kids this week. Here's how it's being enforced.

"Delaying children's access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen forces of harmful and deceptive design features such as opaque algorithms and endless scroll," said Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant in a statement last month. 

SAVE $339.99: Through Dec. 23, Verizon will give new home internet customers a free Nintendo Switch console as part of their holiday deals. Here are all the details you need to know to qualify.

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You can typically find some pretty sweet gaming console deals around the holidays. But even the biggest discounts on record can't beat free.

If you're in the market for new home internet service, Verizon will give you a gift by signing up for select plans: a free Nintendo Switch, which is a $339.99 value. Already own a Nintendo Switch? Use the free console as a gift for someone else in your life or choose another one of Verizon's free holiday offers: a Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE 5G tablet or a 43-inch Samsung Q7F QLED 4K TV. The console offer is only live through Dec. 23 and supplies are limited, so if you like free stuff (who doesn't?), be sure to secure your Nintendo Switch in the next week and a half. The Samsung tablet and TV offers must be redeemed by Jan. 7, so you'll have a bit more time to decide.

So, what's the catch? Well, you can't just sign up for Verizon home internet and then cancel. New home internet customers will need to activate/install and keep eligible Fios 2 Gig, Fios 1 Gig, 5G Home Ultimate, or LTE Home Plus plans in good standing for 14 days and redeem the offer within 60 days in order to secure their free gift. If you do cancel your service within 180 days, Verizon will charge you the full retail value of whichever promotional device you chose — up to $599.99.

How to get your free Nintendo Switch

Head over to Verizon's Deals page and enter your address to check whether Verizon home internet service is available in your area. If it is, scroll down to the home internet deals and select the Nintendo Switch (or whichever one you prefer). Choose a Fios, 5G Home Ultimate, or LTE Home Plus internet plan, which start at just $35 per month, activate, and keep it in good standing. Redeem your offer within 60 days and a Nintendo Switch will appear on your doorstep.

Notable Nintendo Switch deals

If you snag a free Nintendo Switch and aren't sure which games to grab to kickoff your gaming journey, two Fall 2025 releases just went on sale for the first time: Final Fantasy Tactics and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. The Grinch Christmas Adventures is also 50% off if you're in the holiday spirit. Check out Mashable's Nintendo Switch hub for any new notable deals we recommend.

SAVE $405: As of Dec. 12, get the Eufy X10 Pro Omni robot vacuum and mop for $494.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $899. That's a discount of 45%.

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Tired of spending all your time vacuuming and mopping your floors? It's 2025 and you don't have to worry about that anymore. Both of those tasks can now be pawned off to robot vacuums instead. If you haven't joined the craze and picked one up yourself, now's a great time: you can get a Mashable-approved model for nearly half off today.

As of Dec. 12, get the Eufy X10 Pro Omni robot vacuum and mop for $494.99 at Amazon, down from its usual price of $899. That's $405 off and a discount of 45%.

SEE ALSO: 7 gadgets to help keep your home clean, from robot vacuums to electric scrubbers

This model made it on to Mashable Senior Shopping Reporter Leah Stodart's list of best robot vacuums, earning specific praise for its affordable price and self-washing and drying mopping pads. It's a higher-end model at its normal price, but for this discounted rate, it's a much more palatable buy, especially becaus of its bells and whistles.

It's both a vacuum and mop with a self-washing and drying moppng system that means you don't have to worry about doing much of anything, really, when this unit is deployed. It has 8,000 Pa of suction for a satisfying deep clean, and a mop supported by pads that self-clean with fresh water and dry quickly with 45-degree heated air. It can mop up to 2,000 square feet multiple times before refilling, which makes it great for hands-off cleaning.

With AI obstacle avoidance and map customization, it's truly a great option if you just want to set things up one time and let this bad boy take care of all the tidying up. Now's the time to grab this model for a gift to some lucky person in your life or yourself, so be sure to lock yours in while you still can.

The Raspberry Pi’s main claim to fame is being a whole computer on a single circuit board, complete with a capable ARM chip. But its biggest party trick is how expandable it is, with a handy 40-pin general-purpose input/output interface (or GPIO for short).

There was once a time when you could avoid buying a smart TV, but that’s no longer true. While convenient and packed with streaming apps, smart TVs are also filled with ads and tracking technology that monitors how you use your device, what you watch, and more.

SAVE 35%: As of Dec. 12, the Anker Prime Docking Station (14-Port, 160W) is on sale for $174.99, down from $269.99, at Amazon. That's a 35% discount or $95 in savings.

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If your desk setup is currently a nightmare of charging bricks and tangled wires, I just found an affordable solution to help you get the mess under control.

Right now, the Anker Prime Docking Station (14-Port, 160W) is on sale for $174.99, down from $269.99, at Amazon. That's a 35% discount or a $95 price cut.

SEE ALSO: The best portable chargers and power banks in 2025

It has 11 ports with speeds up to 10Gbps, and delivers 160W of total output. It's capable of charging up to four devices at once, including up to three USB-C ports at 100W max each. It's compatible with USB-C, USB4, and Thunderbolt connections, which is definitely a plus. You can connect to dual HDMI ports for two external 4K displays.

Just a heads-up: if you're on a Mac, both external monitors will show the same content (you won't be able to "extend" your desktop across both screens).

SAVE $190: As of Dec. 12, get the Samsung 27-inch Odyssey OLED G5 gaming monitor for $359.99, down $190 from its $549.99 list price. That takes 35% off, bringing it down to its lowest price ever.

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Last night at The Game Awards, the top games of the year were honored, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 absolutely sweeping the awards and taking home Game of the Year. To celebrate The Game Awards, Amazon is offering exclusive deals to prime members on nominated games and gear. Gaming monitors are on sale, including sophisticated Samsung OLED models.

As of Dec. 12, the Samsung 27-inch Odyssey OLED G5 gaming monitor is on sale for $359.99. That saves you $190 off its list price of $549.99. Those 35% savings are massive and brings the monitor down to its lowest price ever.

The 27-inch gaming monitor is an exceptional model with OLED displays. It has realistic visuals and a 180Hz refresh rate and G-Sync compatibility with AMD FreeSync to reduce screen lag and image tearing. It has a Pantone Validated screen for the most accurate colors and the OLED screen has a safeguard to keep the screen cool and prevent burn-in.

But this deal won't last. Amazon's The Game Awards deals are live through Dec. 12 at 5 pm PT/8pm ET, so if you want to shop the Samsung 27-inch Odyssey OLED G5 gaming monitor, do it fast.

I want to share something personal with you. It’s about my mom, who is my best friend, my biggest cheerleader, and my safe place.

She passed away this past May. And every day since, I’ve found myself reaching for the things she left behind. Not jewelry, or clothes, or designer bags. But her voice. Her laugh. Her smile.

Growing up, our bond was unshakable. The holidays were our time. We had this holiday tradition where we would head to Fifth Avenue. We’d shop until our arms ached, bags swinging from our wrists, before heading to Bergdorf Goodman for dinner. It was our little luxury, sitting across from each other, tired but happy. Sharing food. Swapping stories. Telling each other "I love you," like it was breathing.

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Here’s the thing: the most important piece of her I carry with me today almost didn't happen.

Two or three years ago, I didn’t even have my voicemail set up. As a millennial, it just felt… unnecessary. My Aunt Tanya called one day and asked me why it wasn’t on. I shrugged it off. 

"Tyler, turn it on," she said. "People want to leave you a message."

So I did. And this year, since my mother passed, one of my most treasured possessions has become my saved voicemails of her saying "happy birthday" and "I love you." I can hear her any time I need her.

I have our final text thread with her telling me she will love me forever. And I believe her.

We took photos together. We made videos. Silly little clips while she lays in her bed. Selfies and photos in the middle of crowded stores. Random snaps of her laughing at something I said. Those moments… they’re everything now. They’re proof that she was here, that we were here, that love like ours existed.

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She taught me strength. She taught me resilience. She taught me how to keep going when the world feels like it’s stopped. And in the moments when I feel lost, her voice and our memories are the map that leads me back to myself. They remind me: everything will be okay.

That’s why I’m telling you to use every tool you have to make memories. Take the picture, even if your hair’s not done. Record the video, even if it’s only ten seconds. Save the voicemail. Keep the texts. Don’t wait for the perfect moment; make it perfect because you’re in it together.

The holidays are a time to rejoice in your own way. For some of us, that’s loud celebrations. For others, it’s quiet reflection. But for all of us, it should be about savoring the people we love while we can.

So the next time you’re with the ones who matter most, capture it, because one day those images, videos, and voicemails might be the lifeline that pulls you through your hardest days.

For me, they’re the reason I can still hear my mom say, "I love you." And that’s something I’ll hold onto forever.

Credit: Ty Cole

This story is part of Holidays With Heart, a series in which Mashable and other CNET Group Perspectives contributors share personal stories involving technology.

While chastity reigned as 2025's fetish of the year, the explicit site Clips4Sale has a new frontrunner — and it's practically the opposite: gooning. It's the act of edging for hours or even days while watching porn, so much so that participants enter a hypnotic state (aptly called the "goon state").

Sales of gooning videos have spiked 151 percent since November 2023 on Clips4Sale, according to a blog post shared with Mashable — and 49 percent in the past six months alone. It's the fastest-growing fetish on the site.

SEE ALSO: 10 fastest-growing fetishes of 2025 so far Credit: Clips4Sale

The phenomenon has entered our cultural lexicon in recent years, as seen by a similar trajectory on Google Search. "Gooning" accounted for nearly one million searches in the past month, and since 2023, it has soared in search rankings.

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"Gooning isn't JUST about masturbation! It involves overstimulation of the senses, bright color, exposure to stimuli (porn) at an excessive amount and exaggeration in visuals, demands, etc," performer Master Celestress, who's been creating gooning content since 2019, stated in a press release shared with Mashable.

"There's a psychological aspect to gooning that I feel is overlooked. It became a buzzword where jerking off equals gooning and nope, it's not!" she continued. "Gooning is more of a state of mind than anything else!"

The rise of gooning has occurred at the same time as an increased scrutiny of the porn industry and online speech. Age-verification laws, which typically require personal data like a government ID or a facial scan to view such content, have been enacted in half of U.S. states and other countries like the UK and France. And in the U.S., several bills have been introduced this year to ban porn (though none have been passed). Despite widespread disapproval of porn, gooning — which takes porn viewing and masturbation to another level — has prevailed.

"Gooning is the perfect fetish for our sex-and-tech obsessed culture," Clips4Sale spokesperson Avery Martin said in the press release. "It's an embrace of radical pleasure at a time of reactionary sexual politics. In the midst of moral panics about porn and technology, gooners have reclaimed both to turn the narrative on its head, embracing an almost religious pursuit of pleasure. In the past year, creators have seized on the moment and are creating incredible, and incredibly creative, content to feed this large and voracious audience."

Meanwhile, giantess, which was Clips4Sale's 2024 fetish of the year, was the most searched for fetish in the U.S. in 2025. Wrestling, tickling, vore, and ballbusting followed it in the top five.

SAVE $250: As of Dec. 12, the 13-inch Apple M4 MacBook Air base model (with 16GB RAM and 256GB SSD) is back down to its Black Friday price of $749 at Amazon and Best Buy. That's 25% off its list price and its best price on record. If you purchase from Best Buy, you'll also get a free $25 e-gift card.

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While Black Friday, one of the absolute best time of the year to buy a laptop, is technically long over, one of our favorite deals from the shopping event has resurfaced. Long live the $749 MacBook Air deal.

As of Dec. 12, the 13-inch Apple M4 MacBook Air with the M4 chip, 16GB RAM and 256GBG of storage is back down to just $749 at Amazon and Best Buy. That's $250 or 25% off its list price of $999 and its lowest price on record. It's hardly the first time it's dropped to this record-low price, but we still consider it one of the best deals you can get on an Apple laptop. Better yet, if you purchase from Best Buy, you'll also get a $25 e-gift card to spend on a future Best Buy purchase.

While the 15-inch version is our top pick for most people, the 13-inch version still holds a high ranking on our list of the best MacBooks — particularly for students looking for a laptop with longevity. Besides the ultra-low cost, we love the M4 MacBook Air for its processing power, improved 12MP FaceTime camera, and open-lid support for two external displays, which still allows you to use its own screen even when it's hooked up to monitors. So long as you don't need the more advanced specs of the MacBook Pro for demanding tasks like video editing or graphic design work, the M4 Air will treat you wonderfully.

Other than more screen real estate, the larger 15-inch model adds two extra speakers and a slightly better GPU. But it'll also cost you an extra $250. If the lowest priced MacBook is what you're after, the 13-inch M4 Air is a no-brainer.